Dakota City, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 1821 Housing Units (2000): 627 Land area (2000): 1.053381 sq. miles (2.728245 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.112942 sq. miles (0.292518 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.166323 sq. miles (3.020763 sq. km) FIPS code: 12000 Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31 Location: 42.415294 N, 96.417808 W ZIP Codes (1990): 68731 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Dakota City, NE Dakota City