Nebraska · Census place 3116410
Fairbury, Nebraska
Fairbury is a city in Jefferson County, Nebraska with an estimated 3,858 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,858
- #39 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -115 people
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Density
- 1,519 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Fairbury population, 2020 to 2024
Fairbury lost 115 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Fairbury covers 2.54 square miles of land, for 1,519 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Fairbury is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fairbury is in
All of Fairbury's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 7,136 residents in 2024. Fairbury holds 54.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fairbury
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fairbury by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68352. 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 Fairbury is
The Census internal point of Fairbury is at 40.144700, -97.176500. Lincoln, the capital, is 52.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beatrice, NE (12,290 people), 24.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 53.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.144700, -97.176500
- DMS
- 40°08'40.92"N 97°10'35.40"W
- UTM
- 14N 655328.8E 4445411.6N
- Geohash
- 9z4uksn5z
- Plus code
- 86G44RVF+V9
Daylight in Fairbury
At 40.14° N, Fairbury gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fairbury
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Hebron, 21.7 miles away, with 1,397 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fairbury, NE?
3,858 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 115 (2.9%) from 3,973 in July 2020.
What county is Fairbury in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fairbury?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68352.
How far is Fairbury from Lincoln?
52.2 miles (84.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Fairbury.
What is the nearest larger city to Fairbury?
Beatrice, NE, with 12,290 residents, 24.4 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.