Census shows state growth

County, city totals not expected to be released until later

  • The sign posted on Highway 34 currently shows Aurora’s population at 4,479, though that is dated information. Early 2020 Census data shows that Nebraska grew by 7.4 percent, though city and county totals will not be available until summer.
    The sign posted on Highway 34 currently shows Aurora’s population at 4,479, though that is dated information. Early 2020 Census data shows that Nebraska grew by 7.4 percent, though city and county totals will not be available until summer.

    Nebraska continues to grow, up 7.4 percent over the last 10 years, according to initial population data released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau. Nebraska reached nearly 2 million people in the 2020 census with a total state population of 1,961,504 people. That compares to 1,826,341 people counted in the 2010 census, an increase of 7.4 percent. That matched the population growth of the United…