Biggest Cities in Nebraska - 2002 Census Data

Top 100 Biggest Cities In Nebraska (2002 Census)

Rank	City	2003 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Gretna	4,053	16.7%
2	Hallam	353	7.8%
3	La Vista	12,891	4.5%
4	Denton	210	4.3%
5	Bennet	626	4.0%
6	Prosser	100	3.7%
7	Ayr	104	3.5%
8	Juniata	781	3.4%
9	Holstein	243	3.2%
10	Boys Town	870	3.1%
11	Roseland	256	3.1%
12	Kenesaw	921	3.1%
13	Washington	136	2.7%
14	Potter	415	2.6%
15	Hickman	1,184	2.5%
16	Elmwood	704	2.4%
17	Malcolm	437	2.4%
18	Julian	67	2.3%
19	Firth	582	2.0%
20	Bertrand	818	2.0%
21	Waverly	2,564	1.7%
22	Taylor	213	1.7%
23	Bellevue	45,968	1.6%
24	Ashland	2,347	1.6%
25	Hubbard	235	1.3%
26	Lincoln	233,737	1.3%
27	Seward	6,680	1.3%
28	Hayes Center	247	1.2%
29	Greenwood	559	1.2%
30	Panama	262	1.2%
31	Lodgepole	357	1.1%
32	Papillion	19,032	1.1%
33	Norfolk	23,882	1.1%
34	Crete	6,225	1.0%
35	Gibbon	1,792	0.9%
36	Hamlet	55	0.9%
37	Kennard	379	0.9%
38	Kearney	28,012	0.9%
39	Beatrice	12,781	0.9%
40	Omaha	417,021	0.9%
41	Fort Calhoun	873	0.9%
42	Waterloo	733	0.8%
43	Raymond	190	0.8%
44	McCool Junction	385	0.8%
45	Blair	7,628	0.7%
46	Amherst	282	0.7%
47	Springfield	1,474	0.7%
48	Sprague	146	0.7%
49	Syracuse	1,799	0.7%
50	Battle Creek	1,171	0.6%
51	Axtell	706	0.6%
52	Whitney	88	0.6%
53	Valley	1,816	0.6%
54	Richland	90	0.6%
55	Wahoo	4,233	0.6%
56	Shelton	1,154	0.5%
57	Tilden	1,090	0.5%
58	Eddyville	97	0.5%
59	Cortland	495	0.5%
60	Homer	597	0.5%
61	Meadow Grove	313	0.5%
62	Friend	1,184	0.5%
63	Chadron	5,681	0.5%
64	Gurley	230	0.4%
65	Long Pine	344	0.4%
66	Sidney	6,415	0.4%
67	Wilber	1,779	0.4%
68	Miller	157	0.3%
69	Davey	155	0.3%
70	Sutherland	1,174	0.3%
71	Tobias	159	0.3%
72	Hadar	315	0.3%
73	Winnebago	744	0.3%
74	Arlington	1,209	0.3%
75	Overton	652	0.2%
76	Dorchester	618	0.2%
77	Farnam	225	0.2%
78	Stanton	1,626	0.2%
79	Newman Grove	798	0.2%
80	Elm Creek	897	0.2%
81	Mead	568	0.2%
82	Madison	2,370	0.2%
83	Alda	654	0.2%
84	Weeping Water	1,105	0.1%
85	Bellwood	447	0.1%
86	Giltner	392	0.1%
87	Cedar Creek	397	0.1%
88	Dakota City	1,826	0.1%
89	Emerson	817	0.1%
90	De Witt	573	0.1%
91	Burr	66	–
92	Lamar	19	–
93	Norman	49	–
94	Surprise	44	–
95	Murray	514	–
96	Phillips	335	–
97	Dwight	259	–
98	South Bend	86	–
99	Abie	110	–
100	Garrison	67	–

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