Omaha Metro Area Population 1950-2021
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Omaha metro area from 1950 to 2021. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Omaha in 2021 is 843,000, a 0.96% increase from 2020.
- The metro area population of Omaha in 2020 was 835,000, a 1.09% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of Omaha in 2019 was 826,000, a 0.98% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of Omaha in 2018 was 818,000, a 1.49% increase from 2017.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
18,823,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,459,000 |
| Chicago |
8,877,000 |
| Houston |
6,491,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,397,000 |
| Miami |
6,167,000 |
| Atlanta |
5,911,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,734,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,378,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,584,000 |
| Boston |
4,315,000 |
| Detroit |
3,530,000 |
| Seattle |
3,461,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,313,000 |
| San Diego |
3,272,000 |
| Minneapolis |
2,946,000 |
| Tampa |
2,911,000 |
| Denver |
2,862,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,772,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,514,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,368,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,333,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,216,000 |
| Portland |
2,174,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,155,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,132,000 |
| Austin |
2,117,000 |
| Orlando |
2,002,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,833,000 |
| San Jose |
1,799,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,760,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,754,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,700,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,698,000 |
| Columbus |
1,666,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,498,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,479,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,443,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,297,000 |
| Nashville |
1,272,000 |
| Providence |
1,200,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,180,000 |
| Memphis |
1,156,000 |
| Richmond |
1,117,000 |
| Louisville |
1,098,000 |
| McAllen |
1,037,000 |
| Hartford |
1,004,000 |
| New Orleans |
998,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
998,000 |
| Tucson |
993,000 |
| El Paso |
963,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
955,000 |
| Albuquerque |
929,000 |
| Honolulu |
898,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
892,000 |
| Buffalo |
886,000 |
| Cape Coral |
882,000 |
| Birmingham |
849,000 |
| Omaha |
843,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
793,000 |
| Fresno |
777,000 |
| Tulsa |
774,000 |
| Allentown |
770,000 |
| Knoxville |
756,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
746,000 |
| Rochester |
744,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
743,000 |
| Dayton |
741,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
730,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
725,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
721,000 |
| Bakersfield |
705,000 |
| Concord |
688,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
677,000 |
| Springfield |
672,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
639,000 |
| Albany |
632,000 |
| The Woodlands |
609,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
601,000 |
| New Haven |
595,000 |
| Akron |
564,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
558,000 |
| Des Moines |
552,000 |
| Worcester |
552,000 |
| Harrisburg |
550,000 |
| Kissimmee |
549,000 |
| Greenville |
540,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
533,000 |
| Wichita |
531,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
525,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
524,000 |
| Little Rock |
521,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
519,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
514,000 |
| Reno |
514,000 |
| Toledo |
509,000 |
| Lancaster |
505,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
504,000 |
| Madison |
494,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
487,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
478,000 |
| Boise City |
455,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
452,000 |
| Spokane |
452,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
448,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
445,000 |
| Stockton |
441,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
426,000 |
| Durham |
424,000 |
| Chattanooga |
423,000 |
| Concord |
421,000 |
| Syracuse |
420,000 |
| Visalia |
420,000 |
| Modesto |
414,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
404,000 |
| Oxnard |
399,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
393,000 |
| Huntsville |
392,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
377,000 |
| Scranton |
375,000 |
| Lafayette |
367,000 |
| Greensboro |
365,000 |
| Asheville |
360,000 |
| Montgomery |
360,000 |
| Antioch |
359,000 |
| Pensacola |
356,000 |
| Youngstown |
355,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
353,000 |
| Lakeland |
351,000 |
| Fayetteville |
349,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
348,000 |
| Flint |
344,000 |
| Fort Collins |
343,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
341,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
337,000 |
| Mobile |
333,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
333,000 |
| Trenton |
331,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
329,000 |
| Savannah |
329,000 |
| Lansing |
326,000 |
| Rockford |
326,000 |
| Shreveport |
323,000 |
| Laredo |
322,000 |
|
Omaha - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2021 |
843,000 |
0.96% |
| 2020 |
835,000 |
1.09% |
| 2019 |
826,000 |
0.98% |
| 2018 |
818,000 |
1.49% |
| 2017 |
806,000 |
1.51% |
| 2016 |
794,000 |
1.40% |
| 2015 |
783,000 |
1.56% |
| 2014 |
771,000 |
1.45% |
| 2013 |
760,000 |
1.47% |
| 2012 |
749,000 |
1.49% |
| 2011 |
738,000 |
1.37% |
| 2010 |
728,000 |
1.53% |
| 2009 |
717,000 |
1.41% |
| 2008 |
707,000 |
1.58% |
| 2007 |
696,000 |
1.46% |
| 2006 |
686,000 |
1.48% |
| 2005 |
676,000 |
1.35% |
| 2004 |
667,000 |
1.52% |
| 2003 |
657,000 |
1.39% |
| 2002 |
648,000 |
1.57% |
| 2001 |
638,000 |
1.43% |
| 2000 |
629,000 |
1.45% |
| 1999 |
620,000 |
1.47% |
| 1998 |
611,000 |
1.33% |
| 1997 |
603,000 |
1.52% |
| 1996 |
594,000 |
1.37% |
| 1995 |
586,000 |
1.38% |
| 1994 |
578,000 |
1.40% |
| 1993 |
570,000 |
1.42% |
| 1992 |
562,000 |
1.44% |
| 1991 |
554,000 |
1.47% |
| 1990 |
546,000 |
0.74% |
| 1989 |
542,000 |
0.56% |
| 1988 |
539,000 |
0.75% |
| 1987 |
535,000 |
0.56% |
| 1986 |
532,000 |
0.57% |
| 1985 |
529,000 |
0.57% |
| 1984 |
526,000 |
0.57% |
| 1983 |
523,000 |
0.77% |
| 1982 |
519,000 |
0.58% |
| 1981 |
516,000 |
0.58% |
| 1980 |
513,000 |
0.39% |
| 1979 |
511,000 |
0.39% |
| 1978 |
509,000 |
0.39% |
| 1977 |
507,000 |
0.40% |
| 1976 |
505,000 |
0.40% |
| 1975 |
503,000 |
0.60% |
| 1974 |
500,000 |
0.40% |
| 1973 |
498,000 |
0.40% |
| 1972 |
496,000 |
0.40% |
| 1971 |
494,000 |
0.41% |
| 1970 |
492,000 |
1.86% |
| 1969 |
483,000 |
2.33% |
| 1968 |
472,000 |
2.39% |
| 1967 |
461,000 |
2.22% |
| 1966 |
451,000 |
2.50% |
| 1965 |
440,000 |
2.33% |
| 1964 |
430,000 |
2.38% |
| 1963 |
420,000 |
2.19% |
| 1962 |
411,000 |
2.49% |
| 1961 |
401,000 |
2.30% |
| 1960 |
392,000 |
2.35% |
| 1959 |
383,000 |
2.13% |
| 1958 |
375,000 |
2.46% |
| 1957 |
366,000 |
2.23% |
| 1956 |
358,000 |
2.29% |
| 1955 |
350,000 |
2.34% |
| 1954 |
342,000 |
2.40% |
| 1953 |
334,000 |
2.14% |
| 1952 |
327,000 |
2.51% |
| 1951 |
319,000 |
2.24% |
| 1950 |
312,000 |
0.00% |
