Nebraska · Census place 3117670

Fremont, Nebraska

Fremont is a city in Dodge County, Nebraska with an estimated 28,190 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
28,190
#6 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
+3.9%
+1,068 people
Land area
11.1 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
2,551 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Fremont. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Fremont population, 2020 to 2024

Fremont added 1,068 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +375. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Fremont is 2.8 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 27,135. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fremont covers 11.05 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,551 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Fremont is denser than the typical town.

What county Fremont is in

All of Fremont's residents live in Dodge County, which had 37,884 residents in 2024. Fremont holds 74.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fremont

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fremont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68025. 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 Fremont is

The Census internal point of Fremont is at 41.439800, -96.487000. Lincoln, the capital, is 45.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Omaha, NE (489,265 people), 25.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.439800, -96.487000
DMS
41°26'23.28"N 96°29'13.20"W
UTM
14N 709944.5E 4590629.1N
Geohash
9z77sruk3
Plus code
86H5CGQ7+W6

Daylight in Fremont

At 41.44° N, Fremont 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 Fremont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Arlington, 6.8 miles away, with 1,320 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fremont, NE?

28,190 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,068 (3.9%) from 27,122 in July 2020.

What county is Fremont in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fremont?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68025.

How far is Fremont from Lincoln?

45.0 miles (72.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Fremont.

What is the nearest larger city to Fremont?

Omaha, NE, with 489,265 residents, 25.6 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.