What started as a river crossing for west-ward bound Americans has become a major metro area in the American mid-west.
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Short History
There are many Native American tribes with a long history of living in the Missouri Valley region. Lewis and Clark passed through the are that would become Omaha in 1804. The City of Omaha was founded in 1854. Omaha became an important stop on the east-west route for early American trades, especially considering the First Continental Railroad started in Council Bluffs.
While the metro’s early success came from the transport and meat processing trades, over time it has become a business friendly city. [Wikipedia]
Towns and Areas in the Omaha Metro
The immediate Omaha Metro covers Douglas and Sarpy counties in Nebraska and Pottawattamie County in Iowa. The extended region includes five more adjacent counties and often the City of Lincoln and Lancaster County are included. [Wikipedia]
Counties
The Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area comprises eight or nine counties with an estimated population of 1,004,771. If you include Lancaster County (location of Lincoln, NE) that adds 322,608 people, for a combined total of 1,327,379.
| County | 2020 est population |
|---|---|
| Cass | 26,598 |
| Dodge | 37,167 |
| Douglas | 584,526 |
| Harrison | 14,582 |
| Mills | 14,484 |
| Pottawattamie | 93,667 |
| Sarpy | 190,604 |
| Saunders | 22,278 |
| Washington | 20,865 |
Cities
| City | County | 2020 est population |
|---|---|---|
| Ashland, NE | Saunders | 3,086 |
| Bellevue, NE | Sarpy | 64,176 |
| Bennington, NE | Douglas | 2,026 |
| Blair, NE | Washington | 7,790 |
| Boys Town, NE | Douglas | 410 |
| Carter Lake, IA | Pottawattamie | 3,791 |
| Council Bluffs, IA | Pottawattamie | 62,799 |
| Fremont, NE | Dodge | 27,141 |
| Ft. Calhoun, NE | Washington | 1,108 |
| Glenwood, IA | Mills | 5,073 |
| Gretna, NE | Sarpy | 5,083 |
| La Vista, NE | Sarpy | 16,746 |
| Louisville, NE | Cass | 1,319 |
| Omaha, NE | Douglas | 486,051 |
| Papillion, NE | Sarpy | 24,159 |
| Plattsmouth, NE | Cass | 6,620 |
| Ralston, NE | Douglas | 6,494 |
| Springfield, NE | Sarpy | 1,529 |
| Valley, NE | Douglas | 3,037 |
| Wahoo, NE | Saunders | 4,818 |
| Waterloo, NE | Douglas | 935 |
