Top 100 Biggest Cities In Nebraska (2016 Census)

Rank	City	2017 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Omaha	446,970	1.5%
2	Lincoln	280,364	1.4%
3	Bellevue	53,505	1.1%
4	Grand Island	51,517	1.0%
5	Kearney	33,520	1.4%
6	Fremont	26,519	0.1%
7	Hastings	24,991	0.1%
8	Norfolk	24,348	0.1%
9	North Platte	24,110	-0.4%
10	Columbus	22,851	0.6%
11	Papillion	19,597	0.6%
12	La Vista	17,143	1.4%
13	Scottsbluff	14,883	-0.2%
14	South Sioux City	13,120	-0.3%
15	Beatrice	12,362	-0.1%
16	Lexington	10,004	-0.4%
17	Alliance	8,403	-0.2%
18	Gering	8,360	-0.3%
19	Blair	8,089	0.2%
20	York	7,860	0.2%
21	McCook	7,526	-0.4%
22	Nebraska City	7,347	0.1%
23	Ralston	7,329	3.6%
24	Seward	7,219	0.6%
25	Crete	7,059	0.2%
26	Sidney	6,888	0.3%
27	Plattsmouth	6,479	-0.1%
28	Schuyler	6,106	-0.3%
29	Chadron	5,725	-0.4%
30	Wayne	5,573	-0.3%
31	Holdrege	5,555	0.2%
32	Gretna	5,060	2.2%
33	Ogallala	4,543	-0.7%
34	Wahoo	4,499	-0.0%
35	Aurora	4,484	0.0%
36	Falls City	4,214	-0.4%
37	Cozad	3,805	-0.7%
38	Waverly	3,786	2.4%
39	Fairbury	3,714	-1.0%
40	O'Neill	3,631	-0.3%
41	Broken Bow	3,539	-0.1%
42	Gothenburg	3,475	-0.5%
43	West Point	3,327	-0.2%
44	Auburn	3,299	-0.8%
45	Minden	2,996	0.4%
46	Central City	2,905	-0.2%
47	David City	2,815	-0.5%
48	Valentine	2,803	0.4%
49	Ashland	2,566	0.8%
50	Kimball	2,400	-0.7%
51	Madison	2,364	-0.5%
52	St. Paul	2,349	0.4%
53	Valley	2,172	2.5%
54	Geneva	2,162	-0.4%
55	Hickman	2,139	4.3%
56	Milford	2,112	0.2%
57	Ord	2,078	-0.3%
58	Imperial	2,047	-0.2%
59	Syracuse	2,007	0.6%
60	Gibbon	1,909	0.7%
61	Wilber	1,891	0.3%
62	Dakota City	1,880	-0.3%
63	Superior	1,856	-0.9%
64	Pierce	1,739	-0.3%
65	Tekamah	1,730	-0.1%
66	Mitchell	1,669	-0.3%
67	Ainsworth	1,635	-0.9%
68	Tecumseh	1,631	-0.5%
69	Springfield	1,604	0.8%
70	Albion	1,599	-0.5%
71	Hebron	1,537	-0.4%
72	Gordon	1,535	-0.8%
73	Neligh	1,527	-0.8%
74	Hartington	1,523	-0.3%
75	Stanton	1,516	-0.7%
76	Bennington	1,510	0.6%
77	Bridgeport	1,497	-0.5%
78	Sutton	1,411	-1.0%
79	Wymore	1,401	-0.7%
80	Wakefield	1,389	-0.7%
81	Ravenna	1,373	0.2%
82	Wood River	1,354	0.4%
83	Sutherland	1,343	0.7%
84	Arlington	1,273	0.4%
85	Fullerton	1,259	-0.6%
86	Atkinson	1,249	0.1%
87	North Bend	1,238	0.8%
88	Yutan	1,235	0.8%
89	Louisville	1,224	1.7%
90	Plainview	1,204	-0.6%
91	Burwell	1,202	-0.1%
92	Battle Creek	1,194	-0.2%
93	Oakland	1,192	-0.7%
94	Terrytown	1,177	-0.3%
95	Wisner	1,174	0.1%
96	Alma	1,153	0.3%
97	Stromsburg	1,140	-0.4%
98	Bayard	1,134	-1.1%
99	Creighton	1,117	-0.5%
100	Grant	1,115	-0.7%

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