Ranking of Nebraska Cities and Places By Population in 2021
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Nebraska cities and places, Omaha city had the highest population (488.73K), followed by Lincoln city (291.69K), and Bellevue city (64.73K).
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), 2021 Census.
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Ranking of Nebraska Cities and Places By Population in 2021
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| Rank | City or Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omaha city | 488727 |
| 2 | Lincoln city | 291691 |
| 3 | Bellevue city | 64731 |
| 4 | Grand Island city | 52465 |
| 5 | Kearney city | 33986 |
| 6 | Fremont city | 27342 |
| 7 | Norfolk city | 25947 |
| 8 | Papillion city | 25380 |
| 9 | Hastings city | 24942 |
| 10 | Columbus city | 24155 |
| 11 | North Platte city | 22981 |
| 12 | La Vista city | 16683 |
| 13 | Scottsbluff city | 14414 |
| 14 | South Sioux City city | 13862 |
| 15 | Beatrice city | 12192 |
| 16 | Lexington city | 10684 |
| 17 | Gretna city | 9236 |
| 18 | Gering city | 8552 |
| 19 | York city | 8125 |
| 20 | Alliance city | 8040 |
| 21 | Blair city | 7855 |
| 22 | Seward city | 7636 |
| 23 | Crete city | 7454 |
| 24 | McCook city | 7372 |
| 25 | Nebraska City city | 7281 |
| 26 | Plattsmouth city | 6696 |
| 27 | Schuyler city | 6485 |
| 28 | Ralston city | 6480 |
| 29 | Sidney city | 6425 |
| 30 | Wayne city | 6109 |
| 31 | Holdrege city | 5496 |
| 32 | Chadron city | 5164 |
| 33 | Wahoo city | 4903 |
| 34 | Ogallala city | 4819 |
| 35 | Aurora city | 4639 |
| 36 | Waverly city | 4397 |
| 37 | Falls City city | 4085 |
| 38 | Cozad city | 3910 |
| 39 | Fairbury city | 3900 |
| 40 | O'Neill city | 3557 |
| 41 | Broken Bow city | 3507 |
| 42 | West Point city | 3478 |
| 43 | Auburn city | 3474 |
| 44 | Gothenburg city | 3425 |
| 45 | Ashland city | 3191 |
| 46 | Minden city | 3120 |
| 47 | Valley city | 3086 |
| 48 | David City city | 3030 |
| 49 | Central City city | 3022 |
| 50 | Hickman city | 2845 |
| 51 | Valentine city | 2617 |
| 52 | St. Paul city | 2429 |
| 53 | Kimball city | 2274 |
| 54 | Madison city | 2213 |
| 55 | Milford city | 2145 |
| 56 | Geneva city | 2142 |
| 57 | Ord city | 2112 |
| 58 | Dakota City city | 2051 |
| 59 | Imperial city | 2030 |
| 60 | Bennington city | 2002 |
| 61 | Wilber city | 1945 |
| 62 | Syracuse city | 1940 |
| 63 | Gibbon city | 1883 |
| 64 | Pierce city | 1846 |
| 65 | Superior city | 1806 |
| 66 | Albion city | 1741 |
| 67 | Tecumseh city | 1730 |
| 68 | Tekamah city | 1708 |
| 69 | Ainsworth city | 1631 |
| 70 | Neligh city | 1553 |
| 71 | Mitchell city | 1534 |
| 72 | Wakefield city | 1527 |
| 73 | Stanton city | 1524 |
| 74 | Hartington city | 1512 |
| 75 | Springfield city | 1510 |
| 76 | Gordon city | 1497 |
| 77 | Bridgeport city | 1468 |
| 78 | Sutton city | 1427 |
| 79 | Ravenna city | 1426 |
| 80 | Hebron city | 1409 |
| 81 | Yutan city | 1386 |
| 82 | Louisville city | 1379 |
| 83 | Oakland city | 1367 |
| 84 | Wymore city | 1365 |
| 85 | Arlington village | 1306 |
| 86 | Atkinson city | 1303 |
| 87 | Sutherland village | 1278 |
| 88 | North Bend city | 1263 |
| 88 | Plainview city | 1263 |
| 89 | Fullerton city | 1254 |
| 90 | Wisner city | 1249 |
| 91 | Grant city | 1173 |
| 92 | Battle Creek city | 1170 |
| 93 | Wood River city | 1164 |
| 94 | Creighton city | 1147 |
| 95 | Eagle village | 1140 |
| 96 | Stromsburg city | 1139 |
| 97 | Bayard city | 1136 |
| 98 | Burwell city | 1097 |
| 98 | Fort Calhoun city | 1097 |
| 98 | Pender village | 1097 |
| 99 | Henderson city | 1092 |
| 100 | Bennet village | 1086 |
| 101 | Cambridge city | 1070 |
| 102 | Weeping Water city | 1054 |
| 103 | Terrytown city | 1052 |
| 104 | Shelton village | 1045 |
| 105 | Loup City city | 1043 |
| 106 | Alma city | 1041 |
| 107 | Arapahoe city | 996 |
| 108 | Elm Creek village | 982 |
| 109 | Tilden city | 978 |
| 110 | Bloomfield city | 974 |
| 110 | Red Cloud city | 974 |
| 111 | Laurel city | 965 |
| 112 | Ceresco village | 934 |
| 113 | Friend city | 932 |
| 114 | Morrill village | 930 |
| 115 | Waterloo village | 928 |
| 116 | Harvard city | 922 |
| 117 | Franklin city | 919 |
| 118 | Kenesaw village | 911 |
| 119 | Ponca city | 907 |
| 120 | Winnebago village | 896 |
| 121 | Genoa city | 894 |
| 122 | Randolph city | 882 |
| 123 | Osceola city | 863 |
| 124 | Pawnee City city | 857 |
| 125 | Humphrey city | 852 |
| 126 | Chappell city | 846 |
| 127 | Hooper city | 836 |
| 128 | Utica village | 832 |
| 129 | Crawford city | 826 |
| 130 | Scribner city | 823 |
| 131 | Curtis city | 817 |
| 132 | Lyons city | 816 |
| 133 | Rushville city | 814 |
| 134 | Doniphan village | 813 |
| 134 | Emerson village | 813 |
| 135 | Cairo village | 810 |
| 136 | Benkelman city | 806 |
| 137 | Osmond city | 801 |
| 138 | Humboldt city | 800 |
| 139 | Blue Hill city | 798 |
| 140 | Oshkosh city | 790 |
| 141 | Crofton city | 771 |
| 142 | Hemingford village | 758 |
| 143 | Juniata village | 746 |
| 144 | Axtell village | 742 |
| 145 | Shelby village | 723 |
| 146 | Deshler city | 722 |
| 147 | Clay Center city | 721 |
| 148 | Oxford village | 718 |
| 149 | St. Edward city | 716 |
| 150 | Minatare city | 712 |
| 151 | Elgin city | 711 |
| 152 | Bertrand village | 702 |
| 153 | Walthill village | 696 |
| 154 | Elmwood village | 679 |
| 155 | Firth village | 658 |
| 156 | Beemer village | 650 |
| 157 | Hershey village | 645 |
| 158 | Newman Grove city | 644 |
| 159 | Alda village | 642 |
| 160 | Elwood village | 633 |
| 161 | Clarkson city | 628 |
| 161 | Mead village | 628 |
| 162 | Cedar Bluffs village | 618 |
| 163 | Adams village | 615 |
| 163 | Peru city | 615 |
| 164 | Dorchester village | 614 |
| 165 | Greenwood village | 605 |
| 165 | Valparaiso village | 605 |
| 166 | Overton village | 597 |
| 167 | Wausa village | 592 |
| 168 | Arnold village | 591 |
| 168 | Dodge village | 591 |
| 169 | Hay Springs village | 589 |
| 170 | Fairmont village | 582 |
| 171 | Callaway village | 564 |
| 172 | Boys Town village | 556 |
| 173 | Howells village | 552 |
| 174 | Verdigre village | 549 |
| 175 | Palmyra village | 547 |
| 176 | Bassett city | 544 |
| 177 | Wauneta village | 540 |
| 178 | Culbertson village | 534 |
| 179 | Beaver City city | 533 |
| 180 | Homer village | 523 |
| 181 | Indianola city | 521 |
| 182 | Exeter village | 520 |
| 183 | Coleridge village | 518 |
| 184 | Cortland village | 515 |
| 185 | De Witt village | 513 |
| 185 | Trenton village | 513 |
| 186 | Mullen village | 511 |
| 187 | Paxton village | 508 |
| 188 | Murray village | 495 |
| 189 | Bancroft village | 490 |
| 189 | Sargent city | 490 |
| 190 | Stuart village | 489 |
| 191 | Sterling village | 484 |
| 192 | Malcolm village | 474 |
| 193 | Cedar Creek village | 470 |
| 194 | Ansley village | 465 |
| 195 | McCool Junction village | 461 |
| 196 | Nelson city | 458 |
| 197 | Palmer village | 441 |
| 198 | Hampton village | 433 |
| 199 | Leigh village | 427 |
| 200 | Edgar city | 424 |
| 200 | Santee village | 424 |
| 201 | Spalding village | 414 |
| 202 | Decatur village | 412 |
| 203 | Bellwood village | 411 |
| 204 | Giltner village | 407 |
| 205 | Big Springs village | 399 |
| 206 | Eustis village | 398 |
| 206 | Spencer village | 398 |
| 207 | Greeley Center village | 395 |
| 208 | Loomis village | 391 |
| 209 | Duncan village | 381 |
| 209 | Hildreth village | 381 |
| 209 | Kennard village | 381 |
| 210 | Winside village | 380 |
| 211 | Brady village | 379 |
| 212 | Cedar Rapids village | 378 |
| 213 | Ewing village | 376 |
| 214 | Inglewood village | 373 |
| 215 | Beaver Crossing village | 370 |
| 216 | Niobrara village | 366 |
| 216 | Pleasanton village | 366 |
| 217 | Rising City village | 361 |
| 218 | Plymouth village | 360 |
| 219 | Allen village | 356 |
| 220 | Orchard village | 353 |
| 221 | Shickley village | 346 |
| 222 | Polk village | 345 |
| 223 | Merna village | 344 |
| 224 | Potter village | 343 |
| 225 | Brainard village | 342 |
| 225 | Clarks village | 342 |
| 226 | Orleans village | 339 |
| 227 | Platte Center village | 334 |
| 228 | Fairfield city | 331 |
| 229 | Petersburg village | 329 |
| 230 | Wilcox village | 328 |
| 231 | Brule village | 325 |
| 232 | Cook village | 323 |
| 233 | Phillips village | 322 |
| 234 | Clearwater village | 321 |
| 235 | Silver Creek village | 317 |
| 236 | Stratton village | 316 |
| 237 | Lodgepole village | 313 |
| 238 | Wallace village | 312 |
| 239 | Davenport village | 310 |
| 240 | Johnson village | 307 |
| 241 | Long Pine city | 306 |
| 242 | Nickerson village | 303 |
| 243 | Waco village | 301 |
| 244 | Scotia village | 296 |
| 244 | Unadilla village | 296 |
| 245 | Prague village | 294 |
| 246 | Palisade village | 290 |
| 247 | Monroe village | 288 |
| 248 | Chambers village | 287 |
| 249 | Hadar village | 286 |
| 249 | Lindsay village | 286 |
| 250 | Bruning village | 284 |
| 251 | Arcadia village | 283 |
| 252 | Dalton village | 282 |
| 253 | Blue Springs city | 280 |
| 254 | Bradshaw village | 278 |
| 255 | Hallam village | 275 |
| 256 | Butte village | 274 |
| 256 | Oakdale village | 274 |
| 257 | Meadow Grove village | 273 |
| 257 | Murdock village | 273 |
| 258 | Dannebrog village | 272 |
| 259 | Lawrence village | 271 |
| 260 | Newcastle village | 270 |
| 261 | Campbell village | 269 |
| 262 | Maywood village | 268 |
| 263 | Hoskins village | 267 |
| 264 | Bartley village | 266 |
| 264 | Clatonia village | 266 |
| 265 | Glenvil village | 265 |
| 266 | Odell village | 262 |
| 267 | Diller village | 261 |
| 268 | Chapman village | 260 |
| 268 | Roseland village | 260 |
| 269 | Stapleton village | 257 |
| 270 | Lyman village | 255 |
| 270 | North Loup village | 255 |
| 271 | Maxwell village | 254 |
| 272 | Sumner village | 250 |
| 272 | Weston village | 250 |
| 273 | Milligan village | 249 |
| 273 | Riverdale village | 249 |
| 274 | Snyder village | 247 |
| 275 | Springview village | 245 |
| 276 | Harrison village | 239 |
| 276 | Madrid village | 239 |
| 277 | Panama village | 237 |
| 277 | Pilger village | 237 |
| 278 | Table Rock village | 236 |
| 279 | Herman village | 235 |
| 279 | Staplehurst village | 235 |
| 280 | Marquette village | 234 |
| 281 | Dwight village | 231 |
| 281 | Uehling village | 231 |
| 282 | Wolbach village | 229 |
| 283 | Western village | 224 |
| 284 | Hayes Center village | 223 |
| 285 | Gresham village | 222 |
| 285 | Pleasant Dale village | 222 |
| 286 | Litchfield village | 218 |
| 287 | Chester village | 216 |
| 287 | Wynot village | 216 |
| 288 | Thedford village | 213 |
| 289 | Garland village | 208 |
| 289 | Roca village | 208 |
| 290 | Bladen village | 206 |
| 291 | Guide Rock village | 205 |
| 292 | Benedict village | 203 |
| 292 | Jackson village | 203 |
| 292 | Talmage village | 203 |
| 293 | Ashton village | 202 |
| 293 | Holbrook village | 202 |
| 294 | Amherst village | 200 |
| 295 | Craig village | 199 |
| 296 | Union village | 198 |
| 297 | Dix village | 196 |
| 297 | Trumbull village | 196 |
| 298 | Elba village | 195 |
| 299 | Lynch village | 192 |
| 300 | Pickrell village | 191 |
| 301 | Ulysses village | 190 |
| 302 | Carroll village | 188 |
| 303 | Holstein village | 187 |
| 304 | Denton village | 186 |
| 305 | Gurley village | 185 |
| 306 | Avoca village | 181 |
| 306 | Goehner village | 181 |
| 307 | Farnam village | 178 |
| 308 | Funk village | 175 |
| 308 | Lewellen village | 175 |
| 309 | Howard City (Boelus) village | 173 |
| 310 | Creston village | 172 |
| 310 | Manley village | 172 |
| 310 | Nehawka village | 172 |
| 311 | Douglas village | 171 |
| 312 | Bee village | 170 |
| 313 | Hubbard village | 169 |
| 314 | Otoe village | 168 |
| 315 | Cody village | 167 |
| 315 | Page village | 167 |
| 316 | Dunbar village | 165 |
| 317 | Verdon village | 163 |
| 318 | Ithaca village | 162 |
| 319 | Stamford village | 160 |
| 320 | Raymond village | 159 |
| 320 | Shubert village | 159 |
| 321 | Daykin village | 155 |
| 321 | Rosalie village | 155 |
| 321 | Venango village | 155 |
| 322 | Brunswick village | 154 |
| 322 | Hyannis village | 154 |
| 323 | Mason City village | 149 |
| 324 | Stella village | 147 |
| 325 | Rulo village | 145 |
| 326 | Haigler village | 144 |
| 327 | Dawson village | 143 |
| 328 | Alexandria village | 142 |
| 329 | Brownville village | 141 |
| 330 | Oconto village | 140 |
| 331 | Taylor village | 139 |
| 332 | Sprague village | 138 |
| 333 | Republican City village | 137 |
| 334 | Henry village | 135 |
| 335 | Farwell village | 134 |
| 336 | Fordyce village | 133 |
| 337 | Hordville village | 132 |
| 337 | Washington village | 132 |
| 338 | Miller village | 130 |
| 339 | Arthur village | 129 |
| 339 | Davey village | 129 |
| 340 | Upland village | 127 |
| 341 | Du Bois village | 123 |
| 342 | Concord village | 122 |
| 342 | Ohiowa village | 122 |
| 343 | Brock village | 120 |
| 343 | Filley village | 120 |
| 344 | Alvo village | 118 |
| 344 | Morse Bluff village | 118 |
| 345 | Colon village | 115 |
| 345 | Thurston village | 115 |
| 346 | Tobias village | 114 |
| 347 | Belden village | 112 |
| 347 | Endicott village | 112 |
| 347 | Memphis village | 112 |
| 348 | Belgrade village | 111 |
| 348 | Bloomington village | 111 |
| 348 | Bushnell village | 111 |
| 348 | Nemaha village | 111 |
| 349 | Edison village | 110 |
| 349 | Grafton village | 110 |
| 349 | Melbeta village | 110 |
| 350 | Leshara village | 109 |
| 351 | Anselmo village | 108 |
| 351 | Bartlett village | 108 |
| 351 | Octavia village | 108 |
| 352 | Ruskin village | 107 |
| 353 | Broadwater village | 100 |
| 354 | Elsie village | 99 |
| 354 | Inman village | 99 |
| 354 | Jansen village | 99 |
| 355 | Atlanta village | 97 |
| 355 | Bruno village | 97 |
| 355 | Malmo village | 97 |
| 356 | Carleton village | 93 |
| 356 | Linwood village | 93 |
| 357 | Cordova village | 92 |
| 358 | Ericson village | 91 |
| 358 | St. Helena village | 91 |
| 359 | Hardy village | 90 |
| 359 | South Bend village | 90 |
| 360 | Barneston village | 89 |
| 360 | Rockville village | 89 |
| 361 | Byron village | 88 |
| 361 | Merriman village | 88 |
| 362 | Naper village | 87 |
| 363 | Ayr village | 86 |
| 363 | Naponee village | 86 |
| 364 | Dunning village | 85 |
| 365 | Eddyville village | 84 |
| 366 | Salem village | 83 |
| 367 | Rogers village | 81 |
| 368 | Heartwell village | 80 |
| 369 | Burchard village | 78 |
| 369 | Dixon village | 78 |
| 369 | Martinsburg village | 78 |
| 369 | Prosser village | 78 |
| 370 | Swanton village | 76 |
| 371 | Berwyn village | 75 |
| 371 | Wilsonville village | 75 |
| 372 | Center village | 74 |
| 372 | Danbury village | 74 |
| 373 | Wellfleet village | 73 |
| 374 | Comstock village | 72 |
| 374 | Richland village | 72 |
| 374 | Virginia village | 72 |
| 375 | Crookston village | 71 |
| 375 | Newport village | 71 |
| 376 | Bristow village | 70 |
| 376 | McGrew village | 70 |
| 376 | Waterbury village | 70 |
| 377 | Elk Creek village | 68 |
| 378 | Hubbell village | 67 |
| 379 | Abie village | 66 |
| 379 | Halsey village | 66 |
| 379 | Kilgore village | 66 |
| 380 | Whitney village | 61 |
| 381 | Reynolds village | 60 |
| 381 | Riverton village | 60 |
| 382 | Hazard village | 59 |
| 382 | Lewiston village | 59 |
| 382 | Steinauer village | 59 |
| 383 | Maskell village | 58 |
| 383 | Smithfield village | 58 |
| 384 | Garrison village | 56 |
| 384 | Primrose village | 56 |
| 384 | Royal village | 56 |
| 385 | Belvidere village | 55 |
| 386 | Burr village | 53 |
| 386 | Winnetoon village | 53 |
| 387 | Harbine village | 52 |
| 387 | Oak village | 52 |
| 388 | Steele City village | 51 |
| 388 | Thayer village | 51 |
| 389 | Elyria village | 50 |
| 389 | Ong village | 50 |
| 390 | Lebanon village | 49 |
| 390 | Tarnov village | 49 |
| 391 | Wood Lake village | 48 |
| 392 | Emmet village | 46 |
| 392 | Julian village | 46 |
| 392 | Magnet village | 46 |
| 393 | Crab Orchard village | 45 |
| 393 | Foster village | 45 |
| 393 | Johnstown village | 45 |
| 394 | Deweese village | 44 |
| 395 | Clinton village | 41 |
| 396 | Surprise village | 40 |
| 396 | Verdel village | 40 |
| 397 | Liberty village | 38 |
| 398 | Saronville village | 37 |
| 399 | McLean village | 36 |
| 400 | Lorton village | 35 |
| 400 | Norman village | 35 |
| 401 | Cornlea village | 34 |
| 401 | Cushing village | 34 |
| 402 | Huntley village | 33 |
| 402 | Stockham village | 33 |
| 402 | Strang village | 33 |
| 403 | Gandy village | 31 |
| 404 | Cotesfield village | 30 |
| 404 | Gilead village | 30 |
| 405 | Hamlet village | 28 |
| 406 | Lushton village | 27 |
| 407 | Lamar village | 26 |
| 408 | Bazile Mills village | 24 |
| 408 | Moorefield village | 24 |
| 409 | Hendley village | 22 |
| 410 | Cowles village | 21 |
| 410 | Nora village | 21 |
| 410 | Ragan village | 21 |
| 410 | Stockville village | 21 |
| 411 | Barada village | 20 |
| 411 | Obert village | 20 |
| 411 | Winslow village | 20 |
| 412 | Nenzel village | 18 |
| 412 | Sholes village | 18 |
| 413 | Anoka village | 11 |
| 413 | Burton village | 11 |
| 414 | Brewster village | 10 |
| 415 | Gross village | 2 |
| 415 | Monowi village | 2 |