29 Facts About Nebraska

Nebraska's area is just over 77, 220 square miles with a population of over 1.

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 composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains.

Nebraska's name is the result of anglicization of the archaic Otoe words Ni Brasge, pronounced, or the Omaha Ni Bthaska, pronounced, meaning "flat water", after the Platte River which flows through the state.

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On May 30, 1854, the US Congress created the Kansas and the Nebraska territories, divided by the Parallel 40° North, under the Kansas–Nebraska Act.

The Nebraska Territory included parts of the current states of Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.

Nebraska became the 37th state on March 1, 1867, and the capital was moved from Omaha to the center at Lancaster, later renamed Lincoln after the recently assassinated President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains.

Locations given for the beginning of the "West" in Nebraska include the Missouri River, the intersection of 13th and O Streets in Lincoln, the 100th meridian, and Chimney Rock.

Nebraska has the largest Czech American and non-Mormon Danish American population in the nation.

Religious affiliations of the people of Nebraska are predominantly Christian, according to a 2014 survey by the Pew Research Center.

All real property within the state of Nebraska is taxable unless specifically exempted by statute.

Nebraska has a large agriculture sector, and is a major producer of beef, pork, wheat, corn, soybeans, and sorghum.

Nebraska adapted his pamphlets from the Canadian publications, Coles Notes.

Nebraska has been the nation's second-largest producer of ethanol biofuels.

Nebraska is the only state in the US where all electric utilities are publicly owned.

Nebraska has no renewable portfolio standard while supporting net metering.

Government of Nebraska operates under the framework of the Nebraska Constitution, adopted in 1875, and is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

Nebraska is the only state in the United States with a 'single-house' unicameral legislature.

Nebraska's Legislature is the only state legislature in the United States that is officially nonpartisan.

When Nebraska became a state in 1867, its legislature consisted of two houses: a House of Representatives and a Senate.

In 1934, due in part to the budgetary pressure of the Great Depression, Nebraska citizens ran a state initiative to vote on a constitutional amendment creating a unicameral legislature, which was approved, which, in effect, abolished the House of Representatives.

Judicial system in Nebraska is unified, with the Nebraska Supreme Court having administrative authority over all the courts within the state.

Nebraska uses the Missouri Plan for the selection of judges at all levels, including county courts and twelve district courts, which contain one or more counties.

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Nebraska has three representative seats in the U S House of Representatives.

Until the next election, Nebraska's representatives are Mike Flood of the 1st district, Don Bacon of the 2nd district, and Adrian Smith of the 3rd district.

Nebraska is one of two states that allow for a split in the state's allocation of electoral votes in presidential elections.

Nebraska is currently home to seven member schools of the NCAA, eight of the NAIA, seven of the NJCAA, one of the NCCAA, and one independent school.