State of the United States
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state of the United States. It covers about 201,000 km² (77,600 mi²), the 16th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and about the same size as Kyrgyzstan. About 2.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 201,000 km²77,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 201,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of the United States | 2.1%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 16th of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 9.8 people per km² |
| Capital | Lincoln |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 43°N |
| Type | StateUS-NE |
What the numbers say about Nebraska
- Nebraska covers 2.1% of the area of the United States and ranks 37th of 51 by population, against 16th by area.
- It would take 47.1 states and districts the size of Nebraska to cover the United States.
- Nebraska holds 0.6% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 169.
- The largest, Alaska, is 7.49× the size of Nebraska; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: South Dakota (199,000 km², 1.01×) and Kansas (213,000 km², 1.06×).
- Counted as a country, Nebraska would be larger than 154 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 86th by area, between Belarus (207,000 km²) and Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km²).
- With 2.0 million people it would rank 149th of 238 by population.
- Nebraska has 9.8 people per km², about the density of Russia, which has 8.6 per km².
- That makes Nebraska the 44th most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 28% of the average for the United States (35 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large in area, so Nebraska looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Nebraska stretches about 340 km north to south and 738 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 201,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 201,000 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaShaanxi0.98× · 206,000 km²PeopleTibet54% · 3.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKarnataka1.05× · 192,000 km²PeopleNagaland0.99× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleHamburg1.04× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleCentre-Val de Loire76% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleCalabria1.01× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleCastilla–La Mancha0.93× · 2.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleGifu0.99× · 2.0 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaParaná1.01× · 199,000 km²PeopleSergipe89% · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.46× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria88% · 228,000 km²PeopleSouth Australia1.04× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaSonora1.12× · 179,000 km²PeopleMorelos0.99× · 2.0 million (2020)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.05× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Nebraska ranks
Nebraska is the 16th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States.
Ranked within the United States
- 13Utah220,000 km²
- 14Idaho216,000 km²
- 15Kansas213,000 km²
- 16Nebraska201,000 km²
- 17South Dakota199,000 km²
- 18North Dakota183,000 km²
- 19Oklahoma181,000 km²
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020. United States’s units share the 2020 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12