Nebraska · Census place 3117810

Fullerton, Nebraska

Fullerton is a city in Nance County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,217 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 91st largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,217
#91 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-39 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
908 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Fullerton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Fullerton population, 2020 to 2024

Fullerton lost 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

1,25620201,25420211,23920221,21420231,2172024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,252. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fullerton covers 1.34 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 908 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Fullerton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fullerton is in

All of Fullerton's residents live in Nance County, which had 3,262 residents in 2024. Fullerton holds 37.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fullerton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fullerton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68638. 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 Fullerton is

The Census internal point of Fullerton is at 41.365000, -97.972300. Lincoln, the capital, is 76.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Central City, NE (3,145 people), 17.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 77.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.365000, -97.972300
DMS
41°21'54.00"N 97°58'20.28"W
UTM
14N 585953.2E 4579786.3N
Geohash
9z676d68x
Plus code
86H4928H+23

Daylight in Fullerton

At 41.37° N, Fullerton gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fullerton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Central City, 17.5 miles away, with 3,145 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fullerton, NE?

1,217 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 39 (3.1%) from 1,256 in July 2020.

What county is Fullerton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fullerton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68638.

How far is Fullerton from Lincoln?

76.6 miles (123.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Fullerton.

What is the nearest larger city to Fullerton?

Central City, NE, with 3,145 residents, 17.5 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.