Papillion, Nebraska

Papillion population, 2020 to 2024

Papillion lost 310 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +231. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Papillion is 2.5 times that size.

Papillion covers 12.49 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 2,021 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Papillion is denser than the typical town.

What county Papillion is in

All of Papillion's residents live in Sarpy County, which had 204,828 residents in 2024. Papillion holds 12.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Papillion

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Papillion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68046, 68133, 68138. 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 Papillion is

The Census internal point of Papillion is at 41.143400, -96.078100. Lincoln, the capital, is 39.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellevue, NE (64,777 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 8.3 miles away.

Daylight in Papillion

At 41.14° N, Papillion 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 Papillion

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is La Vista, 2.7 miles away, with 16,543 people.