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 528 municipalities. Of Nebraska's 528 municipalities, 147 are cities and 381 are villages.

List of municipalities

2023 RankCityType2023 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
CreteCitySaline
Nebraska CityCityOtoe
McCookCityRed Willow
PlattsmouthCityCass
SchuylerCityColfax
SidneyCityCheyenne
RalstonCityDouglas
WayneCityWayne
HoldregeCityPhelps
ChadronCityDawes
WahooCitySaunders
AuroraCityHamilton
OgallalaCityKeith
WaverlyCityLancaster
Falls CityCityRichardson
CozadCityDawson
FairburyCityJefferson
O'NeillCityHolt
Broken BowCityCuster
AuburnCityNemaha
West PointCityCuming
GothenburgCityDawson
AshlandCitySaunders
ValleyCityDouglas
HickmanCityLancaster
MindenCityKearney
Central CityCityMerrick
David CityCityButler
ValentineCityCherry
St. PaulCityHoward
MilfordCitySeward
KimballCityKimball
MadisonCityMadison
GenevaCityFillmore
OrdCityValley
Dakota CityCityDakota
SyracuseCityOtoe
ImperialCityChase
BenningtonCityDouglas
WilberCitySaline
GibbonCityBuffalo
SuperiorCityNuckolls
PierceCityPierce
TekamahCityBurt
AlbionCityBoone
TecumsehCityJohnson
AinsworthCityBrown
MitchellCityScotts Bluff
StantonCityStanton
NelighCityAntelope
SpringfieldCitySarpy
WakefieldCityDixon
Wayne
HartingtonCityCedar
SuttonCityClay
BridgeportCityMorrill
GordonCitySheridan
YutanCitySaunders
LouisvilleCityCass
HebronCityThayer
RavennaCityBuffalo
OaklandCityBurt
WymoreCityGage
ArlingtonVillageWashington
AtkinsonCityHolt
PlainviewCityPierce
North BendCityDodge
SutherlandVillageLincoln
WisnerCityCuming
FullertonCityNance
EagleVillageCass
Battle CreekCityMadison
Wood RiverCityHall
StromsburgCityPolk
GrantCityPerkins
BayardCityMorrill
CreightonCityKnox
Fort CalhounCityWashington
HendersonCityYork
BennetVillageLancaster
CambridgeCityFurnas
Loup CityCitySherman
Weeping WaterCityCass
BurwellCityGarfield
PenderVillageThurston
SheltonVillageBuffalo
Hall
TerrytownCityScotts Bluff
AlmaCityHarlan
TildenCityMadison
Antelope
Elm CreekVillageBuffalo
CerescoVillageSaunders
ArapahoeCityFurnas
BloomfieldCityKnox
LaurelCityCedar
Red CloudCityWebster
HarvardCityClay
FriendCitySaline
MorrillVillageScotts Bluff
KenesawVillageAdams
WaterlooVillageDouglas
FranklinCityFranklin
PoncaCityDixon
WinnebagoVillageThurston
RandolphCityCedar
OsceolaCityPolk
GenoaCityNance
HumphreyCityPlatte
ChappellCityDeuel
Pawnee CityCityPawnee
UticaVillageSeward
CrawfordCityDawes
CurtisCityFrontier
LyonsCityBurt
DoniphanVillageHall
ScribnerCityDodge
EmersonVillageDixon
Dakota
Thurston
CairoVillageHall
OsmondCityPierce
Blue HillCityWebster
HumboldtCityRichardson
HooperCityDodge
RushvilleCitySheridan
OshkoshCityGarden
BenkelmanCityDundy
HemingfordVillageBox Butte
AxtellVillageKearney
CroftonCityKnox
JuniataVillageAdams
ShelbyVillagePolk
Clay CenterCityClay
DeshlerCityThayer
BertrandVillagePhelps
St. EdwardCityBoone
MinatareCityScotts Bluff
ElginCityAntelope
OxfordVillageFurnas
Harlan
ElmwoodVillageCass
WalthillVillageThurston
FirthVillageLancaster
AldaVillageHall
Newman GroveCityMadison
Platte
BeemerVillageCuming
ElwoodVillageGosper
ClarksonCityColfax
MeadVillageSaunders
HersheyVillageLincoln
Cedar BluffsVillageSaunders
AdamsVillageGage
GreenwoodVillageCass
DorchesterVillageSaline
Boys TownVillageDouglas
ValparaisoVillageSaunders
PeruCityNemaha
ArnoldVillageCuster
OvertonVillageDawson
FairmontVillageFillmore
WausaVillageKnox
DodgeVillageDodge
Hay SpringsVillageSheridan
CallawayVillageCuster
PalmyraVillageOtoe
HowellsVillageColfax
BassettCityRock
VerdigreVillageKnox
Beaver CityCityFurnas
WaunetaVillageChase
ExeterVillageFillmore
IndianolaCityRed Willow
CulbertsonVillageHitchcock
HomerVillageDakota
ColeridgeVillageCedar
CortlandVillageGage
De WittVillageSaline
PaxtonVillageKeith
StuartVillageHolt
TrentonVillageHitchcock
MurrayVillageCass
BancroftVillageCuming
SargentCityCuster
McCool JunctionVillageYork
Cedar CreekVillageCass
MalcolmVillageLancaster
SterlingVillageJohnson
AnsleyVillageCuster
MullenVillageHooker
NelsonCityNuckolls
PalmerVillageMerrick
LeighVillageColfax
HamptonVillageHamilton
EdgarCityClay
SpaldingVillageGreeley
SanteeVillageKnox
GiltnerVillageHamilton
DecaturVillageBurt
BellwoodVillageButler
Greeley CenterVillageGreeley
Big SpringsVillageDeuel
EustisVillageFrontier
LoomisVillagePhelps
DuncanVillagePlatte
SpencerVillageBoyd
PleasantonVillageBuffalo
Cedar RapidsVillageBoone
EwingVillageHolt
KennardVillageWashington
WinsideVillageWayne
Beaver CrossingVillageSeward
BradyVillageLincoln
HildrethVillageFranklin
InglewoodVillageDodge
NiobraraVillageKnox
Rising CityVillageButler
PlymouthVillageJefferson
AllenVillageDixon
OrchardVillageAntelope
BrainardVillageButler
MernaVillageCuster
ShickleyVillageFillmore
PolkVillagePolk
PotterVillageCheyenne
ClarksVillageMerrick
FairfieldCityClay
OrleansVillageHarlan
Platte CenterVillagePlatte
WilcoxVillageKearney
PhillipsVillageHamilton
ClearwaterVillageAntelope
PetersburgVillageBoone
Silver CreekVillageMerrick
LodgepoleVillageCheyenne
JohnsonVillageNemaha
BruleVillageKeith
CookVillageJohnson
DavenportVillageThayer
StrattonVillageHitchcock
WacoVillageYork
WallaceVillageLincoln
UnadillaVillageOtoe
NickersonVillageDodge
ScotiaVillageGreeley
Long PineCityBrown
PragueVillageSaunders
HadarVillagePierce
HallamVillageLancaster
DaltonVillageCheyenne
MonroeVillagePlatte
ChambersVillageHolt
LindsayVillagePlatte
PalisadeVillageHitchcock
Hayes
BradshawVillageYork
ArcadiaVillageValley
MurdockVillageCass
DannebrogVillageHoward
Blue SpringsCityGage
ButteVillageBoyd
Meadow GroveVillageMadison
BruningVillageThayer
HoskinsVillageWayne
LawrenceVillageNuckolls
OakdaleVillageAntelope
GlenvilVillageClay
MaywoodVillageFrontier
NewcastleVillageDixon
BartleyVillageRed Willow
ChapmanVillageMerrick
CampbellVillageFranklin
ClatoniaVillageGage
RoselandVillageAdams
DillerVillageJefferson
OdellVillageGage
LymanVillageScotts Bluff
WestonVillageSaunders
MaxwellVillageLincoln
MilliganVillageFillmore
North LoupVillageValley
HermanVillageWashington
SpringviewVillageKeya Paha
StapletonVillageLogan
SumnerVillageDawson
PilgerVillageStanton
RiverdaleVillageBuffalo
SnyderVillageDodge
HarrisonVillageSioux
MarquetteVillageHamilton
Table RockVillagePawnee
MadridVillagePerkins
WolbachVillageGreeley
DwightVillageButler
PanamaVillageLancaster
StaplehurstVillageSeward
UehlingVillageDodge
Hayes CenterVillageHayes
GreshamVillageYork
WesternVillageSaline
LitchfieldVillageSherman
WynotVillageCedar
ChesterVillageThayer
ThedfordVillageThomas
RocaVillageLancaster
Pleasant DaleVillageSeward
GarlandVillageSeward
TalmageVillageOtoe
BenedictVillageYork
CraigVillageBurt
JacksonVillageDakota
BladenVillageWebster
HolbrookVillageFurnas
UnionVillageCass
AmherstVillageBuffalo
Guide RockVillageWebster
TrumbullVillageClay
Adams
ElbaVillageHoward
AshtonVillageSherman
UlyssesVillageButler
DentonVillageLancaster
GurleyVillageCheyenne
LynchVillageBoyd
CarrollVillageWayne
HolsteinVillageAdams
PickrellVillageGage
AvocaVillageCass
DixVillageKimball
Howard City (Boelus)VillageHoward
FarnamVillageDawson
CrestonVillagePlatte
FunkVillagePhelps
GoehnerVillageSeward
ManleyVillageCass
DouglasVillageOtoe
NehawkaVillageCass
HubbardVillageDakota
DunbarVillageOtoe
BeeVillageSeward
CodyVillageCherry
LewellenVillageGarden
OtoeVillageOtoe
PageVillageHolt
IthacaVillageSaunders
VerdonVillageRichardson
ShubertVillageRichardson
StamfordVillageHarlan
BrunswickVillageAntelope
RaymondVillageLancaster
VenangoVillagePerkins
DaykinVillageJefferson
RosalieVillageThurston
HyannisVillageGrant
Mason CityVillageCuster
DawsonVillageRichardson
StellaVillageRichardson
RuloVillageRichardson
BrownvilleVillageNemaha
OcontoVillageCuster
AlexandriaVillageThayer
HaiglerVillageDundy
Republican CityVillageHarlan
TaylorVillageLoup
FarwellVillageHoward
HordvilleVillageHamilton
SpragueVillageLancaster
FordyceVillageCedar
WashingtonVillageWashington
HenryVillageScotts Bluff
MillerVillageBuffalo
DaveyVillageLancaster
Morse BluffVillageSaunders
UplandVillageFranklin
BrockVillageNemaha
Du BoisVillagePawnee
OhiowaVillageFillmore
FilleyVillageGage
ArthurVillageArthur
ConcordVillageDixon
AlvoVillageCass
ColonVillageSaunders
NemahaVillageNemaha
ThurstonVillageThurston
TobiasVillageSaline
BeldenVillageCedar
BushnellVillageKimball
LesharaVillageSaunders
EdisonVillageFurnas
EndicottVillageJefferson
GraftonVillageFillmore
MemphisVillageSaunders
BloomingtonVillageFranklin
MelbetaVillageScotts Bluff
AnselmoVillageCuster
OctaviaVillageButler
BartlettVillageWheeler
RuskinVillageNuckolls
AtlantaVillagePhelps
ElsieVillagePerkins
BelgradeVillageNance
InmanVillageHolt
BrunoVillageButler
JansenVillageJefferson
BroadwaterVillageMorrill
MalmoVillageSaunders
CordovaVillageSeward
South BendVillageCass
HardyVillageNuckolls
LinwoodVillageButler
EricsonVillageWheeler
RockvilleVillageSherman
St. HelenaVillageCedar
BarnestonVillageGage
MerrimanVillageCherry
CarletonVillageThayer
AyrVillageAdams
ByronVillageThayer
EddyvilleVillageDawson
NaperVillageBoyd
NaponeeVillageFranklin
SalemVillageRichardson
DunningVillageBlaine
HeartwellVillageKearney
RogersVillageColfax
DixonVillageDixon
MartinsburgVillageDixon
BurchardVillagePawnee
ProsserVillageAdams
SwantonVillageSaline
WilsonvilleVillageFurnas
BerwynVillageCuster
CenterVillageKnox
DanburyVillageRed Willow
RichlandVillageColfax
ComstockVillageCuster
CrookstonVillageCherry
VirginiaVillageGage
WaterburyVillageDixon
WellfleetVillageLincoln
KilgoreVillageCherry
NewportVillageRock
BristowVillageBoyd
AbieVillageButler
McGrewVillageScotts Bluff
Elk CreekVillageJohnson
HalseyVillageThomas
Blaine
HazardVillageSherman
HubbellVillageThayer
MaskellVillageDixon
SmithfieldVillageGosper
WhitneyVillageDawes
LewistonVillagePawnee
GarrisonVillageButler
PrimroseVillageBoone
RoyalVillageAntelope
SteinauerVillagePawnee
ReynoldsVillageJefferson
BelvidereVillageThayer
BurrVillageOtoe
RivertonVillageFranklin
HarbineVillageJefferson
OakVillageNuckolls
ThayerVillageYork
TarnovVillagePlatte
WinnetoonVillageKnox
ElyriaVillageValley
OngVillageClay
Steele CityVillageJefferson
Wood LakeVillageCherry
EmmetVillageHolt
JohnstownVillageBrown
JulianVillageNemaha
LebanonVillageRed Willow
Crab OrchardVillageJohnson
FosterVillagePierce
MagnetVillageCedar
SurpriseVillageButler
DeweeseVillageClay
VerdelVillageKnox
ClintonVillageSheridan
McLeanVillagePierce
SaronvilleVillageClay
LortonVillageOtoe
NormanVillageKearney
CornleaVillagePlatte
CushingVillageHoward
HuntleyVillageHarlan
LibertyVillageGage
StockhamVillageHamilton
StrangVillageFillmore
GandyVillageLogan
CotesfieldVillageHoward
GileadVillageThayer
HamletVillageHayes
LushtonVillageYork
MoorefieldVillageFrontier
LamarVillageChase
Bazile MillsVillageKnox
CowlesVillageWebster
HendleyVillageFurnas
ObertVillageCedar
RaganVillageHarlan
StockvilleVillageFrontier
NoraVillageNuckolls
BaradaVillageRichardson
WinslowVillageDodge
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.