Nebraska · Census place 3148480

Tecumseh, Nebraska

Tecumseh is a city in Johnson County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,697 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 68th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,697
#68 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-26 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,124 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Tecumseh. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Tecumseh population, 2020 to 2024

Tecumseh lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

1,72320201,73020211,71020221,69620231,6972024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,719. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tecumseh covers 1.51 square miles of land, for 1,124 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Tecumseh is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tecumseh is in

All of Tecumseh's residents live in Johnson County, which had 5,219 residents in 2024. Tecumseh holds 32.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tecumseh

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tecumseh by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68450. 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 Tecumseh is

The Census internal point of Tecumseh is at 40.371800, -96.188700. Lincoln, the capital, is 40.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Auburn, NE (3,473 people), 18.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 39.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.371800, -96.188700
DMS
40°22'18.48"N 96°11'19.32"W
UTM
14N 738680.7E 4472819.3N
Geohash
9z5tejmwb
Plus code
86G59RC6+PG

Daylight in Tecumseh

At 40.37° N, Tecumseh gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tecumseh

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Auburn, 18.2 miles away, with 3,473 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tecumseh, NE?

1,697 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 26 (1.5%) from 1,723 in July 2020.

What county is Tecumseh in?

Johnson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Tecumseh?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68450.

How far is Tecumseh from Lincoln?

40.3 miles (64.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Tecumseh.

What is the nearest larger city to Tecumseh?

Auburn, NE, with 3,473 residents, 18.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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