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Most sparsely populated, US counties · 2010

US counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2010).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000
1001Ashley County, ARAR17,83124−10%
1002Taylor County, GAGA7,81824+1%
1003Tunica County, MSMS8,81924+17%
1004Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87724+3%
1005LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15424+4%
1006Yell County, ARAR19,95624+5%
1007York County, NENE14,56424−6%
1008Calhoun County, GAGA5,41324+6%
1009Bourbon County, KSKS14,31924−1%
1010Jefferson County, IDID35,29724+36%
1011Marion County, GAGA7,67624+22%
1012Crawford County, IAIA16,23724+1%
1013Dawson County, NENE24,452240%
1014Jenkins County, GAGA8,84324−3%
1015Hancock County, ILIL16,80324−5%
1016Lamar County, ALAL13,58724−8%
1017Hardy County, WVWV14,33724+11%
1018Owsley County, KYKY3,93224−2%
1019Polk County, ARAR19,48624+2%
1020Hickory County, MOMO9,04424+8%
1021Clarke County, MSMS15,10224−7%
1022Fillmore County, MNMN21,54024−1%
1023Gray County, TXTX20,91924−1%
1024Webster County, MSMS10,167240%
1025Moore County, TXTX21,89124+9%
1026Hardin County, ILIL3,58824−10%
1027Milam County, TXTX26,25824+2%
1028Van Buren County, ARAR16,23824+7%
1029Atkinson County, GAGA8,45424+10%
1030Hale County, ALAL15,19424−8%
1031Wilcox County, GAGA8,79724+8%
1032Beckham County, OKOK22,15925+12%
1033Wirt County, WVWV4,87925−3%
1034Tama County, IAIA16,79625−2%
1035Sussex County, VAVA10,75525−3%
1036Chickasaw County, IAIA11,66325−5%
1037Jefferson County, FLFL16,00725+14%
1038Chippewa County, MIMI36,081250%
1039Becker County, MNMN35,49725+8%
1040Madison County, MOMO12,85825+4%
1041Cass County, IAIA12,96025−5%
1042Saline County, NENE14,99625+3%
1043Little River County, ARAR11,76325−3%
1044Chelan County, WAWA81,94125+9%
1045Grundy County, IAIA12,36125+1%
1046Tuolumne County, CACA53,16025+2%
1047Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63325−7%
1048Vilas County, WIWI23,76125+2%
1049Grant County, WVWV11,04125+6%
1050Mendocino County, CACA88,12225+2%
1051Wheeler County, GAGA7,57025+20%
1052Twiggs County, GAGA7,59725−15%
1053O'Brien County, IAIA14,22025−5%
1054Clay County, ARAR14,05225−9%
1055Jasper County, MSMS15,78525−6%
1056Hockley County, TXTX21,60025+1%
1057Lincoln County, ARAR12,76425−2%
1058Crawford County, MIMI13,72225−1%
1059Surry County, VAVA6,60325+3%
1060Montgomery County, IAIA10,00225−9%
1061Holmes County, MSMS15,46525−11%
1062Calhoun County, MSMS12,64326−1%
1063Allendale County, SCSC7,35526−7%
1064Colfax County, NENE10,93426+1%
1065Greene County, ILIL11,31326−6%
1066Otoe County, NENE16,53126+2%
1067Wayne County, MSMS19,80726−2%
1068Vernon County, MOMO19,94626+3%
1069Butler County, IAIA14,04926−3%
1070Doddridge County, WVWV7,63426+11%
1071Gilmer County, WVWV7,08526+21%
1072Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18626+19%
1073Watonwan County, MNMN11,45926−6%
1074Calhoun County, FLFL13,28926+12%
1075Wadena County, MNMN14,38826+1%
1076Limestone County, TXTX22,84926+6%
1077Fayette County, TXTX25,45926+13%
1078Sibley County, MNMN15,35626−1%
1079Bandera County, TXTX22,87626+16%
1080Crittenden County, KYKY8,80726−1%
1081Union Parish, LALA20,561260%
1082Appanoose County, IAIA12,07726−6%
1083Smith County, MSMS13,99126+2%
1084Lyon County, NVNV65,08826+51%
1085Yavapai County, AZAZ252,55226+26%
1086Emmet County, IAIA9,10726−7%
1087Burleson County, TXTX20,54926+4%
1088Washington County, ILIL13,56426−3%
1089Gage County, NENE21,71126−3%
1090Missaukee County, MIMI15,27426+3%
1091Todd County, MNMN26,06026+2%
1092Lee County, TXTX18,72926+6%
1093Charlotte County, VAVA11,40126+1%
1094Swain County, NCNC14,02426+8%
1095Minidoka County, IDID22,91127−1%
1096Clark County, ARAR20,93827−2%
1097Lafayette County, WIWI17,47827+4%
1098Iroquois County, ILIL26,15027−5%
1099Attala County, MSMS17,100270%
1100Nodaway County, MOMO20,17427+7%
1101Allen County, KSKS12,30227−7%
1102Cleburne County, ALAL15,97027+6%
1103Montgomery County, MSMS9,35427−10%
1104Irwin County, GAGA9,02027−4%
1105Carlisle County, KYKY4,74727−5%
1106Butler County, ALAL18,10027−2%
1107Benton County, MOMO20,53627+11%
1108Delta County, COCO32,17827+11%
1109Winnebago County, IAIA10,25127−7%
1110Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37527−3%
1111Hamilton County, IAIA14,94427−5%
1112Mason County, ILIL12,41127−9%
1113Calhoun County, WVWV5,97827+1%
1114St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75827+6%
1115Clay County, WVWV7,53827−9%
1116Fayette County, ALAL15,87227−7%
1117Randolph County, ARAR18,87628−1%
1118Wright County, MOMO19,67128+5%
1119Madison County, FLFL18,75928+3%
1120Lampasas County, TXTX23,65728+11%
1121Pike County, MOMO17,95528+1%
1122Rappahannock County, VAVA7,43928+6%
1123Marion County, TXTX9,89628−4%
1124Terrell County, GAGA8,65628−15%
1125Saunders County, NENE23,70228+5%
1126Custer County, OKOK28,17528+5%
1127Oxford County, MEME60,34628+6%
1128Iowa County, IAIA16,50428+4%
1129Marion County, ARAR17,59328+3%
1130Madison County, IAIA17,27028+12%
1131Sabine Parish, LALA21,83428+3%
1132New Madrid County, MOMO15,08628−4%
1133Breathitt County, KYKY12,55828−14%
1134Burke County, GAGA24,40828+5%
1135Leslie County, KYKY9,62728−9%
1136Finney County, KSKS37,50528−9%
1137Grant County, ARAR18,75628+8%
1138Randolph County, WVWV26,88228+4%
1139Louisa County, IAIA10,41628−7%
1140Jackson County, ARAR16,74128−2%
1141Del Norte County, CACA26,41028+4%
1142Braxton County, WVWV11,88528−1%
1143McCormick County, SCSC10,21529+3%
1144Livingston County, MOMO14,70829+4%
1145Sharp County, ARAR18,12229+1%
1146Monroe County, WVWV12,49129−7%
1147Fayette County, IAIA19,04729−5%
1148Jackson Parish, LALA15,83429+6%
1149Gulf County, FLFL15,94329+19%
1150Clark County, WIWI35,05229+3%
1151Lewis County, KYKY12,90129−2%
1152Hamilton County, FLFL14,18029+11%
1153Neosho County, KSKS15,63729−3%
1154Plymouth County, IAIA25,69729+1%
1155Stewart County, TNTN14,43929+8%
1156Cross County, ARAR16,18629−8%
1157Ford County, ILIL13,21629−1%
1158Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041290%
1159Crawford County, WIWI15,91029−3%
1160Pawnee County, OKOK16,029290%
1161Martin County, MNMN19,44029−4%
1162Mercer County, ILIL15,22929−3%
1163Seward County, NENE18,03229+2%
1164Madison County, TXTX14,22629+6%
1165Panola County, TXTX23,01829+5%
1166Gasconade County, MOMO14,78429−1%
1167Clay County, IAIA16,20229−4%
1168Cedar County, MOMO14,88829+2%
1169Shelby County, ILIL20,57629−2%
1170Clay County, ILIL12,79329−5%
1171Morrison County, MNMN34,62030+5%
1172Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79130+4%
1173Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25630−14%
1174Buckingham County, VAVA17,13730+10%
1175Union County, IAIA11,82930+2%
1176White County, ILIL13,25030−5%
1177Lawrence County, ARAR16,27330−2%
1178Franklin County, ARAR17,72530+2%
1179Butler County, KYKY12,52030−2%
1180Page County, IAIA14,85630−6%
1181Edgar County, ILIL16,32330−6%
1182Marinette County, WIWI42,57430−4%
1183Gem County, IDID21,77330+10%
1184Concordia Parish, LALA17,83630+3%
1185Nobles County, MNMN22,33830+3%
1186Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05830−2%
1187Schley County, GAGA4,59330+33%
1188Lawrence County, MSMS11,81930−2%
1189Lawrence County, SDSD29,45930+11%
1190Cascade County, MTMT85,02930+1%
1191Edwards County, ILIL5,89830−4%
1192Sevier County, ARAR15,75830+8%
1193Graham County, NCNC8,19030+11%
1194La Plata County, COCO56,89830+17%
1195De Soto Parish, LALA27,38130+5%
1196Livingston County, KYKY8,86330−3%
1197Yazoo County, MSMS22,947300%
1198Bertie County, NCNC17,08630+8%
1199Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73331−1%
1200Fremont County, COCO50,03931+1%
1201Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94131−11%
1202DeKalb County, MOMO9,79531+11%
1203Ward County, NDND68,23331+5%
1204Kalkaska County, MIMI18,69331+4%
1205Hancock County, TNTN7,075310%
1206Richland County, WIWI17,03631+1%
1207Delaware County, IAIA17,67431−3%
1208Martin County, ININ9,856310%
1209Brunswick County, VAVA15,72731−5%
1210Henry County, ALAL18,39431+6%
1211Hardin County, IAIA16,45531−7%
1212Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67331+8%
1213Ford County, KSKS33,99331+4%
1214Roane County, WVWV13,31731−3%
1215Fayette County, ILIL20,79031+2%
1216Pulaski County, ININ12,46331−3%
1217Barton County, KSKS24,79031−2%
1218Pulaski County, ILIL4,82031−16%
1219Owen County, KYKY11,60131+3%
1220Saline County, MOMO23,26531−2%
1221Menifee County, KYKY6,43031−4%
1222Eagle County, COCO54,29131+25%
1223Southampton County, VAVA18,11031+6%
1224Dallas County, MOMO18,02531+7%
1225Barbour County, ALAL24,60731−5%
1226Iowa County, WIWI23,95131+4%
1227Hempstead County, ARAR19,08031−4%
1228Kanabec County, MNMN16,62831+8%
1229Pickett County, TNTN5,21931+3%
1230Cooper County, MOMO17,13631+6%
1231Jackson County, IAIA19,28831−2%
1232Washington County, GAGA19,453310%
1233Union County, SDSD17,40231+14%
1234Turner County, GAGA8,98331−6%
1235Lewis County, WAWA88,06231+10%
1236Phillips County, ARAR14,25532−18%
1237Logan County, ARAR21,63332−1%
1238Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08932+1%
1239Winston County, MSMS17,47332−5%
1240Ellis County, KSKS29,07532+3%
1241Delta County, MIMI36,58232−4%
1242Franklin County, NYNY46,50032+1%
1243Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92032+4%
1244Le Flore County, OKOK50,19632+5%
1245Nelson County, VAVA14,92032+4%
1246Cedar County, IAIA18,35932+2%
1247Cumberland County, ILIL10,20832−2%
1248Henry County, MOMO22,67132+1%
1249Shelby County, TXTX24,28632+1%
1250St. Louis County, MNMN200,518320%
1251Columbia County, ARAR21,89432−4%
1252Monroe County, OHOH12,99432−4%
1253Jefferson County, GAGA15,01132−2%
1254Pepin County, WIWI7,51332+4%
1255Cowley County, KSKS34,382320%
1256West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15632−6%
1257Oneida County, WIWI38,13132−2%
1258Adams County, WIWI21,75232+12%
1259Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36832+1%
1260Murray County, OKOK13,80532+7%
1261Poinsett County, ARAR22,48332−4%
1262Trigg County, KYKY14,51232+14%
1263McPherson County, KSKS30,06432−1%
1264Cass County, TXTX28,651330%
1265Floyd County, IAIA14,90133−4%
1266Clark County, ILIL15,11433−4%
1267Vinton County, OHOH12,64533+5%
1268Warren County, ILIL16,22233−5%
1269Marshall County, ILIL11,47333−4%
1270Lincoln County, WIWI28,40333−3%
1271McIntosh County, OKOK19,75833+4%
1272Brooks County, GAGA16,10133−1%
1273Johnson County, GAGA9,31033+17%
1274Jackson County, OKOK24,76433−7%
1275Fulton County, KYKY6,21833−12%
1276Wolfe County, KYKY6,29833+4%
1277Washington County, MOMO23,81033+8%
1278Emanuel County, GAGA23,14733+3%
1279McIntosh County, GAGA11,98933+32%
1280Clay County, TNTN7,82133−1%
1281Grant County, WAWA105,72733+19%
1282Delaware County, NYNY44,305330%
1283Crawford County, MOMO22,92933+8%
1284Franklin Parish, LALA19,00233−2%
1285Todd County, KYKY12,97233+4%
1286Monroe County, KYKY11,19133−7%
1287Ballard County, KYKY7,594330%
1288Labette County, KSKS19,68533−5%
1289Elliott County, KYKY7,26534+16%
1290Matagorda County, TXTX36,46334−3%
1291Clay County, SDSD15,03134+2%
1292Grimes County, TXTX34,25234+13%
1293Cumberland County, VAVA10,35234+11%
1294Marquette County, WIWI15,92734−3%
1295Allen Parish, LALA22,67234+1%
1296Douglas County, WIWI43,99034+2%
1297Hendry County, FLFL48,27634+8%
1298Fulton County, PAPA14,48334+4%
1299Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41534+18%
1300Asotin County, WAWA22,54534+5%
1301Laramie County, WYWY102,93834+12%
1302Hancock County, MEME57,17134+5%
1303Gallatin County, MTMT128,74034+32%
1304Garvin County, OKOK26,37734+1%
1305Dickinson County, MIMI25,82734−5%
1306Morgan County, MOMO22,41834+7%
1307Curry County, NMNM46,65534+7%
1308Mills County, IAIA14,79334+4%
1309Houston County, MNMN18,40034−4%
1310Treutlen County, GAGA6,466350%
1311Carroll County, ILIL15,41935−8%
1312Latah County, IDID41,84235+7%
1313Grant Parish, LALA22,07535+19%
1314Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73035−11%
1315Medina County, TXTX56,88135+17%
1316Juneau County, WIWI26,64935+10%
1317Greenbrier County, WVWV31,57835+3%
1318Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58335+1%
1319Mississippi County, MOMO12,00335+7%
1320Fairfield County, SCSC20,34035+2%
1321Humphreys County, TNTN19,64635+3%
1322Erath County, TXTX43,91135+15%
1323Alexander County, ILIL4,57035−14%
1324Crawford County, ININ10,509350%
1325Pittsburg County, OKOK43,32035+4%
1326Grayson County, VAVA15,23035−13%
1327Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70535−10%
1328Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50335+8%
1329Decatur County, TNTN11,820350%
1330Haywood County, TNTN17,04235−5%
1331Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44935−1%
1332Macon County, ALAL18,13235−11%
1333Newton County, ININ14,18835−2%
1334Sandoval County, NMNM159,56535+46%
1335Yuma County, AZAZ224,44936+22%
1336Ouachita County, ARAR21,73136−9%
1337Amelia County, VAVA13,63236+11%
1338Gates County, NCNC10,23436+16%
1339Jones County, IAIA21,25336+2%
1340Appling County, GAGA19,10036+5%
1341Seward County, KSKS21,07336+2%
1342Jefferson County, KSKS18,29636+4%
1343Casey County, KYKY16,20536+3%
1344Tyler County, WVWV7,88136−4%
1345Lincoln County, OKOK35,27836+7%
1346Fentress County, TNTN20,32236+8%
1347Hale County, TXTX31,81936−1%
1348Long County, GAGA21,55736+40%
1349Morgan County, OHOH13,62636+1%
1350Lyon County, MNMN25,68436+2%
1351Bee County, TXTX32,51536−2%
1352Gilpin County, COCO6,07336+14%
1353Houghton County, MIMI37,84236+2%
1354Cass County, ILIL12,463360%
1355Ste. Genevieve County, MOMO18,68936+2%
1356Pennington County, SDSD116,79236+14%
1357Kleberg County, TXTX30,31536+2%
1358Alleghany County, VAVA14,54636+26%
1359Stoddard County, MOMO28,28436+1%
1360Benton County, IAIA26,00436+3%
1361Levy County, FLFL48,52036+18%
1362Nicholas County, KYKY7,94937+5%
1363Morgan County, KYKY14,415370%
1364Carroll County, IAIA20,30337−3%
1365Cheboygan County, MIMI25,79337−1%
1366Hill County, TXTX39,50337+9%
1367Johnson County, ILIL13,36337−2%
1368Covington County, ALAL37,947370%
1369Buchanan County, IAIA20,88337−1%
1370Seminole County, GAGA9,16237−7%
1371Cherokee County, KSKS19,10537−4%
1372Macon County, GAGA11,75637+5%
1373Noble County, OHOH14,27637+4%
1374Colleton County, SCSC39,38237+2%
1375Bibb County, ALAL22,26237+10%
1376Atascosa County, TXTX53,59037+16%
1377Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66237−8%
1378Audrain County, MOMO24,52837−1%
1379Tioga County, PAPA40,50237+1%
1380Marquette County, MIMI68,06437+4%
1381Pemiscot County, MOMO14,46537−9%
1382Franklin County, TXTX10,99437+12%
1383Richland Parish, LALA19,58237−1%
1384Livingston County, ILIL35,05737−2%
1385Rockbridge County, VAVA22,66337+7%
1386Hampshire County, WVWV24,10537+19%
1387Jerome County, IDID26,36237+22%
1388Willacy County, TXTX19,97137+10%
1389Putnam County, ILIL5,61938−1%
1390Newton County, MSMS20,96038−1%
1391Moniteau County, MOMO15,42838+5%
1392Vernon County, WIWI31,44338+6%
1393Caldwell County, KYKY12,60938−1%
1394Hampton County, SCSC18,17438−1%
1395Jackson County, TNTN12,46638+6%
1396Jasper County, GAGA17,63238+22%
1397Humboldt County, CACA131,64738+6%
1398Telfair County, GAGA11,19538+40%
1399Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59438+2%
1400McLean County, KYKY9,06438−4%
1401Oconto County, WIWI40,19538+6%
1402Lee County, KYKY7,297380%
1403Jasper County, SCSC38,53338+20%
1404Montgomery County, GAGA8,63538+10%
1405Copiah County, MSMS27,49738+2%
1406Worth County, GAGA20,05938−1%
1407Dooly County, GAGA11,15638+29%
1408Wharton County, TXTX42,060380%
1409Lincoln County, GAGA8,11238−4%
1410Grundy County, TNTN14,11638−4%
1411Jasper County, TXTX33,075380%
1412Fannin County, TXTX39,26538+9%
1413Piatt County, ILIL16,79138+2%
1414Washington County, IAIA22,66738+5%
1415Lawrence County, KYKY15,76538+2%
1416Washington County, NCNC10,63838−4%
1417Walthall County, MSMS13,92838+2%
1418Grays Harbor County, WAWA78,14438+8%
1419Patrick County, VAVA17,42438−5%
1420Meeker County, MNMN23,60338+3%
1421Santa Cruz County, AZAZ50,02038+24%
1422Pike County, ININ12,003380%
1423Ogemaw County, MIMI21,121390%
1424Conway County, ARAR21,39339+5%
1425Summers County, WVWV11,53239+7%
1426Elk County, PAPA29,92639−9%
1427Johnson County, ARAR26,22539+12%
1428Jefferson County, IAIA15,29139+4%
1429Polk County, TNTN18,59239+5%
1430West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13439+3%
1431Howard County, TXTX30,50439+4%
1432Crawford County, GAGA12,20639+1%
1433Lyon County, KYKY9,12339+3%
1434Bolivar County, MSMS28,26239−16%
1435Parke County, ININ16,64239+1%
1436Bacon County, GAGA11,07039+10%
1437Pamlico County, NCNC12,75839+2%
1438Jackson County, KYKY13,325390%
1439Waushara County, WIWI25,22339+6%
1440Mahaska County, IAIA21,880390%
1441Orleans County, VTVT27,60039+4%
1442Atchison County, KSKS16,17239+1%
1443Trempealeau County, WIWI31,17139+7%
1444Green County, KYKY11,64439−2%
1445Washington County, KYKY12,36839+7%
1446Harrison County, OHOH14,070390%
1447Vernon Parish, LALA45,091390%
1448Randolph County, ALAL23,16339+2%
1449Coos County, OROR63,992390%
1450Adair County, OKOK19,82840+8%
1451Codington County, SDSD29,56240+5%
1452Huron County, MIMI30,53040−8%
1453Charles City County, VAVA6,62340+5%
1454Lyon County, KSKS32,26640−6%
1455San Benito County, CACA70,08240+4%
1456Calhoun County, SCSC14,188400%
1457Stone County, MSMS19,65440+31%
1458Winston County, ALAL23,82940−1%
1459Andrew County, MOMO18,24140+5%
1460Heard County, GAGA12,14940+7%
1461Perry County, MOMO19,09340+5%
1462Union County, ARAR36,92640−9%
1463Floyd County, VAVA15,78940+10%
1464Edmonson County, KYKY12,74940+4%
1465Twin Falls County, IDID97,53940+20%
1466Bladen County, NCNC30,00740+9%
1467Bureau County, ILIL32,51040−1%
1468Seminole County, OKOK23,44140+2%
1469Hickman County, TNTN26,21940+11%
1470Brown County, TXTX38,71140+1%
1471Brookings County, SDSD37,63540+13%
1472Ware County, GAGA36,90640+2%
1473Menard County, ILIL11,86340+2%
1474Escambia County, ALAL36,665410%
1475Nicholas County, WVWV23,84841−1%
1476Ohio County, KYKY23,93441+4%
1477Bamberg County, SCSC12,79641−4%
1478Hardeman County, TNTN25,27441−3%
1479Leake County, MSMS21,66241+14%
1480Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,520410%
1481Webster County, KYKY12,92941−4%
1482Clallam County, WAWA78,20241+11%
1483Carlton County, MNMN36,71141+12%
1484Fleming County, KYKY15,78741+4%
1485Northampton County, NCNC16,491410%
1486Barnwell County, SCSC20,65341−4%
1487Greene County, GAGA21,36741+11%
1488Ray County, MOMO23,39841+1%
1489Wabasha County, MNMN21,537410%
1490McDowell County, WVWV16,87841−19%
1491Marion County, ALAL29,09741−1%
1492Greensville County, VAVA11,18141+6%
1493Madison County, VAVA14,23742+6%
1494Camden County, NCNC11,31542+45%
1495Brantley County, GAGA18,93642+26%
1496Osceola County, MIMI23,51642+1%
1497Holmes County, FLFL20,11942+7%
1498De Witt County, ILIL15,11842−1%
1499Bath County, KYKY13,17642+5%
1500Scott County, TNTN22,67142+5%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS