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Nebraska Cities by Population

Below are the 582 Nebraska cities sorted by population from 1 to 439 (there are some ties). The population data are from the 2021 Population Estimates Program and 2020 American Community Survey. You can copy and paste this list directly into your favorite spreadsheet program. Don't you just adore lovely numbers listed nicely in columns & rows? We do!

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Rank	City	Population
1	Omaha	487,300
2	Lincoln	292,657
3	Bellevue	63,737
4	Grand Island	52,335
5	Kearney	33,959
6	Fremont	27,373
7	Hastings	25,037
8	Norfolk	24,967
9	Columbus	24,123
10	Papillion	24,105
11	North Platte	22,978
12	La Vista	16,648
13	Scottsbluff	14,282
14	South Sioux City	13,814
15	Beatrice	12,209
16	Lexington	10,360
17	Chalco	10,092
18	Gering	8,435
19	York	8,133
20	Alliance	7,971
21	Blair	7,812
22	Seward	7,693
23	McCook	7,356
24	Nebraska City	7,202
25	Crete	7,179
26	Plattsmouth	6,620
27	Schuyler	6,502
28	Ralston	6,462
29	Sidney	6,439
30	Wayne	5,990
31	Holdrege	5,491
32	Offutt AFB	5,280
33	Chadron	5,229
34	Gretna	5,088
35	Wahoo	4,904
36	Ogallala	4,823
37	Aurora	4,646
38	Waverly	4,385
39	Falls City	4,074
40	Cozad	3,915
41	Fairbury	3,904
42	O'Neill	3,547
43	Auburn	3,478
44	West Point	3,473
45	Broken Bow	3,466
46	Gothenburg	3,421
47	Ashland	3,191
48	Minden	3,111
49	Valley	3,074
50	Central City	3,032
51	David City	3,029
52	Hickman	2,832
53	Valentine	2,613
54	St. Paul	2,394
55	Kimball	2,258
56	Madison	2,216
57	Geneva	2,146
58	Milford	2,145
59	Ord	2,108
60	Dakota City	2,058
61	Imperial	2,022
62	Bennington	2,000
63	Wilber	1,960
64	Syracuse	1,932
65	Gibbon	1,889
66	Pierce	1,832
67	Superior	1,798
68	Tecumseh	1,725
69	Tekamah	1,712
70	Albion	1,706
71	Ainsworth	1,615
72	Mitchell	1,526
73	Wakefield	1,524
74	Neligh	1,516
75	Springfield	1,509
76	Hartington	1,506
77	Gordon	1,498
78	Stanton	1,469
79	Bridgeport	1,463
80	Ravenna	1,439
81	Sutton	1,437
82	Woodland Park	1,418
83	Hebron	1,408
84	Yutan	1,389
85	Oakland	1,378
86	Wymore	1,362
87	Louisville	1,357
88	Arlington	1,309
89	Atkinson	1,298
90	Sutherland	1,274
91	Plainview	1,273
92	Fullerton	1,257
93	North Bend	1,248
94	Wisner	1,244
95	Grant	1,181
96	Battle Creek	1,168
97	Wood River	1,164
98	Creighton	1,154
99	Eagle	1,142
100	Stromsburg	1,134
101	Bayard	1,131
102	Fort Calhoun	1,113
103	Henderson	1,093
104	Burwell	1,091
105	Bennet	1,086
106	Cambridge	1,080
107	Terrytown	1,055
108	Pender	1,051
109	Shelton	1,050
110	Loup City	1,045
111	Weeping Water	1,041
112	Alma	1,022
113 TIE	Bloomfield and Tilden	987
114	Elm Creek	986
115 TIE	Arapahoe and Red Cloud	982
116	Laurel	968
117	Harvard	939
118	Ceresco	932
119	Franklin	931
120	Morrill	930
121	Macy	927
122	Waterloo	923
123	Kenesaw	913
124	Friend	908
125	Winnebago	905
126	Genoa	898
127	Ponca	894
128	Randolph	874
129	Osceola	863
130	Chappell	853
131	Pawnee City	850
132	Hooper	843
133	Humphrey	842
134 TIE	Utica and Blue Hill	830
135	Emerson	824
136	Crawford	822
137	Scribner	814
138	Cairo	813
139	Rushville	812
140	Lyons	811
141	Benkelman	810
142	Curtis	805
143	Doniphan	800
144	Osmond	799
145	Oshkosh	792
146	Humboldt	788
147	Hemingford	767
148	Crofton	766
149	Axtell	749
150	Juniata	740
151 TIE	St. Edward and Deshler	723
152	Clay Center	721
153	Minatare	720
154	Oxford	719
155 TIE	Shelby and Elgin	712
156	Bertrand	704
157	Walthill	695
158	Elmwood	660
159	Firth	656
160	Hershey	645
161	Alda	643
162	Newman Grove	639
163	Peru	636
164	Beemer	631
165	Elwood	629
166	Mead	626
167	Clarkson	625
168	Adams	619
169	Cedar Bluffs	618
170	Greenwood	604
171	Fairmont	601
172 TIE	Dodge and Valparaiso	599
173	Overton	595
174	Wausa	592
175	Arnold	591
176	Dorchester	588
177	Hay Springs	584
178	Callaway	558
179	Verdigre	556
180	Palmyra	553
181	Howells	552
182	Glenwood	541
183	Bassett	538
184 TIE	Wauneta and Coleridge	533
185	Culbertson	529
186	Beaver City	522
187	Indianola	518
188	Homer	517
189	Exeter	514
190	Mullen	511
191 TIE	De Witt and Paxton	507
192	Cortland	505
193 TIE	Bancroft and Trenton	492
194	Sargent	490
195	Murray	489
196	Sterling	486
197	Stuart	482
198	Malcolm	475
199	Cedar Creek	470
200	McCool Junction	466
201	Ansley	461
202	Nelson	459
203	Palmer	441
204 TIE	Hampton and Leigh	431
205	Edgar	425
206	Santee	420
207	Boys Town	414
208	Spalding	409
209 TIE	Decatur and Bellwood	408
210	Walton	407
211	Giltner	404
212 TIE	Greeley Center and Big Springs	402
213	Spencer	401
214	Eustis	397
215	Loomis	391
216	Duncan	387
217	Winside	383
218 TIE	Brady and Cedar Rapids	382
219	Hildreth	381
220	Kennard	379
221	Lakeview	378
222	Ewing	377
223 TIE	Inglewood and Beaver Crossing	370
224	Pleasanton	367
225	Niobrara	363
226	Orchard	362
227	Plymouth	359
228	Rising City	355
229	Allen	348
230 TIE	Potter, Orleans, and Merna	345
231	Clarks	344
232	Shickley	343
233	Polk	342
234	Brainard	341
235	Platte Center	331
236	Petersburg	330
237	Fairfield	329
238	Wilcox	328
239	Brule	326
240	Cook	325
241	Phillips	321
242	Clearwater	320
243	Silver Creek	318
244 TIE	Wallace and Lodgepole	314
245 TIE	Johnson and Davenport	313
246	Stratton	309
247	Long Pine	304
248	Nickerson	302
249	Unadilla	295
250	Scotia	294
251	Prague	292
252 TIE	Palisade and Waco	291
253	Dalton	289
254	Chambers	288
255	Monroe	287
256 TIE	Hadar and Lindsay	285
257	Arcadia	284
258 TIE	Blue Springs and Bradshaw	279
259 TIE	Meadow Grove and Bruning	278
260	Dannebrog	277
261 TIE	Hallam and Murdock	274
262	Oakdale	273
263 TIE	Butte and Campbell	272
264 TIE	Lawrence and St. Libory	271
265	Maywood	270
266 TIE	Newcastle and Hoskins	269
267 TIE	Glenvil and Bartley	266
268 TIE	Diller and Clatonia	263
269	Chapman	261
270	Roseland	259
271	Stapleton	257
272 TIE	Maxwell and Lyman	256
273 TIE	North Loup and Odell	255
274	Riverdale	251
275	Weston	250
276 TIE	Sumner and Herman	248
277	Snyder	247
278	Pilger	245
279 TIE	Springview and Milligan	241
280 TIE	Table Rock and Harrison	238
281 TIE	Madrid and Marquette	237
282 TIE	Panama and Staplehurst	233
283	Dwight	231
284	Uehling	230
285	Gresham	224
286	Hayes Center	223
287	Wolbach	222
288 TIE	Chester, Western, and Litchfield	220
289	Yankee Hill	217
290 TIE	Wynot and Pleasant Dale	215
291	Thedford	211
292 TIE	Roca and Garland	208
293	Woodland Hills	206
294 TIE	Benedict and Holbrook	204
295	Jackson	202
296	Talmage	201
297	Amherst	200
298	Bladen	199
299 TIE	Craig, Union, and Elba	198
300	Trumbull	197
301	Guide Rock	196
302	Ashton	195
303 TIE	Carroll, Ulysses, and Lynch	194
304	Dix	190
305	Holstein	187
306 TIE	Denton and Gurley	186
307	Pickrell	184
308	Avoca	183
309	Howard City (Boelus)	182
310 TIE	Farnam and Goehner	179
311	Lewellen	175
312	Funk	174
313	Creston	173
314	Nehawka	172
315	Manley	171
316	Douglas	170
317 TIE	Page, Bee, and Cody	167
318	Dunbar	164
319 TIE	Otoe and Hubbard	163
320 TIE	Stamford and Verdon	162
321 TIE	Ithaca and Shubert	161
322	Raymond	159
323	Rosalie	158
324	Daykin	157
325	Venango	156
326	Brunswick	154
327	Hyannis	153
328 TIE	Mason City and Stella	148
329	Dawson	146
330	Haigler	143
331 TIE	Alexandria, Rulo, Brownville, and Martell	142
332	Oconto	141
333	Taylor	140
334	Farwell	138
335	Sprague	137
336	La Platte	136
337 TIE	Republican City and Max	134
338 TIE	Washington and Fordyce	132
339 TIE	Miller and Hordville	131
340	Arthur	130
341 TIE	Upland and Davey	129
342	Henry	128
343 TIE	Concord and Du Bois	124
344	Filley	122
345 TIE	Ohiowa and Brock	121
346	Melia	120
347	Morse Bluff	119
348	Thurston	116
349 TIE	Nemaha and Bushnell	115
350	Colon	114
351 TIE	Bloomington and Alvo	113
352 TIE	Sunol, Tobias, Melbeta, Endicott, Edison, and Loretto	112
353 TIE	Belden and Leshara	111
354	Memphis	110
355	Bartlett	109
356	Octavia	108
357 TIE	Anselmo and Grafton	107
358	Ruskin	106
359	Princeton	105
360	Lemoyne	104
361	Belgrade	103
362 TIE	Overland and Atlanta	102
363	Elsie	100
364 TIE	Inman, Jansen, Roscoe, and Broadwater	99
365 TIE	Sarben and Bruno	98
366	South Bend	97
367	Bow Valley	96
368	Malmo	95
369 TIE	Hardy and Linwood	93
370 TIE	Cordova and Ericson	92
371	Carleton	91
372 TIE	Barneston and St. Helena	90
373	Rockville	89
374 TIE	Merriman and Naper	88
375	Naponee	87
376 TIE	Ayr and Dunning	86
377 TIE	Salem, Eddyville, and Byron	83
378	Rogers	81
379 TIE	Fontanelle and Belmar	80
380	Heartwell	79
381 TIE	Tryon, Dixon, and Martinsburg	78
382 TIE	Martin and Burchard	77
383	Harrisburg	75
384 TIE	Berwyn and Wilsonville	74
385 TIE	Danbury, Swanton, Richland, Center, Virginia, and Prosser	73
386	Wellfleet	72
387	Crookston	71
388	Waterbury	70
389 TIE	Wann, Newport, Comstock, and Bristow	69
390 TIE	Kilgore and Elk Creek	67
391 TIE	Abie and Cheney	66
392 TIE	Halsey and McGrew	64
393	Hubbell	61
394	Maskell	60
395 TIE	Hazard, Whitney, Smithfield, and Steinauer	59
396 TIE	Riverton and Reynolds	58
397	Odessa	57
398 TIE	Royal, Garrison, and Primrose	56
399	Oak	55
400 TIE	Lewiston and Winnetoon	54
401 TIE	Inavale, Burr, Harbine, and Emerald	53
402 TIE	Elyria, Belvidere, and Tarnov	50
403 TIE	Ong and Wood Lake	49
404 TIE	Julian, Johnstown, and Crab Orchard	48
405 TIE	Steele City and Lebanon	47
406 TIE	Magnet and Emmet	46
407 TIE	Archer, Thayer, and Venice	45
408	Deweese	43
409 TIE	Foster and Champion	42
410 TIE	Clinton, Surprise, and Verdel	40
411	King Lake	39
412	Lisco	38
413	McLean	37
414 TIE	Norman, Berea, and Stockham	36
415 TIE	Saronville and Lorton	35
416 TIE	Strang, Liberty, Cushing, and Cornlea	34
417	Huntley	33
418	Gandy	32
419 TIE	Keystone and Gilead	31
420	Hamlet	30
421	Cotesfield	29
422	Holmesville	27
423 TIE	Moorefield, Lushton, and Beacon View	26
424 TIE	Ragan, Bazile Mills, and Lamar	24
425	Obert	23
426 TIE	Stockville and Nora	22
427 TIE	Aten and Cowles	21
428 TIE	Hendley, Winslow, Lorenzo, and Barada	20
429 TIE	Preston, Linoma Beach, Seneca, Lindy, and Tamora	19
430	Nenzel	18
431	Agnew	17
432	Sholes	15
433 TIE	Richfield and Poole	14
434	Anoka	12
435	Burton	11
436	Parks	9
437 TIE	Willow Island, Brownlee, and Brewster	8
438	Enders	6
439	Gross	3
The table above displays the most recent population estimates data for all cities where data are available from the following datasets: United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 17 March 2022. http://www.census.gov/. United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2022. http://www.census.gov/.

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