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{{Infobox U.S. state
| name = Nebraska
| official_name = State of Nebraska
| image_flag = Flag of Nebraska.svg
| image_seal = Nebraska-StateSeal.svg
| image_map = Nebraska in United States.svg
| nickname = Cornhusker State
| Former = Nebraska Territory
| motto = [[Equality before the law]]
| anthem = "[[Beautiful Nebraska]]"<br />[[File:"Beautiful Nebraska" - Regional anthem of Nebraska.ogg|center]]
| seat = [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]
| OfficialLang = English
| population_demonym = Nebraskan
| LargestCity = [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]
| LargestMetro = [[Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area|Omaha–Council Bluffs]]
| Governor = {{nowrap|[[Jim Pillen]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])}}
| Lieutenant Governor = {{nowrap|[[Joseph P. Kelly (attorney)|Joe Kelly]] (R)}}
| Legislature = [[Nebraska Legislature]]
| Upperhouse =
| Lowerhouse =
| Judiciary = [[Nebraska Supreme Court]]
| Senators = {{nowrap|[[Deb Fischer]] (R)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[Pete Ricketts]] (R)}}
| Representative = {{nowrap|[[Nebraska's 1st congressional district|1]]: [[Mike Flood]] (R)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[Nebraska's 2nd congressional district|2]]: [[Don Bacon]] (R)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[Nebraska's 3rd congressional district|3]]: [[Adrian Smith (politician)|Adrian Smith]] (R)}}
| postal_code = NE
| TradAbbreviation = Neb., Nebr.
| area_rank = 16th
| area_total_sq_mi = 77,358
| area_total_km2 = 200,356
| area_land_sq_mi = 76,874
| area_land_km2 = 199,099
| area_water_sq_mi = 481
| area_water_km2 = 1,247
| area_water_percent = 0.7
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_rank = 37th
| 2010Pop = 1,961,504
| population_density_rank = 43rd
| 2000DensityUS = 24.94
| 2000Density = 9.63
| MedianHouseholdIncome = $59,970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/median-annual-income/?currentTimeframe=0|website=The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation|title=Median Annual Household Income|access-date=December 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220091007/http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/median-annual-income/?currentTimeframe=0|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| IncomeRank = 22nd
| AdmittanceOrder = 37th
| AdmittanceDate = March 1, 1867
| timezone1 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central]]
| utc_offset1 = −06:00
| timezone1_DST = [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST = −05:00
| timezone1_location = most of state
| timezone2 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain]]
| utc_offset2 = −07:00
| timezone2_DST = [[Mountain Daylight Time|MDT]]
| utc_offset2_DST = −06:00
| timezone2_location = [[Nebraska Panhandle|Panhandle]]
| Latitude = [[40th parallel north|40° N]] to [[43rd parallel north|43° N]]
| Longitude = 95° 19′ W to 104° 03′ W
| width_mi = 210
| width_km = 340
| length_mi = 430
| length_km = 690
| elevation_max_point = [[Panorama Point]]<ref name=USGS>{{cite web|url=http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html |title=Elevations and Distances in the United States |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |year=2001 |access-date=October 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012701/http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html |archive-date=October 15, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=NAVD88>Elevation adjusted to [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988]].</ref>
| elevation_max_ft = 5,424
| elevation_max_m = 1654
| elevation_ft = 2,600
| elevation_m = 790
| elevation_min_point = [[Missouri River]] at {{nobreak|[[Kansas]] border}}<ref name=USGS/><ref name=NAVD88/>
| elevation_min_ft = 840
| elevation_min_m = 256
| iso_code = US-NE
| website = www.nebraska.gov
}}
{{Infobox U.S. state symbols
| Name = Nebraska
| Flag = Flag of Nebraska.svg
| Seal = Seal of Nebraska.svg
| Bird = [[Western meadowlark]]<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-107">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-107|title=Nebraska Legislature statute 90-107|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112017/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-107|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Fish = [[Channel catfish]]
| Flower = [[Solidago gigantea|Tall Goldenrod]]<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-101">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=1-101|title=Nebraska Legislature statute 1-101|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112102/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=1-101|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Grass = [[Little bluestem]]<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-112">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-112|title=Nebraska Legislature statute 90-112|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112122/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-112|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Insect = [[Western honey bee]]<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-114">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-114|title=Nebraska Legislature statute 90-114|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112119/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-114|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Mammal = [[White-tailed deer]]<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-117">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-117|title=Nebraska Legislature statue 90-117|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112042/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-117|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Tree = [[Eastern Cottonwood]]<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-113">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-113|title=Nebraska Legislature statute 90-113|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112104/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-113|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Fossil = [[Mammoth]]<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-109">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-109|title=Nebraska Legislature statute 90-109|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112045/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-109|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Beverage = [[Milk]]<br />Soft drink: [[Kool-Aid]]
| Dance = [[Square dance]]
| Gemstone = [[Chalcedony|Blue agate]]<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-108">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-108|title=Nebraska Legislature statute 90-108|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112040/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-108|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Other = '''River:''' [[Platte River]]
| Rock= [[Agate|Prairie agate]]<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-110">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-110|title=Nebraska Legislature statute 90-110|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112100/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-110|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Slogan = ''Welcome to NEBRASKAland where the West begins''<ref name="Nebraska Statute 90-105">{{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-105|title=Nebraska Legislature statute 90-105|last=LTC|website=nebraskalegislature.gov|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904204225/http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-105|archive-date=September 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:The official symbol and slogan for the State of Nebraska.jpg|160px|The Official Symbol and Slogan of Nebraska]]
| Soil = [[Holdrege (soil)|Holdrege series]]
| Route Marker = N-92.svg
| Quarter =
| QuarterReleaseDate = 2006
}}
'''Nebraska''' is a [[U.S. state|state]] near to the center of the [[United States]]. Its [[capital (city)|capital]] is [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]] and the largest city is [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]. It touches the states of [[Wyoming]], [[South Dakota]], [[Iowa]], [[Missouri]], [[Colorado]] and [[Kansas]].

Nebraska is known for its [[agriculture]], especially [[beef]] and [[corn]].

Nebraska has hot summers and cold winters. A temperature of 30&nbsp;°C (which is about 86&nbsp;°F) is common in the summer, and in the winter it can be -20&nbsp;°C (which is about -4&nbsp;°F) or colder at night.

==History==
[[Native American]] tribes, including the Omaha, Oto, Missouri, Pawnee, Arapaho and Cheyenne, all ceded land in Nebraska to the U.S. government.

On May 30, 1854, the United States government made a law called the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It made two territories called Kansas Territory and Nebraska Territory. In the 1860s, many people moved there to take free land from the government. Nebraska became a state on March 1, 1867.

==Related pages==
* [[Colleges and universities in Nebraska]]
* [[List of counties in Nebraska]]

==References==
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