Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Scottsbluff population, 2020 to 2024

Scottsbluff lost 111 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -3. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Scottsbluff is 1.4 times that size.

Scottsbluff covers 6.63 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,160 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Scottsbluff is denser than the typical town.

What county Scottsbluff is in

All of Scottsbluff's residents live in Scotts Bluff County, which had 35,734 residents in 2024. Scottsbluff holds 40.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Scottsbluff

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Scottsbluff by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 69361. 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 Scottsbluff is

The Census internal point of Scottsbluff is at 41.868100, -103.662000. Lincoln, the capital, is 368.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cheyenne, WY (65,704 people), 77.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 115.8 miles away.

Daylight in Scottsbluff

At 41.87° N, Scottsbluff gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Scottsbluff

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Terrytown, 1.5 miles away, with 1,045 people.