Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska
Flag of Omaha, Nebraska
Official seal of Omaha, Nebraska
Nickname(s): 
Gate-city of the West,[1] The Big O
Motto(s): 
Fortiter in Re  (Latin)
(English: "Courageously in every enterprise")
Location within Douglas County
Location within Douglas County
Omaha is located in Nebraska
Omaha
Omaha
Location within Nebraska and the United States
Omaha is located in the United States
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°15′31″N 95°56′15″W / 41.25861°N 95.93750°W / 41.25861; -95.93750
Country United States
State Nebraska
CountyDouglas
Founded1854
Incorporated1857
Named forOmaha people
Government
 • TypeStrong mayor–council
 • MayorJean Stothert (R)
 • City ClerkElizabeth Butler
 • City Council
Members list
Area
 • City146.28 sq mi (378.85 km2)
 • Land142.67 sq mi (369.51 km2)
 • Water3.61 sq mi (9.35 km2)
Elevation1,060 ft (320 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City486,051
 • Estimate 
(2021)
487,300
 • Rank40th in the United States
1st in Nebraska
 • Density3,658.41/sq mi (1,315.40/km2)
 • Urban
819,508 (US: 55th)
 • Urban density3,026.1/sq mi (1,168.4/km2)
 • Metro967,604 (US: 58th)
DemonymOmahan
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−05:00 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
68022, 68101–68164
Area code402 and 531
FIPS code31-37000
GNIS feature ID0835483[3]
Websitewww.cityofomaha.org

Omaha (/ˈməhɑː/ OH-mə-hah) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.[5] Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-most populous city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051.[6]

Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, a bi-state Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha metropolitan area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604.[4] The Omaha–Council Bluffs–Fremont, NE–IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates.[7] Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a 50 mi (80 km) radius of Downtown Omaha. It is ranked as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, which in 2020 gave it "sufficiency" status.[8]

Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the "Gateway to the West". Omaha introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it played host to the World's Fair, dubbed the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. During the 19th century, Omaha's central location in the United States spurred the city to become an important national transportation hub. Throughout the rest of the 19th century, the transportation and jobbing sectors were important in the city, along with its railroads and breweries. In the 20th century, the Omaha Stockyards, once the world's largest, and its meatpacking plants gained international prominence.

Presently, Omaha is the home to the headquarters of four Fortune 500 companies: conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway; one of the world's largest construction companies, Kiewit Corporation; insurance and financial firm Mutual of Omaha; and the United States' largest railroad operator, Union Pacific Corporation.[9] Berkshire Hathaway is headed by local investor Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest people in the world, according to a decade's worth of Forbes rankings, some of which have ranked him as high as No. 1.[10] Omaha is also the home to five Fortune 1000 headquarters: Green Plains, Intrado, TD Ameritrade, Valmont Industries, and Werner Enterprises. Also headquartered in Omaha are the following: First National Bank of Omaha, the third largest privately held bank in the United States; three of the nation's ten largest architecture/engineering firms (DLR Group, HDR, Inc., and Leo A Daly);[11] and the Gallup Organization, of Gallup Poll fame, and its riverfront Gallup University. Notable modern Omaha inventions include the following: the "pink hair curler" created at Omaha's Tip-Top Products; Butter Brickle Ice Cream, and the Reuben sandwich, conceived by a chef at the Blackstone Hotel on 36th and Farnam Streets;[12] cake mix, developed by Duncan Hines, then a division of Omaha's Nebraska Consolidated Mills, the forerunner to today's ConAgra Foods; center-pivot irrigation by the Omaha company now known as Valmont Corporation;[13] Raisin Bran, developed by Omaha's Skinner Macaroni Co.; the first ski lift in the U.S., in 1936, by Omaha's Union Pacific Corp.;[14] the Top 40 radio format, pioneered by Todd Storz, scion of Omaha's Storz Brewing Co. and head of Storz Broadcasting, and first used in the U.S. at Omaha's KOWH Radio; and the TV dinner, developed by Omaha's Carl A. Swanson.[15]

  1. ^ Mullens, P.A. (1901) Biographical Sketches of Edward Creighton and John A. Creighton. Creighton University. p. 24.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Omaha, Nebraska
  4. ^ a b "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "QuickFacts: Omaha city, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 8, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Ar/s: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 (CBSA-EST2012-02)" (CSV). 2017 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. July 1, 2017. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  8. ^ "GaWC - Data Set 11". Lboro.ac.uk. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  9. ^ Boettcher, Ross. "Mutual returns to Fortune 500". Omaha World-Herald. April 16, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  10. ^ Kroll, L. "Special report: The World's Billionaires" Archived November 9, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Forbes magazine. March 5, 2008.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference BDC 2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "The Reuben sandwich Reuben himself would love". Omaha.com. January 27, 2012. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  13. ^ "Robert Daugherty and Valmont Center Pivot Irrigation". Livinghistoryfarm.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  14. ^ "Union Pacific Invented First Ski Lift In Omaha". Wowt.com. November 29, 2010. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  15. ^ "Omaha Innovators Swanson". Omahahistory.org. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.

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