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Nebraska Evolving: The perception is that smaller communities are dying. The reality: Many are growing, for one reason. Immigration.
Twenty one Nebraska counties outside the Omaha and Lincoln metros are growing, growth sparked by immigrants and their extended families. Experts say immigration is key to the survival of small towns like Wakefield, even though it can also cause housing shortages, strain schools and create chasms between the old residents and new.
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