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Grand Island, Nebraska

Grainton
(Perkins County)

Grant
(Perkins County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Grand Island had a population of 42,940 people ^<1>. This represents 2.51% of the total population of Nebraska, making it the state's 4th most populous community.

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

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	45,801	+6.66%	+2.08% since 2007
2007	44,866	+4.49%	+1.17% since 2006
2006	44,348	+3.28%	+1.17% since 2005
2005	43,834	+2.08%	+0.11% since 2004
2004	43,787	+1.97%	+0.58% since 2003
2003	43,534	+1.38%	+0.45% since 2002
2002	43,338	+0.93%	+0.26% since 2001
2001	43,225	+0.66%	+0.66% since 2000
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2000	42,940	The Last Census

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
1	Omaha	E	123 mi [197.9 km]	438,646	12.47% increase
2	Lincoln	E	88 mi [141.6 km]	251,624	11.54% increase
3	Bellevue	E	128 mi [206 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
-4-	Grand Island			45,801	6.66% increase
5	Kearney	W	40 mi [64.4 km]	30,417	10.89% increase
6	Fremont	E	103 mi [165.8 km]	25,224	0.2% increase
7	Hastings	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	25,394	5.53% increase

Grand Island had 17,421 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Grand Island has an area ^<4> of 21.47 square miles [55.6 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Grand Island had a 2000 population density of 2,000 people per square mile [772 people/km²], making it the state's 55th most densely populated area.

Hall County

The city of Grand Island is located in Hall County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 53,492 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 42,940 people, Grand Island contained 80.3% of the Hall County total.

In addition, where the community of Grand Island has a population density of 2,000 people per square mile [772 people/km²], Hall County averages 97.9 people per square mile [37.8 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	45,801	6.66% increase
10 mi [16 km]	4	47,512	6.31% increase
15 mi [24 km]	8	50,194	5.86% increase
20 mi [32 km]	14	57,471	4.88% increase
25 mi [40 km]	25	90,626	4.32% increase
30 mi [48 km]	33	95,577	4.05% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Grand Island. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Grand Island, it also contains a comparison between Grand Island and the state of Nebraska.

Click here for the Grand Island QuickFact (QF-3119595).

A Census Quickfact is available for Hall County (QF-31079).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Hall County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Adams	QF-31001	S	33,238	6.7% increase
Buffalo	QF-31019	W	45,354	7.11% increase
Hamilton	QF-31081	E	9,300	0.85% decrease
Howard	QF-31093	N	6,593	0.78% increase
Merrick	QF-31121	NE	7,700	5.68% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	31 (Nebraska)
	County Code:	079 (Hall County)
	Place Code:	19595 (Grand Island)

	State & County Code:	31079 (Nebraska/Hall County)

	State & Place Code:	3119595 (Nebraska/Grand Island)

Grand Island 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 Grand Island.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Nebraska ^<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Grand Island. 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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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Grand Island:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Grand Island? Please visit the Map Page for Grand Island.

Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Grand Island and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Grand Island. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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