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Nebraska Cities by Population

Below are the 580 Nebraska cities sorted by population from 1 to 433 (there are some ties). The population data are from the 2020 Census Redistricting dataset. If 2020 Census data are not available for a geography, then the population data are from the Census’ 2019 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	486,051
2	Lincoln	291,082
3	Bellevue	64,176
4	Grand Island	53,131
5	Kearney	33,790
6	Fremont	27,141
7	Hastings	25,152
8	Norfolk	24,955
9	Papillion	24,159
10	Columbus	24,028
11	North Platte	23,390
12	La Vista	16,746
13	Scottsbluff	14,436
14	South Sioux City	14,043
15	Beatrice	12,261
16	Chalco	11,064
17	Lexington	10,348
18	Gering	8,564
19	Alliance	8,151
20	York	8,066
21	Blair	7,790
22	Seward	7,643
23	McCook	7,446
24	Nebraska City	7,222
25	Crete	7,099
26	Schuyler	6,547
27	Plattsmouth	6,544
28	Ralston	6,494
29	Sidney	6,410
30	Wayne	5,973
31	Holdrege	5,515
32	Offutt AFB	5,363
33	Chadron	5,206
34	Gretna	5,083
35	Ogallala	4,878
36	Wahoo	4,818
37	Aurora	4,678
38	Waverly	4,279
39	Falls City	4,133
40	Cozad	3,988
41	Fairbury	3,970
42	O'Neill	3,581
43	Broken Bow	3,506
44	West Point	3,500
45	Gothenburg	3,478
46	Auburn	3,470
47	Minden	3,118
48	Ashland	3,086
49	Central City	3,039
50	Valley	3,037
51	David City	2,995
52	Valentine	2,633
53	Hickman	2,607
54	St. Paul	2,416
55	Kimball	2,290
56	Madison	2,283
57	Milford	2,155
58	Geneva	2,136
59	Ord	2,113
60	Dakota City	2,081
61	Imperial	2,068
62	Bennington	2,026
63	Syracuse	1,941
64	Wilber	1,937
65	Gibbon	1,878
66	Pierce	1,845
67	Woodland Park	1,830
68	Superior	1,825
69	Tekamah	1,714
70	Albion	1,699
71	Tecumseh	1,694
72	Ainsworth	1,616
73	Mitchell	1,548
74	Neligh	1,536
75	Wakefield	1,522
76	Stanton	1,520
77	Hartington	1,517
78	Gordon	1,504
79	Springfield	1,501
80	Hebron	1,458
81	Bridgeport	1,454
82	Sutton	1,447
83	Ravenna	1,441
84	Wymore	1,377
85	Oakland	1,369
86	Yutan	1,347
87	Louisville	1,319
88	Sutherland	1,313
89	Atkinson	1,306
90	Arlington	1,300
91	Plainview	1,282
92	North Bend	1,279
93	Fullerton	1,244
94	Wisner	1,239
95	Grant	1,197
96	Battle Creek	1,194
97	Wood River	1,172
98	Creighton	1,147
99	Stromsburg	1,143
100	Bayard	1,140
101	Pender	1,115
102	Fort Calhoun	1,108
103	Burwell	1,087
104	Bennet	1,082
105	Henderson	1,080
106	Cambridge	1,071
107	Eagle	1,065
108	Terrytown	1,057
109	Loup City	1,053
110	Macy	1,045
111	Alma	1,043
112	Shelton	1,034
113	Weeping Water	1,029
114	Arapahoe	1,002
115	Tilden	992
116	Bloomfield	986
117	Elm Creek	979
118	Laurel	972
119	Red Cloud	962
120	Friend	954
121	Harvard	951
122	Franklin	941
123	Waterloo	935
124	Morrill	934
125 TIE	Ceresco and Kenesaw	919
126	Winnebago	916
127	Ponca	907
128	Genoa	894
129	Randolph	879
130	Osceola	875
131	Pawnee City	865
132 TIE	Hooper and Humphrey	857
133	Chappell	844
134	Scribner	843
135 TIE	Crawford, Utica, and Emerson	840
136	Lyons	824
137	Cairo	822
138	Benkelman	821
139	Rushville	816
140 TIE	Oshkosh and Doniphan	809
141	Curtis	806
142	Blue Hill	805
143	Humboldt	800
144	Osmond	794
145	Hemingford	787
146	Crofton	756
147	Deshler	752
148	Juniata	748
149	Clay Center	735
150	Axtell	732
151	St. Edward	725
152	Oxford	718
153	Elgin	717
154	Minatare	715
155	Shelby	710
156	Bertrand	709
157	Walthill	682
158	Newman Grove	667
159	Elwood	658
160	Elmwood	654
161 TIE	Firth and Hershey	649
162	Peru	648
163	Alda	647
164	Clarkson	641
165	Mead	617
166	Cedar Bluffs	615
167 TIE	Beemer and Dodge	611
168	Dorchester	610
169	Overton	607
170	Adams	604
171	Hay Springs	599
172 TIE	Greenwood and Valparaiso	595
173 TIE	Wausa, Fairmont, and Arnold	592
174	Callaway	563
175	Howells	561
176	Verdigre	554
177	Wauneta	549
178	Bassett	538
179 TIE	Coleridge and Beaver City	537
180 TIE	Palmyra and Culbertson	534
181	Homer	532
182	De Witt	530
183	Indianola	524
184	Exeter	523
185 TIE	Paxton and Trenton	516
186	Cortland	504
187	Glenwood	503
188 TIE	Sargent and Mullen	500
189	Bancroft	496
190	Stuart	486
191 TIE	Sterling and Murray	480
192	Cedar Creek	465
193	Ansley	459
194	Malcolm	457
195	Nelson	456
196	McCool Junction	453
197	Palmer	439
198	Leigh	435
199	Hampton	432
200	Edgar	428
201	Santee	424
202 TIE	Boys Town and Decatur	410
203 TIE	Spencer and Spalding	408
204	Bellwood	407
205	Giltner	406
206	Greeley Center	402
207	Big Springs	394
208	Duncan	392
209	Loomis	391
210	Eustis	389
211	Brady	383
212	Cedar Rapids	382
213	Kennard	381
214	Inglewood	380
215	Winside	379
216	Lakeview	378
217	Hildreth	377
218	Beaver Crossing	375
219	Ewing	373
220	Niobrara	365
221	Plymouth	364
222	Orchard	363
223	Pleasanton	361
224	Rising City	356
225	Allen	355
226	Walton	351
227	Shickley	347
228	Polk	346
229	Clarks	344
230	Merna	343
231	Potter	342
232	Orleans	341
233	Brainard	336
234	Platte Center	333
235	Petersburg	332
236	Brule	331
237 TIE	Fairfield and Wilcox	330
238 TIE	Silver Creek, Clearwater, and Phillips	320
239 TIE	Davenport and Cook	319
240	Wallace	318
241 TIE	Nickerson and Lodgepole	312
242	Stratton	310
243	Johnson	309
244	Long Pine	305
245	Scotia	301
246 TIE	Unadilla, Waco, and Monroe	296
247	Palisade	294
248	Prague	291
249	Chambers	288
250	Meadow Grove	287
251 TIE	Yankee Hill and Butte	286
252	Dalton	284
253 TIE	Arcadia and Lindsay	283
254	Blue Springs	282
255	Bruning	281
256	Hadar	280
257	Oakdale	276
258 TIE	Bradshaw and Dannebrog	273
259 TIE	Campbell, Lawrence, and Newcastle	272
260 TIE	Murdock and Bartley	270
261	Hallam	268
262	Stapleton	267
263 TIE	Hoskins, Clatonia, and Roseland	263
264	Maywood	262
265 TIE	Odell, Chapman, and Glenvil	260
266	Lyman	259
267	Maxwell	257
268 TIE	North Loup and Snyder	254
269	Sumner	252
270	Weston	250
271 TIE	Riverdale, Herman, and Diller	247
272	Milligan	244
273	Madrid	242
274 TIE	St. Libory and Uehling	241
275	Pilger	240
276	Harrison	239
277	Springview	238
278 TIE	Staplehurst and Marquette	236
279	Panama	235
280	Table Rock	233
281	Woodland Hills	232
282	Dwight	229
283	Western	227
284 TIE	Hayes Center, Wolbach, and Chester	224
285	Litchfield	220
286	Gresham	219
287	Pleasant Dale	218
288	Wynot	216
289	Garland	210
290	Thedford	208
291	Jackson	207
292	Bladen	205
293	Benedict	203
294 TIE	Craig and Overland	202
295 TIE	Roca, Holbrook, and Amherst	201
296 TIE	Belmar and Guide Rock	199
297 TIE	Talmage and Ashton	198
298	Ulysses	196
299	Union	195
300 TIE	Trumbull and Lynch	194
301	Elba	192
302 TIE	Holstein and Carroll	191
303	Denton	189
304 TIE	Gurley and Dix	187
305	Pickrell	186
306	Farnam	182
307 TIE	Goehner, Creston, and Howard City (Boelus)	181
308	Avoca	178
309 TIE	Lewellen and Funk	175
310	Nehawka	173
311	Bee	171
312	Cody	168
313	Manley	167
314 TIE	Douglas and Page	166
315 TIE	Hyannis and Dunbar	165
316	Verdon	164
317	Shubert	163
318	Otoe	161
319	Ithaca	160
320 TIE	Raymond and Rosalie	159
321	Stamford	158
322	Venango	157
323 TIE	Hubbard and Daykin	153
324	Brunswick	152
325	Mason City	151
326 TIE	Alexandria and Dawson	148
327 TIE	Stella, Rulo, and Haigler	145
328	Taylor	141
329	Brownville	139
330 TIE	Oconto and Farwell	138
331	Sprague	136
332	Davey	135
333 TIE	Republican City, Aten, and Fordyce	134
334	Odessa	132
335	Hordville	131
336 TIE	Miller and Washington	129
337	Arthur	128
338	Concord	126
339 TIE	Upland and Henry	125
340	Filley	124
341	Brock	123
342	Du Bois	122
343	Ohiowa	120
344	Morse Bluff	117
345	Thurston	116
346 TIE	Champion, Bushnell, and Alvo	115
347 TIE	King Lake, Nemaha, and Tobias	114
348 TIE	Belden and Endicott	113
349	Edison	111
350	Bloomington	110
351 TIE	Bartlett and Memphis	109
352 TIE	Anselmo, Melbeta, and Leshara	108
353 TIE	Colon, Octavia, and Tryon	107
354 TIE	Atlanta and Grafton	106
355	Ruskin	105
356	Belgrade	103
357 TIE	Wann and Elsie	102
358	Jansen	101
359	Harrisburg	99
360	Hardy	97
361 TIE	Broadwater, Inman, Bruno, and Bow Valley	95
362 TIE	Linwood and Malmo	94
363 TIE	South Bend, Carleton, and Cordova	92
364	Barneston	90
365 TIE	St. Helena, Ericson, Rockville, and Naper	89
366	Eddyville	88
367	Merriman	87
368 TIE	Naponee, Byron, Salem, and Ayr	83
369 TIE	Rogers and Swanton	82
370	Heartwell	81
371 TIE	Dunning and Danbury	80
372	Center	79
373	Martinsburg	78
374	Dixon	77
375 TIE	Prosser, Martin, and Burchard	76
376 TIE	Venice, Berwyn, McGrew, and Wilsonville	75
377	Virginia	74
378	Keystone	73
379 TIE	Waterbury and Wellfleet	72
380	Crookston	71
381 TIE	Richland and Bristow	70
382	Elk Creek	69
383 TIE	Archer, Halsey, Lisco, Comstock, and Newport	68
384	Fontanelle	67
385	Inavale	66
386	Abie	65
387 TIE	Hubbell and Kilgore	63
388	Whitney	62
389 TIE	Smithfield and Holmesville	60
390	Steinauer	59
391 TIE	Maskell, Royal, and Inland	58
392 TIE	Reynolds, Sunol, Riverton, and Hazard	57
393	Harbine	56
394 TIE	Garrison, Lewiston, and Primrose	55
395 TIE	Oak and Winnetoon	54
396 TIE	Burr and Tarnov	52
397	Belvidere	51
398 TIE	Loretto, La Platte, Max, and Elyria	50
399 TIE	Seneca, Ong, and Berea	49
400	Johnstown	47
401 TIE	Wood Lake, Emmet, Julian, Lebanon, and Crab Orchard	46
402 TIE	Roscoe, Lemoyne, Thayer, Steele City, and Tamora	44
403	Magnet	43
404 TIE	Foster, Richfield, and Deweese	42
405 TIE	Clinton and Verdel	38
406 TIE	Cushing, Enders, Liberty, and Surprise	37
407	Lorenzo	36
408 TIE	Saronville and Lorton	35
409	Gandy	34
410 TIE	McLean, Huntley, and Cornlea	33
411 TIE	Norman and Stockham	32
412 TIE	Sarben and Westerville	31
413 TIE	Gilead and Strang	30
414	Cotesfield	29
415 TIE	Lamar and Lushton	28
416 TIE	Hamlet and Moorefield	27
417	Bazile Mills	26
418 TIE	Stockville and Willow Island	25
419 TIE	Poole, Ragan, and Obert	22
420 TIE	Nora, Cowles, and Barada	21
421	Hendley	20
422 TIE	Winslow and Preston	19
423	Raeville	18
424	Nenzel	17
425	Sholes	16
426	Ames	14
427 TIE	Lindy and Brownlee	13
428 TIE	Brewster and Parks	12
429	Burton	11
430	Anoka	10
431	White Clay	8
432	Gross	3
433	Monowi	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, 2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 10 December 2020. http://www.census.gov/. United States Census Bureau. "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race." 2020 Census State Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File. U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census. Web. 12 August 2021. https://www.census.gov/.

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