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Nebraska has the largest proportion of
Czech Americans in the nation. Many
of them live in the southeastern town
of Wilber, nicknamed the “Czech
Capital of the U.S.A.”
Major Cities
With a 2010 population of 408,958,
Omaha
is Nebraska’s biggest city.
Until the 1990s, the city was home to
the Union Stockyards, once the
largest livestock market and meat-
packing industry in the nation. Today,
Omaha is a major business hub, boast-
ing several companies on Fortune
magazine’s list of America’s top 500
corporations. Included on that list is
Berkshire Hathaway, the multination-
al investment firm run by billionaire
Warren Buffett, an Omaha native.
Roughly 55 miles southwest of
Omaha is
Lincoln
, Nebraska’s capital
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Lower Plains: Kansas, Nebraska
Aerial view of Omaha, the state’s largest city.