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North Platte, Nebraska

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The 2000 Census showed that North Platte had a population of 23,878 people ^<1>. This represents 1.39% of the total population of Nebraska, making it the state's 8th 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	24,107	+0.96%	+0.29% since 2007
2007	24,037	+0.67%	-0.28% since 2006
2006	24,104	+0.95%	+0.4% since 2005
2005	24,007	+0.54%	+0.61% since 2004
2004	23,862
2003	23,698	-0.75%	+0.11% since 2002
2002	23,672	-0.86%	-0.8% since 2001
2001	23,863
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2000	23,878	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
5	Kearney	E	92 mi [148.1 km]	30,417	10.89% increase
6	Fremont	E	222 mi [357.3 km]	25,224	0.2% increase
7	Hastings	E	129 mi [207.6 km]	25,394	5.53% increase
-8-	North Platte			24,107	0.96% increase
9	Norfolk	E	183 mi [294.5 km]	22,940	2.45% decrease
10	Columbus	E	178 mi [286.5 km]	21,595	2.98% increase
11	Papillion	E	245 mi [394.3 km]	23,739	45.08% increase

North Platte had 10,718 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that North Platte has an area ^<4> of 10.47 square miles [27.11 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, North Platte had a 2000 population density of 2,281 people per square mile [880 people/km²], making it the state's 29th most densely populated area.

Lincoln County

The city of North Platte is located in Lincoln County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 34,635 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 23,878 people, North Platte contained 68.9% of the Lincoln County total.

In addition, where the community of North Platte has a population density of 2,281 people per square mile [880 people/km²], Lincoln County averages 13.51 people per square mile [5.22 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in North Platte and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on North Platte. 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	24,107	0.96% increase
10 mi [16 km]	1	24,107	0.96% increase
15 mi [24 km]	3	25,125	1.45% increase
20 mi [32 km]	4	26,360	1.8% increase
25 mi [40 km]	6	26,807	1.79% increase
30 mi [48 km]	10	27,947	1.22% increase

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 North Platte.

A Census Quickfact is available for Lincoln County (QF-31111).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Lincoln County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Custer	QF-31041	E	10,842	7.97% decrease
Dawson	QF-31047	E	24,665	1.14% increase
Frontier	QF-31063	SE	2,584	16.29% decrease
Hayes	QF-31085	SW	1,005	6.07% decrease
Keith	QF-31101	W	7,821	11.73% decrease
Logan	QF-31113	NE	735	4.92% decrease
McPherson	QF-31117	NW	514	3.2% decrease
Perkins	QF-31135	W	2,884	9.22% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	31 (Nebraska)
	County Code:	111 (Lincoln County)
	Place Code:	35000 (North Platte)

	State & County Code:	31111 (Nebraska/Lincoln County)

	State & Place Code:	3135000 (Nebraska/North Platte)

North Platte 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 North Platte.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Nebraska ^<6>

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

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 North Platte 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 North Platte. 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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