Nebraska · Census place 3118615

Gibbon, Nebraska

Gibbon is a city in Buffalo County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,917 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 63rd largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,917
#63 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
+1.9%
+35 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
2,178 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Gibbon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

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Gibbon population, 2020 to 2024

Gibbon added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,880. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gibbon covers 0.88 square miles of land, for 2,178 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Gibbon is denser than the typical town.

What county Gibbon is in

All of Gibbon's residents live in Buffalo County, which had 51,156 residents in 2024. Gibbon holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gibbon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gibbon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68840. 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 Gibbon is

The Census internal point of Gibbon is at 40.745900, -98.845800. Lincoln, the capital, is 112.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kearney, NE (34,741 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 113.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.745900, -98.845800
DMS
40°44'45.24"N 98°50'44.88"W
UTM
14N 513018.1E 4510561.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86G3P5W3+9M

Daylight in Gibbon

At 40.75° N, Gibbon gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gibbon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Shelton, 6.5 miles away, with 1,045 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gibbon, NE?

1,917 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (1.9%) from 1,882 in July 2020.

What county is Gibbon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Gibbon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68840.

How far is Gibbon from Lincoln?

112.4 miles (180.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Gibbon.

What is the nearest larger city to Gibbon?

Kearney, NE, with 34,741 residents, 12.7 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.