Top 100 Biggest Cities In Nebraska (2015 Census)

Rank City 2016 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Omaha 443,885 1.7%
2 Lincoln 277,348 1.4%
3 Bellevue 55,510 2.1%
4 Grand Island 51,440 1.2%
5 Kearney 33,021 1.4%
6 Fremont 26,474 0.1%
7 Hastings 24,924 0.0%
8 Norfolk 24,366 0.1%
9 North Platte 24,194 -0.4%
10 Columbus 22,797 0.6%
11 Papillion 19,510 0.6%
12 La Vista 16,921 1.4%
13 Scottsbluff 14,802 -0.3%
14 South Sioux City 13,319 -0.1%
15 Beatrice 12,388 -0.1%
16 Lexington 10,075 -0.3%
17 Alliance 8,522 0.1%
18 Gering 8,334 -0.4%
19 Blair 7,975 -0.0%
20 York 7,864 0.3%
21 McCook 7,580 -0.3%
22 Nebraska City 7,335 0.1%
23 Seward 7,167 0.6%
24 Crete 7,037 0.2%
25 Sidney 6,942 0.5%
26 Plattsmouth 6,462 -0.1%
27 Schuyler 6,171 -0.1%
28 Ralston 5,994 0.2%
29 Chadron 5,775 -0.3%
30 Wayne 5,569 -0.3%
31 Holdrege 5,561 0.2%
32 Gretna 5,046 2.6%
33 Ogallala 4,570 -0.7%
34 Wahoo 4,511 0.0%
35 Aurora 4,496 0.1%
36 Falls City 4,198 -0.6%
37 Cozad 3,863 -0.6%
38 Fairbury 3,751 -1.0%
39 Waverly 3,739 2.7%
40 O'Neill 3,653 -0.3%
41 Broken Bow 3,551 -0.0%
42 Gothenburg 3,514 -0.3%
43 West Point 3,368 0.0%
44 Auburn 3,339 -0.7%
45 Minden 3,006 0.6%
46 Central City 2,886 -0.3%
47 Valentine 2,836 0.7%
48 David City 2,836 -0.5%
49 Ashland 2,558 0.8%
50 Kimball 2,405 -0.7%
51 Madison 2,371 -0.6%
52 St. Paul 2,358 0.6%
53 Geneva 2,131 -0.8%
54 Valley 2,117 2.5%
55 Milford 2,107 0.2%
56 Hickman 2,079 4.6%
57 Ord 2,061 -0.5%
58 Imperial 2,056 -0.1%
59 Syracuse 1,993 0.5%
60 Dakota City 1,906 -0.1%
61 Superior 1,884 -0.8%
62 Gibbon 1,879 0.5%
63 Wilber 1,870 0.2%
64 Pierce 1,748 -0.2%
65 Tekamah 1,743 0.1%
66 Bennington 1,669 2.7%
67 Mitchell 1,666 -0.4%
68 Ainsworth 1,626 -1.2%
69 Tecumseh 1,626 -0.6%
70 Albion 1,589 -0.8%
71 Springfield 1,584 0.7%
72 Hebron 1,543 -0.5%
73 Gordon 1,531 -1.0%
74 Neligh 1,527 -0.9%
75 Bridgeport 1,521 -0.3%
76 Stanton 1,519 -0.7%
77 Hartington 1,506 -0.6%
78 Sutton 1,440 -0.8%
79 Wymore 1,414 -0.6%
80 Wakefield 1,403 -0.7%
81 Ravenna 1,373 0.2%
82 Wood River 1,367 0.6%
83 Sutherland 1,336 0.8%
84 Fullerton 1,266 -0.6%
85 Arlington 1,246 0.0%
86 Atkinson 1,241 -0.1%
87 North Bend 1,234 1.0%
88 Plainview 1,221 -0.4%
89 Yutan 1,212 0.6%
90 Burwell 1,211 0.0%
91 Oakland 1,202 -0.7%
92 Battle Creek 1,193 -0.2%
93 Wisner 1,184 0.2%
94 Louisville 1,174 1.2%
95 Terrytown 1,172 -0.4%
96 Bayard 1,148 -1.0%
97 Alma 1,146 0.2%
98 Grant 1,133 -0.6%
99 Stromsburg 1,132 -0.7%
100 Creighton 1,120 -0.6%

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