Norfolk, Nebraska

Norfolk population, 2020 to 2024

Norfolk added 273 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -69. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Norfolk is 2.6 times that size.

Norfolk covers 18.14 square miles of land and 0.39 of water, for 1,442 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Norfolk is less dense than the typical town.

What county Norfolk is in

All of Norfolk's residents live in Madison County, which had 35,579 residents in 2024. Norfolk holds 73.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Norfolk

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Norfolk by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68701. 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 Norfolk is

The Census internal point of Norfolk is at 42.028200, -97.427800. Lincoln, the capital, is 92.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sioux City, IA (86,875 people), 62.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 88.5 miles away.

Daylight in Norfolk

At 42.03° N, Norfolk gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Norfolk

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Battle Creek, 9.1 miles away, with 1,178 people.