Nebraska · Census place 3125475

Kimball, Nebraska

Kimball is a city in Kimball County, Nebraska with an estimated 2,204 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 54th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,204
#54 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-3.2%
-73 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
962 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Kimball. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Kimball population, 2020 to 2024

Kimball lost 73 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

2,27720202,27420212,23120222,21420232,2042024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,295. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kimball covers 2.29 square miles of land, for 962 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Kimball is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kimball is in

All of Kimball's residents live in Kimball County, which had 3,305 residents in 2024. Kimball holds 66.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kimball

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kimball by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 69145. 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 Kimball is

The Census internal point of Kimball is at 41.232400, -103.651900. Lincoln, the capital, is 363.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sidney, NE (6,483 people), 36.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 81.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.232400, -103.651900
DMS
41°13'56.64"N 103°39'6.84"W
UTM
13N 612979.5E 4565432.3N
Geohash
9xq6964up
Plus code
85HR68JX+X6

Daylight in Kimball

At 41.23° N, Kimball gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kimball

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Sidney, 36.1 miles away, with 6,483 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kimball, NE?

2,204 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 73 (3.2%) from 2,277 in July 2020.

What county is Kimball in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Kimball?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 69145.

How far is Kimball from Lincoln?

363.5 miles (585.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Kimball.

What is the nearest larger city to Kimball?

Sidney, NE, with 6,483 residents, 36.2 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.