Nebraska - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Lincoln March 1, 1867 the 37th state State nickname Name for residents State motto Abbreviation The Cornhusker State Nebraskans Equality before the law NE LAND Total area 200,346 sq km 77,354 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 16th 199,109 sq km 76,877 sq mi Highest point Kimball County 1,653 m/5,424 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 1.9 percent (2002) 3 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 1,774,571 (2007 estimate) 38th 8.4 percent (1990-2000) 8.9 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 23 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 69.8 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) O maha 419,545 (2006) Lincoln 241,167 (2006) B ellevue 47,594 (2006) Grand Island 44,632 (2006) K earney 29,385 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 89.6 percent (2000) Blacks 4 percent (2000) Asians 1.3 percent (2000) Native Americans 0.9 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 4.2 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 5.5 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 76.9 years (1989-1991) 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 418 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 231 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) 12.3 percent (2006) 13.6 (2003) Government spending per student (K-12) $9,371 (2002-2003) Share of students attending private school 14.6 percent (1999) Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 89.5 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Dave Heineman (term ends January 2011) Legislature Unicameral, 49 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 3 Electoral votes 5 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing $76 billion (2006) $32,276 (2004) 5 percent (2004) Industry Construction Manufacturing 4.4 percent (2004) 12.2 percent (2004) Mining 0.1 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 8.4 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate G overnment Information technology Retail trade 17 percent (2004) 14.8 percent (2004) 4 percent (2004) 6.7 percent (2004) Wholesale trade Other services 6.7 percent (2004) 21.1 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 974,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 3 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 8.3 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 0.4 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 2.8 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 28 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 68.8 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 219 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 55.4 percent (2003 estimate) 8.7 books per person (2002) 150,169 km (2005) 93,311 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 776 km (2005) 482 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 5,597 km (2004) 3,478 mi (2004) Airports 8 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
