Nebraska · Census place 3102550

Atkinson, Nebraska

Atkinson is a city in Holt County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,315 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 86th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,315
#86 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+9 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
802 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Atkinson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Atkinson population, 2020 to 2024

Atkinson added 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,307. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Atkinson covers 1.64 square miles of land, for 802 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Atkinson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Atkinson is in

All of Atkinson's residents live in Holt County, which had 10,120 residents in 2024. Atkinson holds 13.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Atkinson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Atkinson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68713. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Atkinson is

The Census internal point of Atkinson is at 42.530900, -98.974700. Lincoln, the capital, is 167.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is O'Neill, NE (3,578 people), 17.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 133.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.530900, -98.974700
DMS
42°31'51.24"N 98°58'28.92"W
UTM
14N 502077.8E 4708724.5N
Geohash
9z99gy8b6
Plus code
86J3G2JG+94

Daylight in Atkinson

At 42.53° N, Atkinson gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Atkinson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is O'Neill, 17.4 miles away, with 3,578 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Atkinson, NE?

1,315 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 9 (0.7%) from 1,306 in July 2020.

What county is Atkinson in?

Holt County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Atkinson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68713.

How far is Atkinson from Lincoln?

167.2 miles (269.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Atkinson.

What is the nearest larger city to Atkinson?

O'Neill, NE, with 3,578 residents, 17.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.