Southeast Nebraska Cities

City	Rank	County	2025 Pop. ↓
Lincoln	1	Lancaster County	302,814
Beatrice	2	Gage County	12,307
York	3	York County	8,209
Seward	4	Seward County	7,766
Nebraska City	5	Otoe County	7,604
Crete	6	Saline County	7,583
Aurora	7	Hamilton County	4,727
Waverly	8	Lancaster County	4,605
Falls City	9	Richardson County	4,022
Fairbury	10	Jefferson County	3,829
Auburn	11	Nemaha County	3,470
Hickman	12	Lancaster County	3,447
Milford	13	Seward County	2,227
Geneva	14	Fillmore County	2,123
Syracuse	15	Otoe County	2,032
Wilber	16	Saline County	1,948
Tecumseh	17	Johnson County	1,690
Sutton	18	Clay County	1,441
Hebron	19	Thayer County	1,383
Wymore	20	Gage County	1,338
Henderson	21	York County	1,091
Bennet	22	Lancaster County	1,090
Harvard	23	Clay County	940
Friend	24	Saline County	935
Pawnee City	25	Pawnee County	839
Utica	26	Seward County	826
Humboldt	27	Richardson County	780
Deshler	28	Thayer County	740
Clay Center	29	Clay County	723
Peru	30	Nemaha County	684
Firth	31	Lancaster County	647
Adams	32	Gage County	624
Dorchester	33	Saline County	621
Palmyra	34	Otoe County	580
Fairmont	35	Fillmore County	575
Walton	36	Lancaster County	516
Cortland	37	Gage County	515
Exeter	38	Fillmore County	513
De Witt	39	Gage County	511
Malcolm	40	Lancaster County	491
McCool Junction	41	York County	487
Sterling	42	Johnson County	484
Hampton	43	Hamilton County	443
Edgar	44	Clay County	427
Giltner	45	Hamilton County	419
Plymouth	46	Jefferson County	365
Beaver Crossing	47	Seward County	364
Shickley	48	Fillmore County	342
Fairfield	49	Clay County	333
Phillips	50	Hamilton County	331
Hallam	51	Lancaster County	326
Cook	52	Johnson County	312
Waco	53	York County	311
Unadilla	54	Otoe County	307
Davenport	55	Thayer County	304
Johnson	56	Nemaha County	303
Bradshaw	57	York County	285
Bruning	58	Thayer County	278
Blue Springs	59	Gage County	277
Diller	60	Jefferson County	270
Glenvil	61	Clay County	268
Clatonia	62	Gage County	262
Odell	63	Gage County	255
Milligan	64	Fillmore County	246
Marquette	65	Hamilton County	239
Table Rock	66	Pawnee County	234
Panama	67	Lancaster County	230
Staplehurst	68	Seward County	226
Western	69	Saline County	223
Gresham	70	York County	221
Pleasant Dale	71	Seward County	214
Talmage	72	Otoe County	210
Chester	73	Thayer County	209
Roca	74	Lancaster County	209
Garland	75	Seward County	208
Cheney	76	Lancaster County	205
Benedict	77	York County	204
Overland	78	Hamilton County	204
Yankee Hill	79	Lancaster County	203
Trumbull	80	Clay County	198
Pickrell	81	Gage County	191
Denton	82	Lancaster County	190
Douglas	83	Otoe County	180
Goehner	84	Seward County	174
Dunbar	85	Otoe County	173
Otoe	86	Otoe County	172
Bee	87	Seward County	166
Princeton	88	Lancaster County	159
Verdon	89	Richardson County	156
Daykin	90	Jefferson County	153
Raymond	91	Lancaster County	153
Shubert	92	Richardson County	153
Martell	93	Lancaster County	149
Rulo	94	Richardson County	148
Stella	95	Richardson County	143
Alexandria	96	Thayer County	139
Brownville	97	Nemaha County	139
Dawson	98	Richardson County	139
Hordville	99	Hamilton County	135
Sprague	100	Lancaster County	134
Davey	101	Lancaster County	123
Du Bois	102	Pawnee County	123
Ohiowa	103	Fillmore County	121
Filley	104	Gage County	118
Brock	105	Nemaha County	117
Tobias	106	Saline County	114
Endicott	107	Jefferson County	113
Grafton	108	Fillmore County	110
Nemaha	109	Nemaha County	109
Jansen	110	Jefferson County	100
Cordova	111	Seward County	94
Carleton	112	Thayer County	92
Holmesville	113	Gage County	91
Barneston	114	Gage County	88
Byron	115	Thayer County	86
Salem	116	Richardson County	80
Burchard	117	Pawnee County	76
Swanton	118	Saline County	76
Virginia	119	Gage County	70
Hubbell	120	Thayer County	66
Elk Creek	121	Johnson County	65
Lewiston	122	Pawnee County	59
Reynolds	123	Thayer County	59
Steinauer	124	Pawnee County	57
Burr	125	Otoe County	56
Belvidere	126	Thayer County	54
Harbine	127	Jefferson County	51
Ong	128	Clay County	51
Thayer	129	Seward County	51
Steele City	130	Jefferson County	49
Julian	131	Nemaha County	46
Deweese	132	Clay County	44
Crab Orchard	133	Johnson County	43
Liberty	134	Gage County	38
Lorton	135	Otoe County	38
Saronville	136	Clay County	37
Stockham	137	Clay County	34
Strang	138	Fillmore County	31
Gilead	139	Thayer County	29
Lushton	140	Hamilton County	29
Barada	141	Richardson County	18
Inland	142	Clay County	18
Tamora	143	Seward County	15
Kramer	144	Lancaster County	13
Emerald	145	Lancaster County	6

City

Rank

County

2025 Pop. ↓

302,814

12,307