Nebraska · Census place 3146800
Stanton, Nebraska
Stanton is a city in Stanton County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,505 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 74th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,505
- #74 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -15 people
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Density
- 865 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Stanton population, 2020 to 2024
Stanton lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -16.
Stanton covers 1.74 square miles of land, for 865 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Stanton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Stanton is in
All of Stanton's residents live in Stanton County, which had 5,756 residents in 2024. Stanton holds 26.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Stanton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stanton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68779. 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 Stanton is
The Census internal point of Stanton is at 41.948000, -97.212300. Lincoln, the capital, is 83.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norfolk, NE (26,162 people), 12.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 76.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.948000, -97.212300
- DMS
- 41°56'52.80"N 97°12'44.28"W
- UTM
- 14N 648176.1E 4645548.2N
- Geohash
- 9z6yeukhv
- Plus code
- 86H4WQXQ+63
Daylight in Stanton
At 41.95° N, Stanton gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Stanton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Norfolk, 12.4 miles away, with 26,162 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Stanton, NE?
1,505 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (1.0%) from 1,520 in July 2020.
What county is Stanton in?
Stanton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Stanton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68779.
How far is Stanton from Lincoln?
83.1 miles (133.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Stanton.
What is the nearest larger city to Stanton?
Norfolk, NE, with 26,162 residents, 12.4 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.