Nebraska · Census place 3128000
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is a city in Lancaster County, Nebraska with an estimated 300,619 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 300,619
- #2 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- +3.0%
- +8,782 people
- Land area
- 101.1 sq mi
- + 1.36 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,973 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Lincoln population, 2020 to 2024
Lincoln added 8,782 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +3,809. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Lincoln is 29.5 times that size.
Lincoln covers 101.10 square miles of land and 1.36 of water, for 2,973 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Lincoln is denser than the typical town.
What county Lincoln is in
All of Lincoln's residents live in Lancaster County, which had 332,857 residents in 2024. Lincoln holds 90.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lincoln
18 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lincoln by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68502, 68503, 68504, 68505, 68506, 68507, 68508, 68510, 68512, 68514, 68516, 68520, 68521, 68522, 68524, 68526, 68528, 68588. 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 Lincoln is
The Census internal point of Lincoln is at 40.810300, -96.674900. Lincoln, the capital, is 1.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Omaha, NE (489,265 people), 45.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 376 m (1,234 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.810300, -96.674900
- DMS
- 40°48'37.08"N 96°40'29.64"W
- UTM
- 14N 696112.0E 4520300.3N
- Geohash
- 9z720j73p
- Plus code
- 86G5R86G+42
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Lincoln
At 40.81° N, Lincoln 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 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Lincoln daylight page.
Places near Lincoln
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Waverly, 10.2 miles away, with 4,543 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lincoln, NE?
300,619 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8,782 (3.0%) from 291,837 in July 2020.
What county is Lincoln in?
Lancaster County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lincoln?
18 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 68502, 68503, 68504, 68505, 68506, 68507, 68508, 68510, 68512, 68514, 68516, 68520, and more.
How far is Lincoln from Lincoln?
1.3 miles (2.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Lincoln.
What is the nearest larger city to Lincoln?
Omaha, NE, with 489,265 residents, 45.0 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.
- 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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