Nebraska Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Nebraska (abbreviation is 'NE') is the landlocked state located in midwestern of United States, borders Kansas to the south, Missouri to the southeast, South Dakota to the north, Colorado to the southwest and Wyoming to the west. Nebraska population in 2024 is expected to be 1.98 million, and is 37th populous state of US. Its area is 77,358 square miles (200,356 sq km), sixteenth position by area rank. Nebraska capital is Lincoln and the largest city is Omaha. Nebraska is popular for invention of 911 system, was first developed and used in Lincoln city. Nebraska's nickname is 'The Cornhusker State' and the name 'Nebraska' means flat water is based on Oto Indian word which is referring to the Platte River.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Nebraska
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Nebraska

According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, NE population in 2020 is 1,961,504. Nebraska population in 2023 is expected to be 1.97 million, population in 2022 is expected to be 1.973 million, and in 2021 is expected to be 1.96 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	1,829,536
2011	1,840,538	0.60
2012	1,853,323	0.69
2013	1,865,414	0.65
2014	1,879,522	0.76
2015	1,891,507	0.64
2016	1,905,924	0.76
2017	1,917,575	0.61
2018	1,929,268	0.61
2019	1,940,651	0.59
2020	1,961,504	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	1,963,692	0.11
2022*	1,967,423	0.19
2023*	1,982,769	0.78

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Nebraska Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Nebraska by race are: 87.84% of the population are White Americans, 4.74% are African Americans and 0.845 are AIAN.

White Population

White population in Nebraska are 1,663,612, percentage wise 87.84 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Nebraska are 89,718, percentage wise 4.74 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Nebraska, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Nebraska are 42,208, percentage wise 2.23 percent are asians, out of these 7,699 are Asian Indians, 6,440 are Chinese, 2,616 are Filipinos, 1,785 are Japanese, 3,013 are Korean, 8,378 are Vietnamese and 12,277 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Nebraska are 198,300. Percentage wise 10.47 percent are hispanics, out of these 148,738 are Mexican people, 4,980 are Puerto Ricans, 4,935 are Cubans, and 39,647 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

606 are Native Hawaiians, 424 are Guamanian/Chamorro, 116 are Samoans, 706 are Cherokee tribals, 129 are Chippewa tribals, 146 are Navajo tribals and 4,428 are Sioux tribal grouping.

Total Population	1,893,921	Percent
White	1,663,612	87.84%
Black or African American	89,718	4.74%
American Indian and Alaska Native	16,012	0.845%
Cherokee tribal grouping	706	0.037%
Chippewa tribal grouping	129	0.007%
Navajo tribal grouping	146	0.008%
Sioux tribal grouping	4,428	0.234%
Asian Population	42,208	2.23%
Asian Indian	7,699	0.41%
Chinese	6,440	0.34%
Filipino	2,616	0.14%
Japanese	1,785	0.09%
Korean	3,013	0.16%
Vietnamese	8,378	0.44%
Other Asian Population	12,277
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,524	0.08%
Native Hawaiian	606	0.032%
Guamanian or Chamorro	424	0.022%
Samoan	116	0.006%
Other Pacific Islander	378
Some other race	35,276
Hispanic or Latino	198,300	10.47%
Mexican	148,738	7.85%
Puerto Rican	4,980	0.26%
Cuban	4,935	0.26%
Other Hispanic or Latino	39,647

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Nebraska

Top populated cities of Nebraska as per stats below.

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Omaha	468,262
2	Lincoln	287,401
3	Bellevue	53,627
4	Grand Island	51,478

Population Pyramid

Population pyramid of Nebraska as per 2021 census estimates

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Nebraska Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Nebraska by age is 1,893,921, out of these 943,547 are male, 950,374 are female, The sex ratio of Nebraska is 993. The Nebraska population by age are, under 15 years is 394,022, 15 years and over is 1,499,899, 30 years and over is 1,109,372, 65 years and over is 278,598 and 85 years and over is 40,856. 49.82 percent are male, 50.18 percent are female, 20.80 percent are under 15 years old, 79.20 percent are 15 years and over, 58.58 percent are 30 years and over, 14.71 percent are 65 years and over, 2.16 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in NE

According to 2018 census estimates, Nebraska speak only English population are 1.59 Million, 129,609 are Spanish speakers, 57,443 are French including Cajun, 336 are Italian, 68 are Haitian, 1,678 are Portuguese, 4,629 are German speakers, 979 are Yiddish/Pennsylvanians, 207 are Greek, 2498 are Russians, 501 are Serbo-Croatian, 2190 are Ukrainia, 1137 are Persian including Farsi, Out of Asian Indian speakers are 609 are Gujarati, 1744 speak Hindi, 489 are Urdu, 143 speak Punjabi, 83 are Bengali, 2151 are Nepali/Marathi, 2153 are Telugu speakers, 1006 are Tamil, 608 are Malayalam/Kannada, 4054 are Chinese including Mandarin/Cantonese, 1212 are Japanese, 1592 speak Korean, 210 are Hmong, 5715 are Vietnamese, 1291 are Thai/Lao/Tai-kadai, 2508 Tagalog, 4569 are Arabic, 102 are Hebrew, 2727 are Amharic/Somali, 1074 are Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 4603 are Swahili.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	1,566,040	88.82
Spanish Language	131,614	7.46
European Language	24,245	1.38
Asian Languages	27,662	1.57
Other Languages	13,533	0.77

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Nebraska Education

Population 18 to 24 years		190,260	97,453	92,807
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	20,452	11,867	8,585
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	51,762	29,746	22,016
	Some college or associates degree	97,466	47,177	50,289
	Bachelors degree or higher	20,580	8,663	11,917
Population 25 years and over		1,233,842	605,130	628,712
	Less than 9th grade	50,097	26,089	24,008
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	62,269	33,565	28,704
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	329,232	168,641	160,591
	Some college, no degree	288,681	136,270	152,411
	Associates degree	126,111	61,215	64,896
	Bachelors degree	251,182	118,228	132,954
	Graduate or professional degree	126,270	61,122	65,148

White		1,041,947	507,692	534,255
	High school graduate or higher	987,525	479,008	508,517
	Bachelors degree or higher	340,097	160,849	179,248
Black or African		50,535	25,193	25,342
	High school graduate or higher	43,433	21,717	21,716
	Bachelors degree or higher	10,476	5,132	5,344
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		8,453	3,923	4,530
	High school graduate or higher	6,888	3,060	3,828
	Bachelors degree or higher	903	426	477
Asian		25,512	12,176	13,336
	High school graduate or higher	19,709	9,716	9,993
	Bachelors degree or higher	11,688	6,135	5,553
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		994	458	536
	High school graduate or higher	805	373	432
	Bachelors degree or higher	129	44	85
Hispanic or Latino Origin		94,450	49,889	44,561
	High school graduate or higher	52,238	26,368	25,870
	Bachelors degree or higher	10,479	5,038	5,441

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	213,642
Male	109,031
Female	104,611
	-
White	190,200
Black or African American	10,849
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,728
Asian	2,461
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	258
Some other race	2,836
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	72,627
With a vision difficulty	37,856
With a cognitive difficulty	73,958
With an ambulatory difficulty	101,713
With a self-care difficulty	34,042
With an independent living difficulty	62,968

Counties of Nebraska

Douglas county is the most populous county in Nebraska state with 566,880, followed by Lancaster county with 317,272, Sarpy county with 184459, Hall county with 61,607.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Adams County	31,774	31,511	-0.8	11	11
Antelope County	6,348	6,336	-0.2	46	46
Arthur County	455	465	2.2	93	93
Banner County	734	730	-0.5	86	86
Blaine County	478	476	-0.4	92	92
Boone County	5,329	5,239	-1.7	53	53
Box Butte County	10,860	10,772	-0.8	23	24
Boyd County	1,962	1,955	-0.4	76	76
Brown County	3,007	2,973	-1.1	67	68
Buffalo County	49,502	49,615	0.2	5	5
Burt County	6,537	6,488	-0.7	43	44
Butler County	8,040	8,058	0.2	36	35
Cass County	25,904	26,159	1	12	12
Cedar County	8,515	8,446	-0.8	33	33
Chase County	3,944	3,977	0.8	61	61
Cherry County	5,807	5,761	-0.8	49	49
Cheyenne County	9,657	9,310	-3.6	27	28
Clay County	6,204	6,214	0.2	47	47
Colfax County	10,775	10,881	1	24	22
Cuming County	8,964	8,940	-0.3	31	31
Custer County	10,880	10,840	-0.4	22	23
Dakota County	20,068	20,083	0.1	17	17
Dawes County	8,885	8,716	-1.9	32	32
Dawson County	23,643	23,709	0.3	13	13
Deuel County	1,868	1,825	-2.3	78	78
Dixon County	5,760	5,709	-0.9	50	50
Dodge County	36,794	36,791	0	6	6
Douglas County	560,573	566,880	1.1	1	1
Dundy County	1,793	1,770	-1.3	79	79
Fillmore County	5,564	5,527	-0.7	51	51
Franklin County	2,988	3,023	1.2	68	67
Frontier County	2,626	2,608	-0.7	72	72
Furnas County	4,768	4,715	-1.1	58	57
Gage County	21,615	21,493	-0.6	14	14
Garden County	1,897	1,897	0	77	77
Garfield County	1,999	1,987	-0.6	75	75
Gosper County	2,027	1,996	-1.5	74	74
Grant County	649	660	1.7	89	89
Greeley County	2,377	2,356	-0.9	73	73
Hall County	61,377	61,607	0.4	4	4
Hamilton County	9,210	9,280	0.8	29	29
Harlan County	3,428	3,401	-0.8	65	65
Hayes County	893	916	2.6	82	82
Hitchcock County	2,815	2,806	-0.3	70	70
Holt County	10,186	10,178	-0.1	26	26
Hooker County	668	682	2.1	88	88
Howard County	6,414	6,468	0.8	45	45
Jefferson County	7,164	7,097	-0.9	40	41
Johnson County	5,176	5,134	-0.8	55	55
Kearney County	6,513	6,544	0.5	44	43
Keith County	8,078	8,021	-0.7	35	36
Keya Paha County	793	810	2.1	84	83
Kimball County	3,601	3,618	0.5	62	62
Knox County	8,458	8,419	-0.5	34	34
Lancaster County	313,977	317,272	1	2	2
Lincoln County	35,314	35,185	-0.4	8	9
Logan County	762	749	-1.7	85	85
Loup County	605	618	2.1	90	90
McPherson County	494	492	-0.4	91	91
Madison County	35,272	35,392	0.3	9	8
Merrick County	7,861	7,733	-1.6	38	38
Morrill County	4,808	4,686	-2.5	57	58
Nance County	3,576	3,532	-1.2	63	64
Nemaha County	6,961	6,958	0	42	42
Nuckolls County	4,260	4,195	-1.5	59	59
Otoe County	15,932	15,985	0.3	19	19
Pawnee County	2,633	2,632	0	71	71
Perkins County	2,894	2,929	1.2	69	69
Phelps County	9,042	8,996	-0.5	30	30
Pierce County	7,108	7,142	0.5	41	40
Platte County	33,282	33,363	0.2	10	10
Polk County	5,344	5,278	-1.2	52	52
Red Willow County	10,750	10,726	-0.2	25	25
Richardson County	7,981	7,937	-0.6	37	37
Rock County	1,422	1,360	-4.4	80	80
Saline County	14,357	14,350	0	20	20
Sarpy County	181,678	184,459	1.5	3	3
Saunders County	21,019	21,303	1.4	15	15
Scotts Bluff County	36,213	35,989	-0.6	7	7
Seward County	17,202	17,318	0.7	18	18
Sheridan County	5,278	5,190	-1.7	54	54
Sherman County	3,090	3,038	-1.7	66	66
Sioux County	1,201	1,187	-1.2	81	81
Stanton County	5,977	5,970	-0.1	48	48
Thayer County	5,036	5,039	0.1	56	56
Thomas County	730	720	-1.4	87	87
Thurston County	7,225	7,303	1.1	39	39
Valley County	4,230	4,190	-0.9	60	60
Washington County	20,351	20,667	1.6	16	16
Wayne County	9,260	9,403	1.5	28	27
Webster County	3,520	3,533	0.4	64	63
Wheeler County	816	805	-1.3	83	84
York County	13,770	13,772	0	21	21