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Most sparsely populated, US counties · 2000

US counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2000).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 1990
1001Taylor County, GAGA7,81823+15%
1002Cumberland County, KYKY5,99223+5%
1003Clear Creek County, COCO8,99424+22%
1004Caddo County, OKOK26,13024+2%
1005Clay County, ALAL14,20724+8%
1006Polk County, ARAR19,48624+17%
1007Grant County, WVWV11,04124+8%
1008Osage County, KSKS15,69324+10%
1009Monroe County, ALAL18,96524+1%
1010Crawford County, IAIA16,23724+1%
1011Pickens County, ALAL18,22124+1%
1012Screven County, GAGA14,40824+11%
1013Langlade County, WIWI19,53424+6%
1014Milam County, TXTX26,25824+6%
1015Madison County, MOMO12,85824+6%
1016Humboldt County, IAIA9,40924−3%
1017Grundy County, MOMO9,74424−1%
1018Clayton County, IAIA16,84524−2%
1019Wayne County, ILIL15,88224−1%
1020Dawson County, NENE24,45224+22%
1021Gulf County, FLFL15,94324+16%
1022Early County, GAGA10,45524+4%
1023Saline County, NENE14,99624+9%
1024Bourbon County, KSKS14,31924+3%
1025Sandoval County, NMNM159,56524+42%
1026Menominee County, MIMI22,94124+2%
1027Falls County, TXTX17,86924+5%
1028Claiborne County, MSMS8,05824+4%
1029Howard County, ARAR12,30624+5%
1030Limestone County, TXTX22,84924+5%
1031Delta County, COCO32,17824+33%
1032Benton County, MOMO20,53624+24%
1033Webster County, MSMS10,16724+1%
1034Surry County, VAVA6,60324+11%
1035Vilas County, WIWI23,76125+19%
1036Fillmore County, MNMN21,54025+2%
1037Tuolumne County, CACA53,16025+12%
1038Gray County, TXTX20,91925−5%
1039Swain County, NCNC14,02425+15%
1040Mendocino County, CACA88,12225+7%
1041Owsley County, KYKY3,93225−4%
1042Grundy County, IAIA12,36125+3%
1043Jenkins County, GAGA8,84325+4%
1044Wright County, IAIA12,801250%
1045Chippewa County, MIMI36,08125+11%
1046Eagle County, COCO54,29125+90%
1047Red River Parish, LALA7,16525+3%
1048Vernon County, MOMO19,94625+7%
1049Lee County, TXTX18,72925+22%
1050Lampasas County, TXTX23,65725+31%
1051Quitman County, MSMS5,36425−4%
1052Nodaway County, MOMO20,17425+1%
1053Madison County, IAIA17,27025+12%
1054Burleson County, TXTX20,54925+21%
1055Hockley County, TXTX21,60025−6%
1056Otoe County, NENE16,53125+8%
1057Tama County, IAIA16,79625+4%
1058McIntosh County, GAGA11,98925+26%
1059Cleburne County, ALAL15,97025+11%
1060Wirt County, WVWV4,87925+13%
1061Hancock County, ILIL16,80325−6%
1062Colfax County, NENE10,93425+14%
1063Smith County, MSMS13,99125+9%
1064Lafayette County, WIWI17,478250%
1065York County, NENE14,56425+1%
1066Sussex County, VAVA10,75526+22%
1067Wadena County, MNMN14,38826+4%
1068Missaukee County, MIMI15,27426+19%
1069Crawford County, MIMI13,72226+16%
1070Little River County, ARAR11,76326−2%
1071Calhoun County, MSMS12,64326+1%
1072Long County, GAGA21,55726+66%
1073St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75826+7%
1074Todd County, MNMN26,06026+5%
1075Lincoln County, ARAR12,76426+6%
1076Hamilton County, FLFL14,18026+22%
1077Clarke County, MSMS15,10226+4%
1078Chickasaw County, IAIA11,66326−2%
1079Union Parish, LALA20,56126+10%
1080La Plata County, COCO56,89826+36%
1081Cass County, IAIA12,96026−3%
1082Gallatin County, MTMT128,74026+34%
1083Grant County, ARAR18,75626+18%
1084Sibley County, MNMN15,35626+7%
1085Crittenden County, KYKY8,80726+2%
1086Ashley County, ARAR17,831260%
1087Wayne County, MSMS19,80726+9%
1088Rappahannock County, VAVA7,43926+5%
1089Charlotte County, VAVA11,40126+7%
1090Lamar County, ALAL13,58726+1%
1091Wright County, MOMO19,67126+7%
1092O'Brien County, IAIA14,22026−2%
1093Oxford County, MEME60,34626+4%
1094Butler County, IAIA14,04926−3%
1095Custer County, OKOK28,17526−3%
1096Saunders County, NENE23,70226+8%
1097Minidoka County, IDID22,91127+4%
1098Hale County, ALAL15,19427+11%
1099Iowa County, IAIA16,50427+7%
1100Attala County, MSMS17,10027+6%
1101Humphreys County, MSMS7,00127−8%
1102Jasper County, MSMS15,78527+6%
1103Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63327−7%
1104Burke County, GAGA24,40827+8%
1105Madison County, FLFL18,75927+13%
1106Stewart County, TNTN14,43927+30%
1107Washington County, ILIL13,56427+1%
1108Buckingham County, VAVA17,13727+21%
1109Telfair County, GAGA11,19527+7%
1110Gage County, NENE21,71127+1%
1111Jackson Parish, LALA15,83427−2%
1112Marion County, ARAR17,59327+34%
1113Hardin County, ILIL3,58827−7%
1114Sabine Parish, LALA21,83427+4%
1115Gem County, IDID21,77327+28%
1116Calhoun County, WVWV5,97827−4%
1117Greene County, ILIL11,31327−4%
1118Randolph County, WVWV26,88227+2%
1119Clark County, ARAR20,93827+10%
1120Lawrence County, SDSD29,45927+6%
1121Watonwan County, MNMN11,45927+2%
1122Union County, SDSD17,40227+24%
1123Del Norte County, CACA26,41027+17%
1124Livingston County, MOMO14,708270%
1125Pike County, MOMO17,95527+15%
1126Graham County, NCNC8,19027+11%
1127Allendale County, SCSC7,35527−4%
1128DeKalb County, MOMO9,79528+16%
1129Butler County, ALAL18,10028−2%
1130Clay County, ARAR14,05228−3%
1131Appanoose County, IAIA12,077280%
1132Clark County, WIWI35,05228+6%
1133McCormick County, SCSC10,21528+12%
1134Montgomery County, IAIA10,00228−3%
1135Madison County, TXTX14,22628+18%
1136Emmet County, IAIA9,10728−5%
1137Grant County, WAWA105,72728+36%
1138Randolph County, ARAR18,87628+10%
1139Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37528+8%
1140Sevier County, ARAR15,75828+16%
1141Irwin County, GAGA9,02028+15%
1142Iroquois County, ILIL26,15028+2%
1143Panola County, TXTX23,01828+3%
1144Morrison County, MNMN34,62028+7%
1145Carlisle County, KYKY4,74728+2%
1146Johnson County, GAGA9,31028+3%
1147Bertie County, NCNC17,08628−3%
1148Sharp County, ARAR18,12228+21%
1149Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79128+8%
1150Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67328+10%
1151Hamilton County, IAIA14,94429+2%
1152Trigg County, KYKY14,51229+22%
1153Lewis County, WAWA88,06229+16%
1154Holmes County, MSMS15,465290%
1155Camden County, NCNC11,31529+17%
1156Marion County, TXTX9,89629+10%
1157Kanabec County, MNMN16,62829+17%
1158Allen County, KSKS12,30229−2%
1159Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41529+29%
1160Braxton County, WVWV11,88529+13%
1161Elliott County, KYKY7,26529+5%
1162Plymouth County, IAIA25,69729+6%
1163Seward County, NENE18,03229+7%
1164Adams County, WIWI21,75229+19%
1165Cedar County, MOMO14,88829+14%
1166Alleghany County, VAVA14,54629−2%
1167Dallas County, MOMO18,02529+24%
1168Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04129+13%
1169Yuma County, AZAZ224,44929+50%
1170Henry County, ALAL18,39429+6%
1171Concordia Parish, LALA17,83629−3%
1172Grant Parish, LALA22,07529+7%
1173Union County, IAIA11,82929−3%
1174Jackson County, ARAR16,74129−3%
1175De Soto Parish, LALA27,38129+1%
1176Nobles County, MNMN22,33829+4%
1177Southampton County, VAVA18,110290%
1178Franklin County, ARAR17,72529+19%
1179Lewis County, KYKY12,90129+8%
1180Ward County, NDND68,23329+2%
1181Pawnee County, OKOK16,02929+7%
1182Winnebago County, IAIA10,25129−3%
1183New Madrid County, MOMO15,08629−6%
1184Ford County, ILIL13,216290%
1185Dooly County, GAGA11,15629+16%
1186Fayette County, ALAL15,87229+3%
1187Twiggs County, GAGA7,59729+8%
1188Cooper County, MOMO17,13630+12%
1189Ford County, KSKS33,99330+18%
1190Gasconade County, MOMO14,78430+10%
1191Kalkaska County, MIMI18,69330+23%
1192Medina County, TXTX56,88130+44%
1193Mason County, ILIL12,41130−1%
1194Neosho County, KSKS15,637300%
1195Cascade County, MTMT85,02930+3%
1196Iowa County, WIWI23,95130+13%
1197Grimes County, TXTX34,25230+25%
1198Montgomery County, MSMS9,35430−2%
1199Fremont County, COCO50,03930+43%
1200Owen County, KYKY11,60130+17%
1201Fayette County, IAIA19,04730+1%
1202Shelby County, ILIL20,57630+3%
1203Crawford County, WIWI15,91030+8%
1204Clay County, WVWV7,53830+3%
1205Mercer County, ILIL15,22930−2%
1206Lawrence County, ARAR16,27330+2%
1207Le Flore County, OKOK50,19630+11%
1208Cumberland County, VAVA10,35230+15%
1209Murray County, OKOK13,80530+5%
1210Louisa County, IAIA10,41630+5%
1211Pickett County, TNTN5,21930+9%
1212Laramie County, WYWY102,93830+12%
1213Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92030+28%
1214Fayette County, ILIL20,79030+4%
1215Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05830+15%
1216Erath County, TXTX43,91130+18%
1217Yazoo County, MSMS22,94731+10%
1218Hancock County, TNTN7,07531+1%
1219Butler County, KYKY12,52031+16%
1220Ellis County, KSKS29,07531+6%
1221Stone County, MSMS19,65431+27%
1222Richland County, WIWI17,03631+2%
1223Martin County, MNMN19,44031−5%
1224Clay County, IAIA16,20231−1%
1225Nelson County, VAVA14,92031+13%
1226Jerome County, IDID26,36231+21%
1227Crawford County, MOMO22,92931+19%
1228Washington County, MOMO23,81031+15%
1229Lawrence County, MSMS11,81931+6%
1230Levy County, FLFL48,52031+33%
1231Monroe County, WVWV12,49131+18%
1232Gates County, NCNC10,23431+13%
1233Martin County, ININ9,856310%
1234Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73331+2%
1235Leslie County, KYKY9,62731−9%
1236Marinette County, WIWI42,57431+7%
1237Jasper County, GAGA17,63231+35%
1238Santa Cruz County, AZAZ50,02031+29%
1239White County, ILIL13,25031−7%
1240Vinton County, OHOH12,64531+15%
1241Clay County, ILIL12,79331+1%
1242Pepin County, WIWI7,51331+1%
1243Finney County, KSKS37,50531+23%
1244Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08931+7%
1245Washington County, GAGA19,45331+11%
1246Hendry County, FLFL48,27631+40%
1247Livingston County, KYKY8,86331+8%
1248Edwards County, ILIL5,89831−6%
1249Franklin County, NYNY46,50031+10%
1250Cedar County, IAIA18,35931+5%
1251Saline County, MOMO23,26531+1%
1252McIntosh County, OKOK19,75831+16%
1253Barton County, KSKS24,79032−4%
1254Hampshire County, WVWV24,10532+22%
1255Henry County, MOMO22,67132+10%
1256Jasper County, SCSC38,53332+34%
1257Edgar County, ILIL16,32332+1%
1258Atascosa County, TXTX53,59032+27%
1259Cross County, ARAR16,18632+2%
1260Juneau County, WIWI26,64932+12%
1261Shelby County, TXTX24,28632+14%
1262Gilpin County, COCO6,07332+55%
1263Logan County, ARAR21,63332+9%
1264Pulaski County, ININ12,46332+9%
1265Page County, IAIA14,85632+1%
1266Wolfe County, KYKY6,29832+9%
1267Delaware County, IAIA17,67432+2%
1268Pennington County, SDSD116,79232+9%
1269Jackson County, IAIA19,28832+2%
1270Roane County, WVWV13,31732+2%
1271Todd County, KYKY12,97232+9%
1272Curry County, NMNM46,65532+7%
1273Amelia County, VAVA13,63232+30%
1274Emanuel County, GAGA23,14732+6%
1275St. Louis County, MNMN200,51832+1%
1276Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36832−1%
1277Menifee County, KYKY6,43032+29%
1278Cowley County, KSKS34,38232−2%
1279Morgan County, MOMO22,41832+24%
1280Asotin County, WAWA22,54532+17%
1281Hempstead County, ARAR19,08032+9%
1282Latah County, IDID41,84232+14%
1283Cass County, TXTX28,65132+2%
1284Cumberland County, ILIL10,20833+5%
1285Brunswick County, VAVA15,72733+15%
1286Fulton County, PAPA14,48333+3%
1287Mississippi County, MOMO12,00333−7%
1288Hancock County, MEME57,17133+10%
1289Terrell County, GAGA8,65633+3%
1290Breathitt County, KYKY12,55833+3%
1291Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50333+14%
1292Jefferson County, GAGA15,01133−1%
1293Barbour County, ALAL24,60733+14%
1294Clay County, SDSD15,03133+3%
1295Delta County, MIMI36,58233+2%
1296McPherson County, KSKS30,06433+8%
1297Brantley County, GAGA18,93633+32%
1298Oneida County, WIWI38,13133+16%
1299Hardin County, IAIA16,45533−1%
1300Douglas County, WIWI43,99033+4%
1301Winston County, MSMS17,47333+4%
1302Mills County, IAIA14,79333+10%
1303Franklin County, TXTX10,99433+21%
1304Turner County, GAGA8,98333+9%
1305Monroe County, OHOH12,99433−2%
1306Delaware County, NYNY44,30533+2%
1307Fentress County, TNTN20,32233+13%
1308Brooks County, GAGA16,10133+7%
1309Allen Parish, LALA22,67233+20%
1310Columbia County, ARAR21,894330%
1311Twin Falls County, IDID97,53933+20%
1312Bibb County, ALAL22,26233+26%
1313Pinal County, AZAZ539,38033+54%
1314Ballard County, KYKY7,59434+5%
1315Pittsburg County, OKOK43,32034+8%
1316Lincoln County, OKOK35,27834+10%
1317Hill County, TXTX39,50334+19%
1318Clay County, TNTN7,82134+10%
1319Lincoln County, WIWI28,40334+10%
1320Floyd County, IAIA14,90134−1%
1321Poinsett County, ARAR22,48334+4%
1322Humphreys County, TNTN19,64634+14%
1323Greenbrier County, WVWV31,57834−1%
1324Garvin County, OKOK26,37734+2%
1325Clark County, ILIL15,11434+7%
1326Willacy County, TXTX19,97134+13%
1327Franklin Parish, LALA19,00234−5%
1328Marshall County, ILIL11,47334+3%
1329Imperial County, CACA181,41134+30%
1330Fairfield County, SCSC20,34034+5%
1331Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94134−1%
1332West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15634+2%
1333Appling County, GAGA19,10034+11%
1334Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25634+5%
1335Montgomery County, GAGA8,63534+15%
1336Burnet County, TXTX57,01534+51%
1337Treutlen County, GAGA6,46634+14%
1338Johnson County, ARAR26,22534+25%
1339Warren County, ILIL16,22235−2%
1340Jefferson County, KSKS18,29635+16%
1341Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58335+12%
1342Matagorda County, TXTX36,46335+3%
1343Marquette County, WIWI15,92735+28%
1344Casey County, KYKY16,20535+9%
1345Rockbridge County, VAVA22,66335+13%
1346Nicholas County, KYKY7,94935+1%
1347Mesa County, COCO162,84535+25%
1348Fannin County, TXTX39,26535+26%
1349Macon County, GAGA11,75635+7%
1350Jones County, IAIA21,25335+4%
1351Decatur County, TNTN11,82035+12%
1352Crawford County, ININ10,50935+8%
1353Seward County, KSKS21,07335+20%
1354Noble County, OHOH14,27635+24%
1355Grays Harbor County, WAWA78,14435+5%
1356Benton County, IAIA26,00435+13%
1357Labette County, KSKS19,68535−4%
1358Jackson County, OKOK24,76435−1%
1359Vernon County, WIWI31,44335+10%
1360Humboldt County, CACA131,64735+6%
1361Marshall County, OKOK16,25535+22%
1362Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44936+2%
1363Bacon County, GAGA11,07036+6%
1364Jackson County, TNTN12,46636+18%
1365Lyon County, MNMN25,68436+3%
1366Brookings County, SDSD37,63536+12%
1367Monroe County, KYKY11,19136+3%
1368Houghton County, MIMI37,84236+2%
1369Houston County, MNMN18,40036+7%
1370Oconto County, WIWI40,19536+18%
1371Moniteau County, MOMO15,42836+21%
1372Marquette County, MIMI68,06436−9%
1373Ste. Genevieve County, MOMO18,68936+11%
1374Morgan County, OHOH13,62636+5%
1375Kleberg County, TXTX30,31536+4%
1376Berrien County, GAGA18,93236+15%
1377Kendall County, TXTX53,28936+63%
1378Washington County, FLFL26,69536+24%
1379Leake County, MSMS21,66236+14%
1380Summers County, WVWV11,53236−8%
1381Stoddard County, MOMO28,28436+3%
1382Dickinson County, MIMI25,82736+2%
1383Colleton County, SCSC39,38236+11%
1384Newton County, ININ14,18836+7%
1385Washington County, IAIA22,66736+5%
1386Hickman County, TNTN26,21936+33%
1387Floyd County, VAVA15,78936+16%
1388Hale County, TXTX31,81936+6%
1389Cass County, ILIL12,46336+2%
1390Tioga County, PAPA40,50236+1%
1391Austin County, TXTX33,62536+19%
1392Covington County, ALAL37,94737+3%
1393Somervell County, TXTX10,26137+27%
1394Morgan County, KYKY14,41537+20%
1395Adair County, OKOK19,82837+14%
1396Washington County, KYKY12,36837+5%
1397Bee County, TXTX32,51537+29%
1398Carlton County, MNMN36,71137+8%
1399Lanier County, GAGA10,62337+31%
1400Conway County, ARAR21,39337+6%
1401Trempealeau County, WIWI31,17137+7%
1402Pulaski County, ILIL4,82037−2%
1403Bladen County, NCNC30,00737+13%
1404Teller County, COCO24,75637+65%
1405Hawaii County, HIHI210,04337+24%
1406Polk County, TNTN18,59237+18%
1407Buchanan County, IAIA20,88337+1%
1408Missoula County, MTMT123,51337+22%
1409Maverick County, TXTX58,82337+30%
1410Cheboygan County, MIMI25,79337+24%
1411Waushara County, WIWI25,22337+19%
1412Copiah County, MSMS27,49737+4%
1413Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59437+2%
1414Clallam County, WAWA78,20237+14%
1415Haywood County, TNTN17,04237+2%
1416Jefferson County, IAIA15,29137−1%
1417Greene County, GAGA21,36737+22%
1418Heard County, GAGA12,14937+28%
1419Washington County, UTUT213,67037+86%
1420Meeker County, MNMN23,60337+9%
1421Piatt County, ILIL16,79137+5%
1422Howard County, TXTX30,50437+4%
1423Audrain County, MOMO24,52837+10%
1424Tyler County, WVWV7,88137−2%
1425Carroll County, ILIL15,41937−1%
1426Lawrence County, KYKY15,76537+11%
1427Johnson County, ILIL13,36337+13%
1428West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13437+17%
1429Walthall County, MSMS13,92838+6%
1430Carroll County, IAIA20,303380%
1431Fulton County, KYKY6,21838−6%
1432Codington County, SDSD29,56238+14%
1433Wakulla County, FLFL38,08938+61%
1434Richland Parish, LALA19,58238+2%
1435Lyon County, KYKY9,12338+22%
1436Newton County, MSMS20,96038+8%
1437Orleans County, VTVT27,60038+9%
1438Morgan County, TNTN22,16038+14%
1439Charles City County, VAVA6,62338+10%
1440Caldwell County, KYKY12,60938−1%
1441Lee County, KYKY7,29738+7%
1442Wharton County, TXTX42,06038+3%
1443Jasper County, TXTX33,07538+14%
1444Putnam County, ILIL5,61938+6%
1445Livingston County, ILIL35,05738+1%
1446Baker County, FLFL29,73738+20%
1447Andrew County, MOMO18,24138+13%
1448Hampton County, SCSC18,17438+18%
1449Perry County, MOMO19,09338+9%
1450Deschutes County, OROR213,07238+54%
1451Phillips County, ARAR14,25538−8%
1452Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21938+5%
1453San Benito County, CACA70,08238+45%
1454Pike County, ININ12,00338+3%
1455Ogemaw County, MIMI21,12138+16%
1456Pamlico County, NCNC12,75838+14%
1457Edmonson County, KYKY12,74938+12%
1458Crawford County, GAGA12,20638+39%
1459Pulaski County, GAGA10,17238+18%
1460Cherokee County, KSKS19,10538+6%
1461Worth County, GAGA20,05938+11%
1462Randolph County, ALAL23,16339+13%
1463Dodge County, GAGA19,66339+9%
1464Summit County, COCO31,51739+83%
1465Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73039+7%
1466Holmes County, FLFL20,11939+18%
1467Parke County, ININ16,64239+12%
1468Essex County, VAVA10,65439+15%
1469Atchison County, KSKS16,17239−1%
1470Polk County, TXTX53,43439+34%
1471Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,75339+20%
1472Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70539−3%
1473Ohio County, KYKY23,93439+9%
1474Madison County, VAVA14,23739+5%
1475San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48839+36%
1476Hood River County, OROR23,72039+21%
1477Jackson County, KYKY13,32539+13%
1478Walton County, FLFL93,28839+46%
1479Mahaska County, IAIA21,88039+4%
1480Greensville County, VAVA11,18139+31%
1481Ouachita County, ARAR21,73139−6%
1482Coos County, OROR63,99239+4%
1483Seminole County, OKOK23,44139−2%
1484McLean County, KYKY9,06439+3%
1485Candler County, GAGA11,27539+24%
1486Harrison County, OHOH14,07039−1%
1487Seminole County, GAGA9,16239+4%
1488Ware County, GAGA36,906390%
1489Fleming County, KYKY15,78740+12%
1490Kerr County, TXTX54,03740+20%
1491Vernon Parish, LALA45,09140−15%
1492Macon County, ALAL18,13240−3%
1493Washington County, NCNC10,63840−2%
1494Lincoln County, GAGA8,11240+12%
1495Scott County, TNTN22,67140+15%
1496Menard County, ILIL11,86340+12%
1497Franklin County, WAWA102,61240+32%
1498Calaveras County, CACA46,60540+27%
1499Grundy County, TNTN14,11640+7%
1500Miller County, MOMO25,81740+14%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS