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Migrating sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) depart their overnight roosting area in the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska, at dawn (2015).

Nebraska (/nəˈbræskə/ ^ⓘ nə-BRASK-ə) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Wyoming to the west; Colorado to the southwest; Kansas to the south; and Missouri to the southeast and Iowa to the east, both across the Missouri River. Nebraska is the 16th-largest state by land area, with just over 77,347 square miles (200,330 km²). As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,961,504, and was estimated to be 2,018,006 in 2025, it is the 38th-most populous state and the eighth-least densely populated. Nebraska's capital is Lincoln, and its most populous city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River.

Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral, and its members are elected without any official reference to political party affiliation. Nebraska is one of only two states (Maine being the other) that divide electoral college votes by district, and is not winner-take-all state-wide.

Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Dissected Till Plains region consists of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The Great Plains region, occupying most of western Nebraska, is characterized by treeless prairie. Eastern Nebraska has a humid continental climate while western Nebraska is primarily semi-arid. The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures; the variations decrease in southern Nebraska. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer, and sometimes in autumn. The Chinook wind tends to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring. (Full article...)

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska has played its home games at Memorial Stadium since 1923 and sold out every game at the venue since 1962.

Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history and has the eighth-most all-time victories among FBS teams. NU has won forty-six conference championships and five national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997), along with seven unclaimed national titles. Its 1971 and 1995 teams are considered among the best ever. Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, and Eric Crouch join twenty-four other Cornhuskers in the College Football Hall of Fame. (Full article...)

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Diekman with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2012

Jacob Tanner Diekman (born January 21, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, and New York Mets.

With the Phillies, Diekman began as a starting pitcher and progressed through a few levels of the Phillies' farm system in his first two years in that role, before adjusting his mechanics and lowering his arm slot to throw sidearm out of the bullpen, as a relief pitcher. The adjustment worked and helped him move through the remaining levels of the Phillies' farm system. In 2012, Diekman made his major league debut. Over the next two seasons, he split time between the major league Phillies and their Triple-A affiliate, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, though while he was with the major league team, he was considered one of the "lone bright spots" in both 2012 and 2013. Diekman throws a fastball in the upper-90s (mph), a slider, and an occasional changeup. (Full article...)

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Image 1Lincoln, Nebraska's capital city (from Nebraska)
Image 2A cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
Image 3The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln (from Nebraska)
Image 4The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln (from Nebraska)

Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 census

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Native American

60–70%

(from Nebraska)

Image 6"Crow Dog", a Brulé Native American in 1898. (from History of Nebraska)
Image 7Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
Image 8Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
Image 9Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
Image 10Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
Image 11Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)
Image 12Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
Image 13Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
Image 14A cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
Image 15Largest alone or in any combination ethnic origin by county in Nebraska, per the 2020 census (from Nebraska)
Image 16Wagon train headed to California (from History of Nebraska)
Image 17Largest alone or in any combination ethnic origin by county in Nebraska, per the 2020 census (from Nebraska)
Image 18Lincoln, Nebraska's capital city (from Nebraska)
Image 19Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
Image 201859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails. (from History of Nebraska)
Image 21Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888 (from Nebraska)
Image 22Largest Non-Hispanic Native American ancestry by county and numbers of people reporting "Native American Alone" (from Nebraska)
Image 23Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
Image 24Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 25Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)
Image 26Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
Image 27A Dinohippus fossil horse from the late Pliocene found at Ashfall State Historical Park near Royal (from History of Nebraska)
Image 28A map of Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 29Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 30Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 31Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
Image 32A land offer from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, 1872 (from History of Nebraska)
Image 33Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
Image 34The Oglala National Grassland near Chadron, Nebraska (from History of Nebraska)
Image 35Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
Image 36Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 37Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
Image 38Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
Image 39Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    40–50%
    50–60%
    60–70%
    70–80%
    80–90%
    90%+
  Native American
    60–70%
(from Nebraska)
Image 40Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1866 (from History of Nebraska)
Image 41Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888 (from Nebraska)
Image 42Largest Non-Hispanic Native American ancestry by county and numbers of people reporting "Native American Alone" (from Nebraska)
Image 43A map of Nebraska (from Nebraska)

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... that American poet Edwin Ford Piper preserved 828 folk songs, most of which were from Iowa and Nebraska?
... that Elsie Eiler, the only resident of Monowi, Nebraska, is also the city's mayor, tavernkeeper, and librarian?

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Largest cities

2014 Rank	City	2016 Estimate^[1]	2010 Census^[2]	Change	County
1	Omaha	446,970	408,958	+9.29%	Douglas
2	Lincoln	280,364	258,379	+8.51%	Lancaster
3	Bellevue	53,505	50,137	+6.72%	Sarpy
4	Grand Island	51,517	48,520	+6.18%	Hall
5	Kearney	33,520	30,787	+8.88%	Buffalo
6	Fremont	26,519	26,397	+0.46%	Dodge
7	Hastings	24,991	24,907	+0.34%	Adams
8	North Platte	24,110	24,733	−2.52%	Lincoln
9	Norfolk	24,348	24,210	+0.57%	Madison
10	Columbus	22,851	22,111	+3.35%	Platte
11	Papillion	19,597	18,894	+3.72%	Sarpy
12	La Vista	17,143	15,758	+8.79%	Sarpy
13	Scottsbluff	14,883	15,039	−1.04%	Scotts Bluff
14	South Sioux City	13,120	13,353	−1.74%	Dakota
15	Beatrice	12,362	12,459	−0.78%	Gage

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See List of cities in Nebraska for a full list.

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