Nebraska
Nebraska: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · population 1,961,504 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Nebraska at a glance
Rolled up from the 9 regions inside Nebraska on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Nebraska, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-10 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 2,018,006 people (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 206,616.2 USD millions (current dollars, annual) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 2.9 % (preliminary) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 81,600 USD (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 67.2 % of households (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 49,500 USD, average debt per resident with a credit score (2025) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
Largest companies in Nebraska
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway (Omaha) ↗ | revenue | 371.4 USD billions | 2025 |
| Union Pacific Corporation (Omaha) ↗ | revenue | 24.5 USD billions | 2025 |
| Kiewit Corporation (Omaha) ↗ | revenue | 18.2 USD billions | 2025 |
| Mutual of Omaha (Omaha) ↗ | revenue | 9.347 USD billions | 2018 |
| Valmont Industries (Omaha) ↗ | revenue | 4.1 USD billions | 2025 |
| Werner Enterprises (Omaha) ↗ | revenue | 3.3 USD billions | 2022 |
| Nelnet (Lincoln) ↗ | revenue | 0.969 USD billions | 2022 |
Worth knowing
- 2026-11Gov. Jim Pillen (R) won re-election on November 3, 2026, defeating Democrat Lynne Walz 50.41% (380,604 votes) to 42.53% (321,061); Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly was his running mate. ↗
- 2026-11Speaking after the election, Gov. Pillen said voters had given state leaders a mandate to fix property taxes in the 2027 session, and he pushed a 'Cap, Cover, Cut' plan. ↗
- 2025-06All four of Nebraska's Fortune 500 headquarters on the 2025 list are in Omaha: Berkshire Hathaway (#6), Union Pacific (#177), Kiewit (#247) and Mutual of Omaha (#299). Omaha also has three more Fortune 1000 companies. ↗
- 2025-02Nebraska ranks #1 among states in farm cash receipts per capita: $15,765 (USDA ERS, 2023). ↗
- 2026-09Nebraska's GDP reached US$217,960.2 million (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in Q2 2026, up from US$204,843.1 million in Q2 2025. ↗
- 2021-10In October 2021 Nebraska's unemployment rate was 1.9%, the lowest ever recorded for any US state. ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish149,033 · 7.6%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages13,718 · 0.7%
- Other Indo-European languages12,967 · 0.7%
- Other and unspecified languages11,214 · 0.6%
- Vietnamese8,078 · 0.4%
- Arabic6,406 · 0.3%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun6,026 · 0.3%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages5,382 · 0.3%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)4,911 · 0.2%
- German or other West Germanic languages4,702 · 0.2%
Largest places in Nebraska
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Omaha, Nebraska full486,051
- 2.Lincoln, Nebraska full291,082
- 3.Grand Island, Nebraska full53,131
- 4.Kearney, Nebraska full33,790
- 5.Norfolk, Nebraska full24,955
- 6.North Platte, Nebraska full23,390
- 7.Scottsbluff, Nebraska full14,436
- 8.McCook, Nebraska full7,446
- 9.Chadron, Nebraska full5,206
Inside Nebraska
9 regions have Nebraska as their parent.
Companies based in Nebraska
57 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Nebraska. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Nebraska are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.