Nebraska Cities by Population (2024)

by Kristen Carney Kristen Carney

Updated: June 20, 2024

The most populated cities in Nebraska are Omaha with 483,335, Lincoln at 294,757, Bellevue with 63,922, Grand Island at 52,622, and Kearney with 34,362. You can get the most current Census population data for all 582 Nebraska cities, sorted from the most populous cities in Nebraska to the least, according to the 2023 Population Estimates Program and 2022 American Community Survey.

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Rank City Population
1 Omaha 483,335
2 Lincoln 294,757
3 Bellevue 63,922
4 Grand Island 52,622
5 Kearney 34,362
6 Fremont 27,602
7 Norfolk 26,147
8 Hastings 24,896
9 Columbus 24,464
10 Papillion 23,791
11 North Platte 22,523
12 La Vista 16,346
13 Scottsbluff 14,305
14 South Sioux City 13,856
15 Beatrice 12,262
16 Lexington 10,816
17 Chalco 10,457
18 Gretna 9,054
19 Gering 8,531
20 York 8,180
21 Alliance 8,056
22 Blair 7,967
23 Seward 7,672
24 Crete 7,488
25 Nebraska City 7,414
26 McCook 7,253
27 Plattsmouth 6,808
28 Schuyler 6,529
29 Sidney 6,440
30 Ralston 6,401
31 Wayne 6,165
32 Offutt AFB 5,627
33 Holdrege 5,542
34 Chadron 5,145
35 Wahoo 4,987
36 Aurora 4,704
37 Ogallala 4,680
38 Waverly 4,458
39 Falls City 4,045
40 Cozad 3,933
41 Fairbury 3,832
42 O'Neill 3,575
43 Broken Bow 3,542
44 Auburn 3,507
45 West Point 3,458
46 Gothenburg 3,430
47 Ashland 3,367
48 Valley 3,236
49 Hickman 3,161
50 Minden 3,136
51 Central City 3,090
52 David City 3,024
53 Valentine 2,631
54 St. Paul 2,427
55 Milford 2,211
56 Kimball 2,192
57 Madison 2,189
58 Geneva 2,135
59 Ord 2,078
60 Dakota City 2,047
61 Syracuse 1,974
62 Imperial 1,969
63 Bennington 1,966
64 Wilber 1,931
65 Gibbon 1,912
66 Superior 1,826
67 Pierce 1,822
68 Tekamah 1,715
69 Albion 1,680
70 Tecumseh 1,670
71 Woodland Park 1,655
72 Ainsworth 1,590
73 Mitchell 1,527
74 Stanton 1,526
75 Neligh 1,515
76 Springfield 1,509
77 Wakefield 1,507
78 Hartington 1,499
79 Sutton 1,453
80 Bridgeport 1,448
81 Gordon 1,444
82 Yutan 1,425
83 Louisville 1,408
84 Hebron 1,388
85 Ravenna 1,382
86 Oakland 1,359
87 Wymore 1,344
88 Arlington 1,311
89 Atkinson 1,310
90 Plainview 1,264
91 North Bend 1,244
92 Sutherland 1,233
93 Wisner 1,228
94 Fullerton 1,221
95 Eagle 1,207
96 Battle Creek 1,185
97 Wood River 1,158
98 Stromsburg 1,155
99 Grant 1,136
100 Bayard 1,124
101 Creighton 1,116
102 Fort Calhoun 1,099
103 Henderson 1,084
104 Bennet 1,080
105 Cambridge 1,074
106 TIE Loup City 1,062
106 TIE Weeping Water 1,062
108 Burwell 1,055
109 Pender 1,053
110 TIE Shelton 1,045
110 TIE Terrytown 1,045
112 Alma 1,027
113 Tilden 989
114 Elm Creek 978
115 Ceresco 972
116 Arapahoe 963
117 Bloomfield 951
118 Laurel 948
119 Red Cloud 946
120 Harvard 945
121 Friend 927
122 Morrill 925
123 Kenesaw 916
124 Waterloo 912
125 Franklin 909
126 Ponca 895
127 Winnebago 888
128 Randolph 877
129 Osceola 872
130 Genoa 868
131 Humphrey 854
132 Chappell 851
133 Pawnee City 846
134 Utica 828
135 TIE Crawford 824
135 TIE Curtis 824
137 Lyons 813
138 Doniphan 811
139 Scribner 810
140 Emerson 806
141 Cairo 804
142 Osmond 796
143 Blue Hill 795
144 Humboldt 790
145 TIE Rushville 784
145 TIE Hooper 784
147 Macy 779
148 Oshkosh 770
149 Benkelman 768
150 Hemingford 767
151 Axtell 766
152 Crofton 759
153 Juniata 742
154 Shelby 734
155 Clay Center 728
156 Deshler 725
157 Bertrand 714
158 St. Edward 711
159 Minatare 709
160 Elgin 707
161 Oxford 701
162 Elmwood 685
163 Walthill 682
164 Firth 647
165 Alda 643
166 Newman Grove 642
167 Beemer 640
168 TIE Glenwood 637
168 TIE Elwood 637
170 Clarkson 634
171 Mead 633
172 Hershey 624
173 Cedar Bluffs 619
174 Adams 616
175 Greenwood 611
176 Dorchester 610
177 Boys Town 607
178 Valparaiso 605
179 Peru 598
180 TIE Arnold 591
180 TIE Overton 591
182 Fairmont 590
183 Wausa 578
184 TIE Dodge 575
184 TIE Hay Springs 575
186 TIE Palmyra 567
186 TIE Callaway 567
188 Howells 561
189 Bassett 549
190 Verdigre 540
191 Beaver City 530
192 Wauneta 523
193 Exeter 520
194 Indianola 518
195 TIE Culbertson 517
195 TIE Homer 517
197 Coleridge 515
198 TIE Cortland 514
198 TIE De Witt 514
200 Paxton 511
201 Stuart 502
202 Trenton 501
203 Murray 500
204 Bancroft 493
205 Sargent 487
206 McCool Junction 477
207 TIE Walton 474
207 TIE Cedar Creek 474
209 Malcolm 471
210 Sterling 470
211 Ansley 469
212 Mullen 461
213 Nelson 459
214 Palmer 440
215 Leigh 439
216 Hampton 438
217 Edgar 427
218 Spalding 425
219 Santee 424
220 Giltner 415
221 Decatur 411
222 Bellwood 409
223 Greeley Center 403
224 Big Springs 401
225 Eustis 398
226 Loomis 392
227 Duncan 387
228 Spencer 384
229 Pleasanton 378
230 Cedar Rapids 377
231 Ewing 376
232 Kennard 373
233 Winside 372
234 Beaver Crossing 370
235 Brady 368
236 Hildreth 367
237 Inglewood 364
238 Niobrara 363
239 Rising City 362
240 Plymouth 357
241 TIE Allen 354
241 TIE Orchard 354
243 Brainard 352
244 TIE Merna 348
244 TIE Shickley 348
246 TIE Polk 343
246 TIE Potter 343
248 Clarks 341
249 TIE Orleans 333
249 TIE Fairfield 333
251 TIE Platte Center 330
251 TIE Wilcox 330
253 Phillips 327
254 TIE Petersburg 324
254 TIE Clearwater 324
256 Silver Creek 321
257 Lodgepole 316
258 Johnson 312
259 TIE Cook 311
259 TIE Brule 311
261 TIE Stratton 304
261 TIE Davenport 304
261 TIE Waco 304
264 Wallace 302
265 Unadilla 301
266 Woodland Hills 300
267 Nickerson 299
268 Scotia 297
269 TIE Prague 296
269 TIE Long Pine 296
271 St. Libory 295
272 Hadar 293
273 Hallam 292
274 TIE Dalton 289
274 TIE Monroe 289
276 TIE Lindsay 286
276 TIE Chambers 286
278 Palisade 283
279 Bradshaw 280
280 Arcadia 279
281 Murdock 277
282 Dannebrog 276
283 Blue Springs 275
284 Butte 274
285 Meadow Grove 273
286 TIE Bruning 272
286 TIE Hoskins 272
286 TIE Lawrence 272
289 Oakdale 271
290 TIE Glenvil 268
290 TIE Maywood 268
292 Newcastle 267
293 TIE Bartley 264
293 TIE Chapman 264
293 TIE Lakeview 264
296 TIE Clatonia 261
296 TIE Campbell 261
298 Roseland 258
299 TIE Diller 257
299 TIE Odell 257
301 Lyman 254
302 Weston 250
303 Maxwell 249
304 Milligan 248
305 North Loup 247
306 TIE Stapleton 246
306 TIE Springview 246
306 TIE Herman 246
309 Sumner 244
310 TIE Riverdale 242
310 TIE Pilger 242
310 TIE Snyder 242
313 TIE Marquette 240
313 TIE Harrison 240
315 Table Rock 234
316 TIE Madrid 231
316 TIE Wolbach 231
318 TIE Dwight 230
318 TIE Panama 230
320 TIE Uehling 227
320 TIE Staplehurst 227
322 Hayes Center 223
323 TIE Western 222
323 TIE Gresham 222
325 Yankee Hill 221
326 Litchfield 219
327 Wynot 217
328 Chester 212
329 Thedford 211
330 Roca 210
331 Pleasant Dale 208
332 TIE Talmage 205
332 TIE Garland 205
334 TIE Benedict 203
334 TIE Craig 203
336 Jackson 202
337 Bladen 201
338 Holbrook 200
339 Union 199
340 TIE Amherst 198
340 TIE Guide Rock 198
342 Trumbull 197
343 Elba 196
344 Ashton 195
345 Overland 194
346 Ulysses 191
347 Denton 189
348 TIE Gurley 187
348 TIE Lynch 187
350 TIE Carroll 186
350 TIE Holstein 186
352 Pickrell 185
353 TIE Avoca 183
353 TIE Dix 183
353 TIE Howard City (Boelus) 183
356 Farnam 176
357 TIE Goehner 175
357 TIE Manley 175
357 TIE Creston 175
357 TIE Funk 175
361 TIE Douglas 173
361 TIE Nehawka 173
363 Hubbard 170
364 Dunbar 168
365 TIE Lewellen 167
365 TIE Bee 167
365 TIE Cody 167
368 TIE Otoe 166
368 TIE Page 166
370 Cheney 164
371 TIE Ithaca 158
371 TIE Verdon 158
373 TIE Shubert 156
373 TIE Stamford 156
375 TIE Brunswick 154
375 TIE Raymond 154
377 Venango 153
378 TIE Rosalie 152
378 TIE Daykin 152
380 La Platte 151
381 Hyannis 150
382 TIE Mason City 149
382 TIE Max 149
384 Sunol 146
385 TIE Dawson 145
385 TIE Stella 145
387 Rulo 144
388 Brownville 142
389 Oconto 140
390 TIE Haigler 139
390 TIE Alexandria 139
392 Republican City 138
393 Taylor 137
394 TIE Farwell 135
394 TIE Hordville 135
396 Sprague 134
397 Fordyce 133
398 Washington 131
399 TIE Tryon 129
399 TIE Henry 129
399 TIE Odessa 129
402 TIE Princeton 127
402 TIE Miller 127
404 TIE Davey 125
404 TIE Morse Bluff 125
406 Upland 124
407 Brock 123
408 TIE Du Bois 122
408 TIE Ohiowa 122
410 Filley 121
411 TIE Arthur 120
411 TIE Concord 120
413 Martell 119
414 Alvo 116
415 TIE Colon 115
415 TIE Nemaha 115
415 TIE Thurston 115
418 Tobias 114
419 TIE Belden 111
419 TIE Leshara 111
419 TIE Bushnell 111
422 TIE Endicott 110
422 TIE Edison 110
422 TIE Grafton 110
422 TIE Memphis 110
426 TIE Melbeta 109
426 TIE Bloomington 109
428 TIE Anselmo 108
428 TIE Octavia 108
430 TIE Bartlett 106
430 TIE Ruskin 106
432 Atlanta 105
433 Elsie 103
434 TIE Roscoe 99
434 TIE Belgrade 99
434 TIE Inman 99
437 Bruno 98
438 Jansen 97
439 TIE Broadwater 96
439 TIE Malmo 96
441 Cordova 95
442 South Bend 94
443 TIE Linwood 93
443 TIE Loretto 93
443 TIE Hardy 93
443 TIE Wann 93
447 TIE Rockville 89
447 TIE Ericson 89
447 TIE St. Helena 89
450 TIE Barneston 88
450 TIE Merriman 88
452 TIE Bow Valley 86
452 TIE Carleton 86
454 TIE Ayr 85
454 TIE Byron 85
454 TIE Naponee 85
454 TIE Eddyville 85
454 TIE Naper 85
459 Belmar 84
460 Salem 83
461 TIE Dunning 81
461 TIE Martin 81
463 TIE Rogers 80
463 TIE Heartwell 80
465 Dixon 78
466 Martinsburg 77
467 TIE Burchard 76
467 TIE Melia 76
469 Prosser 75
470 TIE Swanton 74
470 TIE Wilsonville 74
472 TIE Richland 73
472 TIE Danbury 73
472 TIE Center 73
472 TIE Holmesville 73
472 TIE Berwyn 73
477 TIE Waterbury 72
477 TIE Comstock 72
477 TIE Virginia 72
477 TIE Crookston 72
481 King Lake 71
482 Wellfleet 69
483 TIE Kilgore 68
483 TIE Newport 68
485 Bristow 67
486 Abie 66
487 McGrew 65
488 TIE Elk Creek 64
488 TIE Halsey 64
490 TIE Hazard 59
490 TIE Hubbell 59
490 TIE Maskell 59
490 TIE Smithfield 59
490 TIE Harrisburg 59
490 TIE Whitney 59
496 TIE Lewiston 58
496 TIE Fontanelle 58
498 TIE Primrose 57
498 TIE Royal 57
498 TIE Garrison 57
498 TIE Lemoyne 57
498 TIE Steinauer 57
503 Reynolds 56
504 TIE Riverton 54
504 TIE Belvidere 54
504 TIE Burr 54
507 Archer 53
508 TIE Oak 52
508 TIE Aten 52
508 TIE Harbine 52
511 Thayer 51
512 TIE Winnetoon 50
512 TIE Inavale 50
512 TIE Tarnov 50
515 TIE Elyria 49
515 TIE Ong 49
517 TIE Steele City 48
517 TIE Wood Lake 48
519 TIE Emmet 46
519 TIE Johnstown 46
519 TIE Julian 46
519 TIE Lebanon 46
523 TIE Crab Orchard 45
523 TIE Foster 45
523 TIE Magnet 45
526 Surprise 43
527 Deweese 42
528 Richfield 40
529 Verdel 39
530 TIE Preston 38
530 TIE Clinton 38
532 TIE McLean 37
532 TIE Saronville 37
534 TIE Norman 35
534 TIE Lorton 35
536 TIE Cushing 34
536 TIE Cornlea 34
538 TIE Stockham 33
538 TIE Liberty 33
538 TIE Huntley 33
541 Strang 32
542 Gandy 31
543 TIE Cotesfield 30
543 TIE Beacon View 30
543 TIE Gilead 30
543 TIE Seneca 30
543 TIE Berea 30
543 TIE Hamlet 30
549 Lushton 28
550 Moorefield 27
551 Venice 26
552 Lamar 25
553 Linoma Beach 24
554 Bazile Mills 23
555 TIE Stockville 22
555 TIE Cowles 22
555 TIE Hendley 22
555 TIE Ragan 22
555 TIE Obert 22
560 TIE Nora 21
560 TIE Keystone 21
562 TIE Winslow 20
562 TIE Barada 20
564 TIE Westerville 17
564 TIE Lindy 17
564 TIE Nenzel 17
564 TIE Sholes 17
568 Lisco 16
569 Champion 15
570 TIE Inland 14
570 TIE Poole 14
572 Sarben 13
573 TIE Tamora 12
573 TIE Lorenzo 12
575 Anoka 11
576 TIE Burton 10
576 TIE Kramer 10
578 TIE Brewster 8
578 TIE Parks 8
580 Brownlee 7
581 Emerald 5
582 Gross 2

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. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2024. http://www.census.gov/.
  • United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 7 December 2023. http://www.census.gov/.

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