Central Nebraska Cities

69 cities

City	Rank	County	2025 Pop. ↓
Grand Island	1	Hall County	53,305
Kearney	2	Buffalo County	34,955
Lexington	3	Dawson County	11,339
Cozad	4	Dawson County	3,937
Broken Bow	5	Custer County	3,486
Gothenburg	6	Dawson County	3,439
Central City	7	Merrick County	3,177
St. Paul	8	Howard County	2,446
Ord	9	Valley County	2,085
Gibbon	10	Buffalo County	1,925
Ravenna	11	Buffalo County	1,367
Fullerton	12	Nance County	1,207
Wood River	13	Hall County	1,160
Shelton	14	Buffalo County	1,046
Loup City	15	Sherman County	1,042
Burwell	16	Garfield County	1,002
Elm Creek	17	Buffalo County	980
Genoa	18	Nance County	850
Doniphan	19	Hall County	810
Cairo	20	Hall County	807
Glenwood	21	Buffalo County	680
Alda	22	Hall County	648
Arnold	23	Custer County	591
Overton	24	Dawson County	591
Callaway	25	Custer County	568
Sargent	26	Custer County	478
Ansley	27	Custer County	460
Palmer	28	Merrick County	445
Spalding	29	Greeley County	428
Greeley Center	30	Greeley County	398
Pleasanton	31	Buffalo County	383
Merna	32	Custer County	343
Clarks	33	Merrick County	341
Silver Creek	34	Merrick County	322
St. Libory	35	Howard County	303
Scotia	36	Greeley County	290
Arcadia	37	Valley County	279
Dannebrog	38	Howard County	273
Chapman	39	Merrick County	265
North Loup	40	Valley County	251
Riverdale	41	Buffalo County	244
Sumner	42	Dawson County	244
Wolbach	43	Greeley County	229
Litchfield	44	Sherman County	214
Amherst	45	Buffalo County	203
Ashton	46	Sherman County	198
Elba	47	Howard County	198
Farnam	48	Dawson County	181
Howard City (Boelus)	49	Howard County	178
Mason City	50	Custer County	147
Oconto	51	Custer County	141
Taylor	52	Loup County	134
Farwell	53	Howard County	131
Odessa	54	Buffalo County	129
Miller	55	Buffalo County	128
Bartlett	56	Wheeler County	110
Anselmo	57	Custer County	105
Ericson	58	Wheeler County	94
Rockville	59	Sherman County	86
Eddyville	60	Dawson County	85
Berwyn	61	Custer County	75
Comstock	62	Custer County	72
Archer	63	Merrick County	66
Hazard	64	Sherman County	57
Elyria	65	Valley County	50
Cushing	66	Howard County	36
Cotesfield	67	Greeley County	31
Westerville	68	Custer County	21
Poole	69	Buffalo County	18

About Central Nebraska

Hall County, Buffalo County, Dawson County, Custer County, Merrick County, Howard County, Valley County, Nance County, Sherman County, Greeley County, Garfield County, Wheeler County, and Loup County are the counties generally considered part of Central Nebraska.

Sources

City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024