The People

Whites make up 89.6 per cent of Nebraska's population and blacks, 4 per cent. People of Hispanic origin make up 5.5 per cent of the population.

Nebraska's population density is 22.3 persons per square mite (8.6 per km 2), less than a third than that of the country as a whole.

Annual events in Nebraska
January-May
St. Patrick's Day Celebration in O'Neill (March); Sandhill Crane Migration in Grand Island, Hastings, and Kearney (March-April); Arbor Day, statewide (April); Willa Cather Spring Festival in Red Cloud (May).
June-August
Grundlovs Fest, or Danish Day, in Dannebrog (June); Swedish Festival in Stromsburg (June); NCAA College World Series in Omaha (June); Nebraskaland Days in North Platte (June); North Platte Nightly Rodeo (June-July); Fur Trade Days in Chadron (July); John C. Fremont Days in Fremont (July); Old Mill Days in Neligh (July); Oregon Trail Days in Gering (July); State Fourth of July Celebration in Seward (July); Wayne Chicken Show (July); Winnebago Powwow in Winnebago (late July); Czech Festival in Wilber (August); Nebraska's Big Rodeo in Burwell (August); Omaha Powwow in Macy (August).
September-December
Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island (September); Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Valentine (September); River City Roundup in Omaha (September); Oktoberfest in Sidney (October); Light of the World Pageant in Minden (December); Star City Holiday Weekend in Lincoln (December).