Nebraska Cities by Population

Below are the 579 Nebraska cities sorted by population from largest to smallest. The population data are from the 2022 Population Estimates Program and 2021 American Community Survey.

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Rank City Population
1 Omaha 485,153
2 Lincoln 292,627
3 Bellevue 63,015
4 Grand Island 52,513
5 Kearney 34,277
6 Fremont 27,318
7 Norfolk 25,928
8 Hastings 24,927
9 Columbus 24,195
10 Papillion 23,794
11 North Platte 22,722
12 La Vista 16,379
13 Scottsbluff 14,283
14 South Sioux City 13,706
15 Beatrice 12,223
16 Lexington 10,725
17 Chalco 10,688
18 Gretna 9,071
19 Gering 8,478
20 York 8,174
21 Alliance 8,037
22 Blair 7,962
23 Seward 7,663
24 Nebraska City 7,349
25 McCook 7,326
26 Crete 7,021
27 Plattsmouth 6,642
28 Schuyler 6,456
29 Ralston 6,424
30 Sidney 6,423
31 Wayne 6,133
32 Holdrege 5,506
33 Offutt AFB 5,375
34 Chadron 5,223
35 Wahoo 4,940
36 Ogallala 4,796
37 Aurora 4,648
38 Waverly 4,468
39 Falls City 4,052
40 Cozad 3,890
41 Fairbury 3,887
42 O'Neill 3,551
43 Auburn 3,479
44 Broken Bow 3,474
45 West Point 3,459
46 Gothenburg 3,405
47 Ashland 3,262
48 Valley 3,140
49 Minden 3,101
50 Central City 3,078
51 Hickman 3,029
52 David City 3,015
53 Valentine 2,607
54 St. Paul 2,429
55 TIE Kimball 2,206
55 TIE Milford 2,206
57 Madison 2,188
58 Geneva 2,154
59 Ord 2,113
60 Dakota City 2,025
61 Imperial 1,993
62 Bennington 1,983
63 Syracuse 1,957
64 Wilber 1,908
65 Gibbon 1,900
66 Pierce 1,823
67 Superior 1,803
68 Tekamah 1,722
69 Albion 1,703
70 Tecumseh 1,702
71 Woodland Park 1,621
72 Ainsworth 1,599
73 Mitchell 1,524
74 Neligh 1,518
75 Hartington 1,512
76 Wakefield 1,508
77 Springfield 1,503
78 Stanton 1,490
79 Gordon 1,465
80 Bridgeport 1,457
81 Sutton 1,440
82 Yutan 1,410
83 Hebron 1,409
84 Ravenna 1,390
85 Oakland 1,368
86 Louisville 1,361
87 Wymore 1,352
88 Arlington 1,309
89 Atkinson 1,299
90 Plainview 1,275
91 Sutherland 1,257
92 North Bend 1,256
93 Fullerton 1,240
94 Wisner 1,233
95 Eagle 1,190
96 Battle Creek 1,175
97 Grant 1,172
98 Wood River 1,155
99 Stromsburg 1,144
100 Creighton 1,125
101 Bayard 1,123
102 Fort Calhoun 1,115
103 Henderson 1,098
104 Bennet 1,083
105 Cambridge 1,081
106 Burwell 1,079
107 Loup City 1,057
108 Pender 1,048
109 Weeping Water 1,044
110 TIE Shelton 1,043
110 TIE Terrytown 1,043
112 Alma 1,026
113 Tilden 983
114 Elm Creek 974
115 Laurel 968
116 Arapahoe 964
117 Ceresco 962
118 Bloomfield 961
119 Red Cloud 948
120 Harvard 930
121 Friend 928
122 Franklin 927
123 Morrill 920
124 Waterloo 918
125 Kenesaw 917
126 Macy 915
127 Ponca 886
128 Randolph 884
129 Winnebago 879
130 Genoa 878
131 Chappell 869
132 Pawnee City 855
133 Osceola 854
134 Humphrey 844
135 Curtis 839
136 Crawford 838
137 Utica 830
138 Lyons 816
139 Scribner 815
140 Doniphan 810
141 Cairo 808
142 Osmond 805
143 Rushville 799
144 Emerson 798
145 Blue Hill 793
146 Humboldt 791
147 Oshkosh 790
148 TIE Hooper 787
148 TIE Benkelman 787
150 Hemingford 771
151 Crofton 764
152 Axtell 761
153 Juniata 748
154 Deshler 724
155 TIE Shelby 718
155 TIE St. Edward 718
157 Clay Center 717
158 Oxford 713
159 Bertrand 710
160 Minatare 709
161 Elgin 707
162 Walthill 670
163 Elmwood 661
164 Firth 654
165 Alda 641
166 Newman Grove 640
167 Hershey 632
168 Clarkson 631
169 Mead 628
170 Elwood 626
171 Beemer 622
172 Cedar Bluffs 621
173 Adams 612
174 TIE Dorchester 605
174 TIE Greenwood 605
176 Valparaiso 601
177 Peru 597
178 Overton 589
179 Fairmont 588
180 Arnold 587
181 Dodge 586
182 Wausa 582
183 Hay Springs 578
184 Palmyra 563
185 TIE Callaway 561
185 TIE Boys Town 561
187 Howells 550
188 Verdigre 538
189 Bassett 532
190 Wauneta 531
191 TIE Culbertson 528
191 TIE Indianola 528
193 Coleridge 527
194 Beaver City 526
195 Glenwood 525
196 Exeter 518
197 De Witt 516
198 Paxton 514
199 Homer 513
200 Trenton 510
201 Cortland 502
202 Bancroft 492
203 Stuart 490
204 Murray 489
205 Sargent 488
206 Sterling 481
207 Malcolm 480
208 McCool Junction 479
209 Cedar Creek 471
210 Mullen 469
211 Walton 464
212 Ansley 458
213 Nelson 453
214 Palmer 439
215 Hampton 435
216 TIE Spalding 429
216 TIE Leigh 429
218 Edgar 423
219 Santee 421
220 Decatur 415
221 Bellwood 411
222 Eustis 409
223 TIE Giltner 408
223 TIE Big Springs 408
225 Greeley Center 401
226 TIE Loomis 389
226 TIE Spencer 389
228 Duncan 388
229 Cedar Rapids 384
230 Kennard 377
231 Winside 375
232 TIE Beaver Crossing 374
232 TIE Hildreth 374
234 TIE Brady 373
234 TIE Ewing 373
236 TIE Pleasanton 369
236 TIE Inglewood 369
238 Niobrara 363
239 Plymouth 359
240 TIE Orchard 354
240 TIE Rising City 354
242 Brainard 351
243 Shickley 346
244 TIE Clarks 343
244 TIE Allen 343
246 TIE Merna 341
246 TIE Potter 341
248 Polk 339
249 Orleans 335
250 Petersburg 329
251 Fairfield 328
252 Platte Center 327
253 Phillips 326
254 Wilcox 325
255 Clearwater 323
256 Brule 320
257 Silver Creek 319
258 Cook 318
259 Lodgepole 315
260 TIE Stratton 311
260 TIE Johnson 311
260 TIE Davenport 311
263 St. Libory 310
264 Wallace 307
265 Nickerson 302
266 Scotia 300
267 TIE Long Pine 298
267 TIE Unadilla 298
267 TIE Waco 298
270 Hadar 293
271 Prague 291
272 Palisade 289
273 Dalton 288
274 TIE Lindsay 287
274 TIE Hallam 287
274 TIE Monroe 287
277 Lakeview 286
278 Chambers 285
279 Arcadia 284
280 Bradshaw 280
281 Blue Springs 277
282 Bruning 276
283 Maywood 275
284 Meadow Grove 274
285 TIE Murdock 273
285 TIE Oakdale 273
285 TIE Dannebrog 273
288 Butte 270
289 Lawrence 269
290 TIE Campbell 266
290 TIE Hoskins 266
290 TIE Bartley 266
293 Glenvil 265
294 Newcastle 264
295 TIE Clatonia 262
295 TIE Roseland 262
297 Chapman 261
298 Diller 260
299 North Loup 256
300 Odell 254
301 TIE Lyman 253
301 TIE Stapleton 253
303 Maxwell 252
304 Weston 249
305 Riverdale 247
306 Sumner 246
307 Herman 245
308 Snyder 244
309 Milligan 241
310 Springview 240
311 Marquette 239
312 Pilger 237
313 Table Rock 235
314 Madrid 234
315 Harrison 233
316 TIE Staplehurst 231
316 TIE Panama 231
318 TIE Wolbach 230
318 TIE Uehling 230
320 Dwight 228
321 Hayes Center 225
322 Western 224
323 TIE Overland 223
323 TIE Gresham 223
325 TIE Litchfield 218
325 TIE Wynot 218
327 Chester 216
328 Roca 214
329 Pleasant Dale 212
330 Thedford 210
331 Garland 209
332 TIE Benedict 204
332 TIE Talmage 204
334 Craig 203
335 TIE Jackson 200
335 TIE Holbrook 200
337 Amherst 199
338 Bladen 198
339 TIE Ashton 196
339 TIE Trumbull 196
341 TIE Guide Rock 195
341 TIE Union 195
343 TIE Yankee Hill 194
343 TIE Elba 194
345 Ulysses 192
346 Carroll 191
347 TIE Holstein 189
347 TIE Lynch 189
349 Gurley 187
350 Avoca 184
351 TIE Dix 183
351 TIE Pickrell 183
351 TIE Howard City (Boelus) 183
351 TIE Denton 183
355 Woodland Hills 181
356 TIE Farnam 177
356 TIE Goehner 177
358 Funk 174
359 TIE Nehawka 172
359 TIE Creston 172
361 TIE Lewellen 171
361 TIE Douglas 171
363 Manley 170
364 Bee 169
365 Cody 167
366 Dunbar 166
367 TIE Page 165
367 TIE Otoe 165
369 Hubbard 164
370 Verdon 161
371 Ithaca 159
372 TIE Venango 157
372 TIE Stamford 157
374 Shubert 156
375 TIE Brunswick 155
375 TIE Raymond 155
377 TIE Hyannis 154
377 TIE Daykin 154
379 TIE Max 153
379 TIE Rosalie 153
381 Stella 146
382 Mason City 145
383 TIE Dawson 144
383 TIE Rulo 144
383 TIE Cheney 144
386 TIE Alexandria 142
386 TIE Brownville 142
388 TIE Haigler 140
388 TIE Oconto 140
390 Taylor 138
391 Republican City 137
392 TIE Farwell 136
392 TIE Sprague 136
394 TIE La Platte 135
394 TIE Fordyce 135
396 Martell 134
397 Hordville 133
398 Washington 132
399 Tryon 131
400 TIE Miller 129
400 TIE Davey 129
402 Arthur 128
403 Henry 127
404 Upland 126
405 Princeton 125
406 Brock 122
407 TIE Morse Bluff 121
407 TIE Filley 121
407 TIE Ohiowa 121
407 TIE Du Bois 121
411 Concord 120
412 TIE Colon 115
412 TIE Alvo 115
412 TIE Roscoe 115
415 TIE Tobias 114
415 TIE Nemaha 114
415 TIE Thurston 114
415 TIE Endicott 114
419 Belden 112
420 TIE Edison 111
420 TIE Bloomington 111
420 TIE Bushnell 111
423 TIE Melbeta 110
423 TIE Memphis 110
423 TIE Leshara 110
423 TIE Loretto 110
427 TIE Grafton 109
427 TIE Anselmo 109
427 TIE Octavia 109
430 Bartlett 107
431 Ruskin 105
432 Atlanta 103
433 TIE Belgrade 101
433 TIE Elsie 101
433 TIE Jansen 101
436 Inman 100
437 Bruno 98
438 South Bend 97
439 TIE Malmo 96
439 TIE Broadwater 96
441 Cordova 95
442 TIE Linwood 93
442 TIE Hardy 93
444 Bow Valley 92
445 TIE Barneston 91
445 TIE St. Helena 91
447 TIE Odessa 90
447 TIE Ericson 90
449 Rockville 89
450 TIE Carleton 87
450 TIE Byron 87
450 TIE Merriman 87
453 TIE Naper 86
453 TIE Ayr 86
453 TIE Naponee 86
456 Eddyville 85
457 Dunning 83
458 TIE Martin 82
458 TIE Sarben 82
458 TIE Salem 82
461 Belmar 81
462 TIE Melia 79
462 TIE Heartwell 79
464 Rogers 78
465 TIE Dixon 76
465 TIE Martinsburg 76
465 TIE Burchard 76
465 TIE Center 76
469 TIE Berwyn 75
469 TIE Swanton 75
471 TIE Prosser 74
471 TIE Danbury 74
473 TIE Wilsonville 73
473 TIE Virginia 73
473 TIE Crookston 73
473 TIE Richland 73
477 TIE Wellfleet 72
477 TIE Sunol 72
479 Waterbury 71
480 TIE Comstock 70
480 TIE Lemoyne 70
480 TIE Wann 70
483 Elk Creek 69
484 TIE Kilgore 68
484 TIE Bristow 68
486 TIE Fontanelle 67
486 TIE Newport 67
488 TIE King Lake 66
488 TIE Harrisburg 66
488 TIE Abie 66
491 Halsey 64
492 McGrew 63
493 TIE Hazard 61
493 TIE Whitney 61
495 Hubbell 60
496 TIE Steinauer 59
496 TIE Reynolds 59
496 TIE Smithfield 59
499 Inavale 58
500 Maskell 57
501 TIE Riverton 56
501 TIE Primrose 56
501 TIE Garrison 56
504 TIE Royal 55
504 TIE Archer 55
506 Belvidere 54
507 TIE Burr 53
507 TIE Harbine 53
507 TIE Lewiston 53
510 Winnetoon 52
511 TIE Elyria 51
511 TIE Oak 51
513 Tarnov 50
514 Ong 49
515 TIE Wood Lake 48
515 TIE Emmet 48
517 TIE Lebanon 47
517 TIE Richfield 47
517 TIE Johnstown 47
517 TIE Holmesville 47
517 TIE Steele City 47
517 TIE Thayer 47
523 TIE Crab Orchard 46
523 TIE Magnet 46
523 TIE Julian 46
526 TIE Foster 43
526 TIE Deweese 43
528 TIE Verdel 41
528 TIE Clinton 41
530 Surprise 39
531 Saronville 38
532 TIE McLean 36
532 TIE Champion 36
534 TIE Lorton 35
534 TIE Strang 35
536 TIE Norman 34
536 TIE Liberty 34
536 TIE Cushing 34
539 TIE Berea 33
539 TIE Stockham 33
539 TIE Cornlea 33
542 TIE Gandy 32
542 TIE Huntley 32
544 TIE Seneca 31
544 TIE Cotesfield 31
546 Gilead 30
547 TIE Hamlet 29
547 TIE Keystone 29
549 TIE Moorefield 27
549 TIE Venice 27
549 TIE Lushton 27
552 Lamar 25
553 Bazile Mills 24
554 Obert 23
555 TIE Hendley 22
555 TIE Tamora 22
555 TIE Stockville 22
555 TIE Ragan 22
559 TIE Lisco 21
559 TIE Aten 21
559 TIE Nora 21
562 TIE Winslow 20
562 TIE Cowles 20
562 TIE Barada 20
565 TIE Linoma Beach 19
565 TIE Preston 19
567 TIE Westerville 18
567 TIE Nenzel 18
569 TIE Beacon View 17
569 TIE Lindy 17
569 TIE Sholes 17
572 Poole 15
573 Anoka 12
574 Burton 10
575 TIE Parks 9
575 TIE Brewster 9
577 Brownlee 7
578 Emerald 4
579 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. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 8 December 2022. http://www.census.gov/.
  • United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2023. http://www.census.gov/.

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