Nebraska: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Nebraska's 217 recorded places, ranked by population — 1,488,996 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Omaha is the largest place we record in Nebraska, with 486,051 residents. The three largest together hold 56% of the 1,488,996 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 217 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Omaha 486,051 2 Lincoln 294,757 3 Bellevue 55,510 4 Grand Island 51,440 5 Kearney 33,021 6 Fremont 26,474 7 Hastings 24,924 8 Norfolk 24,366 9 North Platte 24,194 10 Columbus 22,797 11 Papillion 19,510 12 La Vista 16,921 13 Scottsbluff 14,802 14 South Sioux City 13,319 15 Beatrice 12,388 16 Chalco 10,994 17 Lexington 10,075 18 Alliance 8,522 19 Gering 8,334 20 Elkhorn 8,251 21 Blair 7,975 22 York 7,864 23 McCook 7,580 24 Nebraska City 7,335 25 Hillsborough 7,290 26 Seward 7,167 27 Crete 7,037 28 Sidney 6,942 29 Plattsmouth 6,462 30 Schuyler 6,171 31 Ralston 5,994 32 Chadron 5,775 33 Wayne 5,569 34 Holdrege 5,561 35 Gretna 5,046 36 Offutt Air Force Base 4,644 37 Ogallala 4,570 38 Wahoo 4,511 39 Aurora 4,496 40 Falls City 4,198 41 Cozad 3,863 42 Fairbury 3,751 43 Waverly 3,739 44 O'Neill 3,653 45 Broken Bow 3,551 46 Gothenburg 3,514 47 West Point 3,368 48 Auburn 3,339 49 Minden 3,006 50 Central City 2,886 51 David City 2,836 52 Valentine 2,836 53 Ashland 2,558 54 Kimball 2,405 55 Madison 2,371 56 Saint Paul 2,290 57 Geneva 2,131 58 Valley 2,117 59 Milford 2,107 60 Hickman 2,079 61 Ord 2,061 62 Imperial 2,056 63 Syracuse 1,993 64 Dakota City 1,906 65 Superior 1,884 66 Gibbon 1,879 67 Wilber 1,870 68 Pierce 1,748 69 Tekamah 1,743 70 Bennington 1,669 71 Mitchell 1,666 72 Ainsworth 1,626 73 Tecumseh 1,626 74 Albion 1,589 75 Springfield 1,584 76 Hebron 1,543 77 Gordon 1,531 78 Neligh 1,527 79 Bridgeport 1,521 80 Stanton 1,519 81 Hartington 1,506 82 Sutton 1,440 83 Wymore 1,414 84 Wakefield 1,403 85 Ravenna 1,373 86 Wood River 1,367 87 Sutherland 1,336 88 Fullerton 1,266 89 Arlington 1,246 90 Atkinson 1,241 91 North Bend 1,234 92 Plainview 1,221 93 Yutan 1,212 94 Burwell 1,211 95 Oakland 1,202 96 Battle Creek 1,193 97 Wisner 1,184 98 Louisville 1,174 99 Terrytown 1,172 100 Bayard 1,148 101 Alma 1,146 102 Grant 1,133 103 Stromsburg 1,132 104 Creighton 1,120 105 Shelton 1,064 106 Weeping Water 1,057 107 Pender 1,051 108 Cambridge 1,051 109 Eagle 1,047 110 Waterloo 1,044 111 Macy 1,023 112 Friend 1,013 113 Loup City 1,012 114 Arapahoe 1,010 115 Henderson 997 116 Harvard 982 117 Bloomfield 977 118 Crawford 973 119 Red Cloud 963 120 Elm Creek 958 121 Genoa 958 122 Kenesaw 949 123 Ponca 940 124 Tilden 939 125 Laurel 935 126 Chappell 921 127 Franklin 920 128 Randolph 920 129 Fort Calhoun 917 130 Morrill 912 131 Ceresco 897 132 Curtis 897 133 Blue Hill 889 134 Humboldt 850 135 Osceola 850 136 Rushville 850 137 Doniphan 847 138 Scribner 846 139 Bennet 845 140 Utica 842 141 Benkelman 840 142 Hooper 829 143 Oshkosh 828 144 Pawnee City 827 145 Juniata 820 146 Emerson 818 147 Lyons 815 148 Cairo 807 149 Hemingford 801 150 Minatare 800 151 Peru 798 152 Humphrey 792 153 Winnebago 787 154 Walthill 777 155 Oxford 764 156 Osmond 763 157 Deshler 750 158 Bertrand 738 159 Axtell 736 160 Clay Center 730 161 Newman Grove 728 162 Saint Edward 705 163 Crofton 691 164 Shelby 685 165 Elwood 682 166 Beemer 671 167 Hershey 666 168 Alda 655 169 Elmwood 639 170 Clarkson 633 171 Elgin 632 172 Wausa 607 173 Dodge 597 174 Stuart 597 175 Adams 596 176 Cedar Bluffs 595 177 Beaver City 591 178 Culbertson 590 179 Firth 586 180 Arnold 580 181 Dorchester 576 182 Wauneta 574 183 Overton 573 184 Greenwood 571 185 Indianola 564 186 Trenton 561 187 Palmyra 559 188 Bassett 557 189 Mead 557 190 Howells 554 191 Valparaiso 552 192 Verdigre 552 193 Greeley 549 194 Hay Springs 547 195 Homer 541 196 Exeter 538 197 Fairmont 538 198 Callaway 522 199 Sargent 509 200 De Witt 504
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