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Nebraska: cities and towns by population

The largest of Nebraska's 217 recorded places, ranked by population — 1,488,996 people across the state's towns and cities.

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 GeoNames country data. 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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