Beatrice, Nebraska

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The 2000 Census showed that Beatrice had a population of 12,496 people^<1>. This represents 0.73% of the total population of Nebraska, making it the state's 13th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
10	Columbus	N	86 mi [138.4 km]	21,595	2.98% increase
11	Papillion	NE	71 mi [114.3 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
12	Scottsbluff	W	376 mi [605 km]	14,785	0.36% increase
-13-	Beatrice			12,769	2.18% increase
14	South Sioux City	N	152 mi [244.6 km]	11,936	0.09% increase
15	La Vista	NE	73 mi [117.5 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
16	Lexington	W	161 mi [259.1 km]	10,126	1.15% increase

Beatrice had 5,818 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Beatrice has an area^<4> of 7.5 square miles [19.42 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Beatrice had a 2000 population density of 1,666 people per square mile [643 people/km²], making it the state's 105th most densely populated area.

Gage County

The city of Beatrice is located in Gage County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 22,975 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 12,496 people, Beatrice contained 54.4% of the Gage County total.

In addition, where the community of Beatrice has a population density of 1,666 people per square mile [643 people/km²], Gage County averages 26.86 people per square mile [10.37 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Gage County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Beatrice and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Beatrice. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Beatrice.

A Census Quickfact is available for Gage County (QF-31067).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Gage County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Lancaster	QF-31109	N	278,728	10.88% increase
	Otoe	QF-31131	NE	15,549	0.77% increase
	Johnson	QF-31097	NE	4,499	0.4% increase
	Pawnee	QF-31133	E	2,602	15.6% decrease
	Marshall (KS)	QF-20117	S	10,178	6.91% decrease
	Washington (KS)	QF-20201	SW	5,791	10.52% decrease
	Jefferson	QF-31095	W	7,405	11.19% decrease
	Saline	QF-31151	NW	13,771	0.66% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Beatrice:

Beatrice is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Beatrice.

The Commemorative Quarter for Nebraska<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Beatrice. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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