The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Nebraska:

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...

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U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

located in the Great Plains of the

Midwestern United States The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ...

. Nebraska was once considered part of the

Great American Desert The term Great American Desert was used in the 19th century to describe the part of North America east of the Rocky Mountains to about the 100th meridian. It can be traced to Stephen H. Long's 1820 scientific expedition which put the Great Am ...

, but it is now a leading

farming Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peopl ...

and ranching state.

General reference

* Names ** Common name:

*** Pronunciation: ** Official name:

State of Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the s ...

** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: NE *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-NE ***

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: .ne.us ** Nicknames *** Beef State (previously used on

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) *** Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates) *** Tree Planter's State * Adjectival:

* Demonym: Nebraskan

Geography of Nebraska

Geography of Nebraska * Nebraska is: a

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federal state A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government ( federalism). In a federation, the self-gover ...

of the United States of America * Location ** Northern hemisphere **

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Central United States The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern and Western as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the U.S. Census' definition of the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions o ...

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Corn Belt The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States that, since the 1850s, has dominated corn production in the United States. In the United States, ''corn'' is the common word for maize. More generally, the concept of the Corn Belt con ...

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West North Central States The West North Central states form one of the nine geographic subdivisions within the United States that are officially recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau. Seven states compose the division: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North ...

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****** Great plains * Population of Nebraska: 1,826,341 (2010 U.S. Census) * Area of Nebraska: * Atlas of Nebraska

Places in Nebraska

* Historic places in Nebraska **

National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska The List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Nebraska. There are 22 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Nebraska. Current NHLs in Nebraska Nebraska' ...

National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska __NOTOC__ This is a list of more than 1,100 properties and districts in Nebraska that are on the National Register of Historic Places. Of these, 20 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in 90 of the state's 93 counties. Current ...

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Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

National Natural Landmarks in Nebraska National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

* National parks in Nebraska * State parks in Nebraska

Environment of Nebraska

Climate of Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

* Superfund sites in Nebraska * Wildlife of Nebraska ** Fauna of Nebraska *** Birds of Nebraska

Natural geographic features of Nebraska

* Lakes of Nebraska *

Rivers of Nebraska This is a partial list of rivers in Nebraska (U.S. state). By tributary Missouri River *''Cheyenne River (SD)'' **Hat Creek * White River *Niobrara River ** Burgess Creek ** Bingham Creek ** Snake River ** Long Pine Creek ** Keya Paha River ** ...

Regions of Nebraska

Western Nebraska The Nebraska Panhandle is an area in the western part of the state of Nebraska and one of several U.S. state panhandles, or elongated geographical regions that extend from their main political entity. The Nebraska panhandle is two-thirds as br ...

Administrative divisions of Nebraska

* The 93 counties of the state of Nebraska ** Municipalities in Nebraska *** Cities in Nebraska ****

State capital Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals * List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population * List of national capitals by area * List of capital c ...

of Nebraska: **** City nicknames in Nebraska ***

List of villages in Nebraska Nebraska is a state located in the Midwestern United States. According to the 2020 United States Census The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, ...

*** Unincorporated communities in Nebraska ***

List of Nebraska townships The U.S. state of Nebraska is divided into 93 counties, 25 of which are divided into a total of 460 townships. 63 are divided into precincts where there is no township government. Four counties have neither a township nor a precinct subdivision: ...

Demography of Nebraska

Demographics of Nebraska

Government and politics of Nebraska

Politics of Nebraska * Form of government: U.S. state government * United States congressional delegations from Nebraska *

Nebraska State Capitol The Nebraska State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Nebraska and is located in downtown Lincoln. Designed by New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in 1920, it was constructed of Indiana limestone from 1922 to 19 ...

* Elections in Nebraska **

Electoral reform in Nebraska Electoral reform in the United States refers to efforts to change American elections and the electoral system used in the United States. Most elections in the U.S. select one person; elections with multiple candidates selected by proportional ...

* Political party strength in Nebraska

Branches of the government of Nebraska

Government of Nebraska

Executive branch of the government of Nebraska

Governor of Nebraska The governor of Nebraska is the head of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Constitution of Nebraska. The officeholder is elected to a four-year term, with elections held two years after presidential e ...

Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska The lieutenant governor of Nebraska is the highest-ranking executive official in the State of Nebraska after the governor. According to the Nebraska State Constitution, in the event a governor dies, becomes permanently incapacitated, resigns, or ...

Secretary of State of Nebraska The secretary of state of Nebraska is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Nebraska. In Nebraska, the secretary of state is elected for a four-year term. Vacancies are filled by appointment by the governor of Nebraska. The c ...

* State departments **

Nebraska Department of Roads The Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) was the state government agency charged with building and maintaining the state and federal highways in the U.S. State of Nebraska from 1957 to 2017. The main headquarters of the agency was located in Linc ...

Legislative branch of the government of Nebraska

Nebraska Legislature The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", the Nebraska Legislature is the sm ...

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unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

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Judicial branch of the government of Nebraska

Courts of Nebraska Courts of Nebraska include: ;State courts of Nebraska *Nebraska Supreme Court **Nebraska Court of Appeals *** Nebraska District Courts (12 districts) **** Nebraska County Courts (93 courts, one for each county) **** Nebraska Juvenile Courts **** Ne ...

* Supreme Court of Nebraska

Law and order in Nebraska

* Law of Nebraska * Cannabis in Nebraska * Capital punishment in Nebraska ** Individuals executed in Nebraska *

Constitution of Nebraska The Nebraska Constitution is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Nebraska. All acts of the Nebraska Legislature, the governor, and each governmental agency are subordinate to it. The constitution has been amended 228 times since it ...

* Crime in Nebraska * Gun laws in Nebraska * Law enforcement in Nebraska ** Law enforcement agencies in Nebraska

Military in Nebraska

Nebraska Air National Guard The Nebraska Air National Guard (NE ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Nebraska, United States of America. It is, along with the Nebraska Army National Guard, an element of the Nebraska National Guard. As state militia units, the units ...

Nebraska Army National Guard The Nebraska Army National Guard is a group of Army National Guard units in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Adjutant General for these units is Major General Daryl L. Bohac, who was announced as the new Deputy Director of the Army National Guard ...

History of Nebraska

History of Nebraska The history of the U.S. state of Nebraska dates back to its formation as a territory by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, passed by the United States Congress on May 30, 1854. The Nebraska Territory was settled extensively under the Homestead Act of ...

History of Nebraska, by period

* Prehistory of Nebraska * French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764 **

Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762 The Treaty of Fontainebleau was a secret agreement of 1762 in which the Kingdom of France ceded Louisiana to Spain. The treaty followed the last battle in the French and Indian War in North America, the Battle of Signal Hill in September 1762, whic ...

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

(though predominantly Francophone) district of Alta Louisiana, 1764–1803 **

Third Treaty of San Ildefonso The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a secret agreement signed on 1 October 1800 between the Spanish Empire and the French Republic by which Spain agreed in principle to exchange its North American colony of Louisiana for territories in Tuscany ...

of 1800 * French district of Haute-Louisiane, 1803 **

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase (french: Vente de la Louisiane, translation=Sale of Louisiana) was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or app ...

of 1803 * Unorganized U.S. territory created by the

, 1803–1804 **

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gr ...

, 1804–1806 *

District of Louisiana The District of Louisiana, or Louisiana District, was an official and temporary United States government designation for the portion of the Louisiana Purchase that had not been organized into the Territory of Orleans or "Orleans Territory" (the p ...

, 1804–1805 *

Territory of Louisiana The Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Missouri Territory. The territory was formed out of the ...

, 1805–1812 *

Territory of Missouri The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, until August 10, 1821. In 1819, the Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of its southern area. In 1821, a southea ...

, 1812–1821 **

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States, United States of America and its Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom ...

, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815 ***

Treaty of Ghent The Treaty of Ghent () was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took effect in February 1815. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands (now in ...

, December 24, 1814 * Unorganized Territory, 1821–1854 **

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1 ...

, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 ** Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1851 *

Nebraska Territory The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Nebraska. The Nebrask ...

, 1854–1867 **

Kansas–Nebraska Act The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 () was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed by the 33rd United States Congress, and signed into law by ...

of 1854 **

History of slavery in Nebraska The history of slavery in Nebraska is generally seen as short and limited. The issue was contentious for the legislature between the creation of the Nebraska Territory in 1854 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. There was a partic ...

Territory of Jefferson The Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized United States territory that existed from October 24, 1859 until the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. The Jefferson Territory, named for Founding Father and Un ...

(extralegal), 1859–1861 **

Pony Express The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders. It operated from April 3, 1860, to October 26, 1861, between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pi ...

, 1860–1861 **

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 ***

Nebraska in the American Civil War The present-day state of Nebraska was still a territory of the United States during the American Civil War. It did not achieve statehood until March 1867, two years after the war ended. Nevertheless, the Nebraska Territory contributed significant ...

First Transcontinental Telegraph The first transcontinental telegraph (completed October 24, 1861) was a line that connected the existing telegraph network in the eastern United States to a small network in California, by means of a link between Omaha, Nebraska and Carson City, ...

completed 1861 *

becomes 37th State admitted to the

on March 1, 1867 ** Gerald Ford becomes 38th

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...

on August 9, 1974

History of Nebraska, by region

* By city **

History of Lincoln, Nebraska The history of Lincoln, Nebraska began with the settlement of the village of Lancaster in 1856. The county of Lancaster was founded in 1859. Prior to settlement from the westward expansion of the United States, Plains Indians, descendants of ind ...

History of Omaha, Nebraska The history of Omaha, Nebraska, began before the settlement of the city, with speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa staking land across the Missouri River illegally as early as the 1840s. When it was legal to claim land in Indian Co ...

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History of North Omaha, Nebraska North Omaha, Nebraska has a recorded history spanning over 200 years, pre-dating the rest of Omaha, encompassing wildcat banks, ethnic enclaves, race riots and social change. North Omaha has roots back to 1812 and the founding of Fort Lisa. It ...

History of Nebraska, by subject

Culture of Nebraska

Culture of Nebraska * Museums in Nebraska * Religion in Nebraska **

Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska The Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of Nebraska. It is in Province VI. Its cathedral, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, is in Omaha, as are the ...

* Scouting in Nebraska * State symbols of Nebraska ** Flag of the State of Nebraska **

Great Seal of the State of Nebraska Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born ...

The Arts in Nebraska

* Music of Nebraska

Sports in Nebraska

Sports in Nebraska There are a variety of sports in Nebraska. Private organizations, colleges and universities, and other clubs across the state that offer sports throughout Nebraska. Professional sports The following are professional sports teams that currently pla ...

Economy and infrastructure of Nebraska

Economy of Nebraska * Communications in Nebraska ** Newspapers in Nebraska **

Radio stations in Nebraska The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Nebraska which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * KFKX Refere ...

Television stations in Nebraska Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ...

* Energy in Nebraska **

List of power stations in Nebraska This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Nebraska, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Nebraska had a total summer capacity of 10,256 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 40,479 ...

** Solar power in Nebraska ** Wind power in Nebraska * Health care in Nebraska ** Hospitals in Nebraska *

Transportation in Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

** Airports in Nebraska

Education in Nebraska

Education in Nebraska * Schools in Nebraska **

School districts in Nebraska A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compu ...

*** High schools in Nebraska ** Colleges and universities in Nebraska ***

University of Nebraska A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

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