Nebraska · Census place 3122080

Henderson, Nebraska

Henderson is a city in York County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,089 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 101st largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,089
#101 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+8 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
1,650 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Henderson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Henderson population, 2020 to 2024

Henderson added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

1,08120201,09220211,09220221,08620231,0892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,085. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Henderson covers 0.66 square miles of land, for 1,650 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Henderson is close to the typical town.

What county Henderson is in

All of Henderson's residents live in York County, which had 14,375 residents in 2024. Henderson holds 7.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Henderson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Henderson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68371. 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 Henderson is

The Census internal point of Henderson is at 40.780300, -97.812200. Lincoln, the capital, is 58.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Aurora, NE (4,715 people), 11.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 59.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.780300, -97.812200
DMS
40°46'49.08"N 97°48'43.92"W
UTM
14N 600227.8E 4515047.4N
Geohash
9z4rypz66
Plus code
86G4Q5JQ+44

Daylight in Henderson

At 40.78° N, Henderson 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 Henderson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Aurora, 11.8 miles away, with 4,715 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Henderson, NE?

1,089 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.7%) from 1,081 in July 2020.

What county is Henderson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Henderson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68371.

How far is Henderson from Lincoln?

58.2 miles (93.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Henderson.

What is the nearest larger city to Henderson?

Aurora, NE, with 4,715 residents, 11.8 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.