Nebraska · Census place 3111020
Cozad, Nebraska
Cozad is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska with an estimated 3,945 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,945
- #38 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -31 people
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,506 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Cozad population, 2020 to 2024
Cozad lost 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -33.
Cozad covers 2.62 square miles of land, for 1,506 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Cozad is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cozad is in
All of Cozad's residents live in Dawson County, which had 24,554 residents in 2024. Cozad holds 16.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cozad
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cozad by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 69130. 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 Cozad is
The Census internal point of Cozad is at 40.861300, -99.986400. Lincoln, the capital, is 171.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lexington, NE (11,205 people), 13.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 173.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.861300, -99.986400
- DMS
- 40°51'40.68"N 99°59'11.04"W
- UTM
- 14N 416868.0E 4523828.4N
- Geohash
- 9z2bky84k
- Plus code
- 86G2V267+GC
Daylight in Cozad
At 40.86° N, Cozad gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cozad
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Gothenburg, 9.8 miles away, with 3,447 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cozad, NE?
3,945 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 31 (0.8%) from 3,976 in July 2020.
What county is Cozad in?
Dawson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cozad?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 69130.
How far is Cozad from Lincoln?
171.8 miles (276.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Cozad.
What is the nearest larger city to Cozad?
Lexington, NE, with 11,205 residents, 13.8 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.