# Cities in Nebraska by population, 2025

All 16 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/nebraska-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Omaha, NE | 488,797 |
| 2 | Lincoln, NE | 301,522 |
| 3 | Bellevue, NE | 64,863 |
| 4 | Grand Island, NE | 53,943 |
| 5 | Kearney, NE | 34,782 |
| 6 | Fremont, NE | 28,350 |
| 7 | Norfolk, NE | 26,677 |
| 8 | Columbus, NE | 25,248 |
| 9 | Papillion, NE | 25,127 |
| 10 | Hastings, NE | 25,121 |
| 11 | North Platte, NE | 22,524 |
| 12 | La Vista, NE | 16,543 |
| 13 | Scottsbluff, NE | 14,259 |
| 14 | South Sioux City, NE | 14,158 |
| 15 | Beatrice, NE | 12,318 |
| 16 | Lexington, NE | 11,176 |