Top 100 Biggest Cities In Nebraska (2001 Census)

Rank	City	2002 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Omaha	413,308	0.8%
2	Lincoln	230,400	1.2%
3	Bellevue	45,262	1.7%
4	Grand Island	43,422	-0.3%
5	Kearney	27,611	0.4%
6	Fremont	25,158	-0.4%
7	Hastings	24,928	0.2%
8	North Platte	23,864	-0.3%
9	Norfolk	23,656	1.2%
10	Columbus	21,027	-0.3%
11	Papillion	18,755	0.7%
12	Scottsbluff	14,717	-1.2%
13	Beatrice	12,710	1.2%
14	La Vista	12,342	4.5%
15	South Sioux City	11,988	0.1%
16	Lexington	10,042	0.1%
17	Alliance	8,704	-2.4%
18	York	7,983	-1.2%
19	McCook	7,953	-0.4%
20	Gering	7,656	-1.1%
21	Blair	7,630	1.5%
22	Nebraska City	7,153	-1.0%
23	Plattsmouth	6,904	0.1%
24	Seward	6,683	2.7%
25	Sidney	6,408	0.7%
26	Ralston	6,220	-0.7%
27	Crete	6,166	1.0%
28	Chadron	5,657	0.6%
29	Holdrege	5,612	-0.7%
30	Wayne	5,506	-0.9%
31	Schuyler	5,399	-0.4%
32	Ogallala	4,952	-3.1%
33	Falls City	4,509	-3.2%
34	Fairbury	4,255	-1.3%
35	Wahoo	4,203	0.4%
36	Cozad	4,198	0.3%
37	Aurora	4,198	-0.6%
38	O'Neill	3,673	-1.2%
39	Gothenburg	3,627	–
40	West Point	3,619	-1.1%
41	Auburn	3,455	-2.3%
42	Broken Bow	3,432	-2.0%
43	Gretna	3,347	12.5%
44	Minden	2,959	-1.0%
45	Central City	2,940	-1.8%
46	Valentine	2,825	-2.0%
47	David City	2,633	0.8%
48	Waverly	2,528	2.0%
49	Kimball	2,517	-1.1%
50	Madison	2,374	0.5%
51	Ashland	2,323	2.1%
52	Ord	2,245	-1.0%
53	St. Paul	2,243	1.0%
54	Geneva	2,193	-1.4%
55	Milford	2,106	-0.4%
56	Superior	1,990	-2.5%
57	Imperial	1,932	-2.0%
58	Tekamah	1,860	-1.7%
59	Ainsworth	1,835	-1.2%
60	Dakota City	1,817	-0.3%
61	Valley	1,813	1.0%
62	Mitchell	1,808	-1.3%
63	Syracuse	1,797	1.2%
64	Wilber	1,771	0.3%
65	Gibbon	1,756	-0.2%
66	Pierce	1,756	-1.2%
67	Albion	1,751	-1.8%
68	Gordon	1,685	-3.6%
69	Tecumseh	1,661	-2.9%
70	Wymore	1,635	-0.8%
71	Hartington	1,625	-0.9%
72	Stanton	1,608	-0.7%
73	Neligh	1,599	-3.0%
74	Bridgeport	1,564	-1.8%
75	Hebron	1,518	-2.8%
76	Springfield	1,455	–
77	Sutton	1,433	-1.0%
78	Wakefield	1,384	-1.4%
79	Fullerton	1,370	-0.9%
80	Ravenna	1,360	-0.7%
81	Oakland	1,339	-1.9%
82	Plainview	1,325	-1.6%
83	Wisner	1,253	-1.0%
84	Creighton	1,233	-2.4%
85	Atkinson	1,231	-1.1%
86	Bayard	1,216	-2.3%
87	Terrytown	1,215	-0.8%
88	Arlington	1,211	0.7%
89	Yutan	1,209	-0.5%
90	North Bend	1,202	-1.1%
91	Wood River	1,202	-0.4%
92	Stromsburg	1,196	-2.4%
93	Alma	1,185	-1.8%
94	Grant	1,181	-2.8%
95	Friend	1,174	0.1%
96	Battle Creek	1,167	1.0%
97	Sutherland	1,166	–
98	Hickman	1,158	2.8%
99	Shelton	1,148	0.5%
100	Pender	1,143	-0.3%

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