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Nebraska

Summary Demographic State Data (and Source)
Population (2008 CB estimate)	1,783,432
Population (2000 Census)	1,711,263
Foreign-Born Population (2008 FAIR estimate)	107.530
Foreign-Born Population (2000 Census)	74,638
Share Foreign-Born (2008 FAIR estimate)	6.0%
Share Foreign-Born (2000)	4.4%
Immigrant Stock (2000 CB estimate)	156,000
Share Immigrant Stock (2000 estimate)	9.1%
Naturalized U.S. Citizens (2006 Census)	30,769
Share Naturalized (2006)	30.9%
Legal Immigrant Admission (DHS 1997-2007)	27,286
Refugee Admission (DHS 1997-2006)	4,330
Illegal Alien Population (2008 FAIR estimate)	40,000
Projected 2050 Population - (2006 FAIR)	2,421,479

Nebraska: Extended Immigration Data

STATE POPULATION

Using the Current Population Survey, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that in July 2008 Nebraska’s population had increased to 1,783,432 residents, i.e., an annual average increase of about 8,695 residents since 2000. That is a rate of increase of about 0.5 percent per year.

NET INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION (NIM)

Based on the Current Population Survey, the Census Bureau estimated that between the 2000 Census and July 2008 the state’s population increased by about 27,550 residents from net international migration (more foreign-born arriving than leaving). That was an annual average increase of about 3,320 residents, i.e., more than one-third (38.2%) of the total increase (not including the children born to the immigrants after their arrival in the United States).

The 2000 Census found 1,711,263 persons resident in Nebraska. This was an increase of 132,878 persons above the 1990 Census (8.4%). Neither the amount of increase nor the rate of increase were among the 25 fastest increasing population in the country.

The 2000 population is about 6,000 more persons than the Census Bureau had expected to find in the state in 2000 when it issued its most recent state population projections in 1996. The significance of this is that the Census Bureau has concluded that much of the shortfall in their population estimates during the 1990s was due to an underestimation of the illegal alien population.

Nebraska had the 43rd greatest rate of population increase in the country between 1960-2000. The population of Nebraska rose by five percent from 1980 to 1990 (from 1,569,825 to 1,578,385 residents).

FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION

Based on the American Community Survey (ACS), the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the foreign-born population of Nebraska was 99,308 persons in 2006. The ACS is a large-scale, continuous sampling process designed to replace the need for a long-form in the 2010 Census. However, because the ACS does not have the same follow-up procedures as the Census to include non-respondents, it may underestimate the foreign-born population.

FAIR estimates that the foreign-born population of Nebraska was about 107,530 residents in July 2008. This meant a foreign-born population share of 6.0 percent. The amount of change since the 2000 Census indicates an average annual rate of increase in the foreign-born population of about 3,965 people, which is more than two-fifths (45.6%) of the state’s annual average population increase. Since 2000, the foreign-born population has increased by 44.1 percent compared to a 2.4 percent increase in the native-born population.

Immigration also contributes to population growth through the children born to immigrants in this country. Nationally the share of births to the foreign-born is about double their share of the population. A 12 percent share of the state’s current births is large enough to account for about 3,120 births a year. Combining the increase in the foreign-born population and estimated immigrant births suggests that immigration may account for nearly 7,100 persons added to the state’s population annually, i.e., more than four-fifths (81.4%) of the state’s overall population increase.

The 2000 Census found that 57.8 percent of Nebraska's foreign-born population had arrived in the state since 1990. This demonstrates the effects of the current mass immigration, and it is much higher share than the national average (43.7%).

An indicator of the change in the immigrant population may be seen in data on the share of the population that speaks a language other than English at home. Between 1990 and 2000 the share of non-English speakers at home in Nebraska increased by more than half, from 4.8 percent to 7.3 percent. Less than half (46%) of those who said they spoke a language other than English at home in 2000 also said they spoke English less than very well.

Speakers of Foreign Languages (at home in Nebraska in the 2000 Census)
Spanish	77,655
German	8,865
Vietnamese	5,960
French	3,625
Czech	3,295
Chinese	2,120
Arabic	1,630
Russian	1,560
Italian	1,420
Polish	1,420
(Source: Census Bureau report: Language Spoken at Home for the Population 5 Years and Over, April 2004)

The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey found that in 2006, the foreign born population was 99,500 residents, an increase of 33.3% percent since 2000. In comparison, the foreign-born population changed from 28,198 to 74,638 residents between 1990 and 2000, an increase of 164.7 percent.

The ten countries below constituted 70.3% of the foreign-born population in Nebraska in 2006. <>accounted for 44.8%.

Foreign-Born Change Since 1980: Top Ten Countries 1990-2006
Rank	Country	1990		Country	2000		Country	2000
1	Mexico	4,421		Mexico	30,462		Mexico	44,532
2	Germany	2,861		Vietnam	5,400		Vietnam	6,981
3	United Kingdom	1,680		Guatemala	3,525		China	3,990
4	Canada	1,322		Germany	2,528		India	3,216
5	Korea	1,217		El Salvador	2,479		El Salvador	3,113
6	Sov.Un.	1,123		India	2,247		Germany	2,320
7	Vietnam	909		China	2,144		Korea	1,832
8	Philip.	860		Korea	2,075		Canada	1,479
9	India	784		Philippines	1,702		Philippines	1,293
10	Poland	750		Canada	1,587		United Kingdom	1,264
	All Others	12,269		All Others	20,489		All Others	29,570
	Total	28,196		Total	74,638		Total	69,930

THE IMMIGRANT STOCK

The Census Bureau estimated that there were about 156,000 people in Nebraska in 2000 who were "immigrant stock." That is a term that refers to immigrants and their children born here after their arrival. Based on that estimate, and a population of 1,657,000, the immigrant stock share of the state's population was 9.1

As the graph below shows, the amount of Nebraska’s population change due to the increase in the foreign stock is rising rapidly. Over the past 34 years the new immigrants and children born to them have added about 111,700 people to the population. Over this period, the increase in the foreign stock has accounted for 41.7 percent of the state’s population increase.percent.

NATURALIZATION

Data from the 2006 American Community Survey indicate that 30,769 residents, or 30.9 percent, of the foreign-born population in Nebraska were citizens, compared to 23,918 residents, or 32.0 percent, in 2000.

Nationally, 40.3 percent of the foreign-born population was citizens in 2000 and 42.0 percent were citizens in 2006.

SOCIAL AND OTHER ISSUES

Rural schools in Nebraska are bearing the brunt of large-scale immigrant settlement with the least amount of financial resources to deal with the soaring costs. State officials have not yet come up with an financial assistance plan. Almost the entire student population increase is comprised of immigrants who speak little or no English. The number of Spanish-only speaking students, whose migration is due to the booming cattle industry, has multiplied five-fold over the past five years. The schools are unprepared in terms of Spanish-language materials, and bilingual teachers to be able to offer English as a second language instruction. The prroblem is so acute that in many instances students and teachers end up able to communicate only with hand signals. (Source: EFE news service in Hispanicvista, May 23, 2000)

REFUGEE SETTLEMENT

Nebraska has received 4,430 refugees over the most recent ten fiscal years (FY'97-'06), with 298 arriving in FY’06.

Under the Office of Refugee Resettlement's (HHS/ORR) assistance funding for FY'02 $440,962 is available for refugee employment training and other services programs in Nebraska based on a three-year refugee settlement program covering 1,757 refugees (an average of $251 per refugee). This allocation does not include a larger share (55%) of funding programs for communities heavily affected by recent Cuban and Haitian entrants, communities with refugees whose cultural differences make assimilation especially difficult, communities impacted by federal welfare reform changes, educational support to schools with significant refugee students, and discretionary grants. ORR grants for FY’05 and FY’06 respectively were $1,116,593 and $1,437,556.

LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY STUDENTS

Data are not available nationally on immigrant students (either legally or illegally resident in the United States) who are enrolled in primary and secondary schools (K-12). However, many of these students are enrolled in Limited English Proficiency/English Language Learning (LEP/ELL) instruction programs. Many may be U.S.-born, but the majority of these students may be assumed to be either immigrants or the children of immigrants, with the exception being areas with native Americans who speak a native language other than English.

In Nebraska, overall enrollment in 2002 (285,022) was 10.8 percent below enrollment in 1993. By contrast, LEP enrollment (12,451 - 4.4% of all enrollment) was 375 percent higher than a decade earlier.

Data on enrollment in LEP/ELL programs are collected by the federal government from school systems that receive Title VII funds for these special instruction programs. The data on LEP/ELL enrollment are understated because data from private schools that do not apply for Title VII assistance are sketchy.

FOREIGN STUDENTS

The 2006/07 annual report of the Institute of International Education (IIE) lists the number of foreign students attending post-secondary school in Nebraksa as 3,796.  One school in Nebraska is listed as having a major concentration of these students:  University of Nebraska- Lincoln had enrollment of 1,587 foreign students, 7.2% of total enrollment.

Below, a chart illustrates the sharp increase of foreign students attending school in Nebraska from 1960-2000.

ILLEGAL ALIENS

FAIR Estimate - FAIR estimates the state’s illegal alien population as of 2008 is as many as 40,000 persons. This is part of an overall estimate of the U.S. illegal alien population of about 13 million persons.

INS/DHS Estimate - The INS (now dissolved into the Dept. of Homeland Security) estimated in February 2003 that the resident illegal population in Nebraska was 24,000 as of January 2000. This number is more than 16,000 more than the INS' 1996 estimate.

Other Estimates - The Name Pew Name Hispanic Type Center estimates the illegal alien population of the state at 35,000 to 55,000 as of 2005.

COST OF ILLEGAL ALIENS

Incarceration Costs - Nebraska has received partial compensation under the federal State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) that was established in 1994 to compensate the states and local jurisdictions for incarceration of "undocumented," aliens who are serving time for a felony conviction or at least two misdemeanors.

The recent SCAAP amounts that Nebraska has received were:

The amount of SCAAP awards has been declining in both total distributions and even more as a share of the state’s expenses. In FY’99 the state received 38.6% of its costs for 109 prisoner years of detention. By FY’02, the state’s reported illegal alien detention increased by 88 percent to 205 prisoner years, while compensation fell by 18 percent but since has increased.

Medical Costs- Under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, hospitals with emergency rooms are required to treat and stabilize patients with emergency medical needs regardless whether or not they are in the country legally or whether they are able to pay for the treatment. Congress in 2003 enacted an appropriation of $250 million per year (for 4 years) to help offset some of the costs due to use of this service by illegal aliens. This amount has been allocated among the states based upon estimates of the illegal alien population and data on the apprehension of illegal aliens in each state. This amount compensates only a fraction of the medical outlays. For Nebraska, the proposed payment in fiscal year 2004 is $572,326.

Educational Costs - In our study Breaking the Piggy Bank: How Illegal Immigration is Sending Schools into the Red, we estimated based on 2004 data that educational expenditures for illegal immigration were costing the Nebraska taxpayer $104.1 million dollars annually. This cost was partially for educating students who were themselves illegally in the country ($43.4 million) and in part for the education of their siblings born in the < United>to illegal residents ($60.7 million).

Projected Fiscal Costs - In 2006 we estimated that Nebraska taxpayers are currently burdened with annual costs of about $126 million because of illegal aliens residing in the state. That estimate was based on only expenditures for education, emergency medical care and incarceration. We projected that those costs will rise unless we gain control over our borders and our worksites. If a new amnesty and increases in immigrants and guest workers were enacted, as proposed by business and ethnic advocacy groups, we project that the cost to the state’s taxpayers for those same programs would rise to $213 million per year in 2010 and to $367 million per year in 2020.

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

You can view a listing of local immigration reform groups here.

STATE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION VOTING RECORD

You can view the voting record of your representatives in Congress regarding immigration issues in our voting report section.

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Nebraska: Immigrant Admissions

Nebraska Immigrant Admissions by Fiscal Year
1997	2,270
1998	1,267
1999	1,439
2000	2,230
2001	3,850
2002	3,657
2003	2,827
2004	2,954
2005	2.997
2006	3,795
Total	27,286

Recent immigrant admissions have slightly increased by 470 percent since adoption of the current immigration system in 1965. During the 1965-'69 period, annual admissions averaged about 570 immigrants. During the 2002-'06 period, admissions averaged about 3,245 immigrants.

The charts below show recent immigrant admissions and the cumulative immigrant admissions data since 1965. The number of annual admissions has ranged from 299 in FY'98 to 3,850 in FY'01. The cumulative total of admissions to Nebraska between fiscal years 1965 and 2002 was 62,335 immigrants.

The data for fiscal years 1989-91 were artificially raised by the inclusion of former illegal aliens who were amnestied in 1986. According to INS data (1991) the number of amnesty applicants from Nebraska was 3,421 (1,149 pre-1982 residents and 2,272 agricultural workers).

The data for FY'95 and FY'97-'99 were artificially low because the INS did not issue green cards to all the eligible applicants for adjustment of status who were already in the United States. In those four years, new immigration could have registered as much as 30 percent higher, if the INS had kept up with its workload.

Beginning with FY'01, the INS began to increase admissions as a result of reducing the size of the backlog of Section 245(i) adjustment of status cases, i.e., amnesty, for illegal aliens.

INS DATA BY NATIONALITY: FY'93 - FY'02

The INS data below are furnished for nationals of the countries with the largest number of immigrants admitted or adjusted to legal residence each year since 1993. The absence of data means that the total number of admissions to the United States by nationals of that country was not enough to merit detailed reporting in that year.

The nationalities may change each year, so the totals in some cases will not reflect all the immigrants of that nationality who have become legal immigrants in Wyoming during this period.

The Department of Homeland Security website has detailed data on immigrant admissions since FY’03 by year and by country. (See http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/data/dslpr.shtm).

Immigrant Admissions by Fiscal Year
Country	FY'93	FY'94	FY'95	FY'96	FY'97	FY'98	FY'99	FY'00	FY'01	FY'02	Total
Bangladesh	-	-	-	11	0	0	1	1	-	6	19
Canada	27	34	54	57	24	35	29	25	90	58	433
China *	290	153	66	68	83	58	49	101	137	147	1,152
Colombia	7	3	7	7	2	9	6	10	48	18	117
Cuba	2	0	3	0	50	3	13	15	25	11	122
Dom. Rep.	0	5	2	2	1	2	1	2	4	6	25
Ecuador	2	-	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	27
El Salvador	26	13	7	32	33	14	23	47	74	75	344
Germany	32	16	30	-	17	10	18	18	46	47	234
Guatemala	9	7	15	33	32	25	28	39	101	102	391
Guyana	0	4	3	0	3	2	0	0	-	3	15
Haiti	1	0	0	10	5	3	0	1	3	0	23
Honduras	3	-	-	-	18	16	14	11	-	25	87
India	58	62	47	69	74	88	44	70	216	175	903
Iran	15	18	6	22	9	6	8	1	14	25	124
Ireland	9	12	-	-	1	0	-	1	-	5	28
Jamaica	1	0	1	3	4	1	1	1	5	4	21
Japan	-	6	-	-	19	12	10	19	32	17	75
Korea	62	71	57	45	37	61	60	35	47	77	552
Mexico	225	295	495	893	736	542	643	834	1,307	1,352	7,385
Nicaragua	-	-	-	-	5	6	2	9	23	5	50
Nigeria	-	-	6	21	7	5	4	9	-	35	87
Pakistan	7	15	24	20	18	7	23	7	17	25	163
Peru	10	2	11	6	6	12	6	9	15	21	98
Philippines	65	47	49	62	54	36	29	64	86	58	550
Poland	16	15	13	6	15	6	6	4	4	4	89
Sov. Un. *	157	156	119	64	58	38	36	116	133	145	1,022
Trin.& Tob.	-	0	-	-	2	6	-	1	-	3	12
U. Kingdom	49	33	28	38	25	6	13	18	50	26	286
Vietnam	615	377	454	236	542	71	138	281	246	210	3,170
Yugo. *	-	-	7	24	55	3	8	87	184	251	619
Other	292	251	324	418	333	181	223	391	876	717	4,006
Total	1,980	1,595	1,831	2,150	2,270	1,267	1,439	2,230	3,850	3,657	22,269

A dash (-) indicates that the data for that year were not published for that country in the INS Statistical Yearbook.
* China data include Hong Kong and Taiwan. Former USSR data continued since break-up (except FY'96-'97 and ‘01 include only Russia and Ukraine). Former Yugoslavia data continued since break-up.

The 31 nationalities above represent more than four-fifths (82%) of all immigrant settlement and adjustment in Nebraska during this ten-year period. Immigrants from Mexico and Vietnam account for nearly half (47.4%) of all immigrant admissions during the period (Mexico 33.2% and Vietnam 14.2%).

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Nebraska : Poll Data

• 87% want to tighten borders to prevent illegal immigration.
• 72% oppose granting in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants.
• 56% believe that Latin American immigration has had a negative impact on Nebraska. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Applied Rural Innovation, November, 2006)

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Nebraska: Immigration Impact

State Population (2006 CB estimate)	1,768,331
State Population in 2000	1,713,426
Average Annual Change 2000-2006	0.5%
Foreign Born Population 2006 1	97,280
Foreign Born Share 2006	5.5%
Foreign Born Population 2000	74,638
Foreign Born Share 2000	4.4%
Average Annual Change 2000-2006	4.8%
Population Projection 2010	1.76 million
Population Projection 2025	1.81 million
Population Projection 2050 (FAIR)	2.28 million

 

All numbers are from the U.S. Census Bureau unless otherwise noted. Additional Census Bureau, INS, and other immigration-related data are available for Nebraska.

POPULATION CHANGE

Nebraska’s population increased by 8.6 percent between 1990 and 2000, and by 3.2 percent between 2000 and 2006, bringing Nebraskatotal population to approximately 1.76 million. 

Approximately 41.2 percent of the total population increase between 2000 and 2006 in Nebraskawas directly attributable to immigrants.

FAIR estimates the illegal alien population in 2005 at 39,000.This number is 62.5 percent above the U.S. government estimate of 24,000 in 2000, and 550% above the 1990 estimate of 6,000.

According to an estimate of the Pew Hispanic Center, in 2005 there were an estimated 35,000 to 55,000 illegal aliens living in Nebraska. ²

FAIR estimates in 2004 that the taxpayers of Nebraska spent $104.1 million per year on illegal aliens and their children in public schools.³

FAIR’s projected annual fiscal costs to Nebraskataxpayers for emergency medical care, education and incarceration resulting if an amnesty is adopted for illegal residents.
Current	2010	2020
$126,000,000	$213,000,000	$367,000,000

POPULATION PROFILE

FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION

ENVIRONMENTAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE PROFILE

Water: Nebraska has seen steady increases in demand for water, as its population has grown. Between 2000 and 2006, the state’s foreign-born population increased by one-third.⁷This contrasts with a two percent increase in the native-born population and that included the children born to immigrants. When the U.S.-born children of these immigrants are included, immigrants account for nearly three-fourths (74%) of the state’s recent population increase.⁸ By 2050, the state’s population is projected to rise from about 1.8 million to 2.3 million.⁹ With per-capita water demand of 192.8 gallons each day, this expected growth will result in an additional need of 93.3 million gallons of water each day.¹⁰Ultimately, the resulting increases in water consumption could pose serious issues for the state’s prosperity.¹¹

According to the High Plains Center for Sustainability, Nebraska is exploiting the High Plains/Ogallala Aquifer like a coal mine. “Once gone, we can never expect it to be replenished,” the group said in a recent statement.¹² Indeed, across the state, groundwater levels have been consistently declining since 2000. In some parts of the state, water levels have dropped 30 feet in that brief timeframe, and up to 50 feet since large-scale, groundwater development began.¹³

The Ogallala is critical to farming in the center of the nation. However, it is replenished slowly because of the relatively dry area. At least 12 billion cubic meters are being drawn from it every year. It's drying up. At the current rate, the aquifer may be dry in less than 25 years.¹⁴ Limited water resources are being exacerbated by growing human consumption When the aquifer finally runs dry, the High Plains Region will be little more than desert.

This increased demand may impose a hefty toll on the agricultural industry of Nebraska as well. In the North Platte area of Nebraska, the North Platte River supplies Lake McConaughy, which has been used as a water source for agricultural irrigation. However, recent wells have diverted groundwater flows, which would have drained into the North Platte River and ultimately Lake McConaughy, leaving both of these water bodies depleted. “Return flows are critical to Lake McConaughy," says Don Kraus, general manager of the Central Irrigation District. ‘The lake was built with the understanding that its water supply would depend on return flows from upstream irrigation projects. In addition to drought conditions, the lake now also has to contend with wells that intercept return flows to the river’.¹⁵

An interstate, lawsuit-laced feud over water from the Republic River has erupted between Nebraska and neighboring Kansas. Kansas claims that between the years 2005 and 2006, Nebraska exceeded its contracted allocation of water from the river by 27 billion gallons.¹⁶This is clear evidence that the availability of water is becoming a concern in the area. Its supply is not limitless.

Traffic: As population growth put more traffic on the roads, the average commute for Nebraska residents increased 14 percent during the 1990s, from 16 minutes to 179 minutes in 2005. ¹⁷,¹⁸  23% of Nebraska's major urban roads are congested. 29% of Nebraska's major roads are in poor or mediocre condition and vehicle travel on Nebraska's highways increased 36% from 1990 to 2003. Driving on roads in need of repair costs Nebraska motorists $307 million a year in extra vehicle repairs and operating costs $234 per motorist and congestion in the Omaha area costs commuters $409 per person per year in excess fuel and lost time. ¹⁹

In Omaha, the problem is particularly severe. Omaha’s traffic increased by 40 percent in the 1990’s, ²⁰ and in the Omaha, NE-Iowa area travelers experienced an annual delay of 23 hours. ²¹ 6 percent of commuters in Nebraska have a commute that is 45 minutes or more. ²²

Omaha officials project that Douglas and Sarpy Counties will have populations totaling nearly 900,000 by 2050, a 54 percent increase, with nearly 250,000 additional commuters entering Omaha each day on roads that would require expensive upgrading to handle the influx.²³

Crowded housing: In 2005 over 11,000Nebraska households were defined as crowded or severely crowded by housing authorities. ²⁴  Studies show that a rise in crowded housing often correlates with an increase in the number of foreign-born.²⁵,²⁶

Disappearing open space: Each year Nebraska loses 11,000 acres of open space due to development.²⁷Seventy-eight of Nebraska’s 93 counties have prime agricultural land that is among the most vulnerable to loss from development nationwide, says the American Farmland Trust. Seventy percent of the state’s native vegetation has been lost or severely degraded, and about one-third of both the 631 wildlife species and 1,600 plant species in the state are populations are rare, declining, or at risk.²⁸

A study of urban sprawl between 1970 and 1990 that calculated the impact of population increase and per capita land use found that 41.8 square miles of additional land were consumed by urban sprawl in the Omaha metropolitan area, which spills into Iowa, and 41.6 percent of that sprawl was attributable to population increase. ²⁹

Poverty: In 2005 18.1percent of immigrants living in Nebraska had incomes below the poverty level, a 31.3 increase since 2000. Among foreign-born non-citizens, the poverty rate climbs to 20.3 percent. ³⁰

Schools: Between 1990 and 2000, Nebraska’s elementary and high school enrollment increased 10 percent. In 2001, Omaha public school enrollment jumped by the equivalent of an entire new elementary school. Census figures indicate that northwest and southeast Omaha are experiencing a boom of preschool-age children who, over the next five years, will begin filling classrooms.³¹ Nebraska’s K-12 student enrollment is projected to increase by over 10,000 students. ³², ³³ Already, schools are struggling with overcrowding: In some northwest Omaha schools, some classes are held in the cafeteria for lack of space.³⁴

Solid Waste: Nebraska generates 1.39 tons of solid waste per capita. ³⁵

Illegal Immigration in Nebraska: Arrests of illegal immigrants in Nebraska jumped nearly 25 percent in 2001, and the number of people deported went up almost 30 percent. ³⁶ Immigrations and Customs in Nebraska has been so swamped it has not been able to respond to some state police calls, resulting in vans of illegal immigrants being allowed to continue on toward their destinations. ³⁷

Endnotes:

1. FAIR estimate based on the 2006 Current Population Survey.
2. "Estimates of the Unauthorized Migrant Population for States based on the March 2005 CPS", Pew Hispanic Center.
3. Martin, Jack. “Breaking the Piggy Bank: How Illegal Immigration is Sending Schools into the Red,” A Report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
4. Cindy Gonzalez, “Migration Boosts Population,” Omaha World-Herald, December 29, 2000.
5. Cindy Gonzalez, Paul Goodsell, and Joe Kolman, “Metro Areas Lead Growth Omaha Reaches 390, 000,” Omaha World-Herald, March 15, 2001.
6. Cindy Gonzalez, op. cit.
7. U.S.Census Bureau 2006
8. Jack Martin. Issue Brief: Estimation of Foreign Born Birthrate. FAIR. 2008.
9. Jack Martin and Stanley Fogel. “Projecting the U.S.Population to 2050.” FAIR. March 2006.
10. U.S.Geological Survey 2000
11. High Plains Centerfor Sustainability, “Our Water, Our Future,” The Chadron Record, May 12, 2008
12. Mark Burbach, “ Nebraska Groundwater Declines as much as 30 Feet Over Last Six Years,” Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, October 2, 2006
13. Heidi Stevenson. “How Corporations Drain Our Aquifers for Profit (Part 2).” Natural News. June 11, 2008.
14. “Central District Wants NRD to Act on Groundwater Wells,” Nebraska Farmer, May 19, 2008.
15. Associated Press, “ Kansas Threatens to Sue Nebraska Over Use of a River,” New York Times, December 27, 2007.
16. “Table DP-1-4, Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000,” Census 2000, U.S. Census Bureau.
17. Selected Social Characteristics: 2005 Data Set - 2005 American Community Survey, American Fact Finder, U.S. Census Bureau.
18. Report Card for America's Infrastructure 2005," American Society of Civil Engineers.
19. Jeffrey Robb, “Report May Not Surprise Omaha Drivers: Traffic Getting Worse,” Omaha World-Herald, May 11, 2001.
20. "The 2005 Urban Mobility Report", Texas Transportation Institute
21. “U.S. Population 2007 Data Sheet,” Population Reference Bureau.
22. Jeffrey Robb, “The Fruits of Suburbs’ Expansion,” Omaha World-Herald, March 29, 2001.
23. Selected Housing Characteristics: 2005 Data Set - 2005 American Community Survey, American Fact Finder, U.S. Census Bureau.
24. Haya El Nasser, “U.S. Neighborhoods Grow More Crowded,” USA Today, July 7, 2002.
25. Randy Capps, “Hardship Among Children of Immigrants: Findings from the 1999 National Survey of America’s Families,” Urban Institute, 2001.
26. “State Rankings by Acreage and Rate of Non-federal Land Developed,” Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/tables/t5845.html
27. American Planning Association, op. cit.
28. Beck, Roy and Leon Kolankiewicz, “Weighing Sprawl Factors in Large U.S. Cities,” Numbers USA, March 2001.
29. “Nebraska State Factsheet,” Migration Information Source, Migration Policy Institute.
30. Angie Brunkow, “Enrollment Projections Fuel School Buildings Plans,” Omaha World-Herald, December 15, 2001.
31. "Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment, High School Completions, and Staff From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005-06', National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, June 2007.
32. Projections of Education Statistics to 2015, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.
33. Angie Brunkow, “Northwest Omaha Housing Boom Leaves Schools With Growing Pains,” Omaha World-Herald, May 23, 2002.
34. Report Card for America's Infrastructure 2005," American Society of Civil Engineers.
35. Mark Thiessen, “Arrests of Illegal Immigrants Up Almost 25 Percent,” Associated Press, October 24, 2002.
36. Dayton Daily News, op. cit.

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