Nebraska · Census place 3137105
O'Neill, Nebraska
O'Neill is a city in Holt County, Nebraska with an estimated 3,578 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,578
- #40 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- +0.2%
- +7 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,529 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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O'Neill population, 2020 to 2024
O'Neill added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -16.
O'Neill covers 2.34 square miles of land, for 1,529 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so O'Neill is less dense than the typical town.
What county O'Neill is in
All of O'Neill's residents live in Holt County, which had 10,120 residents in 2024. O'Neill 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 O'Neill
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps O'Neill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68763. 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 O'Neill is
The Census internal point of O'Neill is at 42.461500, -98.647000. Lincoln, the capital, is 152.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norfolk, NE (26,162 people), 69.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 122.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.461500, -98.647000
- DMS
- 42°27'41.40"N 98°38'49.20"W
- UTM
- 14N 529022.4E 4701078.5N
- Geohash
- 9z9ce1zkn
- Plus code
- 86J3F963+J6
Daylight in O'Neill
At 42.46° N, O'Neill gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near O'Neill
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Atkinson, 17.4 miles away, with 1,315 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of O'Neill, NE?
3,578 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.2%) from 3,571 in July 2020.
What county is O'Neill in?
Holt County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover O'Neill?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68763.
How far is O'Neill from Lincoln?
152.2 miles (244.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from O'Neill.
What is the nearest larger city to O'Neill?
Norfolk, NE, with 26,162 residents, 69.2 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.