Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha population, 2020 to 2024

Omaha lost 3,518 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +2,485. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Omaha is 47.9 times that size.

Omaha covers 142.92 square miles of land and 3.61 of water, for 3,423 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Omaha is denser than the typical town.

What county Omaha is in

All of Omaha's residents live in Douglas County, which had 601,158 residents in 2024. Omaha holds 81.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Omaha

30 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Omaha by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68022, 68102, 68104, 68105, 68106, 68107, 68108, 68110, 68111, 68112, 68114, 68116, 68117, 68118, 68122, 68124, 68127, 68130, 68131, 68132, 68134, 68135, 68137, 68144, 68152, 68154, 68164, 68178, 68182, 68183. 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 Omaha is

The Census internal point of Omaha is at 41.262700, -96.053500. Lincoln, the capital, is 46.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kansas City, MO (516,032 people), 167.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 45.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 359 m (1,178 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Omaha

At 41.26° N, Omaha gets about 15 h 09 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Omaha daylight page.

Places near Omaha

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Ralston, 4.4 miles away, with 6,443 people.