Nebraska · Census place 3139170
Plainview, Nebraska
Plainview is a city in Pierce County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,267 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 87th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,267
- #87 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -1.2%
- -15 people
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Density
- 1,173 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Plainview population, 2020 to 2024
Plainview lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Plainview covers 1.08 square miles of land, for 1,173 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Plainview is less dense than the typical town.
What county Plainview is in
All of Plainview's residents live in Pierce County, which had 7,334 residents in 2024. Plainview holds 17.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Plainview
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Plainview by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68769. 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 Plainview is
The Census internal point of Plainview is at 42.353300, -97.787100. Lincoln, the capital, is 120.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pierce, NE (1,843 people), 17.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 97.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.353300, -97.787100
- DMS
- 42°21'11.88"N 97°47'13.56"W
- UTM
- 14N 599892.6E 4689716.3N
- Geohash
- 9zd2yy1tg
- Plus code
- 86J49637+85
Daylight in Plainview
At 42.35° N, Plainview gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Plainview
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Creighton, 9.8 miles away, with 1,114 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Plainview, NE?
1,267 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (1.2%) from 1,282 in July 2020.
What county is Plainview in?
Pierce County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Plainview?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68769.
How far is Plainview from Lincoln?
120.6 miles (194.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Plainview.
What is the nearest larger city to Plainview?
Pierce, NE, with 1,843 residents, 17.0 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.