Nebraska · Census place 3116655

Falls City, Nebraska

Falls City is a city in Richardson County, Nebraska with an estimated 4,044 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 37th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,044
#37 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-88 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
1,214 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Falls City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Falls City population, 2020 to 2024

Falls City lost 88 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,137. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Falls City covers 3.33 square miles of land, for 1,214 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Falls City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Falls City is in

All of Falls City's residents live in Richardson County, which had 7,666 residents in 2024. Falls City holds 52.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Falls City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Falls City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68355. 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 Falls City is

The Census internal point of Falls City is at 40.062200, -95.599000. Lincoln, the capital, is 77.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Savannah, MO (5,076 people), 41.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 71.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.062200, -95.599000
DMS
40°03'43.92"N 95°35'56.40"W
UTM
15N 278338.4E 4437897.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86G63C62+VC

Daylight in Falls City

At 40.06° N, Falls City gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Falls City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Auburn, 26.0 miles away, with 3,473 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Falls City, NE?

4,044 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 88 (2.1%) from 4,132 in July 2020.

What county is Falls City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Falls City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68355.

How far is Falls City from Lincoln?

77.5 miles (124.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Falls City.

What is the nearest larger city to Falls City?

Savannah, MO, with 5,076 residents, 41.7 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.