Nebraska is an economically strong state with a low unemployment rate and an important producer of agricultural products.
According to Acronymmonster, the US state of Nebraska is strongly influenced by agriculture, the capital of Nebraska is Lincoln.
Name, geographic location, and population of Nebraska
The name of the state is of Native American origin and means “shallow water,” referring to the Platte River flowing through the state. The neighboring states are South Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming, east of the Missouri River are Iowa and Missouri. The largest city is Omaha. Around 1.9 million people live in an area of 200,520 square kilometers, around 88 percent of them white. Among the remaining residents, the Hispanics form the largest group with around eleven percent (as of 2019). The largest, rural part of Nebraska is deeply conservative-religious and traditionally elects Republican, only in the larger cities the Democrats were able to record some temporary successes.
Brief history of Nebraska
Before the French and Spanish came to the area where Nebraska is located in the late 17th century, various Native American tribes lived here. The first contacts were mutually beneficial through trade relations. In May 1854, the country was divided into the Kansas and Nebraska Territories and became part of the United States. In the 1860s the first settlers came to live on the land promised by the government. In March 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state to join the union. In the years that followed, Nebraska attracted more and more people, including many African Americans. They found work in railway construction or in butcher shops and were often exposed to discrimination.
Nebraska these days
Nebraska is a wealthy state, in a comparison of real GDP per capita of all US states, Nebraska is 14th out of 50 (as of 2016). Agriculture plays an important role and the formerly endless, deserted prairies have been transformed by the residents into a land full of farms and ranches. Important products are wheat, soybeans, maize and millet, and livestock is also relevant. Nebraska’s unemployment rate is well below the national average, in November 2017 it was only 2.7 percent (national average 4.1 percent).
Largest Counties in Nebraska by Area
According to Countryaah, the biggest counties in Nebraska are listed as below:
| Ranking | County | Area |
| 1 | Cherry County | 15,439 km2 |
| 2 | Custer County | 6,672 km2 |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 6,641 km2 |
| 4 | Sheridan County | 6,322 km2 |
| 5 | Holt County | 6,250 km2 |
| 6 | Garden County | 4,416 km2 |
| 7 | Morrill County | 3,688 km2 |
| 8 | Dawes County | 3,616 km2 |
| 9 | Sioux County | 3,401 km2 |
| 10 | Brown County | 3,162 km2 |
| 11 | Cheyenne County | 3,098 km2 |
| 12 | Knox County | 2,870 km2 |
| 13 | Box Butte County | 2,784 km2 |
| 14 | Keith County | 2,748 km2 |
| 15 | Dawson County | 2,624 km2 |
| 16 | Rock County | 2,611 km2 |
| 17 | Frontier County | 2,525 km2 |
| 18 | Buffalo County | 2,507 km2 |
| 19 | Kimball County | 2,466 km2 |
| 20 | Dundy County | 2,383 km2 |
| 21 | Chase County | 2,315 km2 |
| 22 | Perkins County | 2,287 km2 |
| 23 | McPherson County | 2,225 km2 |
| 24 | Antelope County | 2,220 km2 |
| 25 | Gage County | 2,214 km2 |
| 26 | Lancaster County | 2,173 km2 |
| 27 | Grant County | 2,010 km2 |
| 28 | Keya Paha County | 2,002 km2 |
| 29 | Saunders County | 1,953 km2 |
| 30 | Banner County | 1,932 km2 |
| 31 | Cedar County | 1,917 km2 |
| 32 | Scotts Bluff County | 1,914 km2 |
| 33 | Hooker County | 1,867 km2 |
| 34 | Furnas County | 1,860 km2 |
| 35 | Red Willow County | 1,857 km2 |
| 36 | Arthur County | 1,852 km2 |
| 37 | Hayes County | 1,847 km2 |
| 38 | Thomas County | 1,847 km2 |
| 39 | Blaine County | 1,841 km2 |
| 40 | Hitchcock County | 1,839 km2 |
| 41 | Boone County | 1,779 km2 |
| 42 | Platte County | 1,756 km2 |
| 43 | Otoe County | 1,595 km2 |
| 44 | Butler County | 1,513 km2 |
| 45 | Fillmore County | 1,492 km2 |
| 46 | Franklin County | 1,492 km2 |
| 47 | York County | 1,492 km2 |
| 48 | Nuckolls County | 1,489 km2 |
| 49 | Saline County | 1,489 km2 |
| 50 | Seward County | 1,489 km2 |
| 51 | Thayer County | 1,489 km2 |
| 52 | Webster County | 1,489 km2 |
| 53 | Wheeler County | 1,489 km2 |
| 54 | Pierce County | 1,487 km2 |
| 55 | Clay County | 1,484 km2 |
| 56 | Jefferson County | 1,484 km2 |
| 57 | Madison County | 1,484 km2 |
| 58 | Cuming County | 1,481 km2 |
| 59 | Logan County | 1,479 km2 |
| 60 | Garfield County | 1,476 km2 |
| 61 | Greeley County | 1,476 km2 |
| 62 | Howard County | 1,476 km2 |
| 63 | Loup County | 1,476 km2 |
| 64 | Valley County | 1,471 km2 |
| 65 | Sherman County | 1,466 km2 |
| 66 | Adams County | 1,458 km2 |
| 67 | Cass County | 1,448 km2 |
| 68 | Richardson County | 1,435 km2 |
| 69 | Harlan County | 1,432 km2 |
| 70 | Hall County | 1,414 km2 |
| 71 | Hamilton County | 1,409 km2 |
| 72 | Phelps County | 1,399 km2 |
| 73 | Boyd County | 1,399 km2 |
| 74 | Dodge County | 1,383 km2 |
| 75 | Kearney County | 1,336 km2 |
| 76 | Burt County | 1,277 km2 |
| 77 | Merrick County | 1,256 km2 |
| 78 | Dixon County | 1,233 km2 |
| 79 | Gosper County | 1,186 km2 |
| 80 | Wayne County | 1,150 km2 |
| 81 | Nance County | 1,142 km2 |
| 82 | Deuel County | 1,140 km2 |
| 83 | Polk County | 1,137 km2 |
| 84 | Pawnee County | 1,119 km2 |
| 85 | Stanton County | 1,114 km2 |
| 86 | Colfax County | 1,070 km2 |
| 87 | Nemaha County | 1,059 km2 |
| 88 | Thurston County | 1,020 km2 |
| 89 | Washington County | 1,010 km2 |
| 90 | Johnson County | 974 km2 |
| 91 | Douglas County | 857 km2 |
| 92 | Dakota County | 684 km2 |
| 93 | Sarpy County | 624 km2 |