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Линкольн
Столица штата
Горизонт центра Линкольна Капитолий штата Небраска Государственный музей Университета Небраски Memorial Stadium Haymarket District
Flag Seal
Nickname:  Star City
Location within Lancaster County
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Coordinates: 40°48′33″N 96°40′41″W
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
County	Lancaster
Founded	1856 (Lancaster)
Renamed	July 29, 1869 (Lincoln)
Incorporated	April 1, 1869
Named for	Abraham Lincoln
Government
• Type	Strong mayor–council
• Mayor	Leirion Gaylor Baird (D)
• City council	show Members Tom Beckius James Michael Bowers Justin P. Carlson Tom Duden Bennie Shobe Sändra Washington Brodey Weber
• U.S. Congress	Mike Flood (R)
Area
• State capital city	100.45 sq mi (260.16 km2)
• Land	99.09 sq mi (256.63 km2)
• Water	1.36 sq mi (3.52 km2)  1.4%
• Urban	94.17 sq mi (243.9 km2)
• Metro	1,422.269 sq mi (3,683.660 km2)
• CSA	2,282.229 sq mi (5,910.95 km2)
Elevation	1,201 ft (366 m)
Population  (2020)
• State capital city	291,082
• Estimate  (2023)	294,757
• Density	2,937.67/sq mi (1,134.24/km2)
• Urban [β]	291,217 (US: 139th)
• Urban density	3,092.3/sq mi (1,193.9/km2)
• Metro	342,117 (US: 152nd)
• Metro density	240.5/sq mi (92.9/km2)
• CSA	363,733 (US: 104th)
• CSA density	159.4/sq mi (61.5/km2)
Demonym	Lincolnite
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)	68501-68510, 68512, 68514, 68516-68517, 68520-68524, 68526-68529, 68531, 68542, 68544, 68583, 68588
Area codes	402, 531
FIPS code	31-28000
GNIS feature ID	837279
Website	lincoln.ne.gov
α. ^ 1 2 Area, city density, metro population/density and CSA population/density as of the 2021 estimate. β. ^ Urban population/density as of the 2020 Census.

Линкольн — столица американского штата Небраска и административный центр округа Ланкастер . Город занимает площадь 100,4 квадратных миль (260,035 км²). ² штата ) с населением 294 757 человек в 2023 году. Это второй по численности населения город и 73-й по величине город в США . Линкольн является экономическим и культурным якорем значительно более крупного мегаполиса на юго-востоке Небраски, Линкольн-Метрополитен и Линкольн- Беатрис объединенных статистических территорий . В статистической зоне проживает 361 921 человек, что делает ее 104-й по величине совокупной статистической территорией в Соединенных Штатах.

Линкольн был основан в 1856 году как деревня Ланкастер на диких солончаках и ручьях территории, которая впоследствии стала округом Ланкастер. Переименованный в честь президента Авраама Линкольна , он стал столицей штата Небраска в 1869 году. Бертрамом Г. Гудхью, спроектированное Здание Капитолия штата, было завершено в 1932 году и является вторым по высоте капитолием страны. Поскольку город является резиденцией правительства штата Небраска, штат и правительство США являются крупными работодателями. Университет Небраски был основан в Линкольне в 1869 году. Университет является крупнейшим в Небраске, в нем обучаются 26 079 студентов, и третьим по величине работодателем в городе. Другие основные работодатели относятся к сфере услуг и обрабатывающей промышленности, включая растущий сектор высоких технологий . Этот регион является частью так называемой Силиконовой прерии Среднего Запада.

Designated as a "refugee-friendly" city by the U.S. Department of State in the 1970s, the city was the 12th-largest resettlement site per capita in the country by 2000. Refugee Vietnamese, Karen (Burmese ethnic minority), Sudanese and Yazidi (Iraqi ethnic minority) people, as well as refugees from Iraq, the Middle East and Afghanistan, have resettled in the city. During the 2018–19 school year, Lincoln Public Schools provided support for about 3,000 students from 150 countries, who spoke 125 different languages.

History

Main article: History of Lincoln, Nebraska

For a chronological guide, see Timeline of Lincoln, Nebraska history.

Natives

Before the expansion westward of settlers, the prairie was covered with buffalo grass. Plains Indians, descendants of indigenous peoples who occupied the area for thousands of years, lived in and hunted along Salt Creek. The Pawnee, which included four tribes, lived in villages along the Platte River. The Great Sioux Nation, including the Ihanktowan-Ihanktowana and the Lakota, to the north and west, used Nebraska as a hunting and skirmish ground, but did not have any long-term settlements in the state. An occasional buffalo could still be seen in the plat of Lincoln in the 1860s.

Founding

Lincoln, 1868

Lincoln was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster and became the county seat of the newly created Lancaster County in 1859. The village was sited on the east bank of Salt Creek. The first settlers were attracted to the area due to the abundance of salt. Once J. Sterling Morton developed his salt mines in Kansas, salt in the village was no longer a viable commodity. Captain W. T. Donovan, a former steamer captain, and his family settled on Salt Creek in 1856. In 1859, the village settlers met to form a county. A caucus was formed and the committee, which included Donovan, selected Lancaster as the county seat. The county was named Lancaster. After the passage of the 1862 Homestead Act, homesteaders began to inhabit the area. The first plat was dated August 6, 1864.

By the end of 1868, Lancaster had a population of approximately 500. The township of Lancaster was renamed Lincoln, with the incorporation of the city of Lincoln on April 1, 1869. In 1869, the University of Nebraska was established in Lincoln by the state with a land grant of about 130,000 acres. Construction of University Hall, the first building, began the same year.

State capital

See also: Nebraska State Capitol

Nebraska State Capitol

Nebraska was granted statehood on March 1, 1867. The capital of the Nebraska Territory had been Omaha since the creation of the territory in 1854. Most of its population lived south of the Platte River. After much of the territory south of the Platte was considered annexation to Kansas, the territorial legislature voted to place the capital city south of the river and as far west as possible. Before the vote to remove the capital city from Omaha, Omaha Senator J. N. H. Patrick made a last-ditch effort to derail the move by having the future capital city named after recently assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Many of the people south of the Platte had been sympathetic to the Confederate cause in the recently concluded Civil War. It was assumed that senators south of the river would not vote to pass the measure if the future capital was named after Lincoln. In the end, the motion to name the future capital city Lincoln was ineffective in blocking the measure and the vote to move the capital south of the Platte was successful, with the passage of the Removal Act in 1867.

The Removal Act called for the formation of a Capital Commission to site the capital on state-owned land. On July 18, 1867, the Commission, composed of Governor David Butler, Secretary of State Thomas Kennard, and State Auditor John Gillespie, began to tour sites for the new capital city. The village of Lancaster was chosen, in part due to its salt flats and marshes. Lancaster had approximately 30 residents. Disregarding the original plat of the village of Lancaster, Kennard platted Lincoln on a broader scale. The plat of the village of Lancaster was not dissolved nor abandoned; it became Lincoln when the Lincoln plat files were finished on September 6, 1867. To raise money for the construction of a capital city, an auction of lots was held.

Kennard and Gillespie houses, 1872

Nebraska home for dependent children, 1904

Newcomers began to arrive and Lincoln's population grew. The Nebraska State Capitol was completed on December 1, 1868, a two-story building constructed with native limestone with a central cupola. The Kennard house, built in 1869, is the oldest remaining building in the original plat of Lincoln.

In 1888, a new capitol building was constructed on the site of the first to replace the structurally unsound former capitol. The second building was a classical design by architect William H. Willcox. Construction began on a third capitol building in 1922. Bertram G. Goodhue was selected in a national competition as its architect. By 1924, the first phase of construction was completed and state offices moved into the new building. In 1925, the Willcox-designed capitol building was razed. The Goodhue-designed capitol was constructed in four phases, with the completion of the fourth phase in 1932. It is the second-tallest capitol building in the United States.

Growth and expansion

Government Square: U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (1879–1906), City Hall (1906–1969).

The worldwide economic depression of 1890 saw Lincoln's population fall from 55,000 to 40,169 by 1900 (per the 1900 census). Volga-German immigrants from Russia settled in the North Bottoms neighborhood and as Lincoln expanded with the growth in population, the city began to annex nearby towns. Normal was the first town annexed in 1919. Bethany Heights, incorporated in 1890, was annexed in 1922. In 1926, the town of University Place was annexed. College View, incorporated in 1892, was annexed in 1929. Union College, a Seventh Day Adventist institution, was founded in College View in 1891. In 1930, Lincoln annexed the town of Havelock. Havelock actively opposed annexation to Lincoln and only relented due to a strike by the Burlington railroad shop workers which halted progress and growth for the city.

The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad's first train arrived in Lincoln on June 26, 1870, and the Midland Pacific (1871) and the Atchison and Nebraska (1872) soon followed. The Union Pacific began service in 1877. The Chicago and North Western and Missouri Pacific began service in 1886. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific extended service to Lincoln in 1892. Lincoln became a rail hub.

Detroit-Lincoln-Denver (D-L-D) Highway monument

As automobile travel became more common, so did the need for better roads in Nebraska and throughout the U.S. In 1911, the Omaha-Denver Trans-Continental Route Association, with support from the Good Roads Movement, established the Omaha-Lincoln-Denver Highway (O-L-D) through Lincoln. The goal was to have the most efficient highway for travel throughout Nebraska, from Omaha to Denver.

In 1920, the Omaha-Denver Association merged with the Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Association. As a result, the O-L-D was renamed the Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway (D-L-D) with the goal of having a continuous highway from Detroit to Denver. The goal was eventually realized by the mid-1920s; 1,700 mi (2,700 km) of constantly improved highway through six states. The auto route's success in attracting tourists led entrepreneurs to build businesses and facilities in towns along the route to keep up with the demand. In 1924, the D-L-D was designated as Nebraska State Highway 6. In 1926, the highway became part of the Federal Highway System and was renumbered U.S. Route 38. In 1931, U.S. 38 was renumbered as a U.S. 6/U.S. 38 overlap and in 1933, the U.S. 38 route designation was dropped.

Arrow Sport, Lincoln Airport

In the early years of air travel, Lincoln had three airports and one airfield. Union Airport, was established northeast of Lincoln in 1920. The Lincoln Flying School was founded by E.J. Sias in a building he built at 2145 O Street. Charles Lindbergh was a student at the flying school in 1922. The flying school closed in 1947. Some remnants of the Union Airport are still visible between N. 56th and N. 70th Streets, north of Fletcher Avenue; mangled within a slowly developing industrial zone. Arrow Airport was established around 1925 as a manufacturing and test facility for Arrow Aircraft and Motors Corporation, primarily the Arrow Sport. The airfield was near Havelock; or to the west of where the North 48th Street Small Vehicle Transfer Station is today. Arrow Aircraft and Motors declared bankruptcy in 1939 and Arrow Airport closed roughly several decades later. An Arrow Sport is on permanent display, hanging in the Lincoln Airport's main passenger terminal.

As train, automobile, and air travel increased, business flourished and the city prospered. Lincoln's population increased 38.2% from 1920 to a population of 75,933 in 1930. In 1930, the city's small municipal airfield was dedicated to Charles Lindbergh and named Lindbergh Field for a short period as another airfield was named Lindbergh in California. It was north of Salt Lake, in an area known over the years as Huskerville, Arnold Heights and Air Park; and was approximately within the western half of the West Lincoln Township. The air field was a stop for United Airlines in 1927 and a mail stop in 1928.

In 1942, the Lincoln Army Airfield was established at the site. During World War II, the U.S. Army used the facility to train over 25,000 aviation mechanics and process over 40,000 troopers for combat. The Army closed the base in 1945, but the Air Force reactivated it in 1952 during the Korean War. In 1966, after the Air Force closed the base, Lincoln annexed the airfield and the base's housing units. The base became the Lincoln Municipal Airport, and later the Lincoln Airport, under the Lincoln Airport Authority's ownership. The two main airlines that served the airport were United Airlines and Frontier Airlines. The Authority shared facilities with the Nebraska National Guard, who continued to own parts of the old Air Force base.

In 1966, Lincoln annexed the township of West Lincoln, incorporated in 1887. West Lincoln voters rejected Lincoln's annexation until the state legislature passed a bill in 1965 that allowed cities to annex surrounding areas without a vote.

Revitalization and growth

Skyline, 2021

The downtown core retail district from 1959 to 1984 saw profound changes as retail shopping moved from downtown to the suburban Gateway Shopping Mall. In 1956, Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska announced plans to build a $6 million shopping center next to their new campus on Lincoln's eastern outskirts. Gateway Shopping Center, now called Gateway Mall, opened at 60th and O streets in 1960. By 1984, 75% of Lincoln's revenue from retail sales tax came from within a one-mile radius of the Mall. The exodus of retail and service businesses led the downtown core to decline and deteriorate.

In 1969, the Nebraska legislature legislated laws for urban renewal. Soon afterward, Lincoln began a program of revitalization and beautification. Most of the urban renewal projects focused on downtown and the near South areas. Many ideas were considered and not implemented. Successes included Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, designed by Philip Johnson; new branch libraries, new street lighting, the First National Bank Building and the National Bank of Commerce Building designed by I.M. Pei.

In 1971, an expansion of Gateway Mall was completed. 1974 marked a new assembly facility in Lincoln, a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan to produce motorcycles for the North American market. Lincoln's first woman mayor, Helen Boosalis, was elected in 1975. Mayor Boosalis was a strong supporter of the revitalization of Lincoln with the downtown beautification project being completed in 1978. In 1979, the square-block downtown Centrum was opened and connected to buildings with a skywalk. The Centrum was a two-level shopping mall with a garage for 1,038 cars. With the beautification and urban renewal projects, many historic buildings were razed in the city. In 2007 and 2009, the city of Lincoln received beautification grants for improvements on O and West O Streets, west of the Harris Overpass, commemorating the history of the D-L-D.

After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vietnamese refugees created a large residential and business community along the 27th Street corridor alongside Mexican eateries and African markets. Lincoln was designated as a "Refugee Friendly" city by the U.S. Department of State in the 1970s. In 2000, Lincoln was the twelfth-largest resettlement site per capita in the country. As of 2011, Lincoln had the second largest Karen (Burmese ethnic minority) population in the United States (behind Omaha), with an estimated 1,500 in 2019. As of the same year, Nebraska was one of the largest resettlement sites for the people of Sudan, mostly in Lincoln and Omaha. In 2014, some social service organizations estimated that up to 10,000 Iraqi refugees had resettled in Lincoln. In recent years, Lincoln had the largest Yazidi (Iraqi ethnic minority) population in the U.S., with over 2,000–3,000 having settled within the city (as of late 2017). In a three-year period, the immigrant and refugee student population at Lincoln Public Schools increased 52% - from 1,606 students in 2014, to 2,445 in 2017.

The decade from 1990 to 2000 saw a significant rise in population from 191,972 to 225,581. North 27th Street and Cornhusker Highway were redeveloped with new housing and businesses built. The boom housing market in south Lincoln created new housing developments including high end housing in areas like Cripple Creek, Willamsburg and The Ridge. The shopping center Southpointe Pavilions was completed in competition of Gateway Mall.

In 2001, Westfield America Trust purchased the Gateway Mall and named it Westfield Shoppingtown Gateway. In 2005, the company renamed it the Westfield Gateway. Westfield made a $45 million makeover of the mall in 2005 including an expanded food court, a new west-side entrance and installation of an Italian carousel. In 2012, Westfield America Trust sold Westfield Gateway to Starwood Capital Group. Starwood reverted the mall's name from Westfield Gateway to Gateway Mall and has made incremental expansions and renovations.

In 2015, ALLO Communications announced it would bring ultra-high speed fiber internet to the city. Speeds up to 1 Gigabit per second were available for business and households by building off of the city's existing fiber network. Construction on the citywide network began in March 2016 and was estimated to be complete by 2019, making it one of the largest infrastructure projects in the United States. Telephone and cable TV service were also included, making it the third company to compete for such services within the same Lincoln footprint. In April 2016, Windstream Communications announced that 2,300 customers in Lincoln had 1 Gigabit per second fiber internet with an expected expansion of services to 25,000 customers by 2017. On November 29, 2017, Lincoln was named a Smart Gigabit Community by U.S. Ignite Inc. and in early 2018, Spectrum joined the ranks of internet service providers providing 1 gigabit internet within the city.

Geography

East Lincoln from International Space Station, 2007

Lincoln has an area of 99.050 square miles (256.538 km²), of which 97.689 square miles (253.013 km²) is land and 1.361 square miles (3.525 km²) is water, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2020.

Lincoln is one of the few large cities of Nebraska not along either the Platte River or the Missouri River. The city was originally laid out near Salt Creek and among the nearly flat saline wetlands of northern Lancaster County. The city's growth has led to development of the surrounding land, much of which is composed of gently rolling hills. In recent years, Lincoln's northward growth has encroached on the habitat of the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle.

Metropolitan area

Main article: Lincoln, Nebraska metropolitan area

The Lincoln Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of Lancaster County and Seward County. Seward County was added to the metropolitan area in 2003. Lincoln is also in the Lincoln-Beatrice Combined Statistical Area which consists of the Lincoln metropolitan area and the micropolitan area of Beatrice. The city of Beatrice is the county seat of Gage County. The Lincoln-Beatrice combined statistical area is home to 363,733 people (2021 estimate) making it the 104th-largest combined statistical area in the United States.

Neighborhoods

South Lincoln from top of Nebraska State Capitol, 2012

See also: Neighborhoods in Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln's neighborhoods include both old and new development. Some neighborhoods in Lincoln were formerly small towns that Lincoln later annexed, including University Place in 1926, Belmont, Bethany (Bethany Heights) in 1922, College View in 1929, Havelock in 1930, and West Lincoln in 1966. A number of Historic Districts are near downtown Lincoln, while newer neighborhoods have appeared primarily in the south and east. As of December 2013, Lincoln had 45 registered neighborhood associations within the city limits.

One core neighborhood that has seen rapid residential growth in recent years is the downtown Lincoln area. In 2010, there were 1,200 downtown Lincoln residents; in 2016, there were 3,000 (an increase of 140%). Around the middle of the same decade, demand for housing and rent units began outpacing supply. With Lincoln's population expected to grow to more than 311,000 people by 2020, prices for homes and rent costs have risen. Home prices rose 10% from the first quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016; rent prices rose 30% from 2007 to 2017 with a 5–8% increase in 2016 alone.

Climate

Climate chart for Lincoln

Located in the Great Plains far from the moderating influence of mountains or large bodies of water, Lincoln has a highly variable four season humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa): winters are cold and summers are hot. With little precipitation during winter, precipitation is concentrated in the warmer months, when thunderstorms frequently roll in, often producing tornadoes. Snow averages 26.0 inches (66 cm) per season but seasonal accumulation has ranged from 7.2 in (18 cm) in 1967–1968 to 55.5 in (141 cm) in 2018–2019. Snow tends to fall in light amounts, though blizzards are possible. There is an average of 38 days with a snow depth of 1 in (2.5 cm) or more. The average window for freezing temperatures is October 7 thru April 25, allowing a growing season of 164 days.

The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 25.0 °F (−3.9 °C) in January to 78.1 °F (25.6 °C) in July. However, the city is subject both to episodes of bitter cold in winter and heat waves during summer, with 10.1 nights of 0 °F (−18 °C) or lower lows, 41.8 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs, and 3.5 days of 100 °F (38 °C)+ highs. The city straddles the boundary of USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5b and 6a. Temperature extremes have ranged from −33 °F (−36.1 °C) on January 12, 1974, up to 115 °F (46.1 °C) on July 25, 1936. Readings as high as 105 °F (41 °C) or as low as −20 °F (−29 °C) occur somewhat rarely; the last occurrence of each was August 24, 2023 and February 16, 2021. The second lowest temperature ever recorded in Lincoln was −31 °F (−35.0 °C) on February 16, 2021, which broke the monthly record of −26 °F (−32.2 °C) last set a day earlier. It occurred during the wider February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm, which impacted the Midwestern and Northeastern United States as a whole.

Based on 30-year averages obtained from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center for December, January and February, the Weather Channel ranked Lincoln the seventh-coldest major U.S. city in a 2014 article. In 2014, the Lincoln-Beatrice area was among the "Cleanest U.S. Cities for Ozone Air Pollution" in the American Lung Association's "State of the Air 2014" report.

hideClimate data for Lincoln Airport, Nebraska, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1887–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	73 (23)	83 (28)	91 (33)	97 (36)	104 (40)	108 (42)	115 (46)	110 (43)	106 (41)	98 (37)	85 (29)	75 (24)	115 (46)
Mean maximum °F (°C)	58.9 (14.9)	64.9 (18.3)	77.9 (25.5)	86.5 (30.3)	91.9 (33.3)	96.6 (35.9)	100.1 (37.8)	98.6 (37.0)	94.6 (34.8)	86.9 (30.5)	73.4 (23.0)	60.7 (15.9)	101.7 (38.7)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	35.6 (2.0)	40.6 (4.8)	53.6 (12.0)	64.8 (18.2)	75.0 (23.9)	85.2 (29.6)	89.4 (31.9)	87.2 (30.7)	80.1 (26.7)	66.6 (19.2)	51.7 (10.9)	39.4 (4.1)	64.1 (17.8)
Daily mean °F (°C)	25.0 (−3.9)	29.5 (−1.4)	41.2 (5.1)	52.0 (11.1)	63.1 (17.3)	73.7 (23.2)	78.1 (25.6)	75.6 (24.2)	67.2 (19.6)	53.8 (12.1)	39.8 (4.3)	28.8 (−1.8)	52.3 (11.3)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	14.4 (−9.8)	18.4 (−7.6)	28.7 (−1.8)	39.2 (4.0)	51.2 (10.7)	62.1 (16.7)	66.7 (19.3)	64.1 (17.8)	54.3 (12.4)	41.0 (5.0)	28.0 (−2.2)	18.2 (−7.7)	40.5 (4.7)
Mean minimum °F (°C)	−7.7 (−22.1)	−2.4 (−19.1)	7.5 (−13.6)	21.2 (−6.0)	34.7 (1.5)	47.9 (8.8)	54.0 (12.2)	51.2 (10.7)	37.4 (3.0)	22.7 (−5.2)	10.7 (−11.8)	−2.5 (−19.2)	−11.7 (−24.3)
Record low °F (°C)	−33 (−36)	−31 (−35)	−19 (−28)	3 (−16)	24 (−4)	39 (4)	45 (7)	39 (4)	26 (−3)	3 (−16)	−15 (−26)	−27 (−33)	−33 (−36)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	0.73 (19)	0.89 (23)	1.55 (39)	2.69 (68)	4.91 (125)	4.48 (114)	3.25 (83)	3.32 (84)	2.90 (74)	2.14 (54)	1.30 (33)	1.18 (30)	29.34 (745)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	6.5 (17)	7.1 (18)	3.4 (8.6)	1.2 (3.0)	0.1 (0.25)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.9 (2.3)	1.5 (3.8)	5.3 (13)	26.0 (66)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	5.9	6.1	8.1	9.7	11.8	10.4	8.9	8.8	7.2	7.1	5.4	5.9	95.3
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	5.0	4.5	2.2	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.4	3.8	17.9
Average relative humidity (%)	70.3	72.5	69.1	63.6	66.9	65.2	65.4	68.9	70.1	67.1	71.5	73.1	68.6
Average dew point °F (°C)	13.3 (−10.4)	18.7 (−7.4)	28.2 (−2.1)	37.9 (3.3)	50.2 (10.1)	59.2 (15.1)	64.2 (17.9)	63.0 (17.2)	54.1 (12.3)	41.4 (5.2)	28.9 (−1.7)	17.1 (−8.3)	39.7 (4.3)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	176.8	167.6	211.9	236.4	273.3	314.4	329.9	294.9	236.4	216.9	156.4	146.8	2,761.7
Percent possible sunshine	59	56	57	59	61	70	72	69	63	63	52	51	52
Source: NOAA (relative humidity, dew point and sun 1961–1990)

On May 5, 2019, an EF2 tornado hit parts of western Lincoln, although no major injuries occurred.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1870	2,441		—
1880	13,003		432.7%
1890	55,164		324.2%
1900	40,169		−27.2%
1910	43,973		9.5%
1920	54,948		25.0%
1930	75,933		38.2%
1940	81,984		8.0%
1950	98,884		20.6%
1960	128,521		30.0%
1970	149,518		16.3%
1980	171,932		15.0%
1990	191,972		11.7%
2000	225,581		17.5%
2010	258,379		14.5%
2020	291,082		12.7%
2023 (est.)	294,757		1.3%
U.S. Decennial Census

Lincoln is Nebraska's second-most-populous city. In the 1970s, The U.S. government designated Lincoln a refugee-friendly city due to its stable economy, educational institutions, and size. Since then, refugees from Vietnam settled in Lincoln, and more came from other countries. In 2013, Lincoln was named one of the "Top Ten Most Welcoming Cities in America" by Welcoming America.

2020 census

Lincoln, Nebraska – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000	Pop 2010	Pop 2020	% 2000	% 2010	% 2020
White (NH)	198,087	214,739	222,749	87.81%	83.11%	76.52%
Black or African American (NH)	6,803	9,541	13,224	3.02%	3.69%	4.54%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	1,354	1,611	1,644	0.60%	0.62%	0.56%
Asian (NH)	7,006	9,711	13,765	3.11%	3.76%	4.73%
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)	127	128	162	0.06%	0.05%	0.06%
Some other race (NH)	326	353	1,282	0.14%	0.14%	0.44%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	3,724	6,114	13,322	1.65%	2.37%	4.58%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	8,154	16,182	24,934	3.61%	6.26%	8.57%
Total	225,581	258,379	291,082	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

The 2020 United States census counted 291,082 people, 115,930 households, and 67,277 families in Lincoln. The population density was 2,937.6 per square mile (1,134.2/km²). There were 122,048 housing units at an average density of 1,231.7 per square mile (475.6/km²). The racial makeup was 78.66% (228,956) white, 4.67% (13,605) black or African-American, 0.89% (2,589) Native American, 4.77% (13,871) Asian, 0.07% (196) Pacific Islander, 3.5% (10,175) from other races, and 7.45% (21,690) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.0% (22,321) of the population.

Of the 115,930 households, 26.9% had children under the age of 18; 43.8% were married couples living together; 27.1% had a female householder with no husband present. 31.0% of households consisted of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.4 and the average family size was 3.0.

21.9% of the population was under the age of 18, 15.7% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 100.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 99.4 males.

The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that the median household income was $60,063 (with a margin of error of +/- $1,248) and the median family income $79,395 (+/- $1,992). Males had a median income of $37,646 (+/- $1,251) versus $27,411 (+/- $805) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $31,869 (+/- $455). Approximately, 7.5% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under the age of 18 and 6.2% of those ages 65 or over.

Economy

Fort Western store

Lincoln's economy is fairly typical of a mid-sized American city; most economic activity is derived from the service and manufacturing industries. Government and the University of Nebraska are both large contributors to the local economy. Other prominent industries in Lincoln include finance, insurance, publishing, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, railroads, high technology, information technology, medical, education and truck transport.

For October 2021, the Lincoln Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) preliminary unemployment rate was 1.3% (not seasonally adjusted). With a tight labor market, Lincoln has seen rapid wage growth. From the summer of 2014 to the summer of 2015, the average hourly pay for both public and private employees have increased by 11%. From October 2014 to October 2015, wages were also up by 8.4%.

One of the largest employers is Bryan Health, which consists of two major hospitals and several large outpatient facilities across the city. Healthcare and medical jobs account for a large portion of Lincoln's employment: as of 2009, full-time healthcare employees in the city included 9,010 healthcare practitioners in technical occupations, 4,610 workers in healthcare support positions, 780 licensed and vocational nurses, and 150 medical and clinical laboratory technicians.

Several national business were originally established in Lincoln; these include student lender Nelnet, Ameritas, Assurity, Fort Western Stores, CliffsNotes and HobbyTown USA. Several regional restaurant chains began in Lincoln, including Amigos/Kings Classic, Runza Restaurants, and Valentino's.

The Lincoln area makes up a part of what is known as the greater Midwest Silicon Prairie. The city is also a part of a rapidly growing craft brewing industry. In 2013, Lincoln ranked no. 4 on Forbes's list of the Best Places for Business and Careers, no. 1 on NerdWallet's Best Cities for Job Seekers in 2015, and no. 2 on SmartAsset's Cities with the Best Work-life Balance in 2019.

Principal employers

According to the city's 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the principal employers of the city are:

#	Employer	# of Employees
1	State of Nebraska	8,300
2	Lincoln Public Schools	7,780
3	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	7,500
4	Bryan Health	4,900
5	US Government	3,300
6	City of Lincoln	2,766
7	Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp.	2,450
8	Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center	1,825
9	B&R Stores, Inc.	1,800
10	Duncan Aviation	1,750
11	Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital	1,500
12	Burlington Northern Railroad	1,450

Automotive and technology

1974 saw the establishment of a Kawasaki motorcycles assembly facility named the American Kawasaki Motors Corporation (KMC), to complete Japan-produced components into finished products for the North American market. Incorporated in 1981, Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. (KMM) and assumed control of KMC. As of 2022, their webpresence named tallies "All-Terrain Vehicles, Utility Vehicles, Personal Watercraft, Recreation Utility Vehicles, and Passenger Rail Cars" as their range.

Kawasaki is one of Lincoln's largest private employers with over 2,400 employees, and it has the largest square footage of manufacturing space. Newer product lines are rail cars and aircraft cargo doors.

Military

See also: Lincoln Air National Guard Base

The Nebraska Air and Army National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters are in Lincoln along with other major units of the Nebraska National Guard. During the early years of the Cold War, the Lincoln Airport was the Lincoln Air Force Base; the Nebraska Air National Guard and the Nebraska Army National Guard now have joint-use facilities with the Lincoln Airport. Alongside the National Guard, the 55th Wing of Offutt Air Force Base was temporarily headquartered in Lincoln through September 2022.

Arts and culture

Downtown Lincoln, 14th and O Streets

Since Pinnacle Bank Arena opened in 2013, Lincoln's music scene has grown to the point where it is sometimes called a "Music City". Primary venues for live music include Pinnacle Bank Arena, Bourbon Theatre, Duffy's Tavern, and the Zoo Bar. The Pla-Mor Ballroom is a classic Lincoln music and dance scene with its in-house Sandy Creek Band. Pinewood Bowl hosts a range of performances, from national music performances to local plays, during the summer.

The Lied Center is a venue for national tours of Broadway productions, concert music, and guest lectures, and regularly features its resident orchestra, the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. Lincoln has several performing arts venues. Plays are staged by UNL students in the Temple Building; community theater productions are held at the Lincoln Community Playhouse, the Loft at The Mill, and the Haymarket Theater.

Lincoln has a growing number of arts galleries, including the Sheldon Museum of Art, Burkholder Project and Noyes Art Gallery.

For movie viewing, Marcus Theatres owns 32 screens at four locations, and the University of Nebraska's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center shows independent and foreign films. Standalone cinemas in Lincoln include the Joyo Theatre and Rococo Theater. The Rococo Theater also hosts benefits and other engagements. The downtown section of O Street is Lincoln's largest bar and nightclub district. There is also the Bourbon Theatre, which is primarily used for bands in the metal rock and other related genres.

Lincoln is the hometown of Zager and Evans, known for their international hit record "In the Year 2525" (1969). It is also the hometown of several notable musical groups, such as Remedy Drive, VOTA, For Against, Lullaby for the Working Class, Matthew Sweet, Dirtfedd, The Show is the Rainbow and Straight. Lincoln is home to Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine.

In 2012, the city was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

Annual cultural events

Main article: List of annual cultural events in Lincoln, Nebraska

Annual events in Lincoln have come and gone throughout time, such as Band Day at the University of Nebraska's Lincoln campus and the Star City Holiday Parade. However, some events have never changed while new traditions have been created. Current annual cultural events in Lincoln include the Lincoln National Guard Marathon and Half-Marathon in May,

Celebrate Lincoln in early June, the Uncle Sam Jam around July 3, and Boo at the Zoo in October. A locally popular event is the Haymarket Farmers' Market, running from May to October in the Historic Haymarket, one of several farmers markets throughout the city.

Tourism

Main article: Tourism in Lincoln, Nebraska

Tourist attractions and activities include the Sunken Gardens, basketball games at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Lincoln Children's Zoo, the dairy store at UNL's East Campus, and Mueller Planetarium on the city campus. The Nebraska State Capitol, which is also the tallest building in Lincoln, offers tours.

The Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed preserves, interprets, and displays physical items significant in racing and automotive history. The National Museum of Roller Skating extends public knowledge of roller skating history and seeks to preserve its legacy for future generations. In late 2016, Lincoln was ranked #3 on Lonely Planet's "Best in the U.S.," destinations to see in 2017 list.

Sports

See also: Nebraska Cornhuskers and Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Memorial Stadium

Lincoln is home to the University of Nebraska's sports teams, the Cornhuskers. In total, the university fields 22 men's and women's teams in 14 NCAA Division I sports. Nebraska football began play in 1890. Of the 128 Division I-A football teams, Nebraska is one of nine to have won 900 or more games. Notable coaches include Tom Osborne and Bob Devaney. Devaney coached from 1962 to 1972; the university's indoor arena, the Bob Devaney Sports Center, is named for him. Osborne coached from 1972 to 1997.

Other sports teams are the Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves, an NCAA Division III University; the Lincoln Saltdogs, an American Association independent minor league baseball team; the Lincoln Stars, a USHL junior ice hockey team; and the No Coast Derby Girls, a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

Lincoln Airpark hosts SCCA Solo Nationals each September.

Parks and recreation

Main article: Parks in Lincoln, Nebraska

Sunken Gardens

MoPac Trail East, Novartis Trailhead entrance.

Lincoln has an extensive park system, with over 131 individual parks connected by a 248 mi (399 km) system of recreational trails, a 2.3 mi (3.7 km) system of bike lanes and a 1.3 mi (2.1 km) system of cycle tracks. The MoPac Trail is a bicycling, equestrian and walking trail built on an abandoned Missouri Pacific Railroad corridor which runs for 27 miles (43 km) from the University of Nebraska's Lincoln campus eastward to Wabash, Nebraska.

Regional parks include Antelope Park from S. 23rd and "N" Streets to S. 33rd Street and Sheridan Boulevard, Bicentennial Cascade Fountain, Hamann Rose Garden, Lincoln Children's Zoo, Veterans Memorial Garden, and Holmes Park at S. 70th Street and Normal Boulevard. Pioneers Park includes the Pioneers Park Nature Center at S. Coddington Avenue and W. Calvert Streets.

Community parks include Ballard Park, Bethany Park, Bowling Lake Park, Densmore Park, Erwin Peterson Park, Fleming Fields, Irvingdale Park, Mahoney Park, Max E. Roper Park, Oak Lake Park, Peter Pan Park, Pine Lake Park, Sawyer Snell Park, Seacrest Park, Tierra Briarhurst, University Place Park and Woods Park.

Other notable parks include Iron Horse Park, Lincoln Community Foundation Tower Square, Nine Mile Prairie owned by the University of Nebraska Foundation, Sunken Gardens, Union Plaza, and Wilderness Park. Smaller neighborhood parks are scattered throughout the city. Additionally, there are five public recreation centers, nine outdoor public pools and five public golf courses not including private facilities in Lincoln.

Government

See also: List of mayors of Lincoln, Nebraska

County-City Building

Lincoln has a mayor–council government. The mayor and a seven-member city council are selected in nonpartisan elections. Four members are elected from city council districts; the remaining three members are elected at-large. Lincoln's health, personnel, and planning departments are joint city/county agencies; most city and Lancaster County offices are in the County/City Building. The most recent city general election was held on May 4, 2021.

Since Lincoln is the state capital, many Nebraska state and United States Government offices are in Lincoln. The city lies within the Lincoln Public Schools school district. The Lincoln Fire and Rescue Department shoulders the city's fire fighting and emergency ambulatory services while private companies provide non-emergency medical transport and volunteer fire fighting units support the city's outlying areas.

The city's public library system is Lincoln City Libraries, which has eight branches. Lincoln City Libraries circulates more than three million items per year to the residents of Lincoln and Lancaster County. Lincoln City Libraries is also home to Polley Music Library and the Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska authors.

Law enforcement

Lincoln Police Department
Patch of Lincoln Police Department
Abbreviation	LPD
Jurisdictional structure
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	575 South 10th St
Agency executive	Michon Morrow, Chief of Police

The Lincoln Police Department has just over 350 police officers. The police per capita rate is extremely low at 1.2 officers per 1,000 people (the average being 1.94), and the violent crime rate of 522 per 100,000 people. The department is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and was the first law enforcement agency in Nebraska to become so.The LPD shares its headquarters with the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.

Education

Lincoln Public Schools district office

Primary and secondary education

Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) is the public school district which includes the majority of the city limits. It includes eight traditional high schools: Lincoln High, East, Northeast, Northwest, North Star, Southeast, Southwest, and Standing Bear. LPS is also home to special interest high school programs, including the Arts and Humanities Focus Program, the Bryan Community School, The Career Academy and the Science Focus Program (Zoo School). Other programs include the Pathfinder Education Program, the Yankee Hill Program and the Lincoln Air Force JROTC.

Some outerlying sections of Lincoln are in other school districts: Norris School District 160 and Waverly School District 145.

There are several private parochial elementary and middle schools throughout the community. Like Lincoln Public Schools, these schools are broken into districts, but most will allow attendance outside of boundary lines. Lincoln's private high schools are College View Academy, Lincoln Christian, Lincoln Lutheran, Parkview Christian School and Pius X High School.

Colleges and universities

Lincoln has nine colleges and universities. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Nebraska system, is the largest university in Nebraska, with 20,830 undergraduate, 4,426 postgraduate students and 564 professionals enrolled in 2018. Out of the 25,820 enrolled, 2,187 undergraduate and 1,040 postgraduate students/professionals were international. With 135 countries outside of the U.S. represented, the five countries with the highest international enrollment were China, India, Malaysia, Oman and Rwanda.

Nebraska Wesleyan University, as of 2020, has 1,924 undergraduate and 151 postgraduate students. The school teaches in the tradition of a liberal arts college education. Nebraska Wesleyan was ranked the #1 liberal arts college in Nebraska by U.S. News & World Report in 2002. In 2009, Forbes ranked it 84th of America's Best Colleges. It remains affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Union College is a private Seventh-day Adventist four-year coeducational college with 911 students enrolled 2013–14.

Bryan College of Health Sciences offers undergraduate degrees in nursing and other health professions; a Masters in Nursing; a Doctoral degree in nurse anesthesia practice, as well as certificate programs for ancillary health professions. Universities with satellite locations in Lincoln are Bellevue University, Concordia University (Nebraska) and Doane University. Lincoln also hosts the College of Hair Design and Joseph's College of Cosmetology.

Southeast Community College is a community college system in southeastern Nebraska, with three campuses in Lincoln and an enrollment of 9,505 students as of spring 2024. The two-year Academic Transfer program is popular among students who want to complete their general education requirements before they enroll in a four-year institution. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the most popular transfer location.

Media

Headquarters of Nebraska Public Media

Television

Lincoln has four licensed broadcast full power television stations; and one serving the city, but licensed to an area outside its limits:

• KSNB-TV (Channel 4; 4.1 DT) - NBC/MyNetworkTV affiliate
  • Ion Television affiliate 4.3
• KLKN (Channel 8; 8.1 DT) – ABC affiliate
  • Grit affiliate 8.2
  • Escape affiliate 8.3
  • Laff affiliate 8.4
• KOLN (Channel 10; 10.1 DT) – CBS affiliate
  • KSNB-TV Simulcast/NBC 10.2
  • MeTV/MNTV 10.3
• KUON (Channel 12; 12.1 DT) – PBS affiliate, Nebraska Public Media Television flagship station
  • NET-W (World) 12.2
  • NET-C (Create) 12.3
  • NET-K (PBS Kids) 12.4
• KFXL (канал 15; 51.1 DT) - Fox филиал

Штаб-квартира Nebraska Public Media , которая связана со Службой общественного вещания и Национальным общественным радио , находится в Линкольне. В городе есть две станции цифрового телевидения с низким энергопотреблением в районе Линкольна: в том числе переводчик KFDY-LD (одновременная передача ( KOHA-LD )) принадлежащий Flood Communications of Nebraska LLC, в том числе для основного филиала испаноязычной сети Telemundo на 27.1, NCN ( Индиана) 27 февраля и филиал религиозной сети 3ABN 27 марта только в районе Линкольна, на виртуальном канале 27, цифровом канале 27; и еще один цифровой KCWH-LD с низким энергопотреблением на филиале CW + , принадлежащий Грею на канале 18.1, включал такие подканалы, как Ion на 18.2 и CBS (одновременная передача KOLN ) на 18.3.

Радио

Radio station studio KLIN-AM

В Линкольне лицензировано 18 радиостанций, не считая радиостанций, имеющих лицензию за пределами города и обслуживающих район Линкольна. Большинство районов Линкольна также принимают радиосигналы из Омахи и других близлежащих населенных пунктов.

FM- станции включают в себя:

• KLCV (88,5) – Религиозные разговоры
• КЗУМ (89,3) - Независимое общественное радио
• КРНУ (90,3) – Альтернатива/Колледжское радио УНЛ
• KUCV (91.1) - Национальное общественное радио
• K220GT (91,9) – Современный христианин
• К233АН (94,5) – Топ-40
• КННА-ЛП (95,7) – Кристиан
• K255CS (98,9) — Кристиан
• СДК (101.5) – Новости/Обсуждение
• КЛМС (103,3) – Горячий кондиционер
• КЛНК (105,3) - Классический рок
• KFRX (106,3) – Топ-40
• K294DJ (106,7) – Кристиан
• КББК (107,3) – Горячий переменный ток
• KJTM-LP (107,9) – Современный христианин

AM -станции включают в себя:

• СДК (1240) – Новости/Обсуждение
• КЛИН (1400) – Новости/Обсуждение
• КЛМС (1480) – ГОРЯЧИЙ КОНДИЦИОНЕР

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Lincoln Journal Star - крупнейшая ежедневная газета города. Daily Nebraskan - официальный ежемесячный журнал кампуса Университета Небраски в Линкольне, а DailyER - сатирическая газета университета, выходящая раз в две недели. Другие университетские газеты включают Reveille , официальную периодическую газету кампуса Уэслианского университета Небраски и Clocktower , официальную еженедельную газету кампуса Юнион-колледжа.

Инфраструктура

Транспорт

Основные автомагистрали

Линкольн обслуживается межштатной автомагистралью 80 через семь развязок , соединяющих город с Сан-Франциско на западе и Тинеком, штат Нью-Джерси, в агломерации Нью-Йорка на востоке. Другими автомагистралями, которые обслуживают район Линкольна, являются межштатная автомагистраль 180 , шоссе США 6 , шоссе США 34 , шоссе США 77 и близлежащее шоссе Небраски 79 . Восточный сегмент шоссе 2 Небраски является основным маршрутом грузовых перевозок, который соединяет агломерацию Канзас-Сити (межштатная автомагистраль 29) с коридором I-80 в Линкольне. Несколько дополнительных второстепенных участков государственной автомагистрали также расположены в пределах города.

Общественный транспорт

система общественного автобусного транспорта StarTran В Линкольне работает . Парк StarTran состоит из 67 полноразмерных автобусов и 13 фургонов Handi-Van. Транспортная система имеет 18 автобусных маршрутов, включая кольцевой автобусный маршрут в центре города. Годовой пассажиропоток за 2017–18 финансовый год составил 2 463 799 человек.

Междугородний транспорт

Пассажирский терминал аэропорта Линкольна

Аэропорт Линкольна (KLNK/LNK) обеспечивает пассажирам ежедневные прямые рейсы в международный аэропорт Чикаго О'Хара , международный аэропорт Денвера и межконтинентальный аэропорт имени Джорджа Буша . Поддержка авиации общего назначения осуществляется через несколько частных авиационных компаний. Аэропорт Линкольна был одним из мест аварийной посадки НАСА космического корабля . Это место было выбрано главным образом из-за взлетно-посадочной полосы длиной 12 901 фут (3932 м); самый длинный из трех в аэропорту.

Линкольн обслуживается компаниями Express Arrow и Burlington Trailways для регионального автобусного сообщения между Омахой, Денвером и другими пунктами. Megabus в партнерстве с Windstar Lines обеспечивает автобусное сообщение между Линкольном и Чикаго с остановками в Омахе, Де-Мойне, Айова-Сити и Молине.

Компания Amtrak обслуживает станцию ​​Линкольн , ежедневно выполняя рейсы California Zephyr в каждом направлении между Чикаго и Эмеривиллем, Калифорния , по маршруту BNSF Линкольн – Денвер через Небраску. Город является пунктом смены экипажей компании Amtrak.

Железнодорожные перевозки

Железнодорожные грузы доставляются от побережья до побережья, в Линкольн и через него через BNSF Railway , Union Pacific Railroad , собственную железнодорожную компанию Lincoln в Омахе, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway Company и железнодорожную линию Omaha Public Power District . Линкольн когда-то обслуживался компаниями Чикаго, Рок-Айленд и Тихоокеанская железная дорога (Рок-Айленд), Тихоокеанской железной дорогой Миссури (MoPac) и Чикагской и Северо-Западной транспортной компанией (C&NW). Заброшенные полосы отчуждения этих бывших железных дорог с тех пор превратились в велосипедные дорожки.

Режимы езды на велосипеде

на базе док-станции третьего поколения У Lincoln есть программа проката велосипедов , которая началась в середине апреля 2018 года и называется BikeLNK. Первый этап программы включал в себя 19 причалов и 100 велосипедов, разбросанных по всему центру города, а также кампусам UNL City, UNL East и Nebraska Innovation. На втором этапе в 2019 году количество доков было увеличено до 21, общее количество велосипедов — до 105, а также расширено за пределами центра города. У Линкольна также есть парк коммерческих велорикш, которые курсируют в центре города.

Модальные характеристики

В 2016 году 80,5 процента работающих жителей Линкольна добирались до работы самостоятельно, 9,6 процента пользовались автомобилем, 1,1 процента пользовались общественным транспортом и 3,1 процента ходили пешком. Около 2,4 процента пользовались всеми другими видами транспорта, включая такси, велосипеды и мотоциклы, а также услугами совместного использования поездок, такими как Lyft и Uber, которые появились на рынке Линкольна летом 2014 года. Около 3,3 процента работали дома.

В 2015 году 6,3 процента домохозяйств города Линкольн не имели автомобиля, а в 2016 году этот показатель немного снизился до 5,8 процента. В 2016 году средний показатель по стране составлял 8,7 процента. семья.

Утилиты

Электроэнергия в Линкольне обеспечивается Lincoln Electric System (LES). Зона обслуживания LES охватывает 200 квадратных миль (520 км²). ² ), обслуживающий Линкольн и несколько других населенных пунктов за пределами города. Коммунальное предприятие , Согласно общенациональному опросу, проведенному LES в 2018 году, тарифы на электроэнергию в LES являются восьмыми по величине в стране. Текущие ресурсы энергоснабжения LES составляют 35% нефти и газа, 34% возобновляемых источников и 31% угля. Возобновляемые ресурсы увеличились частично благодаря добавлению принадлежащей LES мощностью пять мегаватт солнечной электростанции , введенной в эксплуатацию в июне 2016 года. Солнечная ферма производит достаточно энергии, чтобы обеспечить электроэнергией 900 домов. ЛЕС также владеет двумя ветряными турбинами в северо-восточной части города.

Вода в Линкольне обеспечивается через систему водоснабжения Линкольна. В 1920-х годах город Линкольн взял на себя задачу построить Линкольнский муниципальный завод освещения и водоснабжения (по проекту Fiske & Meginnis ). Здание десятилетиями служило основным источником воды из близлежащих колодцев и электроснабжения в Линкольне, пока его не заменили и не превратили в жилой дом. Большая часть воды Линкольна поступает из колодцев вдоль реки Платт недалеко от Эшленда, штат Небраска . Сточные воды, в свою очередь, собираются системой очистки сточных вод Линкольна. Обе системы принадлежат городу Линкольну.

Природный газ поставляется компанией Black Hills Energy .

Служба фиксированной телефонной связи имеет легендарную историю в региональном районе Линкольна: компания Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph, основанная в 1880 году. За свою историю LT&T представила первую телефонную станцию ​​с дисковым набором номера в США в 1904 году; первый радиотелефон в 1946 году; и пилотировал первую систему 911 в стране в 1968 году. Много лет спустя LT&T была переименована в Aliant Communications и вскоре после этого в 1998 году объединилась с Alltel . В 2006 году компания Windstream Communications была образована в результате выделения Alltel и слияния с VALOR Communications Group. Windstream Communications предоставляет телефонные услуги как через VoIP , так и по обычным телефонным линиям в районе Линкольна. Спектр предлагает телефонную связь через VoIP в своей кабельной сети . Кроме того, ALLO Communications предоставляет услуги телефонной связи, телевидения и Интернета по своей подземной оптоволоконной сети во все части города.

Здравоохранение

CHI Health Сент-Элизабет

Восточный медицинский центр Брайана

В Линкольне есть три крупные больницы в рамках двух систем здравоохранения, обслуживающих город: Bryan Health и CHI Health St. Elizabeth . Реабилитационная больница Мадонны — это гериатрическое учреждение, а также центр физической медицины и реабилитации. В Линкольне есть две специализированные больницы: Хирургическая больница Линкольна. и Институт сердца Небраски. Общественная амбулатория Департамента по делам ветеранов США (CBOC) находится в Линкольне (клиника Линкольна, штат Вирджиния, часть системы здравоохранения Небраски и Западной Айовы).

В популярной культуре

Линкольн, штат Небраска, предположительно является местом действия мультсериала « Трансформеры: Армада» . Однако это изображение города сильно отличается от реальности: здесь есть горы, пустыни и пальмы.

В апреле 2011 года по итогам конкурса, проведенного DC Comics , местом выхода нового выпуска была выбрана Омаха, штат Небраска. Однако в выпуске был изображен Капитолий штата Небраска, а авторы перепутали Линкольн с Омахой.

См. также

• Чарльз Старквезер
• Список людей из Линкольна, Небраска
• Список мэров Линкольна, Небраска
• История Линкольна, Небраска

Ссылки

Цитируемые работы

• Хейс, AB; Кокс, Сэм Д. (1889). 1889 г. История города Линкольн, Небраска . Государственная журнальная компания.
• Макки, Джеймс Л. (1984). Линкольн: Столица прерий . Виндзорские публикации. ISBN  0897811097 .
• Макки, Джеймс Л. (2007). Видения Линкольна; Столица Небраски в настоящем, прошлом и будущем . ТанкВоркс, ООО. ISBN  978-0979879401 .

Внешние ссылки

• Официальный сайт
• Откройте для себя направлениеЛинкольн
• Бюро конгрессов и посетителей Линкольна
• Линкольнское партнерство экономического развития
• Паблик-арт Линкольн. Архивировано 5 июня 2020 года в Wayback Machine.