Ralston, Nebraska

Ralston population, 2020 to 2024

Ralston lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -2. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Ralston is 63% of it.

Ralston covers 1.63 square miles of land, for 3,953 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Ralston is denser than the typical town.

What county Ralston is in

All of Ralston's residents live in Douglas County, which had 601,158 residents in 2024. Ralston holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ralston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ralston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68127. 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 Ralston is

The Census internal point of Ralston is at 41.200000, -96.037800. Lincoln, the capital, is 43.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is La Vista, NE (16,543 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 4.4 miles away.

Daylight in Ralston

At 41.20° N, Ralston 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 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ralston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is La Vista, 2.0 miles away, with 16,543 people.