Nebraska · Census place 3106295
Bridgeport, Nebraska
Bridgeport is a city in Morrill County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,445 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 76th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,445
- #76 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -1.3%
- -19 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,204 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Bridgeport population, 2020 to 2024
Bridgeport lost 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -15.
Bridgeport covers 1.20 square miles of land, for 1,204 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Bridgeport is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bridgeport is in
All of Bridgeport's residents live in Morrill County, which had 4,485 residents in 2024. Bridgeport holds 32.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bridgeport
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bridgeport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 69336. 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 Bridgeport is
The Census internal point of Bridgeport is at 41.664700, -103.097100. Lincoln, the capital, is 337.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gering, NE (8,554 people), 31.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 122.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.664700, -103.097100
- DMS
- 41°39'52.92"N 103°05'49.56"W
- UTM
- 13N 658421.7E 4614298.5N
- Geohash
- 9xqtjbyfr
- Plus code
- 85HRMW73+V5
Daylight in Bridgeport
At 41.66° N, Bridgeport gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bridgeport
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Bayard, 13.3 miles away, with 1,111 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bridgeport, NE?
1,445 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 19 (1.3%) from 1,464 in July 2020.
What county is Bridgeport in?
Morrill County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bridgeport?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 69336.
How far is Bridgeport from Lincoln?
337.5 miles (543.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Bridgeport.
What is the nearest larger city to Bridgeport?
Gering, NE, with 8,554 residents, 31.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.