Nebraska · Census place 3119595
Grand Island, Nebraska
Grand Island is a city in Hall County, Nebraska with an estimated 53,250 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 53,250
- #4 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +222 people
- Land area
- 30.1 sq mi
- + 0.20 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,768 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Grand Island population, 2020 to 2024
Grand Island added 222 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +250. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Grand Island is 5.2 times that size.
Grand Island covers 30.12 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 1,768 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Grand Island is close to the typical town.
What county Grand Island is in
All of Grand Island's residents live in Hall County, which had 62,869 residents in 2024. Grand Island holds 84.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Grand Island
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Grand Island by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68801, 68803. 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 Grand Island is
The Census internal point of Grand Island is at 40.921400, -98.358600. Lincoln, the capital, is 87.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lincoln, NE (300,619 people), 88.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.921400, -98.358600
- DMS
- 40°55'17.04"N 98°21'30.96"W
- UTM
- 14N 554006.9E 4530229.8N
- Geohash
- 9z60cc92q
- Plus code
- 86G3WJCR+HH
Daylight in Grand Island
At 40.92° N, Grand Island gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Grand Island
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Wood River, 14.6 miles away, with 1,164 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Grand Island, NE?
53,250 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 222 (0.4%) from 53,028 in July 2020.
What county is Grand Island in?
Hall County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Grand Island?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 68801, 68803.
How far is Grand Island from Lincoln?
87.0 miles (140.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Grand Island.
What is the nearest larger city to Grand Island?
Lincoln, NE, with 300,619 residents, 88.3 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.