Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the state of
Nebraska,
United States, and is the
county seat of
Douglas County. It is located in the
Midwestern United States on the
Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the
Platte River. Omaha is the anchor of the
Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which includes
Council Bluffs,
Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha. According to the
2010 census, Omaha's population was 408,958, making it
the nation's 41st-largest city. According to the 2014 Population Estimates, Omaha's population was 446,599. Including its suburbs, Omaha formed the 60th-largest
metropolitan area in the United States in 2013 with an estimated population of 895,151 residing in eight
counties. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area is 931,667, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2013 estimate. There are nearly 1.3 million residents within a 50-mile (80 km) radius of
the city's center, forming the Greater Omaha area.