Nebraska · Census place 3149950
Valentine, Nebraska
Valentine is a city in Cherry County, Nebraska with an estimated 2,642 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,642
- #51 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- +0.5%
- +14 people
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,001 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Valentine population, 2020 to 2024
Valentine added 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -3.
Valentine covers 2.64 square miles of land, for 1,001 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Valentine is less dense than the typical town.
What county Valentine is in
All of Valentine's residents live in Cherry County, which had 5,558 residents in 2024. Valentine holds 47.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Valentine
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Valentine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 69201. 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 Valentine is
The Census internal point of Valentine is at 42.875500, -100.547100. Lincoln, the capital, is 244.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winner, SD (2,962 people), 49.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 197.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.875500, -100.547100
- DMS
- 42°52'31.80"N 100°32'49.56"W
- UTM
- 14N 373643.0E 4748150.3N
- Geohash
- 9z87zvpzf
- Plus code
- 85JXVFG3+65
Daylight in Valentine
At 42.88° N, Valentine gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Valentine
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Ainsworth, 41.7 miles away, with 1,605 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Valentine, NE?
2,642 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14 (0.5%) from 2,628 in July 2020.
What county is Valentine in?
Cherry County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Valentine?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 69201.
How far is Valentine from Lincoln?
244.1 miles (392.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Valentine.
What is the nearest larger city to Valentine?
Winner, SD, with 2,962 residents, 49.2 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.
- 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.