Chadron, Nebraska

Chadron population, 2020 to 2024

Chadron lost 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -54. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Chadron is 50% of it.

Chadron covers 3.90 square miles of land, for 1,306 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Chadron is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chadron is in

All of Chadron's residents live in Dawes County, which had 8,003 residents in 2024. Chadron holds 63.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chadron

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chadron by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 69337. 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 Chadron is

The Census internal point of Chadron is at 42.826000, -103.002500. Lincoln, the capital, is 353.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alliance, NE (8,071 people), 50.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 190.0 miles away.

Daylight in Chadron

At 42.83° N, Chadron gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chadron

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Gordon, 40.5 miles away, with 1,442 people.