Top 100 Biggest Cities In Nebraska (2002 Census)

Rank	City	2003 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Omaha	417,021	0.9%
2	Lincoln	233,737	1.3%
3	Bellevue	45,968	1.6%
4	Grand Island	43,525	-0.0%
5	Kearney	28,012	0.9%
6	Fremont	25,060	-0.4%
7	Hastings	24,799	-0.2%
8	Norfolk	23,882	1.1%
9	North Platte	23,672	-0.5%
10	Columbus	20,812	-0.7%
11	Papillion	19,032	1.1%
12	Scottsbluff	14,766	-0.4%
13	La Vista	12,891	4.5%
14	Beatrice	12,781	0.9%
15	South Sioux City	11,984	0.0%
16	Lexington	9,978	-0.3%
17	Alliance	8,646	-1.6%
18	McCook	7,878	-0.7%
19	York	7,867	-1.3%
20	Gering	7,691	-0.3%
21	Blair	7,628	0.7%
22	Nebraska City	7,100	-0.9%
23	Plattsmouth	6,896	-0.0%
24	Seward	6,680	1.3%
25	Sidney	6,415	0.4%
26	Crete	6,225	1.0%
27	Ralston	6,188	-0.6%
28	Chadron	5,681	0.5%
29	Holdrege	5,568	-0.7%
30	Wayne	5,433	-1.1%
31	Schuyler	5,405	-0.1%
32	Ogallala	4,888	-2.2%
33	Falls City	4,417	-2.6%
34	Wahoo	4,233	0.6%
35	Fairbury	4,203	-1.3%
36	Aurora	4,201	-0.3%
37	Cozad	4,176	-0.1%
38	Gretna	4,053	16.7%
39	Gothenburg	3,604	-0.3%
40	O'Neill	3,602	-1.5%
41	West Point	3,580	-1.1%
42	Auburn	3,383	-2.2%
43	Broken Bow	3,382	-1.7%
44	Minden	2,929	-1.0%
45	Central City	2,928	-1.1%
46	Valentine	2,807	-1.3%
47	David City	2,611	–
48	Waverly	2,564	1.7%
49	Kimball	2,485	-1.2%
50	Madison	2,370	0.2%
51	Ashland	2,347	1.6%
52	St. Paul	2,218	-0.1%
53	Ord	2,194	-1.6%
54	Geneva	2,163	-1.4%
55	Milford	2,101	-0.3%
56	Imperial	1,935	-0.9%
57	Superior	1,933	-2.7%
58	Dakota City	1,826	0.1%
59	Tekamah	1,818	-2.0%
60	Ainsworth	1,816	-1.1%
61	Valley	1,816	0.6%
62	Mitchell	1,800	-0.9%
63	Syracuse	1,799	0.7%
64	Gibbon	1,792	0.9%
65	Wilber	1,779	0.4%
66	Pierce	1,727	-1.4%
67	Albion	1,715	-1.9%
68	Gordon	1,670	-2.3%
69	Tecumseh	1,656	-1.6%
70	Stanton	1,626	0.2%
71	Wymore	1,625	-0.7%
72	Hartington	1,598	-1.3%
73	Neligh	1,591	-1.8%
74	Bridgeport	1,517	-2.4%
75	Springfield	1,474	0.7%
76	Hebron	1,466	-3.1%
77	Sutton	1,416	-1.1%
78	Ravenna	1,360	-0.4%
79	Wakefield	1,360	-1.5%
80	Fullerton	1,330	-1.9%
81	Oakland	1,304	-2.3%
82	Plainview	1,301	-1.7%
83	Wisner	1,243	-0.9%
84	Terrytown	1,218	-0.3%
85	Creighton	1,214	-2.0%
86	Arlington	1,209	0.3%
87	Atkinson	1,206	-1.6%
88	Wood River	1,202	-0.2%
89	Yutan	1,195	-0.8%
90	North Bend	1,191	-1.0%
91	Stromsburg	1,188	-1.5%
92	Hickman	1,184	2.5%
93	Friend	1,184	0.5%
94	Bayard	1,179	-2.6%
95	Sutherland	1,174	0.3%
96	Alma	1,172	-1.5%
97	Battle Creek	1,171	0.6%
98	Grant	1,165	-2.1%
99	Shelton	1,154	0.5%
100	Pender	1,131	-0.7%

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