Nebraska · Census place 3147815
Superior, Nebraska
Superior is a city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,829 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 65th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,829
- #65 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +13 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Density
- 831 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Superior population, 2020 to 2024
Superior added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +3.
Superior covers 2.20 square miles of land, for 831 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Superior is less dense than the typical town.
What county Superior is in
All of Superior's residents live in Nuckolls County, which had 4,094 residents in 2024. Superior holds 44.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Superior
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Superior by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68978. 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 Superior is
The Census internal point of Superior is at 40.021700, -98.061800. Lincoln, the capital, is 89.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belleville, KS (1,975 people), 26.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 91.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.021700, -98.061800
- DMS
- 40°01'18.12"N 98°03'42.48"W
- UTM
- 14N 580059.7E 4430587.3N
- Geohash
- 9z478t9x6
- Plus code
- 86G32WCQ+M7
Daylight in Superior
At 40.02° N, Superior gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Superior
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Hebron, 27.1 miles away, with 1,397 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Superior, NE?
1,829 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (0.7%) from 1,816 in July 2020.
What county is Superior in?
Nuckolls County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Superior?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68978.
How far is Superior from Lincoln?
89.9 miles (144.7 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Superior.
What is the nearest larger city to Superior?
Belleville, KS, with 1,975 residents, 26.5 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.