| Date Admitted: |
1867 |
| State Capital: |
Lincoln |
| Admission to U.S.: |
Thirty-seventh State |
| Flag Adopted: |
1925 |
| State Motto: |
"Equality Before the Law" |
| Nickname: |
"Tree Planters' State" & "Cornhusker State" |
| State Song: |
"Beautiful Nebraska" |
| State Poet Laureate: |
John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) |
| 1st State Poet: |
William Kloefkorn (1881-1973) |
| State Flower: |
Goldenrod |
| State Tree: |
American Elm |
| State Bird: |
Western Meadowlark |
| State Mammal: |
Whitetail Deer (Odocoileusvirginianus) |
| State Fish: |
Channel Catfi (Ictalurus punctatus) |
| State Insect: |
Honeybee (Apism ellifica) |
| State Soil: |
Holdrege Series (Typic Argiustolls) |
| State Grass: |
Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) |
| State Gemstone: |
Blue Chalcedony (Blue Agate) |
| State Fossil: |
Mammoth |
| State Rock: |
Prairie Agate |
| State Folk Dance: |
Square Dance |
| State Ballad: |
A place like Nebraska |
| State Historic Baseball Capital: |
St. Paul |
| State Baseball Capital: |
Wakefield |
| State Seal: |
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