Nebraska · Census place 3122325

Hickman, Nebraska

Hickman is a city in Lancaster County, Nebraska with an estimated 3,285 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 47th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,285; #47 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020: +24.6%; +648 people
Land area: 1.1 sq mi
Density: 2,959 / sq mi; State median 1,829

Orange pin: Hickman. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

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Hickman population, 2020 to 2024

Hickman added 648 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +24.6%. In the latest year it moved by +93.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,614. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hickman covers 1.11 square miles of land, for 2,959 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Hickman is denser than the typical town.

What county Hickman is in

All of Hickman's residents live in Lancaster County, which had 332,857 residents in 2024. Hickman holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hickman

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hickman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68372. 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 Hickman is

The Census internal point of Hickman is at 40.625900, -96.628000. Lincoln, the capital, is 13.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lincoln, NE (300,619 people), 13.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 40.625900, -96.628000
DMS: 40°37'33.24"N 96°37'40.80"W
UTM: 14N 700621.3E 4499934.6N
Geohash: 9z5r15txh
Plus code: 86G5J9GC+9R

Daylight in Hickman

At 40.63° N, Hickman gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hickman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Bennet, 7.6 miles away, with 1,089 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hickman, NE?

3,285 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 648 (24.6%) from 2,637 in July 2020.

What county is Hickman in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hickman?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68372.

How far is Hickman from Lincoln?

13.1 miles (21.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Hickman.

What is the nearest larger city to Hickman?

Lincoln, NE, with 300,619 residents, 13.0 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.