Nebraska · Census place 3132060
Milford, Nebraska
Milford is a city in Seward County, Nebraska with an estimated 2,211 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,211
- #53 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- +3.0%
- +65 people
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 2,799 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Milford population, 2020 to 2024
Milford added 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +7.
Milford covers 0.79 square miles of land, for 2,799 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Milford is denser than the typical town.
What county Milford is in
All of Milford's residents live in Seward County, which had 17,769 residents in 2024. Milford holds 12.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Milford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Milford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68405. 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 Milford is
The Census internal point of Milford is at 40.772600, -97.054100. Lincoln, the capital, is 18.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seward, NE (7,752 people), 9.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 20.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.772600, -97.054100
- DMS
- 40°46'21.36"N 97°03'14.76"W
- UTM
- 14N 664219.0E 4515335.5N
- Geohash
- 9z4zzqrme
- Plus code
- 86G4QWFW+29
Daylight in Milford
At 40.77° N, Milford 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 Milford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Seward, 9.7 miles away, with 7,752 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Milford, NE?
2,211 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 65 (3.0%) from 2,146 in July 2020.
What county is Milford in?
Seward County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Milford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68405.
How far is Milford from Lincoln?
18.7 miles (30.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Milford.
What is the nearest larger city to Milford?
Seward, NE, with 7,752 residents, 9.7 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.