The 10 Gayest Places In Nebraska For 2024


The gayest cities in Nebraska are Gothenburg and Cozad for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Gayest places in Nebraska research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to research the cities in Nebraska with the highest percent of same-sex households for 2024. The data comes from the American Community Survey 2013-2018 vintage, which breaks down sex by household status. Unfortunately, the Census has stopped reporting at the city level, so this report reflects the most recent data.

  • The city with the highest rate of same-sex houesholds in Nebraska is Gothenburg. 2.43% of households in Gothenburg are gay.

  • The city in Nebraska with the most same-sex houesholds is Omaha with 643 gay households.

  • Nebraska is the 49th most gay in the United States.

Gayest Cities In Nebraska Map


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


An estimated 0.5% of Nebraska residents are gay.

That means there are a total of 4,015 gay households in The Cornhusker State.

Our goal with this post is to use Saturday Night Science and data to determine the gayest cities in Nebraska.

After analyzing 52 cities with over 1,000 households, we’ve determined these are The Gayest Cities in Nebraska for 2024.

The 10 Gayest Places In Nebraska For 2024

  1. Gothenburg
  2. Cozad
  3. Kimball
  4. Wahoo
  5. Auburn
  6. Norfolk
  7. Ogallala
  8. Omaha
  9. Beatrice
  10. Hastings

What’s the gayest place in Nebraska? According to the facts, Gothenburg is the gayest place in Nebraska for 2024.

For more on how we calculated the top ten, and for more information about these places, read on.

For more Nebraska reading, check out:

The 10 Gayest Cities In Nebraska For 2024

Gothenburg, NE

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Households: 1,318
Gay Households: 16 (10th highest)
% Gay Households: 2.43% (1st highest)
More on Gothenburg: Data | Crime

Cozad, NE

Source: Wikipedia User | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 1,627
Gay Households: 15 (11th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.84% (2nd highest)
More on Cozad: Data | Crime

3. Kimball

Kimball, NE

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 1,144
Gay Households: 7 (18th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.22% (3rd highest)
More on Kimball:

Wahoo, NE

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Households: 1,781
Gay Households: 9 (16th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.01% (4th highest)
More on Wahoo: Data | Crime

Auburn, NE

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 1,418
Gay Households: 6 (20th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.85% (5th highest)
More on Auburn: Data

Norfolk, NE

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Households: 10,235
Gay Households: 34 (5th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.53% (6th highest)
More on Norfolk: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Ogallala, NE

Source: Wikipedia User Coemgenus | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 2,278
Gay Households: 5 (21st highest)
% Gay Households: 0.44% (7th highest)
More on Ogallala: Data | Crime

Omaha, NE

Source: Wikipedia User Raymond Bucko, SJ | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Households: 183,160
Gay Households: 643 (1st highest)
% Gay Households: 0.35% (8th highest)
More on Omaha: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Beatrice, NE

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 5,507
Gay Households: 8 (17th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.29% (9th highest)
More on Beatrice: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Hastings, NE

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 10,149
Gay Households: 10 (14th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.2% (10th highest)
More on Hastings: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

How do you determine the best cities for same-sex households in Nebraska for 2024

In order to rank the gayest cities in Nebraska, we used Saturday Night Science and the 2013-2018 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census. We looked at:

  • Percentage of all households that are unmarried, same sex partners

We limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 1,000 households.

We ranked each place from 1 to 52 with the city containing the highest percentage of unmarried, same sex partners households being the most gay.

In the end, ended up being the the most gay place with 2.43% gay households.

Skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from gayest to straighest.

We updated this report for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the gayest places in Nebraska.

There You Have It – The Most LGBT Friendly Cities In Nebraska For 2024

If you’re looking at the number of gay households in Nebraska, this is an accurate list.

The gayest cities in Nebraska are .

If you’re curious enough, here are the least gay places in Nebraska:

  • York
  • North Platte
  • Minden

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Table: Gayest Places To Live In Nebraska

RankCityHouseholds% Gay Households
1Gothenburg1,3182.43%
2Cozad1,6271.84%
3Kimball1,1441.22%
4Wahoo1,7811.01%
5Auburn1,4180.85%
6Norfolk10,2350.53%
7Ogallala2,2780.44%
8Omaha183,1600.35%
9Beatrice5,5070.29%
10Hastings10,1490.2%
11Lincoln112,1240.19%
12Grand Island19,0490.14%
13Fremont10,9630.11%
14Kearney13,0640.08%
15Bellevue20,4660.07%
16Seward2,6280.0%
17Wayne2,1110.0%
18Waverly1,2590.0%
19Ord1,0150.0%
20Papillion7,6710.0%
21Valley1,2280.0%
22Plattsmouth2,6330.0%
23Valentine1,3120.0%
24Ralston3,1210.0%
25St. Paul1,0630.0%
26South Sioux City4,7440.0%
27Schuyler1,8390.0%
28O’neill1,5640.0%
29Scottsbluff6,0800.0%
30Sidney3,1000.0%
31Alliance3,5810.0%
32Lexington3,4390.0%
33Nebraska City2,9820.0%
34Aurora1,8650.0%
35Blair3,2040.0%
36Broken Bow1,6260.0%
37Central City1,2050.0%
38Chadron2,2690.0%
39Columbus9,2560.0%
40Crete2,1710.0%
41David City1,2560.0%
42Fairbury1,6730.0%
43Falls City1,9470.0%
44Gering3,1190.0%
45Gretna1,8650.0%
46Holdrege2,4640.0%
47La Vista6,9130.0%
48West Point1,3770.0%
49Mccook3,2390.0%
50Minden1,1840.0%
51North Platte10,4820.0%
52York3,3570.0%
About Chris Kolmar

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