North Platte, Nebraska

North Platte population, 2020 to 2024

North Platte lost 762 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -33. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so North Platte is 2.2 times that size.

North Platte covers 17.15 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 1,315 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so North Platte is less dense than the typical town.

What county North Platte is in

All of North Platte's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 33,319 residents in 2024. North Platte holds 67.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North Platte

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps North Platte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 69101. 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 North Platte is

The Census internal point of North Platte is at 41.125000, -100.750400. Lincoln, the capital, is 212.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kearney, NE (34,741 people), 91.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 213.7 miles away.

Daylight in North Platte

At 41.13° N, North Platte gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North Platte

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Sutherland, 19.5 miles away, with 1,230 people.