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Nebraska
Motto: "Equality before the law"
Nicknames: Official - "The Cornhusker State" - "The Beef State"
Capital: Lincoln
Population: 1,739,291 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 38th in US State Population
Size: 430 miles long and 210 miles wide; covers 77,358 square miles - 16th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Western Meadowlark
State Flower: Goldenrod
The state of Nebraska is actually named after the Platte River from the French word meaning "broad river." The Omaha Indians called the river "iboapka." In 1842, John Charles Fremont used the word Nebraska in referencing the Platte River and this was the name given to the territory when it was created in 1854.
Nebraska became a state on March 1, 1867. It was the 37th state admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from Nebraska are called "Nebraskans" or sometimes "cornhuskers."
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