Southeast Nebraska Cities

City	Rank	County	2026 Pop. ↓
Lincoln	1	Lancaster County	305,010
Beatrice	2	Gage County	12,324
York	3	York County	8,240
Seward	4	Seward County	7,780
Nebraska City	5	Otoe County	7,682
Crete	6	Saline County	7,587
Aurora	7	Hamilton County	4,740
Waverly	8	Lancaster County	4,668
Falls City	9	Richardson County	4,000
Fairbury	10	Jefferson County	3,800
Hickman	11	Lancaster County	3,609
Auburn	12	Nemaha County	3,468
Milford	13	Seward County	2,243
Geneva	14	Fillmore County	2,119
Syracuse	15	Otoe County	2,050
Wilber	16	Saline County	1,944
Tecumseh	17	Johnson County	1,684
Sutton	18	Clay County	1,439
Hebron	19	Thayer County	1,369
Wymore	20	Gage County	1,331
Henderson	21	York County	1,093
Bennet	22	Lancaster County	1,092
Harvard	23	Clay County	939
Friend	24	Saline County	932
Pawnee City	25	Pawnee County	835
Utica	26	Seward County	824
Humboldt	27	Richardson County	776
Deshler	28	Thayer County	740
Clay Center	29	Clay County	723
Walton	30	Lancaster County	697
Peru	31	Nemaha County	685
Firth	32	Lancaster County	646
Adams	33	Gage County	630
Dorchester	34	Saline County	621
Palmyra	35	Otoe County	591
Fairmont	36	Fillmore County	572
Cortland	37	Gage County	515
Exeter	38	Fillmore County	511
De Witt	39	Gage County	509
Malcolm	40	Lancaster County	498
McCool Junction	41	York County	494
Sterling	42	Johnson County	484
Hampton	43	Hamilton County	445
Edgar	44	Clay County	427
Giltner	45	Hamilton County	422
Plymouth	46	Jefferson County	365
Beaver Crossing	47	Seward County	363
Shickley	48	Fillmore County	341
Hallam	49	Lancaster County	338
Phillips	50	Hamilton County	334
Fairfield	51	Clay County	333
Waco	52	York County	314
Cook	53	Johnson County	310
Unadilla	54	Otoe County	310
Johnson	55	Nemaha County	302
Davenport	56	Thayer County	301
Bradshaw	57	York County	288
Blue Springs	58	Gage County	277
Bruning	59	Thayer County	276
Diller	60	Jefferson County	274
Glenvil	61	Clay County	269
Clatonia	62	Gage County	262
Odell	63	Gage County	254
Milligan	64	Fillmore County	245
Marquette	65	Hamilton County	240
Yankee Hill	66	Lancaster County	240
Table Rock	67	Pawnee County	234
Panama	68	Lancaster County	228
Overland	69	Hamilton County	226
Staplehurst	70	Seward County	224
Western	71	Saline County	223
Gresham	72	York County	221
Cheney	73	Lancaster County	214
Pleasant Dale	74	Seward County	212
Talmage	75	Otoe County	212
Roca	76	Lancaster County	211
Garland	77	Seward County	208
Chester	78	Thayer County	207
Benedict	79	York County	205
Trumbull	80	Clay County	198
Denton	81	Lancaster County	191
Pickrell	82	Gage County	191
Douglas	83	Otoe County	182
Dunbar	84	Otoe County	175
Otoe	85	Otoe County	173
Goehner	86	Seward County	172
Bee	87	Seward County	165
Princeton	88	Lancaster County	160
Verdon	89	Richardson County	154
Daykin	90	Jefferson County	153
Martell	91	Lancaster County	153
Raymond	92	Lancaster County	152
Shubert	93	Richardson County	152
Rulo	94	Richardson County	149
Stella	95	Richardson County	142
Brownville	96	Nemaha County	139
Alexandria	97	Thayer County	138
Dawson	98	Richardson County	138
Hordville	99	Hamilton County	136
Sprague	100	Lancaster County	134
Du Bois	101	Pawnee County	123
Davey	102	Lancaster County	122
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	95
Carleton	112	Thayer County	91
Holmesville	113	Gage County	90
Barneston	114	Gage County	88
Byron	115	Thayer County	85
Salem	116	Richardson County	79
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
Burr	124	Otoe County	57
Steinauer	125	Pawnee County	57
Belvidere	126	Thayer County	54
Thayer	127	Seward County	52
Harbine	128	Jefferson County	51
Ong	129	Clay County	51
Steele City	130	Jefferson County	49
Julian	131	Nemaha County	46
Deweese	132	Clay County	44
Crab Orchard	133	Johnson County	43
Lorton	134	Otoe County	39
Liberty	135	Gage County	38
Saronville	136	Clay County	37
Inland	137	Clay County	34
Stockham	138	Clay County	34
Strang	139	Fillmore County	31
Lushton	140	Hamilton County	30
Preston	141	Richardson County	30
Gilead	142	Thayer County	29
Barada	143	Richardson County	18
Tamora	144	Seward County	14
Kramer	145	Lancaster County	10
Emerald	146	Lancaster County	6

City

Rank

County

2026 Pop. ↓

305,010

12,324