Nebraska Cities by Population (2025)

by Kristen Carney Kristen Carney

Updated: August 7, 2025

The most populous cities in Nebraska are Omaha with 489,265, Lincoln at 300,619, Bellevue with 64,777, Grand Island at 53,250, and Kearney with 34,741. You can get the most current Census population data for all 585 Nebraska cities, sorted from the most populous cities in Nebraska to the least, according to the 2024 Population Estimates Program and 2023 American Community Survey.

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Rank City Population
1 Omaha 489,265
2 Lincoln 300,619
3 Bellevue 64,777
4 Grand Island 53,250
5 Kearney 34,741
6 Fremont 28,190
7 Norfolk 26,162
8 Papillion 25,248
9 Hastings 25,152
10 Columbus 25,126
11 North Platte 22,549
12 La Vista 16,543
13 Scottsbluff 14,323
14 South Sioux City 13,910
15 Beatrice 12,290
16 Lexington 11,205
17 Chalco 10,625
18 Gretna 9,207
19 Gering 8,554
20 York 8,179
21 Alliance 8,071
22 Blair 7,999
23 Seward 7,752
24 Crete 7,580
25 Nebraska City 7,526
26 McCook 7,212
27 Plattsmouth 6,887
28 Schuyler 6,708
29 Sidney 6,483
30 Ralston 6,443
31 Wayne 6,229
32 Offutt AFB 5,663
33 Holdrege 5,556
34 Chadron 5,094
35 Wahoo 4,970
36 Ogallala 4,751
37 Aurora 4,715
38 Waverly 4,543
39 Falls City 4,044
40 Cozad 3,945
41 Fairbury 3,858
42 O'Neill 3,578
43 Broken Bow 3,491
44 Auburn 3,473
45 West Point 3,460
46 Gothenburg 3,447
47 Ashland 3,369
48 Valley 3,336
49 Hickman 3,285
50 Central City 3,145
51 Minden 3,116
52 David City 3,026
53 Valentine 2,642
54 St. Paul 2,441
55 Milford 2,211
56 Kimball 2,204
57 Beaver Lake 2,198
58 Madison 2,169
59 Geneva 2,127
60 Ord 2,091
61 Dakota City 2,047
62 Syracuse 2,015
63 Bennington 1,982
64 Imperial 1,975
65 Wilber 1,952
66 Gibbon 1,917
67 Pierce 1,843
68 Superior 1,829
69 Albion 1,740
70 Tekamah 1,717
71 Tecumseh 1,697
72 Woodland Park 1,648
73 Ainsworth 1,605
74 Neligh 1,556
75 Springfield 1,531
76 Mitchell 1,521
77 Wakefield 1,516
78 Stanton 1,505
79 Hartington 1,501
80 Bridgeport 1,445
81 Sutton 1,443
82 TIE Yutan 1,442
82 TIE Gordon 1,442
84 Hebron 1,397
85 Louisville 1,394
86 Ravenna 1,383
87 Buccaneer Bay 1,361
88 Oakland 1,355
89 Wymore 1,345
90 Arlington 1,320
91 Atkinson 1,315
92 Plainview 1,267
93 North Bend 1,260
94 Wisner 1,233
95 Sutherland 1,230
96 Fullerton 1,217
97 Eagle 1,205
98 Battle Creek 1,178
99 Wood River 1,164
100 Stromsburg 1,159
101 Grant 1,128
102 Creighton 1,114
103 Bayard 1,111
104 Fort Calhoun 1,102
105 TIE Henderson 1,089
105 TIE Pender 1,089
105 TIE Bennet 1,089
108 Weeping Water 1,060
109 Cambridge 1,053
110 TIE Shelton 1,045
110 TIE Terrytown 1,045
112 Loup City 1,044
113 Burwell 1,019
114 Alma 1,011
115 Tilden 982
116 Elm Creek 981
117 Ceresco 971
118 Laurel 946
119 Arapahoe 944
120 Harvard 942
121 Bloomfield 940
122 TIE Red Cloud 938
122 TIE Friend 938
124 Waterloo 923
125 Morrill 922
126 Kenesaw 921
127 Ponca 910
128 TIE Winnebago 892
128 TIE Franklin 892
130 Osceola 885
131 Humphrey 884
132 Randolph 881
133 Chappell 861
134 Genoa 860
135 Pawnee City 844
136 Utica 829
137 Scribner 816
138 TIE Emerson 813
138 TIE Doniphan 813
140 Lyons 812
141 Cairo 810
142 Curtis 809
143 Osmond 801
144 Hooper 796
145 TIE Crawford 795
145 TIE Macy 795
147 Rushville 788
148 Blue Hill 786
149 Humboldt 784
150 Benkelman 780
151 Axtell 769
152 Oshkosh 767
153 Hemingford 766
154 Crofton 758
155 Juniata 745
156 Shelby 744
157 Deshler 740
158 Clay Center 723
159 St. Edward 715
160 Elgin 710
161 Bertrand 706
162 Minatare 703
163 Walthill 702
164 Oxford 694
165 Elmwood 686
166 Peru 683
167 Glenwood 663
168 Beemer 652
169 TIE Firth 649
169 TIE Boys Town 649
171 Alda 648
172 Clarkson 638
173 Newman Grove 634
174 Mead 629
175 Walton 624
176 Elwood 622
177 Dorchester 621
178 TIE Adams 619
178 TIE Hershey 619
180 Cedar Bluffs 611
181 Greenwood 610
182 Valparaiso 602
183 Overton 594
184 Arnold 591
185 TIE Dodge 582
185 TIE Wausa 582
187 Fairmont 578
188 Hay Springs 572
189 Howells 571
190 Palmyra 569
191 Callaway 567
192 Verdigre 534
193 Wauneta 527
194 Bassett 526
195 TIE Coleridge 517
195 TIE Homer 517
197 TIE Exeter 515
197 TIE Cortland 515
199 De Witt 514
200 TIE Indianola 513
200 TIE Beaver City 513
202 Culbertson 512
203 Paxton 506
204 Stuart 505
205 Murray 499
206 Bancroft 494
207 Malcolm 485
208 Sterling 484
209 Sargent 481
210 McCool Junction 480
211 Cedar Creek 473
212 Mullen 465
213 Trenton 463
214 Ansley 460
215 Nelson 458
216 Leigh 449
217 Lakeview 446
218 Palmer 445
219 Hampton 441
220 TIE Santee 427
220 TIE Edgar 427
222 Spalding 424
223 Giltner 417
224 Decatur 411
225 Bellwood 410
226 Big Springs 405
227 Eustis 400
228 Greeley Center 398
229 Loomis 391
230 Duncan 388
231 Pleasanton 380
232 Ewing 379
233 Spencer 378
234 Cedar Rapids 376
235 Kennard 373
236 TIE Hildreth 368
236 TIE Inglewood 368
238 TIE Brady 365
238 TIE Beaver Crossing 365
238 TIE Plymouth 365
241 Winside 364
242 Niobrara 361
243 Rising City 360
244 Allen 357
245 Brainard 351
246 Orchard 350
247 Polk 345
248 TIE Shickley 343
248 TIE Merna 343
248 TIE Potter 343
251 Clarks 342
252 Platte Center 339
253 Fairfield 333
254 Phillips 329
255 Clearwater 328
256 TIE Petersburg 326
256 TIE Orleans 326
256 TIE Wilcox 326
259 Silver Creek 322
260 Lodgepole 316
261 Hallam 315
262 Cook 314
263 St. Libory 311
264 Waco 308
265 TIE Brule 307
265 TIE Davenport 307
267 Unadilla 305
268 Johnson 304
269 Stratton 303
270 Nickerson 302
271 Long Pine 300
272 Wallace 299
273 Lindsay 297
274 Monroe 295
275 TIE Prague 292
275 TIE Scotia 292
277 Hadar 291
278 Chambers 288
279 Dalton 287
280 Bradshaw 283
281 Bruning 281
282 Arcadia 280
283 Blue Springs 278
284 Palisade 275
285 Murdock 274
286 TIE Newcastle 273
286 TIE Dannebrog 273
288 TIE Oakdale 272
288 TIE Lawrence 272
290 TIE Hoskins 269
290 TIE Butte 269
292 TIE Meadow Grove 268
292 TIE Glenvil 268
294 Diller 266
295 Chapman 264
296 Clatonia 263
297 Maywood 262
298 Bartley 261
299 TIE Stapleton 260
299 TIE Roseland 260
301 Campbell 259
302 Odell 257
303 Woodland Hills 256
304 North Loup 252
305 TIE Lyman 251
305 TIE Springview 251
307 Yankee Hill 250
308 Milligan 247
309 TIE Maxwell 246
309 TIE Weston 246
309 TIE Sumner 246
312 Riverdale 245
313 Snyder 243
314 Marquette 238
315 Table Rock 234
316 TIE Pilger 232
316 TIE Panama 232
316 TIE Herman 232
319 Madrid 231
320 Dwight 230
321 Wolbach 229
322 TIE Staplehurst 228
322 TIE Harrison 228
322 TIE Uehling 228
325 TIE Hayes Center 224
325 TIE Western 224
327 Gresham 221
328 Wynot 218
329 Pleasant Dale 216
330 TIE Jackson 215
330 TIE Litchfield 215
332 TIE Overland 212
332 TIE Chester 212
334 TIE Garland 209
334 TIE Talmage 209
336 Roca 208
337 Benedict 204
338 Amherst 203
339 TIE Bladen 201
339 TIE Union 201
341 TIE Guide Rock 200
341 TIE Craig 200
343 Ashton 199
344 Trumbull 198
345 TIE Thedford 197
345 TIE Holbrook 197
345 TIE Elba 197
348 TIE Pickrell 191
348 TIE Dix 191
350 TIE Denton 190
350 TIE Gurley 190
350 TIE Ulysses 190
353 Holstein 188
354 Lynch 184
355 TIE Farnam 181
355 TIE Avoca 181
357 Carroll 180
358 Douglas 178
359 Howard City (Boelus) 177
360 TIE Funk 176
360 TIE Creston 176
360 TIE Goehner 176
363 Cheney 174
364 TIE Manley 173
364 TIE Nehawka 173
366 TIE Hubbard 172
366 TIE Dunbar 172
366 TIE Cody 172
369 Otoe 171
370 Lewellen 170
371 TIE Bee 167
371 TIE Page 167
373 Lake Waconda 161
374 Verdon 158
375 Ithaca 157
376 Brunswick 156
377 TIE Shubert 155
377 TIE Raymond 155
377 TIE Rosalie 155
377 TIE Stamford 155
381 Daykin 154
382 Hyannis 152
383 Venango 151
384 Rulo 148
385 Mason City 147
386 Stella 144
387 TIE Oconto 141
387 TIE Republican City 141
387 TIE Alexandria 141
390 TIE Dawson 140
390 TIE Brownville 140
390 TIE Haigler 140
393 Tryon 136
394 TIE Taylor 135
394 TIE Sprague 135
396 TIE Fordyce 134
396 TIE Hordville 134
396 TIE Henry 134
399 Washington 133
400 TIE Sunol 132
400 TIE Farwell 132
402 Princeton 130
403 Miller 129
404 Arthur 126
405 Davey 125
406 TIE Upland 124
406 TIE Martell 124
408 Du Bois 123
409 Ohiowa 122
410 TIE Concord 121
410 TIE Morse Bluff 121
412 TIE Loretto 119
412 TIE Filley 119
414 TIE Alvo 118
414 TIE Colon 118
414 TIE Brock 118
417 Thurston 117
418 Odessa 116
419 Tobias 115
420 TIE Memphis 113
420 TIE Belmar 113
420 TIE Endicott 113
423 Leshara 112
424 TIE Grafton 110
424 TIE Belden 110
424 TIE Nemaha 110
424 TIE Bloomington 110
424 TIE Melbeta 110
424 TIE Bartlett 110
430 TIE Bushnell 108
430 TIE Edison 108
430 TIE Octavia 108
430 TIE Bow Valley 108
434 TIE Ruskin 106
434 TIE Anselmo 106
436 Belgrade 105
437 TIE Jansen 100
437 TIE Elsie 100
439 TIE Atlanta 99
439 TIE Inman 99
441 Broadwater 98
442 Bruno 97
443 Malmo 96
444 Cordova 94
445 TIE Carleton 93
445 TIE Ericson 93
445 TIE South Bend 93
445 TIE Linwood 93
449 Merriman 91
450 TIE Barneston 89
450 TIE St. Helena 89
450 TIE Hardy 89
453 TIE Rockville 87
453 TIE Byron 87
455 Martin 86
456 TIE Ayr 85
456 TIE Aten 85
456 TIE Eddyville 85
456 TIE Naponee 85
456 TIE Rogers 85
461 TIE Dunning 84
461 TIE Roscoe 84
463 Naper 83
464 Heartwell 82
465 TIE Salem 81
465 TIE Richland 81
467 Prosser 79
468 TIE Harrisburg 78
468 TIE Martinsburg 78
468 TIE Dixon 78
471 TIE Swanton 77
471 TIE Burchard 77
473 Berwyn 75
474 TIE Danbury 73
474 TIE Crookston 73
474 TIE Holmesville 73
477 TIE Wellfleet 72
477 TIE Comstock 72
477 TIE Wilsonville 72
480 TIE Center 71
480 TIE Virginia 71
482 Waterbury 70
483 TIE Kilgore 69
483 TIE McGrew 69
485 Newport 68
486 TIE Bristow 67
486 TIE Hubbell 67
488 TIE Elk Creek 66
488 TIE Abie 66
490 Halsey 62
491 Fontanelle 61
492 TIE Wann 60
492 TIE Reynolds 60
494 Lewiston 59
495 TIE Riverton 58
495 TIE Whitney 58
495 TIE Steinauer 58
495 TIE Hazard 58
499 TIE Lemoyne 57
499 TIE Smithfield 57
499 TIE Maskell 57
502 TIE Garrison 56
502 TIE Primrose 56
502 TIE Royal 56
502 TIE Burr 56
506 Belvidere 55
507 Winnetoon 53
508 TIE Harbine 52
508 TIE Oak 52
510 TIE Thayer 51
510 TIE Tarnov 51
510 TIE Ong 51
513 TIE Steele City 50
513 TIE Wood Lake 50
513 TIE Elyria 50
516 Beacon View 49
517 TIE Lebanon 48
517 TIE Archer 48
519 TIE Foster 46
519 TIE Julian 46
519 TIE Emmet 46
522 TIE Magnet 45
522 TIE Johnstown 45
524 TIE Deweese 44
524 TIE Crab Orchard 44
526 Melia 43
527 Verdel 41
528 Surprise 40
529 Clinton 39
530 TIE Lorton 38
530 TIE Liberty 38
532 TIE Richfield 37
532 TIE Saronville 37
534 TIE Inavale 36
534 TIE Cushing 36
534 TIE Linoma Beach 36
534 TIE McLean 36
538 TIE Norman 35
538 TIE La Platte 35
540 TIE Stockham 34
540 TIE Cornlea 34
542 TIE Strang 32
542 TIE Huntley 32
544 TIE Cotesfield 31
544 TIE Gandy 31
546 Gilead 30
547 Lushton 29
548 TIE Inland 28
548 TIE Seneca 28
548 TIE Hamlet 28
551 TIE Lamar 27
551 TIE Venice 27
553 TIE Preston 24
553 TIE Moorefield 24
555 Bazile Mills 23
556 King Lake 22
557 TIE Hendley 21
557 TIE Stockville 21
557 TIE Cowles 21
557 TIE Nora 21
561 TIE Obert 20
561 TIE Ragan 20
563 TIE Winslow 19
563 TIE Barada 19
565 TIE Max 18
565 TIE Sholes 18
565 TIE Nenzel 18
568 TIE Westerville 17
568 TIE Parks 17
570 TIE Lisco 16
570 TIE Keystone 16
572 TIE Berea 13
572 TIE Sarben 13
572 TIE Champion 13
575 TIE Burton 12
575 TIE Lorenzo 12
577 TIE Lindy 11
577 TIE Tamora 11
579 Anoka 10
580 Brewster 9
581 Kramer 8
582 Brownlee 6
583 Emerald 5
584 TIE Monowi 2
584 TIE 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, 2024. Population Division. May 2025.
  • 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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