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The Official Page
- Statehood: March 1, 1867 (number 37)
- Area: 77,358 square miles (16th largest state)
- Population: (as of 2010)
- Number of counties: 93
- Highest Point: 5,426 feet (Panorama Point)
- State motto: Equality Before the Law
- State song: Beautiful Nebraska
- State bird: Western Meadowlark
- State mammal: White-tailed deer
- State fish: Catfish
- State fossil: Allen Beermann
- State insect: Honeybee
- State flower: Goldenrod
- State tree: Cottonwood
- State grass: Little bluestem
- State beverage: Milk
- State soft drink: Kool-Aid
- State river: Platte
- State dance: Square dance
