Nebraska · Census place 3110110
Columbus, Nebraska
Columbus is a city in Platte County, Nebraska with an estimated 25,126 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 10th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 25,126
- #10 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- +4.3%
- +1,033 people
- Land area
- 10.6 sq mi
- + 0.26 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,364 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Columbus population, 2020 to 2024
Columbus added 1,033 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +354. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Columbus is 2.5 times that size.
Columbus covers 10.63 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 2,364 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Columbus is denser than the typical town.
What county Columbus is in
All of Columbus's residents live in Platte County, which had 35,499 residents in 2024. Columbus holds 70.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Columbus
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Columbus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68601. 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 Columbus is
The Census internal point of Columbus is at 41.437100, -97.357400. Lincoln, the capital, is 55.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norfolk, NE (26,162 people), 41.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 56.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.437100, -97.357400
- DMS
- 41°26'13.56"N 97°21'26.64"W
- UTM
- 14N 637230.9E 4588583.2N
- Geohash
- 9z6g8x6s8
- Plus code
- 86H4CJPV+R2
Daylight in Columbus
At 41.44° N, Columbus gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Columbus
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Schuyler, 15.3 miles away, with 6,708 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Columbus, NE?
25,126 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,033 (4.3%) from 24,093 in July 2020.
What county is Columbus in?
Platte County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Columbus?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68601.
How far is Columbus from Lincoln?
55.3 miles (89.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Columbus.
What is the nearest larger city to Columbus?
Norfolk, NE, with 26,162 residents, 41.0 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.