Nebraska · Census place 3129470

Loup City, Nebraska

Loup City is a city in Sherman County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,044 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 107th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,044
#107 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-5 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,111 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Loup City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Loup City population, 2020 to 2024

Loup City lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

1,04920201,04320211,06120221,05620231,0442024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,051. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Loup City covers 0.94 square miles of land, for 1,111 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Loup City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Loup City is in

All of Loup City's residents live in Sherman County, which had 2,949 residents in 2024. Loup City holds 35.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Loup City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Loup City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68853. 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 Loup City is

The Census internal point of Loup City is at 41.276700, -98.967700. Lincoln, the capital, is 122.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ravenna, NE (1,383 people), 17.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 123.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.276700, -98.967700
DMS
41°16'36.12"N 98°58'3.72"W
UTM
14N 502705.1E 4569474.6N
Geohash
9z3dgfjyj
Plus code
86H372GJ+MW

Daylight in Loup City

At 41.28° N, Loup City gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Loup City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Ravenna, 17.5 miles away, with 1,383 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Loup City, NE?

1,044 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.5%) from 1,049 in July 2020.

What county is Loup City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Loup City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68853.

How far is Loup City from Lincoln?

122.5 miles (197.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Loup City.

What is the nearest larger city to Loup City?

Ravenna, NE, with 1,383 residents, 17.5 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.