NEBRASKA
Population (1994): 1,623,000 (up 2.8% from 1990), 0.6% of U.S. total
Voting-age population: 1,192,000; 1994 turnout, 48%
Median age: 33 years
Median household income: $31,794 ($470 below U.S. median)
Unemployment: 2.7% (2.9% below U.S. average, March 1996)
Last presidential election: Clinton (D): 29% Bush (R): 47% Perot (I): 24%
Congressional delegation: Two Democrats, three Republicans
It became a state in 1867, the 37th, and Nebraska has remained a wide-open, Great Plains region ever since, with a unicameral legislative body composed of 49 nonpartisan Senators. For half a century, Nebraska has been one of the most Republican states...
