Nebraska · Census place 3139100

Pierce, Nebraska

Pierce is a city in Pierce County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,843 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,843
#64 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-15 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,025 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Pierce. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Pierce population, 2020 to 2024

Pierce lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +13.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,852. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pierce covers 0.91 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,025 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Pierce is denser than the typical town.

What county Pierce is in

All of Pierce's residents live in Pierce County, which had 7,334 residents in 2024. Pierce holds 25.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pierce

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pierce by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68767. 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 Pierce is

The Census internal point of Pierce is at 42.199500, -97.529200. Lincoln, the capital, is 105.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norfolk, NE (26,162 people), 12.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 99.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.199500, -97.529200
DMS
42°11'58.20"N 97°31'45.12"W
UTM
14N 621428.3E 4672973.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86J45FXC+R8

Daylight in Pierce

At 42.20° N, Pierce gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pierce

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Norfolk, 12.9 miles away, with 26,162 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pierce, NE?

1,843 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (0.8%) from 1,858 in July 2020.

What county is Pierce in?

Pierce County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Pierce?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68767.

How far is Pierce from Lincoln?

105.3 miles (169.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Pierce.

What is the nearest larger city to Pierce?

Norfolk, NE, with 26,162 residents, 12.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.