Residential

In 2021, the number of residential consuming entities (or meters) increased by 10,000 consumers to 553,000; average annual consumption per consumer entity fell two thousand cubic feet to 66 thousand cubic feet; and the average annual residential natural gas bill increased $86 to $633.

The average annual residential natural gas bill set a new record of $922 in 2008 topping the previous records of $870 in 2007 and $854 in 2001.

Compressed natural gas (CNG) consumption for vehicle use was low in 2025. Consumption was at the bottom boundary of the five–year range from January to February. In April, consumption was in the lower half of the five–year range. During the rest of 2025, consumption was below 2024's consumption, the five–year average, and the five–year range. (Figure 1)

Vehicles registered in the state are counted in the data table below by the type of fuel they consume.

Shown in the data table below, Nebraska's population was 2,005,465 as of July 1, 2024.

Census data for 2000 to 2022 are in the first three tables, and census data for 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020 are in the fourth table. Also see Population.

The graph and data table below show motor vehicle registrations in Nebraska each year.