Nebraska · Census place 3107730

Cambridge, Nebraska

Cambridge is a city in Furnas County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,053 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 104th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,053
#104 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-18 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
792 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Cambridge. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Cambridge population, 2020 to 2024

Cambridge lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -18.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,071. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cambridge covers 1.33 square miles of land, for 792 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Cambridge is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cambridge is in

All of Cambridge's residents live in Furnas County, which had 4,468 residents in 2024. Cambridge holds 23.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cambridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cambridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 69022. 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 Cambridge is

The Census internal point of Cambridge is at 40.284300, -100.165800. Lincoln, the capital, is 185.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McCook, NE (7,212 people), 24.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 186.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.284300, -100.165800
DMS
40°17'3.48"N 100°09'56.88"W
UTM
14N 400900.5E 4459964.4N
Geohash
9z0v0tt3p
Plus code
85GX7RMM+PM

Daylight in Cambridge

At 40.28° N, Cambridge gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cambridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is McCook, 24.7 miles away, with 7,212 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cambridge, NE?

1,053 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 18 (1.7%) from 1,071 in July 2020.

What county is Cambridge in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cambridge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 69022.

How far is Cambridge from Lincoln?

185.5 miles (298.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Cambridge.

What is the nearest larger city to Cambridge?

McCook, NE, with 7,212 residents, 24.7 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)

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