Leirion Gaylor Baird (Democratic) has been Mayor of Lincoln since 1 May 2019. The unemployment rate stood at 2.6% of the labour force in Aug 2026, unchanged from when Leirion Gaylor Baird took office in May 2019; Nebraska's moved −0.2 percentage points over the same months. Among the 59 cities with a year or more of figures, Lincoln ranks 19th on the fall in homelessness and 95th of 106 on the fall in violent crime. The widest gap with Nebraska is in real GDP per person: +2.2% a year against +3.0%; the gap was widest in 2023, +11.8% against +18.3%. Typical home value is up 52.6% since day zero (5.9% a year).

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