Nebraska Cities by Population (2025)

by Kristen Carney Kristen Carney

Updated: December 17, 2024

The most populous 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 584 Nebraska cities, sorted from the most populous cities in Nebraska to the least, according to the 2023 Population Estimates Program and 2023 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 10,625
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 5,663
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 Beaver Lake 2,198
57 Kimball 2,192
58 Madison 2,189
59 Geneva 2,135
60 Ord 2,078
61 Dakota City 2,047
62 Syracuse 1,974
63 Imperial 1,969
64 Bennington 1,966
65 Wilber 1,931
66 Gibbon 1,912
67 Superior 1,826
68 Pierce 1,822
69 Tekamah 1,715
70 Albion 1,680
71 Tecumseh 1,670
72 Woodland Park 1,648
73 Ainsworth 1,590
74 Mitchell 1,527
75 Stanton 1,526
76 Neligh 1,515
77 Springfield 1,509
78 Wakefield 1,507
79 Hartington 1,499
80 Sutton 1,453
81 Bridgeport 1,448
82 Gordon 1,444
83 Yutan 1,425
84 Louisville 1,408
85 Hebron 1,388
86 Ravenna 1,382
87 Buccaneer Bay 1,361
88 Oakland 1,359
89 Wymore 1,344
90 Arlington 1,311
91 Atkinson 1,310
92 Plainview 1,264
93 North Bend 1,244
94 Sutherland 1,233
95 Wisner 1,228
96 Fullerton 1,221
97 Eagle 1,207
98 Battle Creek 1,185
99 Wood River 1,158
100 Stromsburg 1,155
101 Grant 1,136
102 Bayard 1,124
103 Creighton 1,116
104 Fort Calhoun 1,099
105 Henderson 1,084
106 Bennet 1,080
107 Cambridge 1,074
108 TIE Loup City 1,062
108 TIE Weeping Water 1,062
110 Burwell 1,055
111 Pender 1,053
112 TIE Terrytown 1,045
112 TIE Shelton 1,045
114 Alma 1,027
115 Tilden 989
116 Elm Creek 978
117 Ceresco 972
118 Arapahoe 963
119 Bloomfield 951
120 Laurel 948
121 Red Cloud 946
122 Harvard 945
123 Friend 927
124 Morrill 925
125 Kenesaw 916
126 Waterloo 912
127 Franklin 909
128 Ponca 895
129 Winnebago 888
130 Randolph 877
131 Osceola 872
132 Genoa 868
133 Humphrey 854
134 Chappell 851
135 Pawnee City 846
136 Utica 828
137 TIE Crawford 824
137 TIE Curtis 824
139 Lyons 813
140 Doniphan 811
141 Scribner 810
142 Emerson 806
143 Cairo 804
144 Osmond 796
145 TIE Macy 795
145 TIE Blue Hill 795
147 Humboldt 790
148 TIE Hooper 784
148 TIE Rushville 784
150 Oshkosh 770
151 Benkelman 768
152 Hemingford 767
153 Axtell 766
154 Crofton 759
155 Juniata 742
156 Shelby 734
157 Clay Center 728
158 Deshler 725
159 Bertrand 714
160 St. Edward 711
161 Minatare 709
162 Elgin 707
163 Oxford 701
164 Elmwood 685
165 Walthill 682
166 Glenwood 663
167 Firth 647
168 Alda 643
169 Newman Grove 642
170 Beemer 640
171 Elwood 637
172 Clarkson 634
173 Mead 633
174 TIE Hershey 624
174 TIE Walton 624
176 Cedar Bluffs 619
177 Adams 616
178 Greenwood 611
179 Dorchester 610
180 Boys Town 607
181 Valparaiso 605
182 Peru 598
183 TIE Arnold 591
183 TIE Overton 591
185 Fairmont 590
186 Wausa 578
187 TIE Dodge 575
187 TIE Hay Springs 575
189 TIE Palmyra 567
189 TIE Callaway 567
191 Howells 561
192 Bassett 549
193 Verdigre 540
194 Beaver City 530
195 Wauneta 523
196 Exeter 520
197 Indianola 518
198 TIE Homer 517
198 TIE Culbertson 517
200 Coleridge 515
201 TIE De Witt 514
201 TIE Cortland 514
203 Paxton 511
204 Stuart 502
205 Trenton 501
206 Murray 500
207 Bancroft 493
208 Sargent 487
209 McCool Junction 477
210 Cedar Creek 474
211 Malcolm 471
212 Sterling 470
213 Ansley 469
214 Mullen 461
215 Nelson 459
216 Lakeview 446
217 Palmer 440
218 Leigh 439
219 Hampton 438
220 Edgar 427
221 Spalding 425
222 Santee 424
223 Giltner 415
224 Decatur 411
225 Bellwood 409
226 Greeley Center 403
227 Big Springs 401
228 Eustis 398
229 Loomis 392
230 Duncan 387
231 Spencer 384
232 Pleasanton 378
233 Cedar Rapids 377
234 Ewing 376
235 Kennard 373
236 Winside 372
237 Beaver Crossing 370
238 Brady 368
239 Hildreth 367
240 Inglewood 364
241 Niobrara 363
242 Rising City 362
243 Plymouth 357
244 TIE Allen 354
244 TIE Orchard 354
246 Brainard 352
247 TIE Merna 348
247 TIE Shickley 348
249 TIE Polk 343
249 TIE Potter 343
251 Clarks 341
252 TIE Fairfield 333
252 TIE Orleans 333
254 TIE Platte Center 330
254 TIE Wilcox 330
256 Phillips 327
257 TIE Clearwater 324
257 TIE Petersburg 324
259 Silver Creek 321
260 Lodgepole 316
261 Johnson 312
262 TIE St. Libory 311
262 TIE Brule 311
262 TIE Cook 311
265 TIE Waco 304
265 TIE Stratton 304
265 TIE Davenport 304
268 Wallace 302
269 Unadilla 301
270 Nickerson 299
271 Scotia 297
272 TIE Prague 296
272 TIE Long Pine 296
274 Hadar 293
275 Hallam 292
276 TIE Monroe 289
276 TIE Dalton 289
278 TIE Lindsay 286
278 TIE Chambers 286
280 Palisade 283
281 Bradshaw 280
282 Arcadia 279
283 Murdock 277
284 Dannebrog 276
285 Blue Springs 275
286 Butte 274
287 Meadow Grove 273
288 TIE Lawrence 272
288 TIE Hoskins 272
288 TIE Bruning 272
291 Oakdale 271
292 TIE Maywood 268
292 TIE Glenvil 268
294 Newcastle 267
295 TIE Chapman 264
295 TIE Bartley 264
297 TIE Campbell 261
297 TIE Clatonia 261
299 Roseland 258
300 TIE Diller 257
300 TIE Odell 257
302 Woodland Hills 256
303 Lyman 254
304 TIE Weston 250
304 TIE Yankee Hill 250
306 Maxwell 249
307 Milligan 248
308 North Loup 247
309 TIE Stapleton 246
309 TIE Herman 246
309 TIE Springview 246
312 Sumner 244
313 TIE Snyder 242
313 TIE Riverdale 242
313 TIE Pilger 242
316 TIE Harrison 240
316 TIE Marquette 240
318 Table Rock 234
319 TIE Madrid 231
319 TIE Wolbach 231
321 TIE Dwight 230
321 TIE Panama 230
323 TIE Uehling 227
323 TIE Staplehurst 227
325 Hayes Center 223
326 TIE Gresham 222
326 TIE Western 222
328 Litchfield 219
329 Wynot 217
330 TIE Overland 212
330 TIE Chester 212
332 Thedford 211
333 Roca 210
334 Pleasant Dale 208
335 TIE Talmage 205
335 TIE Garland 205
337 TIE Craig 203
337 TIE Benedict 203
339 Jackson 202
340 Bladen 201
341 Holbrook 200
342 Union 199
343 TIE Amherst 198
343 TIE Guide Rock 198
345 Trumbull 197
346 Elba 196
347 Ashton 195
348 Ulysses 191
349 Denton 189
350 TIE Gurley 187
350 TIE Lynch 187
352 TIE Carroll 186
352 TIE Holstein 186
354 Pickrell 185
355 TIE Avoca 183
355 TIE Howard City (Boelus) 183
355 TIE Dix 183
358 Farnam 176
359 TIE Creston 175
359 TIE Manley 175
359 TIE Funk 175
359 TIE Goehner 175
363 Cheney 174
364 TIE Douglas 173
364 TIE Nehawka 173
366 Hubbard 170
367 Dunbar 168
368 TIE Lewellen 167
368 TIE Cody 167
368 TIE Bee 167
371 TIE Otoe 166
371 TIE Page 166
373 Lake Waconda 161
374 TIE Verdon 158
374 TIE Ithaca 158
376 TIE Stamford 156
376 TIE Shubert 156
378 TIE Raymond 154
378 TIE Brunswick 154
380 Venango 153
381 TIE Daykin 152
381 TIE Rosalie 152
383 Hyannis 150
384 Mason City 149
385 TIE Stella 145
385 TIE Dawson 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 Tryon 136
395 TIE Hordville 135
395 TIE Farwell 135
397 Sprague 134
398 Fordyce 133
399 Sunol 132
400 Washington 131
401 Princeton 130
402 Henry 129
403 Miller 127
404 TIE Morse Bluff 125
404 TIE Davey 125
406 TIE Upland 124
406 TIE Martell 124
408 Brock 123
409 TIE Du Bois 122
409 TIE Ohiowa 122
411 Filley 121
412 TIE Arthur 120
412 TIE Concord 120
414 Loretto 119
415 TIE Odessa 116
415 TIE Alvo 116
417 TIE Colon 115
417 TIE Nemaha 115
417 TIE Thurston 115
420 Tobias 114
421 Belmar 113
422 TIE Belden 111
422 TIE Bushnell 111
422 TIE Leshara 111
425 TIE Endicott 110
425 TIE Memphis 110
425 TIE Edison 110
425 TIE Grafton 110
429 TIE Melbeta 109
429 TIE Bloomington 109
431 TIE Bow Valley 108
431 TIE Anselmo 108
431 TIE Octavia 108
434 TIE Ruskin 106
434 TIE Bartlett 106
436 Atlanta 105
437 Elsie 103
438 TIE Belgrade 99
438 TIE Inman 99
440 Bruno 98
441 Jansen 97
442 TIE Broadwater 96
442 TIE Malmo 96
444 Cordova 95
445 South Bend 94
446 TIE Linwood 93
446 TIE Hardy 93
448 TIE St. Helena 89
448 TIE Ericson 89
448 TIE Rockville 89
451 TIE Merriman 88
451 TIE Barneston 88
453 TIE Martin 86
453 TIE Carleton 86
455 TIE Naponee 85
455 TIE Aten 85
455 TIE Byron 85
455 TIE Eddyville 85
455 TIE Naper 85
455 TIE Ayr 85
461 Roscoe 84
462 Salem 83
463 Dunning 81
464 TIE Rogers 80
464 TIE Heartwell 80
466 TIE Dixon 78
466 TIE Harrisburg 78
468 Martinsburg 77
469 Burchard 76
470 Prosser 75
471 TIE Swanton 74
471 TIE Wilsonville 74
473 TIE Holmesville 73
473 TIE Center 73
473 TIE Danbury 73
473 TIE Richland 73
473 TIE Berwyn 73
478 TIE Waterbury 72
478 TIE Comstock 72
478 TIE Crookston 72
478 TIE Virginia 72
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 Fontanelle 61
491 Wann 60
492 TIE Smithfield 59
492 TIE Whitney 59
492 TIE Hazard 59
492 TIE Maskell 59
492 TIE Hubbell 59
497 Lewiston 58
498 TIE Royal 57
498 TIE Garrison 57
498 TIE Primrose 57
498 TIE Steinauer 57
498 TIE Lemoyne 57
503 Reynolds 56
504 TIE Belvidere 54
504 TIE Riverton 54
504 TIE Burr 54
507 TIE Harbine 52
507 TIE Oak 52
509 Thayer 51
510 TIE Tarnov 50
510 TIE Winnetoon 50
512 TIE Elyria 49
512 TIE Beacon View 49
512 TIE Ong 49
515 TIE Archer 48
515 TIE Wood Lake 48
515 TIE Steele City 48
518 TIE Emmet 46
518 TIE Johnstown 46
518 TIE Julian 46
518 TIE Lebanon 46
522 TIE Foster 45
522 TIE Crab Orchard 45
522 TIE Magnet 45
525 TIE Melia 43
525 TIE Surprise 43
527 Deweese 42
528 Verdel 39
529 Clinton 38
530 TIE McLean 37
530 TIE Richfield 37
530 TIE Saronville 37
533 TIE Linoma Beach 36
533 TIE Inavale 36
535 TIE Norman 35
535 TIE La Platte 35
535 TIE Lorton 35
538 TIE Cushing 34
538 TIE Cornlea 34
540 TIE Liberty 33
540 TIE Huntley 33
540 TIE Stockham 33
543 Strang 32
544 Gandy 31
545 TIE Gilead 30
545 TIE Cotesfield 30
545 TIE Hamlet 30
548 TIE Lushton 28
548 TIE Seneca 28
548 TIE Inland 28
551 TIE Venice 27
551 TIE Moorefield 27
553 Lamar 25
554 Preston 24
555 Bazile Mills 23
556 TIE Ragan 22
556 TIE King Lake 22
556 TIE Stockville 22
556 TIE Obert 22
556 TIE Cowles 22
556 TIE Hendley 22
562 Nora 21
563 TIE Barada 20
563 TIE Winslow 20
565 Max 18
566 TIE Westerville 17
566 TIE Nenzel 17
566 TIE Sholes 17
566 TIE Parks 17
570 TIE Keystone 16
570 TIE Lisco 16
572 TIE Sarben 13
572 TIE Berea 13
572 TIE Champion 13
575 Lorenzo 12
576 TIE Lindy 11
576 TIE Anoka 11
576 TIE Tamora 11
579 Burton 10
580 TIE Kramer 8
580 TIE Brewster 8
582 Brownlee 6
583 Emerald 5
584 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. Population Division. May 2024.
  • United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 12 December 2024. http://www.census.gov/.

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