Columbus, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 20971 Housing Units (2000): 8818 Land area (2000): 8.972276 sq. miles (23.238087 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.192814 sq. miles (0.499385 sq. km) Total area (2000): 9.165090 sq. miles (23.737472 sq. km) FIPS code: 10110 Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31 Location: 41.432785 N, 97.358530 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Columbus, NE Columbus