Ranking of Nebraska Cities and Places By Population in 2020
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Nebraska cities and places, Omaha city had the highest population (492.78K), followed by Lincoln city (291.84K), and Bellevue city (65.15K).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of all Nebraska cities and places.
You can see similar information for other states and the ranking of all cities and places in the United States.
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Related Topics: Nebraska Census Vintage Data Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2020 Census.
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Ranking of Nebraska Cities and Places By Population in 2020
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| Rank | City or Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omaha city | 492783 |
| 2 | Lincoln city | 291837 |
| 3 | Bellevue city | 65154 |
| 4 | Grand Island city | 53028 |
| 5 | Kearney city | 33882 |
| 6 | Fremont city | 27122 |
| 7 | Norfolk city | 25889 |
| 8 | Papillion city | 25558 |
| 9 | Hastings city | 25132 |
| 10 | Columbus city | 24093 |
| 11 | North Platte city | 23311 |
| 12 | La Vista city | 16779 |
| 13 | Scottsbluff city | 14434 |
| 14 | South Sioux City city | 14029 |
| 15 | Beatrice city | 12222 |
| 16 | Lexington city | 10666 |
| 17 | Gretna city | 9315 |
| 18 | Gering city | 8611 |
| 19 | Alliance city | 8162 |
| 20 | York city | 8056 |
| 21 | Blair city | 7824 |
| 22 | Seward city | 7696 |
| 23 | Crete city | 7566 |
| 24 | McCook city | 7414 |
| 25 | Nebraska City city | 7213 |
| 26 | Plattsmouth city | 6597 |
| 27 | Schuyler city | 6527 |
| 28 | Ralston city | 6485 |
| 29 | Sidney city | 6417 |
| 30 | Wayne city | 5974 |
| 31 | Holdrege city | 5537 |
| 32 | Chadron city | 5176 |
| 33 | Ogallala city | 4871 |
| 34 | Wahoo city | 4828 |
| 35 | Aurora city | 4665 |
| 36 | Waverly city | 4293 |
| 37 | Falls City city | 4132 |
| 38 | Cozad city | 3976 |
| 39 | Fairbury city | 3973 |
| 40 | O'Neill city | 3571 |
| 41 | Broken Bow city | 3511 |
| 42 | West Point city | 3501 |
| 43 | Auburn city | 3483 |
| 44 | Gothenburg city | 3478 |
| 45 | Minden city | 3127 |
| 46 | Ashland city | 3100 |
| 47 | Valley city | 3047 |
| 48 | Central City city | 3016 |
| 49 | David City city | 2999 |
| 50 | Hickman city | 2637 |
| 51 | Valentine city | 2628 |
| 52 | St. Paul city | 2421 |
| 53 | Kimball city | 2277 |
| 54 | Madison city | 2269 |
| 55 | Milford city | 2146 |
| 56 | Geneva city | 2143 |
| 57 | Ord city | 2113 |
| 58 | Dakota City city | 2083 |
| 59 | Imperial city | 2065 |
| 60 | Bennington city | 2022 |
| 61 | Wilber city | 1967 |
| 62 | Syracuse city | 1945 |
| 63 | Gibbon city | 1882 |
| 64 | Pierce city | 1858 |
| 65 | Superior city | 1816 |
| 66 | Albion city | 1726 |
| 67 | Tecumseh city | 1723 |
| 68 | Tekamah city | 1711 |
| 69 | Ainsworth city | 1620 |
| 70 | Neligh city | 1561 |
| 71 | Mitchell city | 1545 |
| 72 | Wakefield city | 1527 |
| 73 | Stanton city | 1520 |
| 74 | Hartington city | 1515 |
| 75 | Springfield city | 1508 |
| 76 | Gordon city | 1501 |
| 77 | Bridgeport city | 1464 |
| 78 | Hebron city | 1453 |
| 79 | Sutton city | 1451 |
| 80 | Ravenna city | 1444 |
| 81 | Oakland city | 1373 |
| 82 | Wymore city | 1372 |
| 83 | Yutan city | 1355 |
| 84 | Louisville city | 1335 |
| 85 | Atkinson city | 1306 |
| 86 | Arlington village | 1305 |
| 87 | Sutherland village | 1300 |
| 88 | Plainview city | 1282 |
| 89 | North Bend city | 1275 |
| 90 | Fullerton city | 1256 |
| 91 | Wisner city | 1239 |
| 92 | Grant city | 1200 |
| 93 | Battle Creek city | 1189 |
| 94 | Wood River city | 1180 |
| 95 | Creighton city | 1149 |
| 96 | Stromsburg city | 1145 |
| 97 | Bayard city | 1133 |
| 98 | Pender village | 1127 |
| 99 | Fort Calhoun city | 1091 |
| 100 | Eagle village | 1088 |
| 101 | Burwell city | 1086 |
| 102 | Bennet village | 1082 |
| 103 | Henderson city | 1081 |
| 104 | Cambridge city | 1071 |
| 105 | Terrytown city | 1057 |
| 106 | Loup City city | 1049 |
| 107 | Shelton village | 1040 |
| 108 | Weeping Water city | 1039 |
| 109 | Alma city | 1029 |
| 110 | Arapahoe city | 998 |
| 111 | Tilden city | 990 |
| 112 | Bloomfield city | 983 |
| 113 | Elm Creek village | 982 |
| 114 | Laurel city | 974 |
| 115 | Red Cloud city | 965 |
| 116 | Friend city | 950 |
| 117 | Harvard city | 947 |
| 118 | Waterloo village | 939 |
| 119 | Morrill village | 936 |
| 120 | Franklin city | 925 |
| 121 | Ceresco village | 918 |
| 122 | Winnebago village | 915 |
| 123 | Kenesaw village | 908 |
| 124 | Ponca city | 904 |
| 125 | Genoa city | 899 |
| 126 | Randolph city | 885 |
| 127 | Osceola city | 870 |
| 128 | Hooper city | 863 |
| 129 | Pawnee City city | 862 |
| 130 | Humphrey city | 855 |
| 131 | Scribner city | 842 |
| 132 | Chappell city | 839 |
| 133 | Utica village | 838 |
| 134 | Crawford city | 836 |
| 135 | Emerson village | 828 |
| 136 | Doniphan village | 824 |
| 137 | Benkelman city | 822 |
| 138 | Cairo village | 820 |
| 138 | Lyons city | 820 |
| 139 | Rushville city | 817 |
| 140 | Oshkosh city | 813 |
| 141 | Curtis city | 806 |
| 142 | Blue Hill city | 803 |
| 143 | Humboldt city | 800 |
| 144 | Osmond city | 796 |
| 145 | Hemingford village | 771 |
| 146 | Crofton city | 755 |
| 147 | Juniata village | 747 |
| 148 | Deshler city | 740 |
| 149 | Axtell village | 732 |
| 150 | Clay Center city | 722 |
| 151 | Shelby village | 721 |
| 152 | Oxford village | 720 |
| 153 | St. Edward city | 719 |
| 154 | Elgin city | 716 |
| 155 | Minatare city | 715 |
| 156 | Bertrand village | 711 |
| 157 | Walthill village | 703 |
| 158 | Peru city | 678 |
| 159 | Elmwood village | 669 |
| 160 | Newman Grove city | 659 |
| 161 | Elwood village | 658 |
| 162 | Firth village | 654 |
| 163 | Hershey village | 652 |
| 164 | Alda village | 648 |
| 165 | Clarkson city | 637 |
| 166 | Beemer village | 628 |
| 167 | Mead village | 623 |
| 168 | Dorchester village | 620 |
| 169 | Cedar Bluffs village | 613 |
| 170 | Overton village | 606 |
| 171 | Dodge village | 605 |
| 172 | Valparaiso village | 600 |
| 173 | Hay Springs village | 598 |
| 174 | Adams village | 597 |
| 175 | Greenwood village | 595 |
| 176 | Wausa village | 591 |
| 177 | Arnold village | 590 |
| 178 | Fairmont village | 589 |
| 179 | Callaway village | 561 |
| 180 | Howells village | 558 |
| 181 | Wauneta village | 550 |
| 182 | Verdigre village | 545 |
| 183 | Bassett city | 540 |
| 184 | Culbertson village | 539 |
| 185 | Coleridge village | 538 |
| 186 | Beaver City city | 536 |
| 187 | Homer village | 531 |
| 188 | Indianola city | 525 |
| 189 | De Witt village | 524 |
| 189 | Palmyra village | 524 |
| 190 | Exeter village | 522 |
| 191 | Trenton village | 516 |
| 192 | Cortland village | 515 |
| 193 | Paxton village | 514 |
| 194 | Mullen village | 495 |
| 195 | Bancroft village | 494 |
| 196 | Sargent city | 491 |
| 197 | Stuart village | 488 |
| 198 | Murray village | 486 |
| 199 | Sterling village | 483 |
| 200 | Cedar Creek village | 463 |
| 201 | Ansley village | 460 |
| 202 | Malcolm village | 459 |
| 202 | Nelson city | 459 |
| 203 | McCool Junction village | 452 |
| 204 | Palmer village | 442 |
| 205 | Leigh village | 433 |
| 206 | Hampton village | 432 |
| 207 | Edgar city | 426 |
| 208 | Santee village | 423 |
| 209 | Boys Town village | 420 |
| 210 | Decatur village | 411 |
| 211 | Spalding village | 408 |
| 212 | Giltner village | 406 |
| 213 | Bellwood village | 405 |
| 214 | Spencer village | 403 |
| 215 | Big Springs village | 397 |
| 215 | Greeley Center village | 397 |
| 216 | Loomis village | 393 |
| 217 | Eustis village | 391 |
| 218 | Brady village | 384 |
| 219 | Hildreth village | 383 |
| 220 | Duncan village | 382 |
| 220 | Kennard village | 382 |
| 221 | Inglewood village | 380 |
| 222 | Ewing village | 379 |
| 223 | Cedar Rapids village | 377 |
| 223 | Winside village | 377 |
| 224 | Beaver Crossing village | 369 |
| 225 | Niobrara village | 365 |
| 225 | Pleasanton village | 365 |
| 225 | Plymouth village | 365 |
| 226 | Allen village | 359 |
| 227 | Rising City village | 358 |
| 228 | Orchard village | 355 |
| 229 | Polk village | 347 |
| 229 | Shickley village | 347 |
| 230 | Clarks village | 344 |
| 231 | Merna village | 342 |
| 231 | Potter village | 342 |
| 232 | Orleans village | 338 |
| 233 | Brainard village | 337 |
| 234 | Platte Center village | 336 |
| 235 | Fairfield city | 333 |
| 236 | Wilcox village | 330 |
| 237 | Brule village | 329 |
| 237 | Petersburg village | 329 |
| 238 | Cook village | 321 |
| 239 | Phillips village | 319 |
| 239 | Silver Creek village | 319 |
| 240 | Clearwater village | 318 |
| 240 | Davenport village | 318 |
| 240 | Stratton village | 318 |
| 241 | Wallace village | 317 |
| 242 | Lodgepole village | 312 |
| 243 | Nickerson village | 310 |
| 244 | Johnson village | 308 |
| 245 | Long Pine city | 303 |
| 246 | Scotia village | 297 |
| 247 | Waco village | 296 |
| 248 | Unadilla village | 294 |
| 249 | Prague village | 293 |
| 250 | Monroe village | 292 |
| 250 | Palisade village | 292 |
| 251 | Bruning village | 291 |
| 252 | Chambers village | 288 |
| 253 | Hadar village | 285 |
| 254 | Lindsay village | 283 |
| 255 | Arcadia village | 281 |
| 255 | Butte village | 281 |
| 255 | Dalton village | 281 |
| 256 | Meadow Grove village | 280 |
| 257 | Blue Springs city | 279 |
| 258 | Oakdale village | 275 |
| 259 | Lawrence village | 274 |
| 260 | Bradshaw village | 273 |
| 261 | Dannebrog village | 271 |
| 262 | Campbell village | 270 |
| 263 | Murdock village | 269 |
| 263 | Newcastle village | 269 |
| 264 | Hallam village | 268 |
| 264 | Stapleton village | 268 |
| 265 | Bartley village | 267 |
| 266 | Glenvil village | 266 |
| 267 | Hoskins village | 265 |
| 268 | Clatonia village | 264 |
| 269 | Maywood village | 262 |
| 269 | Odell village | 262 |
| 270 | Roseland village | 261 |
| 271 | Chapman village | 260 |
| 272 | Lyman village | 256 |
| 272 | Maxwell village | 256 |
| 273 | Snyder village | 254 |
| 274 | North Loup village | 253 |
| 274 | Sumner village | 253 |
| 275 | Milligan village | 250 |
| 276 | Diller village | 249 |
| 276 | Riverdale village | 249 |
| 277 | Weston village | 248 |
| 278 | Madrid village | 242 |
| 279 | Panama village | 239 |
| 280 | Harrison village | 238 |
| 280 | Uehling village | 238 |
| 281 | Pilger village | 237 |
| 282 | Herman village | 236 |
| 282 | Staplehurst village | 236 |
| 283 | Table Rock village | 234 |
| 284 | Marquette village | 233 |
| 284 | Springview village | 233 |
| 285 | Wolbach village | 229 |
| 286 | Dwight village | 227 |
| 287 | Western village | 226 |
| 288 | Hayes Center village | 224 |
| 288 | Pleasant Dale village | 224 |
| 289 | Chester village | 221 |
| 290 | Gresham village | 220 |
| 291 | Wynot village | 217 |
| 292 | Litchfield village | 216 |
| 293 | Thedford village | 211 |
| 294 | Garland village | 210 |
| 295 | Jackson village | 206 |
| 296 | Bladen village | 205 |
| 296 | Holbrook village | 205 |
| 297 | Guide Rock village | 204 |
| 298 | Roca village | 202 |
| 298 | Talmage village | 202 |
| 299 | Ashton village | 201 |
| 299 | Benedict village | 201 |
| 300 | Amherst village | 200 |
| 300 | Craig village | 200 |
| 301 | Trumbull village | 197 |
| 302 | Union village | 195 |
| 303 | Dix village | 194 |
| 303 | Lynch village | 194 |
| 304 | Elba village | 192 |
| 305 | Pickrell village | 191 |
| 306 | Ulysses village | 190 |
| 307 | Holstein village | 188 |
| 308 | Carroll village | 187 |
| 308 | Denton village | 187 |
| 309 | Gurley village | 184 |
| 310 | Goehner village | 183 |
| 311 | Farnam village | 181 |
| 312 | Lewellen village | 180 |
| 313 | Avoca village | 178 |
| 314 | Funk village | 176 |
| 315 | Creston village | 175 |
| 316 | Howard City (Boelus) village | 172 |
| 317 | Bee village | 171 |
| 318 | Douglas village | 170 |
| 319 | Manley village | 169 |
| 319 | Nehawka village | 169 |
| 320 | Otoe village | 167 |
| 320 | Page village | 167 |
| 321 | Cody village | 166 |
| 322 | Dunbar village | 165 |
| 322 | Verdon village | 165 |
| 323 | Hyannis village | 164 |
| 324 | Shubert village | 161 |
| 325 | Hubbard village | 160 |
| 325 | Ithaca village | 160 |
| 325 | Raymond village | 160 |
| 326 | Stamford village | 159 |
| 327 | Rosalie village | 158 |
| 328 | Venango village | 157 |
| 329 | Daykin village | 156 |
| 330 | Brunswick village | 152 |
| 331 | Stella village | 148 |
| 332 | Mason City village | 147 |
| 333 | Alexandria village | 146 |
| 333 | Rulo village | 146 |
| 334 | Haigler village | 145 |
| 335 | Dawson village | 144 |
| 336 | Brownville village | 141 |
| 337 | Oconto village | 140 |
| 338 | Taylor village | 139 |
| 339 | Sprague village | 137 |
| 340 | Henry village | 136 |
| 341 | Farwell village | 134 |
| 341 | Fordyce village | 134 |
| 341 | Republican City village | 134 |
| 342 | Davey village | 130 |
| 342 | Hordville village | 130 |
| 342 | Miller village | 130 |
| 342 | Washington village | 130 |
| 343 | Arthur village | 128 |
| 343 | Upland village | 128 |
| 344 | Concord village | 125 |
| 345 | Du Bois village | 123 |
| 345 | Ohiowa village | 123 |
| 346 | Filley village | 121 |
| 347 | Brock village | 120 |
| 348 | Thurston village | 118 |
| 349 | Alvo village | 117 |
| 350 | Tobias village | 116 |
| 351 | Morse Bluff village | 115 |
| 352 | Endicott village | 113 |
| 353 | Belden village | 112 |
| 353 | Belgrade village | 112 |
| 354 | Bushnell village | 111 |
| 354 | Edison village | 111 |
| 354 | Melbeta village | 111 |
| 354 | Memphis village | 111 |
| 354 | Nemaha village | 111 |
| 355 | Bloomington village | 110 |
| 355 | Grafton village | 110 |
| 356 | Anselmo village | 109 |
| 357 | Bartlett village | 108 |
| 357 | Colon village | 108 |
| 358 | Octavia village | 107 |
| 358 | Ruskin village | 107 |
| 359 | Leshara village | 106 |
| 360 | Elsie village | 100 |
| 360 | Inman village | 100 |
| 360 | Jansen village | 100 |
| 361 | Broadwater village | 99 |
| 362 | Atlanta village | 97 |
| 363 | Bruno village | 96 |
| 363 | Carleton village | 96 |
| 363 | Malmo village | 96 |
| 364 | Cordova village | 92 |
| 364 | Linwood village | 92 |
| 365 | St. Helena village | 91 |
| 366 | Barneston village | 90 |
| 366 | Byron village | 90 |
| 366 | Hardy village | 90 |
| 367 | Ericson village | 89 |
| 367 | South Bend village | 89 |
| 368 | Naper village | 88 |
| 368 | Rockville village | 88 |
| 369 | Ayr village | 87 |
| 369 | Merriman village | 87 |
| 370 | Eddyville village | 85 |
| 370 | Naponee village | 85 |
| 371 | Salem village | 84 |
| 372 | Rogers village | 82 |
| 373 | Heartwell village | 80 |
| 374 | Dixon village | 79 |
| 374 | Dunning village | 79 |
| 374 | Martinsburg village | 79 |
| 374 | Prosser village | 79 |
| 375 | Burchard village | 78 |
| 375 | Swanton village | 78 |
| 376 | Danbury village | 75 |
| 376 | Wilsonville village | 75 |
| 377 | Berwyn village | 74 |
| 377 | Center village | 74 |
| 377 | Wellfleet village | 74 |
| 378 | Richland village | 73 |
| 379 | Comstock village | 72 |
| 379 | Virginia village | 72 |
| 380 | Bristow village | 71 |
| 380 | Crookston village | 71 |
| 380 | Waterbury village | 71 |
| 381 | McGrew village | 70 |
| 381 | Newport village | 70 |
| 382 | Hubbell village | 69 |
| 383 | Elk Creek village | 68 |
| 384 | Halsey village | 66 |
| 384 | Kilgore village | 66 |
| 385 | Abie village | 65 |
| 386 | Reynolds village | 61 |
| 386 | Whitney village | 61 |
| 387 | Riverton village | 60 |
| 387 | Smithfield village | 60 |
| 388 | Hazard village | 59 |
| 388 | Lewiston village | 59 |
| 388 | Steinauer village | 59 |
| 389 | Maskell village | 58 |
| 390 | Belvidere village | 57 |
| 391 | Primrose village | 56 |
| 391 | Royal village | 56 |
| 392 | Garrison village | 55 |
| 393 | Burr village | 53 |
| 393 | Harbine village | 53 |
| 393 | Winnetoon village | 53 |
| 394 | Oak village | 52 |
| 395 | Steele City village | 51 |
| 396 | Elyria village | 50 |
| 396 | Ong village | 50 |
| 396 | Tarnov village | 50 |
| 397 | Lebanon village | 49 |
| 397 | Thayer village | 49 |
| 398 | Wood Lake village | 48 |
| 399 | Emmet village | 46 |
| 399 | Julian village | 46 |
| 399 | Magnet village | 46 |
| 400 | Crab Orchard village | 45 |
| 400 | Foster village | 45 |
| 400 | Johnstown village | 45 |
| 401 | Deweese village | 44 |
| 402 | Clinton village | 41 |
| 403 | Surprise village | 40 |
| 403 | Verdel village | 40 |
| 404 | Liberty village | 38 |
| 405 | Saronville village | 37 |
| 406 | McLean village | 36 |
| 407 | Lorton village | 35 |
| 407 | Norman village | 35 |
| 408 | Cornlea village | 34 |
| 408 | Cushing village | 34 |
| 409 | Gandy village | 33 |
| 409 | Huntley village | 33 |
| 409 | Stockham village | 33 |
| 409 | Strang village | 33 |
| 410 | Gilead village | 31 |
| 411 | Cotesfield village | 30 |
| 412 | Hamlet village | 28 |
| 413 | Lushton village | 27 |
| 414 | Lamar village | 26 |
| 415 | Bazile Mills village | 24 |
| 415 | Moorefield village | 24 |
| 416 | Hendley village | 22 |
| 417 | Cowles village | 21 |
| 417 | Nora village | 21 |
| 417 | Ragan village | 21 |
| 417 | Stockville village | 21 |
| 418 | Barada village | 20 |
| 418 | Obert village | 20 |
| 418 | Winslow village | 20 |
| 419 | Nenzel village | 18 |
| 419 | Sholes village | 18 |
| 420 | Anoka village | 11 |
| 420 | Burton village | 11 |
| 421 | Brewster village | 9 |
| 422 | Gross village | 2 |
| 422 | Monowi village | 2 |