Nebraska Cities By Population

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Nebraska Cities by Population (2026)

by Kristen Carney

Updated: February 9, 2026

The most populous cities in Nebraska are Omaha with 488,837, Lincoln at 294,856, Bellevue with 64,510, Grand Island at 52,884, and Kearney with 34,246. You can get the most current Census population data for all 583 Nebraska cities, sorted from the most populous cities in Nebraska to the least, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

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Rank City Population
1 Omaha 488,837
2 Lincoln 294,856
3 Bellevue 64,510
4 Grand Island 52,884
5 Kearney 34,246
6 Fremont 27,567
7 Norfolk 26,054
8 Papillion 25,244
9 Hastings 25,008
10 Columbus 24,488
11 North Platte 22,831
12 La Vista 16,563
13 Scottsbluff 14,376
14 South Sioux City 13,907
15 Beatrice 12,225
16 Lexington 10,862
17 Chalco 10,595
18 Gretna 9,193
19 Gering 8,550
20 York 8,141
21 Alliance 8,075
22 Blair 7,914
23 Seward 7,678
24 Crete 7,527
25 Nebraska City 7,369
26 McCook 7,314
27 Plattsmouth 6,731
28 Schuyler 6,578
29 Ralston 6,472
30 Sidney 6,419
31 Wayne 6,121
32 Offutt AFB 6,074
33 Holdrege 5,546
34 Chadron 5,160
35 Wahoo 4,929
36 Ogallala 4,777
37 Aurora 4,664
38 Waverly 4,440
39 Falls City 4,077
40 Cozad 3,937
41 Fairbury 3,888
42 O'Neill 3,570
43 Broken Bow 3,502
44 West Point 3,471
45 Auburn 3,470
46 Gothenburg 3,452
47 Valley 3,174
48 Minden 3,108
49 Ashland 3,071
50 Central City 3,061
51 David City 3,017
52 Hickman 3,004
53 St. Paul 2,758
54 Dakota City 2,675
55 Valentine 2,633
56 Milford 2,565
57 Bennington 2,366
58 Kimball 2,225
59 Imperial 2,210
60 Geneva 2,193
61 Beaver Lake 2,114
62 Ord 2,100
63 Madison 2,079
64 Syracuse 1,990
65 Mitchell 1,962
66 Pierce 1,956
67 Wilber 1,936
68 Tecumseh 1,882
69 Superior 1,879
70 Yutan 1,832
71 Albion 1,822
72 Gibbon 1,763
73 Gordon 1,721
74 Stanton 1,702
75 Ainsworth 1,697
76 Tekamah 1,690
77 Woodland Park 1,657
78 Hartington 1,621
79 Springfield 1,595
80 Hebron 1,577
81 Oakland 1,552
82 Bayard 1,531
83 Neligh 1,515
84 Wood River 1,494
85 Arlington 1,467
86 Wisner 1,461
87 Battle Creek 1,456
88 Louisville 1,449
89 Buccaneer Bay 1,418
90 Grant 1,413
91 Weeping Water 1,407
92 Shelton 1,389
93 Ravenna 1,382
94 Pender 1,379
95 Atkinson 1,377
96 Fullerton 1,346
97 Bridgeport 1,342
98 Sutton 1,323
99 Wymore 1,320
100 Wakefield 1,305
101 Plainview 1,281
102 Eagle 1,259
103 Ceresco 1,225
104 Creighton 1,222
105 Bennet 1,218
106 Sutherland 1,209
107 Fort Calhoun 1,173
108 Friend 1,155
109 Alma 1,154
110 North Bend 1,152
111 Elm Creek 1,107
112 Cambridge 1,082
113 Stromsburg 1,074
114 Winnebago 1,058
115 Henderson 1,049
116 Cairo 1,035
117 Laurel 1,018
118 Utica 1,015
119 Harvard 1,008
120 Arapahoe 993
121 Waterloo 990
122 Hooper 989
123 Doniphan 983
124 Loup City 973
125 Bloomfield 959
126 Franklin 946
127 Arnold 945
128 Tilden 936
129 Red Cloud 934
130 Chappell 915
131 Benkelman 905
132 TIE Crofton 902
132 TIE Kenesaw 902
134 Lyons 900
135 Osceola 896
136 TIE Emerson 885
136 TIE Newman Grove 885
138 Morrill 880
139 Crawford 878
140 TIE Randolph 877
140 TIE Rushville 877
142 Genoa 860
143 Burwell 848
144 Axtell 818
145 Walthill 812
146 Boys Town 809
147 Oshkosh 807
148 Clay Center 802
149 Pawnee City 801
150 Terrytown 793
151 TIE Blue Hill 782
151 TIE Cedar Bluffs 782
153 TIE Beemer 775
153 TIE Humboldt 775
155 Elmwood 774
156 Curtis 769
157 Juniata 750
158 Deshler 729
159 Ponca 727
160 Scribner 725
161 Hershey 724
162 TIE Bertrand 718
162 TIE McCool Junction 718
164 Sterling 717
165 Hemingford 714
166 Humphrey 713
167 Minatare 712
168 Wausa 698
169 Overton 689
170 Shelby 684
171 TIE Glenwood 653
171 TIE Hampton 653
171 TIE Peru 653
174 Oxford 652
175 Alda 651
176 Hay Springs 649
177 Osmond 647
178 Elgin 642
179 Macy 637
180 Fairmont 635
181 Culbertson 634
182 Stuart 628
183 Paxton 622
184 Verdigre 613
185 Duncan 612
186 Mead 607
187 Firth 604
188 Greenwood 601
189 Clarkson 600
190 Bancroft 593
191 Palmyra 589
192 St. Edward 588
193 TIE Adams 580
193 TIE Bassett 580
195 Walton 579
196 Ansley 563
197 TIE Callaway 562
197 TIE Exeter 562
199 Pleasanton 556
200 Coleridge 553
201 Nickerson 552
202 Dorchester 550
203 TIE Beaver City 547
203 TIE Cortland 547
205 TIE Elwood 534
205 TIE Sargent 534
207 Wauneta 531
208 Valparaiso 524
209 Howells 517
210 Indianola 512
211 Inglewood 511
212 Edgar 501
213 Big Springs 496
214 Cedar Rapids 493
215 Bellwood 492
216 TIE Nelson 487
216 TIE Trenton 487
218 Winside 485
219 Decatur 482
220 TIE Hildreth 480
220 TIE Malcolm 480
222 Mullen 478
223 Brady 470
224 Allen 468
225 Giltner 457
226 Lakeview 447
227 TIE Dodge 446
227 TIE Homer 446
229 Leigh 443
230 De Witt 437
231 Dalton 435
232 TIE Eustis 431
232 TIE Murray 431
234 Scotia 428
235 Cedar Creek 427
236 Kennard 425
237 Chambers 424
238 Greeley Center 417
239 Orchard 410
240 Palmer 403
241 TIE Petersburg 397
241 TIE Plymouth 397
243 Shickley 387
244 Merna 383
245 TIE Phillips 382
245 TIE Pilger 382
247 Newcastle 376
248 Loomis 375
249 Ewing 372
250 Long Pine 363
251 Herman 360
252 Beaver Crossing 357
253 Oakdale 355
254 TIE Niobrara 353
254 TIE Spalding 353
254 TIE Sumner 353
257 Bartley 352
258 Polk 351
259 TIE Brule 346
259 TIE Bradshaw 346
259 TIE Hallam 346
262 Stapleton 343
263 Stratton 342
264 Silver Creek 341
265 Johnson 339
266 Orleans 337
267 Wilcox 336
268 Clarks 330
269 Unadilla 329
270 TIE Cook 328
270 TIE Blue Springs 328
272 Fairfield 327
273 Clatonia 326
274 Staplehurst 322
275 Palisade 321
276 Platte Center 318
277 Lindsay 313
278 TIE Clearwater 312
278 TIE Spencer 312
280 Prague 310
281 Goehner 309
282 Arcadia 308
283 TIE Riverdale 307
283 TIE St. Libory 307
285 Roseland 306
286 Brainard 303
287 Trumbull 298
288 Hayes Center 297
289 Milligan 296
290 Snyder 293
291 Lyman 291
292 Chapman 290
293 TIE Carroll 286
293 TIE Guide Rock 286
295 Glenvil 285
296 TIE Potter 283
296 TIE Wolbach 283
298 Bee 281
299 Benedict 280
300 TIE Butte 273
300 TIE Holbrook 273
300 TIE Jackson 273
303 Amherst 272
304 Douglas 269
305 Campbell 268
306 TIE Dunbar 266
306 TIE Maywood 266
306 TIE Wallace 266
309 Marquette 265
310 Hadar 264
311 Bruning 259
312 TIE Davenport 257
312 TIE Farnam 257
314 TIE Rising City 256
314 TIE Weston 256
316 Table Rock 255
317 Monroe 252
318 TIE Hoskins 250
318 TIE Yankee Hill 250
320 Gresham 249
321 Rosalie 247
322 TIE Funk 244
322 TIE Pleasant Dale 244
322 TIE Uehling 244
325 Roca 242
326 Chester 240
327 North Loup 238
328 TIE Dannebrog 235
328 TIE Santee 235
330 Litchfield 233
331 TIE Panama 232
331 TIE Ashton 232
333 Dwight 230
334 Murdock 228
335 Madrid 226
336 Thedford 225
337 TIE Belgrade 224
337 TIE Dix 224
339 TIE Lawrence 223
339 TIE Lodgepole 223
341 Hordville 221
342 Harrison 218
343 Springview 217
344 TIE Union 215
344 TIE Western 215
346 Shubert 214
347 Odell 211
348 Wynot 209
349 TIE Gurley 207
349 TIE Lewellen 207
351 Woodland Hills 205
352 Manley 204
353 Washington 198
354 Brunswick 196
355 TIE Daykin 195
355 TIE Haigler 195
355 TIE Fordyce 195
358 Center 191
359 TIE Avoca 190
359 TIE Hubbard 190
359 TIE Ulysses 190
362 TIE Bartlett 189
362 TIE Carleton 189
362 TIE Mason City 189
365 Raymond 187
366 Howard City (Boelus) 186
367 TIE Holstein 185
367 TIE Verdon 185
369 Ithaca 183
370 TIE Overland 182
370 TIE Venango 182
372 TIE Garland 180
372 TIE Pickrell 180
374 Diller 179
375 TIE Stamford 178
375 TIE Waco 178
377 Leshara 177
378 Sprague 176
379 TIE Maxwell 174
379 TIE Meadow Grove 174
381 Elba 171
382 Creston 170
383 Rockville 169
384 Oconto 167
385 TIE Bladen 166
385 TIE Dawson 166
387 Rulo 164
388 TIE Grafton 160
388 TIE Bushnell 160
388 TIE Otoe 160
391 Ericson 157
392 Talmage 155
393 TIE Inman 153
393 TIE Octavia 153
395 Endicott 151
396 Hazard 150
397 Ruskin 149
398 Edison 147
399 Melbeta 146
400 TIE Denton 145
400 TIE Du Bois 145
400 TIE Hyannis 145
403 Cheney 144
404 TIE Belmar 143
404 TIE Concord 143
406 TIE Taylor 142
406 TIE Tryon 142
408 Elsie 139
409 Odessa 138
410 Lynch 137
411 Aten 136
412 Kilgore 135
413 TIE Atlanta 133
413 TIE Martell 133
415 Cordova 131
416 Memphis 130
417 Miller 128
418 Lake Waconda 127
419 TIE Ayr 126
419 TIE Stella 126
421 TIE Cody 125
421 TIE Eddyville 125
423 TIE Alvo 123
423 TIE Jansen 123
423 TIE Sunol 123
426 Elk Creek 122
427 TIE Page 120
427 TIE Brock 120
429 Burchard 119
430 Upland 118
431 TIE Davey 117
431 TIE Merriman 117
431 TIE Naper 117
431 TIE Barneston 117
435 TIE Craig 113
435 TIE Hardy 113
437 TIE Bloomington 112
437 TIE Cushing 112
439 Filley 110
440 Nehawka 109
441 Smithfield 108
442 TIE Bow Valley 106
442 TIE Broadwater 106
442 TIE Riverton 106
445 Ohiowa 105
446 Bruno 104
447 Harrisburg 103
448 TIE Brownville 102
448 TIE Colon 102
448 TIE Salem 102
451 TIE Alexandria 101
451 TIE Belden 101
451 TIE King Lake 101
454 TIE Thurston 100
454 TIE South Bend 100
456 TIE Linoma Beach 99
456 TIE Loretto 99
456 TIE Princeton 99
456 TIE Rogers 99
460 Wilsonville 98
461 TIE Heartwell 97
461 TIE Roscoe 97
461 TIE St. Helena 97
464 TIE Malmo 95
464 TIE Waterbury 95
466 Henry 94
467 TIE Anselmo 93
467 TIE Swanton 93
469 TIE Byron 92
469 TIE Republican City 92
471 TIE Oak 88
471 TIE Naponee 88
473 McLean 86
474 TIE Comstock 80
474 TIE Linwood 80
476 TIE Dixon 78
476 TIE Dunning 78
476 TIE Farwell 78
479 TIE Maskell 76
479 TIE Prosser 76
479 TIE Virginia 76
482 Wellfleet 74
483 TIE Steinauer 73
483 TIE Venice 73
485 Lorton 72
486 Martinsburg 71
487 TIE Danbury 70
487 TIE Morse Bluff 70
489 TIE Winslow 69
489 TIE Saronville 69
491 Winnetoon 68
492 McGrew 67
493 TIE Arthur 66
493 TIE Clinton 66
495 Harbine 65
496 Nemaha 64
497 Steele City 62
498 TIE Garrison 61
498 TIE Hubbell 61
498 TIE Holmesville 61
498 TIE Magnet 61
498 TIE Tobias 61
503 TIE Fontanelle 60
503 TIE Primrose 60
505 Abie 59
506 Deweese 56
507 TIE Bristow 55
507 TIE Richland 55
509 Archer 53
510 TIE Berwyn 51
510 TIE Lemoyne 51
510 TIE Liberty 51
513 TIE Foster 50
513 TIE Ong 50
515 Richfield 47
516 TIE Enders 46
516 TIE Newport 46
516 TIE Whitney 46
519 TIE Crookston 45
519 TIE Seneca 45
521 Elyria 43
522 TIE Cornlea 42
522 TIE Gandy 42
522 TIE Julian 42
522 TIE Lewiston 42
526 TIE Burr 41
526 TIE Inavale 41
526 TIE Reynolds 41
529 Moorefield 40
530 Stockville 39
531 TIE Beacon View 36
531 TIE Norman 36
533 TIE Martin 35
533 TIE Barada 35
533 TIE Belvidere 35
533 TIE Royal 35
533 TIE Surprise 35
538 TIE Lebanon 33
538 TIE Brewster 33
538 TIE Verdel 33
541 Thayer 32
542 Inland 31
543 Gilead 30
544 TIE Lushton 28
544 TIE Nora 28
546 TIE Cotesfield 27
546 TIE Tarnov 27
546 TIE Max 27
549 Huntley 24
550 Strang 23
551 Melia 22
552 TIE Hendley 21
552 TIE Sarben 21
554 TIE Crab Orchard 20
554 TIE Emmet 20
554 TIE Lamar 20
557 TIE Stockham 19
557 TIE Westerville 19
559 TIE Lisco 18
559 TIE Wann 18
561 TIE Hamlet 16
561 TIE Preston 16
561 TIE Obert 16
561 TIE Wood Lake 16
565 TIE Sholes 14
565 TIE Nenzel 14
567 Halsey 13
568 TIE Johnstown 12
568 TIE Lorenzo 12
568 TIE Ragan 12
568 TIE Tamora 12
572 TIE Bazile Mills 11
572 TIE Anoka 11
574 TIE Gross 10
574 TIE Parks 10
576 TIE Ames 9
576 TIE Berea 9
576 TIE Lindy 9
579 Cowles 8
580 Kramer 7
581 Emerald 6
582 TIE Brownlee 2
582 TIE Monowi 2
  • United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. January 29, 2026. http://www.census.gov/.

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