List of municipalities in Nebraska explained

Nebraska is a state located in the Midwestern United States. According to the 2020 census, Nebraska was the 37th most populous state with 1,961,504 inhabitants[1] and the 15th largest by land area spanning 76824.17sqmi of land.[2]

Incorporated communities in Nebraska are legally classified as cities or villages depending on their population:[3] a village is a municipality of 100 through 800 inhabitants, whereas a city must have at least 800 inhabitants. There are 529 municipalities. Of Nebraska's 529 municipalities, 147 are cities and 382 are villages.

List of municipalities

2022 RankCityType2022 Estimate2020 Census[4] ChangeCounty
OmahaCityDouglas
LincolnCityLancaster
BellevueCitySarpy
Grand IslandCityHall
KearneyCityBuffalo
FremontCityDodge
NorfolkCityMadison
HastingsCityAdams
ColumbusCityPlatte
PapillionCitySarpy
North PlatteCityLincoln
La VistaCitySarpy
ScottsbluffCityScotts Bluff
South Sioux CityCityDakota
BeatriceCityGage
LexingtonCityDawson
GretnaCitySarpy
GeringCityScotts Bluff
YorkCityYork
AllianceCityBox Butte
BlairCityWashington
SewardCitySeward
Nebraska CityCityOtoe
McCookCityRed Willow
CreteCitySaline
PlattsmouthCityCass
SchuylerCityColfax
RalstonCityDouglas
SidneyCityCheyenne
WayneCityWayne
HoldregeCityPhelps
ChadronCityDawes
WahooCitySaunders
OgallalaCityKeith
AuroraCityHamilton
WaverlyCityLancaster
Falls CityCityRichardson
CozadCityDawson
FairburyCityJefferson
O'NeillCityHolt
AuburnCityNemaha
Broken BowCityCuster
West PointCityCuming
GothenburgCityDawson
AshlandCitySaunders
ValleyCityDouglas
MindenCityKearney
Central CityCityMerrick
HickmanCityLancaster
David CityCityButler
ValentineCityCherry
St. PaulCityHoward
KimballCityKimball
MilfordCitySeward
MadisonCityMadison
GenevaCityFillmore
OrdCityValley
Dakota CityCityDakota
ImperialCityChase
BenningtonCityDouglas
SyracuseCityOtoe
WilberCitySaline
GibbonCityBuffalo
PierceCityPierce
SuperiorCityNuckolls
TekamahCityBurt
AlbionCityBoone
TecumsehCityJohnson
AinsworthCityBrown
MitchellCityScotts Bluff
NelighCityAntelope
HartingtonCityCedar
WakefieldCityDixon
Wayne
SpringfieldCitySarpy
StantonCityStanton
GordonCitySheridan
BridgeportCityMorrill
SuttonCityClay
YutanCitySaunders
HebronCityThayer
RavennaCityBuffalo
OaklandCityBurt
LouisvilleCityCass
WymoreCityGage
ArlingtonVillageWashington
AtkinsonCityHolt
PlainviewCityPierce
SutherlandVillageLincoln
North BendCityDodge
FullertonCityNance
WisnerCityCuming
EagleVillageCass
Battle CreekCityMadison
GrantCityPerkins
Wood RiverCityHall
StromsburgCityPolk
CreightonCityKnox
BayardCityMorrill
Fort CalhounCityWashington
HendersonCityYork
BennetCityLancaster
CambridgeCityFurnas
BurwellCityGarfield
Loup CityCitySherman
PenderVillageThurston
Weeping WaterCityCass
SheltonVillageBuffalo
Hall
TerrytownCityScotts Bluff
AlmaCityHarlan
TildenCityMadison
Antelope
Elm CreekVillageBuffalo
LaurelCityCedar
ArapahoeCityFurnas
CerescoVillageSaunders
BloomfieldCityKnox
Red CloudCityWebster
HarvardCityClay
FriendCitySaline
FranklinCityFranklin
MorrillVillageScotts Bluff
WaterlooVillageDouglas
KenesawVillageAdams
PoncaCityDixon
RandolphCityCedar
WinnebagoVillageThurston
GenoaCityNance
ChappellCityDeuel
Pawnee CityCityPawnee
OsceolaCityPolk
HumphreyCityPlatte
CurtisCityFrontier
CrawfordCityDawes
UticaVillageSeward
LyonsCityBurt
ScribnerCityDodge
DoniphanVillageHall
CairoVillageHall
OsmondCityPierce
RushvilleCitySheridan
EmersonVillageDixon
Dakota
Thurston
Blue HillCityWebster
HumboldtCityRichardson
OshkoshCityGarden
BenkelmanCityDundy
HooperCityDodge
HemingfordVillageBox Butte
CroftonCityKnox
AxtellVillageKearney
JuniataVillageAdams
DeshlerCityThayer
ShelbyVillagePolk
St. EdwardCityBoone
Clay CenterCityClay
OxfordVillageFurnas
Harlan
BertrandVillagePhelps
MinatareCityScotts Bluff
ElginCityAntelope
WalthillVillageThurston
ElmwoodVillageCass
FirthVillageLancaster
AldaVillageHall
Newman GroveCityMadison
Platte
HersheyVillageLincoln
ClarksonCityColfax
MeadVillageSaunders
ElwoodVillageGosper
BeemerVillageCuming
Cedar BluffsVillageSaunders
AdamsVillageGage
DorchesterVillageSaline
GreenwoodVillageCass
ValparaisoVillageSaunders
PeruCityNemaha
OvertonVillageDawson
FairmontVillageFillmore
ArnoldVillageCuster
DodgeVillageDodge
WausaVillageKnox
Hay SpringsVillageSheridan
PalmyraVillageOtoe
Boys TownVillageDouglas
CallawayVillageCuster
HowellsVillageColfax
VerdigreVillageKnox
BassettCityRock
WaunetaVillageChase
CulbertsonVillageHitchcock
IndianolaCityRed Willow
ColeridgeVillageCedar
Beaver CityCityFurnas
ExeterVillageFillmore
De WittVillageSaline
PaxtonVillageKeith
HomerVillageDakota
TrentonVillageHitchcock
CortlandVillageGage
BancroftVillageCuming
StuartVillageHolt
MurrayVillageCass
SargentCityCuster
SterlingVillageJohnson
MalcolmVillageLancaster
McCool JunctionVillageYork
Cedar CreekVillageCass
MullenVillageHooker
AnsleyVillageCuster
NelsonCityNuckolls
PalmerVillageMerrick
HamptonVillageHamilton
LeighVillageColfax
SpaldingVillageGreeley
EdgarCityClay
SanteeVillageKnox
DecaturVillageBurt
BellwoodVillageButler
EustisVillageFrontier
Big SpringsVillageDeuel
GiltnerVillageHamilton
Greeley CenterVillageGreeley
LoomisVillagePhelps
SpencerVillageBoyd
DuncanVillagePlatte
Cedar RapidsVillageBoone
KennardVillageWashington
WinsideVillageWayne
Beaver CrossingVillageSeward
HildrethVillageFranklin
BradyVillageLincoln
EwingVillageHolt
InglewoodVillageDodge
PleasantonVillageBuffalo
NiobraraVillageKnox
PlymouthVillageJefferson
OrchardVillageAntelope
Rising CityVillageButler
BrainardVillageButler
ShickleyVillageFillmore
AllenVillageDixon
ClarksVillageMerrick
MernaVillageCuster
PotterVillageCheyenne
PolkVillagePolk
OrleansVillageHarlan
PetersburgVillageBoone
FairfieldCityClay
Platte CenterVillagePlatte
PhillipsVillageHamilton
WilcoxVillageKearney
ClearwaterVillageAntelope
BruleVillageKeith
Silver CreekVillageMerrick
CookVillageJohnson
LodgepoleVillageCheyenne
DavenportVillageThayer
JohnsonVillageNemaha
StrattonVillageHitchcock
WallaceVillageLincoln
NickersonVillageDodge
ScotiaVillageGreeley
Long PineCityBrown
UnadillaVillageOtoe
WacoVillageYork
HadarVillagePierce
PragueVillageSaunders
PalisadeVillageHitchcock
Hayes
DaltonVillageCheyenne
HallamVillageLancaster
LindsayVillagePlatte
MonroeVillagePlatte
ChambersVillageHolt
ArcadiaVillageValley
BradshawVillageYork
Blue SpringsCityGage
BruningVillageThayer
MaywoodVillageFrontier
Meadow GroveVillageMadison
DannebrogVillageHoward
MurdockVillageCass
OakdaleVillageAntelope
ButteVillageBoyd
LawrenceVillageNuckolls
BartleyVillageRed Willow
CampbellVillageFranklin
HoskinsVillageWayne
GlenvilVillageClay
NewcastleVillageDixon
ClatoniaVillageGage
RoselandVillageAdams
ChapmanVillageMerrick
DillerVillageJefferson
North LoupVillageValley
OdellVillageGage
LymanVillageScotts Bluff
StapletonVillageLogan
MaxwellVillageLincoln
WestonVillageSaunders
RiverdaleVillageBuffalo
SumnerVillageDawson
HermanVillageWashington
SnyderVillageDodge
MilliganVillageFillmore
SpringviewVillageKeya Paha
MarquetteVillageHamilton
PilgerVillageStanton
Table RockVillagePawnee
MadridVillagePerkins
HarrisonVillageSioux
PanamaVillageLancaster
StaplehurstVillageSeward
UehlingVillageDodge
WolbachVillageGreeley
DwightVillageButler
Hayes CenterVillageHayes
WesternVillageSaline
GreshamVillageYork
LitchfieldVillageSherman
WynotVillageCedar
ChesterVillageThayer
RocaVillageLancaster
Pleasant DaleVillageSeward
ThedfordVillageThomas
GarlandVillageSeward
BenedictVillageYork
TalmageVillageOtoe
CraigVillageBurt
HolbrookVillageFurnas
JacksonVillageDakota
AmherstVillageBuffalo
BladenVillageWebster
AshtonVillageSherman
TrumbullVillageClay
Adams
Guide RockVillageWebster
UnionVillageCass
ElbaVillageHoward
UlyssesVillageButler
CarrollVillageWayne
HolsteinVillageAdams
LynchVillageBoyd
GurleyVillageCheyenne
AvocaVillageCass
DentonVillageLancaster
DixVillageKimball
Howard City (Boelus)VillageHoward
PickrellVillageGage
FarnamVillageDawson
GoehnerVillageSeward
FunkVillagePhelps
CrestonVillagePlatte
NehawkaVillageCass
DouglasVillageOtoe
LewellenVillageGarden
ManleyVillageCass
BeeVillageSeward
CodyVillageCherry
DunbarVillageOtoe
OtoeVillageOtoe
PageVillageHolt
HubbardVillageDakota
VerdonVillageRichardson
IthacaVillageSaunders
StamfordVillageHarlan
VenangoVillagePerkins
ShubertVillageRichardson
BrunswickVillageAntelope
RaymondVillageLancaster
DaykinVillageJefferson
HyannisVillageGrant
RosalieVillageThurston
StellaVillageRichardson
Mason CityVillageCuster
DawsonVillageRichardson
RuloVillageRichardson
AlexandriaVillageThayer
BrownvilleVillageNemaha
HaiglerVillageDundy
OcontoVillageCuster
TaylorVillageLoup
Republican CityVillageHarlan
FarwellVillageHoward
SpragueVillageLancaster
FordyceVillageCedar
HordvilleVillageHamilton
WashingtonVillageWashington
DaveyVillageLancaster
MillerVillageBuffalo
ArthurVillageArthur
HenryVillageScotts Bluff
UplandVillageFranklin
BrockVillageNemaha
Du BoisVillagePawnee
FilleyVillageGage
Morse BluffVillageSaunders
OhiowaVillageFillmore
ConcordVillageDixon
AlvoVillageCass
ColonVillageSaunders
EndicottVillageJefferson
NemahaVillageNemaha
ThurstonVillageThurston
TobiasVillageSaline
BeldenVillageCedar
BloomingtonVillageFranklin
BushnellVillageKimball
EdisonVillageFurnas
LesharaVillageSaunders
MelbetaVillageScotts Bluff
MemphisVillageSaunders
AnselmoVillageCuster
GraftonVillageFillmore
OctaviaVillageButler
BartlettVillageWheeler
RuskinVillageNuckolls
AtlantaVillagePhelps
BelgradeVillageNance
ElsieVillagePerkins
JansenVillageJefferson
InmanVillageHolt
BrunoVillageButler
South BendVillageCass
BroadwaterVillageMorrill
MalmoVillageSaunders
CordovaVillageSeward
HardyVillageNuckolls
LinwoodVillageButler
BarnestonVillageGage
St. HelenaVillageCedar
EricsonVillageWheeler
RockvilleVillageSherman
ByronVillageThayer
CarletonVillageThayer
MerrimanVillageCherry
AyrVillageAdams
NaperVillageBoyd
NaponeeVillageFranklin
EddyvilleVillageDawson
DunningVillageBlaine
SalemVillageRichardson
HeartwellVillageKearney
RogersVillageColfax
BurchardVillagePawnee
CenterVillageKnox
DixonVillageDixon
MartinsburgVillageDixon
BerwynVillageCuster
SwantonVillageSaline
DanburyVillageRed Willow
ProsserVillageAdams
CrookstonVillageCherry
RichlandVillageColfax
VirginiaVillageGage
WilsonvilleVillageFurnas
WellfleetVillageLincoln
WaterburyVillageDixon
ComstockVillageCuster
Elk CreekVillageJohnson
BristowVillageBoyd
KilgoreVillageCherry
NewportVillageRock
AbieVillageButler
HalseyVillageThomas
Blaine
McGrewVillageScotts Bluff
HazardVillageSherman
WhitneyVillageDawes
HubbellVillageThayer
ReynoldsVillageJefferson
SmithfieldVillageGosper
SteinauerVillagePawnee
MaskellVillageDixon
GarrisonVillageButler
PrimroseVillageBoone
RivertonVillageFranklin
RoyalVillageAntelope
BelvidereVillageThayer
BurrVillageOtoe
HarbineVillageJefferson
LewistonVillagePawnee
WinnetoonVillageKnox
ElyriaVillageValley
OakVillageNuckolls
TarnovVillagePlatte
OngVillageClay
EmmetVillageHolt
Wood LakeVillageCherry
JohnstownVillageBrown
LebanonVillageRed Willow
Steele CityVillageJefferson
ThayerVillageYork
Crab OrchardVillageJohnson
JulianVillageNemaha
MagnetVillageCedar
DeweeseVillageClay
FosterVillagePierce
ClintonVillageSheridan
VerdelVillageKnox
SurpriseVillageButler
SaronvilleVillageClay
McLeanVillagePierce
LortonVillageOtoe
StrangVillageFillmore
CushingVillageHoward
LibertyVillageGage
NormanVillageKearney
CornleaVillagePlatte
StockhamVillageHamilton
GandyVillageLogan
HuntleyVillageHarlan
CotesfieldVillageHoward
GileadVillageThayer
HamletVillageHayes
LushtonVillageYork
MoorefieldVillageFrontier
LamarVillageChase
Bazile MillsVillageKnox
ObertVillageCedar
HendleyVillageFurnas
RaganVillageHarlan
StockvilleVillageFrontier
NoraVillageNuckolls
BaradaVillageRichardson
CowlesVillageWebster
WinslowVillageDodge
PrestonVillageRichardson
NenzelVillageCherry
SholesVillageWayne
AnokaVillageBoyd
BurtonVillageKeya Paha
BrewsterVillageBlaine
GrossVillageBoyd
MonowiVillageBoyd

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Change in Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1910 to 2020 . Census.gov . United States Census Bureau . April 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210426202412/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/population-change-data-table.pdf . April 26, 2021 . live.
  2. Web site: GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State – Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision . . . June 17, 2015 . https://archive.today/20200213114736/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.ST10/0400000US01 . February 13, 2020 . dead.
  3. http://www.neded.org/files/research/stathand/asect7.htm "Nebraska Incorporated Places by Legal Classification".
  4. Web site: 2020 Census Redistricting Data. census.gov. United States Census Bureau. August 20, 2021.