Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Nebraska has 1,080 practicing family doctors. Broken out by city, family practice doctor density in Albion is 7, in Alliance is 5, in Alma is 2, in Ashland is 3, in Atkinson is 4, in Auburn is 5, in Aurora is 6, in Bayard is 1, in Beatrice is 14, in Bellevue is 30, in Blair is 12, in Bloomfield is 2, in Bridgeport is 2, in Broken Bow is 9, in Burwell is 2, in Cambridge is 3, in Central City is 3, in Chadron is 7, in Chappell is 1, in Columbus is 15, in Cozad is 6, in Crawford is 7, in Creighton is 3, in Crete is 10, in David City is 4, in Elkhorn is 7, in Fairbury is 4, in Falls City is 4, in Fort Calhoun is 1, in Franklin is 2, in Fremont is 14, in Friend is 2, in Fullerton is 5, in Geneva is 5, in Gering is 6, in Gordon is 3, in Gothenburg is 5, in Grand Island is 26, in Grant is 4, in Gretna is 4, in Hartington is 2, in Hastings is 11, in Hebron is 4, in Henderson is 3, in Holdrege is 8, in Imperial is 4, in Kearney is 27, in Kimball is 1, in La Vista is 6, in Laurel is 2, in Lexington is 7, in Lincoln is 180, in Louisville is 1, in Loup City is 1, in Madison is 1, in Mccook is 8, in Milford is 1, in Minden is 4, in Mitchell is 1, in Nebraska City is 8, in Neligh is 4, in Norfolk is 24, in North Platte is 16, in Oakland is 5, in Ogallala is 9, in Omaha is 361, in Ord is 4, in Papillion is 14, in Pawnee City is 2, in Pierce is 1, in Plainview is 3, in Plattsmouth is 1, in Ponca is 1, in Ralston is 1, in Ravenna is 2, in Red Cloud is 4, in Schuyler is 3, in Scottsbluff is 21, in Scribner is 2, in Seward is 10, in Sidney is 6, in South Sioux City is 8, in Stromsburg is 1, in Superior is 2, in Sutton is 2, in Syracuse is 3, in Tecumseh is 5, in Tekamah is 1, in Tilden is 5, in Valentine is 2, in Valley is 5, in Wahoo is 3, in Wakefield is 1, in Wayne is 5, in Weeping Water is 1, in West Point is 4, in Wilber is 2, in Wisner is 1, in Wymore is 1, and in York is 9.

Nebraska’s capital is Lincoln, near Omaha, its largest city. Nebraska achieved statehood in 1867; its population is 1,758,787. Omaha’s Old Market area is home to many historic buildings and cobblestone streets, and numerous museums and landmarks offer something for everyone to see. St. Cecilia’s Cathedral with its 16th century stained-glass windows, the (former president) Gerald Ford birth site, the Orpheum Theater, or the Strategic Air and Space Museum are all in Omaha. Elsewhere in Nebraska, you can visit a frontier military fort, monument, or museum, an archeological site, or one of 23 wineries in the state. Nebraska claims to have the most public golf courses in the United States.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Nebraska has a population of 1,758,787. Of this population, 421,049 are under the age of 18 and 232,976 are at or above the age of 65.