Kearney, Nebraska

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The 2000 Census showed that Kearney had a population of 27,431 people^<1>. This represents 1.6% of the total population of Nebraska, making it the state's 5th 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
2	Lincoln	E	125 mi [201.2 km]	251,624	11.54% increase
3	Bellevue	E	167 mi [268.8 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
4	Grand Island	NE	40 mi [64.4 km]	45,801	6.66% increase
-5-	Kearney			30,417	10.89% increase
6	Fremont	E	144 mi [231.7 km]	25,224	0.2% increase
7	Hastings	E	37 mi [59.5 km]	25,394	5.53% increase
8	North Platte	W	92 mi [148.1 km]	24,107	0.96% increase

Kearney had 11,099 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Kearney has an area^<4> of 10.98 square miles [28.43 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Kearney had a 2000 population density of 2,498 people per square mile [964 people/km²], making it the state's 22nd most densely populated area.

Buffalo County

The city of Kearney is located in Buffalo County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 42,343 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 27,431 people, Kearney contained 64.8% of the Buffalo County total.

In addition, where the community of Kearney has a population density of 2,498 people per square mile [964 people/km²], Buffalo County averages 43.74 people per square mile [16.89 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Kearney and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Kearney. 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 Kearney.

A Census Quickfact is available for Buffalo County (QF-31019).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Buffalo County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Adams	QF-31001	SE	33,238	6.7% increase
	Custer	QF-31041	NW	10,842	7.97% decrease
	Dawson	QF-31047	W	24,665	1.14% increase
	Hall	QF-31079	E	56,401	5.44% increase
	Howard	QF-31093	NE	6,593	0.78% increase
	Kearney	QF-31099	S	6,479	5.91% decrease
	Phelps	QF-31137	SW	9,127	6.23% decrease
	Sherman	QF-31163	N	2,994	9.19% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

Kearney 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 Kearney.

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) Kearney. 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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