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Most sparsely populated, US metro areas

US metro areas with the fewest residents per square mile (2025). Bishop, CA leads at 2. 925 metro areas qualify in total. Wyoming carries 5 of the top 25 entries.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Bishop, CACA18,1582+1%

02Winnemucca, NVNV17,2672+7%

03Elko, NVNV56,6823+21%

04Ketchikan, AKAK13,5493−4%

05Pahrump, NVNV57,3363+76%

06Rock Springs, WYWY41,2674+10%

07Ruidoso, NMNM19,8444+2%

08Riverton, WYWY39,4644+10%

09Cody, WYWY31,1714+21%

10Las Vegas, NMNM30,3115−14%

11Town of Pecos, TXTX12,1385−8%

12Fallon, NVNV25,8515+8%

13Steamboat Springs, COCO38,4515+17%

14Baker City, OROR16,6585−0%

15Ontario, OROR60,0856+15%

16Susanville, CACA28,1176−17%

17Hailey, IDID32,4367+35%

18Española, NMNM39,8327−3%

19Silver City, NMNM27,2527−12%

20Evanston, WYWY23,4158+8%

21Flagstaff, AZAZ144,3688+24%

22Jackson, WYWY36,5878+51%

23Vernal, UTUT38,2789+52%

24Deming, NMNM25,4079+2%

25Alamosa, COCO27,8969+3%

26Safford, AZAZ40,1579+20%

27Dickinson, NDND39,1429+44%

28Laramie, WYWY38,5589+20%

29Pierre, SDSD20,5889+7%

30Mountain Home, IDID29,46510+1%

31Jamestown, NDND21,41410−2%

32Guymon, OKOK20,32210+1%

33Gillette, WYWY48,14510+43%

34Brigham City, UTUT70,40510+50%

35Roswell, NMNM63,36410+3%

36Wahpeton, NDND23,01911−8%

37Alamogordo, NMNM70,36811+13%

38North Platte, NENE33,97211−4%

39The Dalles, OROR26,31011+11%

40Show Low, AZAZ109,94611+13%

41Othello, WAWA21,48811+31%

42Sterling, COCO20,65411+1%

43Payson, AZAZ53,80111+5%

44Juneau city and, AKAK31,60912+3%

45Pampa, TXTX21,78612−8%

46Klamath Falls, OROR70,27412+10%

47Hereford, TXTX18,62612+0%

48Gallup, NMNM68,11912−9%

49Andrews, TXTX18,91413+45%

50La Grande, OROR25,90013+6%

51Fairbanks, AKAK93,97213+13%

52Vernon, TXTX12,48113−15%

53Sheridan, WYWY33,24113+25%

54Zapata, TXTX13,75314+13%

55Brookings, OROR22,62114+7%

56Price, UTUT20,68014+1%

57Aberdeen, SDSD41,58315+4%

58Burley, IDID49,30815+19%

59Carlsbad, NMNM62,50915+21%

60Casper, WYWY80,52615+21%

61Del Rio, TXTX47,83515+7%

62Anchorage, AKAK405,82115+27%

63Helena, MTMT97,15315+38%

64Sweetwater, TXTX14,11715−11%

65Huron, SDSD19,62416+15%

66Taos, NMNM34,56416+15%

67Minot, NDND75,69416+12%

68Woodward, OKOK19,82716+7%

69Uvalde, TXTX24,96316−4%

70Clovis, NMNM65,27017+4%

71Hobbs, NMNM74,74917+35%

72Grand Rapids, MNMN45,40417+3%

73Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10217+47%

74Lexington, NENE26,25518−1%

75Snyder, TXTX16,16218−1%

76Hermiston, OROR93,72118+15%

77Mitchell, SDSD25,91318+6%

78Plainview, TXTX36,70018−17%

79Bemidji, MNMN47,05519+19%

80Port Townsend, WAWA33,97019+31%

81Camden, ARAR26,36319−24%

82Weatherford, OKOK39,05920+4%

83Montrose, COCO44,59120+33%

84Williston, NDND41,76720+111%

85Rapid City, SDSD156,93420+31%

86Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33220+7%

87Cedar City, UTUT67,14120+99%

88Rifle, COCO80,09920+37%

89Ellensburg, WAWA48,80321+46%

90Emporia, KSKS34,83821−11%

91Farmington, NMNM120,34022+6%

92Red Bluff, CACA64,66522+15%

93Borger, TXTX19,63322−18%

94Roseburg, OROR111,95122+12%

95Pullman, WAWA48,51222+19%

96Kalispell, MTMT115,42923+55%

97Maryville, MOMO20,17423−8%

98Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08123−6%

99Fort Morgan, COCO30,30624+12%

100Hastings, NENE40,57724−4%

101Sonora, CACA53,16024−2%

102Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93824−11%

103Dumas, TXTX21,89124+9%

104Scottsbluff, NENE36,27224−4%

105Blackfoot, IDID51,15324+23%

106Iron Mountain, MIMI30,57524−6%

107Elk City, OKOK22,15925+12%

108Alice, TXTX45,38325−4%

109Ukiah, CACA88,12225+2%

110Beatrice, NENE21,71125−6%

111Houghton, MIMI40,02826+4%

112Elkins, WVWV26,88226−5%

113Eufaula, ALAL26,86126−15%

114Crescent City, CACA26,41026−4%

115Heber, UTUT81,65527+82%

116Marinette, WIWI65,51527−5%

117Fredericksburg, TXTX28,52727+37%

118Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,49727+18%

119Wenatchee, WAWA128,41427+29%

120Fairmont, MNMN19,44027−11%

121Great Bend, KSKS24,79028−12%

122Greenwood, MSMS34,91229−28%

123Spencer, IAIA16,20229−7%

124Magnolia, ARAR21,89429−14%

125Natchitoches, LALA36,08929−8%

126Garden City, KSKS37,50529−7%

127Rexburg, IDID69,38030+77%

128Le Mars, IAIA25,69730+3%

129Billings, MTMT193,60330+32%

130Arkansas City, KSKS34,38231−5%

131Marshall, MOMO23,26531−2%

132Grand Forks, NDND105,04631+8%

133Altus, OKOK24,76431−13%

134Dodge City, KSKS33,99331+5%

135Fergus Falls, MNMN61,04131+7%

136Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,55231+51%

137Worthington, MNMN22,33831+7%

138Escanaba, MIMI36,58231−5%

139Norfolk, NENE49,22831−1%

140Clewiston, FLFL61,54631+32%

141Sandpoint, IDID54,42031+48%

142Great Falls, MTMT85,02932+6%

143DeRidder, LALA36,67332+11%

144Edwards, COCO54,29132+30%

145Cleveland, MSMS28,26232−30%

146Hays, KSKS29,07532+6%

147Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79132+14%

148Harrison, ARAR45,65432+7%

149Paris, TXTX63,31932+1%

150Natchez, MSMS54,72233−15%

151Cañon City, COCO50,03933+8%

152Bismarck, NDND139,75033+44%

153Liberal, KSKS21,07333−6%

154McAlester, OKOK43,32033−1%

155Brainerd, MNMN100,56233+22%

156Bay City, TXTX36,46333−4%

157Duluth, MNMN281,21933+2%

158Idaho Falls, IDID173,85133+66%

159McPherson, KSKS30,06433+2%

160Pontiac, ILIL35,05734−12%

161Durango, COCO56,89834+29%

162Missoula, MTMT128,69834+29%

163Raymondville, TXTX19,97134−1%

164Big Spring, TXTX30,50434−9%

165Kirksville, MOMO29,82434+2%

166Bend, OROR266,37634+73%

167Forrest City, ARAR21,80034−26%

168Kingsville, TXTX30,31534−4%

169Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,15435+20%

170Mexico, MOMO24,52835−5%

171El Dorado, ARAR36,92636−19%

172Storm Lake, IAIA20,44936+0%

173Carroll, IAIA20,30336−5%

174Clarksdale, MSMS19,84936−35%

175Selma, ALAL35,14036−24%

176Marshall, MNMN25,68436+1%

177St. Marys, PAPA29,92636−15%

178Grenada, MSMS30,22236−15%

179Vermillion, SDSD15,03136+11%

180Shawano, WIWI45,75937+1%

181Centralia, WAWA88,06237+28%

182Spearfish, SDSD29,45937+35%

183Eureka, CACA131,64737+4%

184Beeville, TXTX32,51537+0%

185Atchison, KSKS16,17238−4%

186Marquette, MIMI68,06438+5%

187Canton, ILIL32,90138−14%

188Cheyenne, WYWY102,93838+26%

189Oskaloosa, IAIA21,88038−2%

190Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59939−5%

191El Campo, TXTX42,06039+2%

192Moscow, IDID41,84239+20%

193Kearney, NENE57,96239+18%

194Massena, NYNY105,48839−6%

195Moses Lake, WAWA105,72739+42%

196Breckenridge, COCO39,06940+25%

197Bradford, PAPA38,98440−15%

198Coos Bay, OROR63,99240+2%

199Nogales, AZAZ50,02040+30%

200Stephenville, TXTX43,91141+33%

201Yuma, AZAZ224,44941+40%

202Brownwood, TXTX38,71141+3%

203Salina, KSKS59,12141−1%

204Aberdeen, WAWA78,14441+16%

205New Ulm, MNMN25,51742−5%

206Warren, PAPA37,03842−16%

207Blytheville, ARAR37,82842−27%

208Lock Haven, PAPA37,87043−0%

209Columbus, NENE46,58343+11%

210Hannibal, MOMO38,96943+3%

211Watertown, SDSD29,56243+14%

212Albert Lea, MNMN30,44043−7%

213El Centro, CACA181,41143+27%

214Macomb, ILIL25,91644−21%

215Lincoln, ILIL27,18244−13%

216West Plains, MOMO40,79844+10%

217Cadillac, MIMI49,71944+11%

218Bonham, TXTX39,26544+26%

219Lewiston, IDID65,45044+13%

220Port Angeles, WAWA78,20245+21%

221Yankton, SDSD23,63545+9%

222Dixon, ILIL32,91445−9%

223Hood River, OROR23,72045+16%

224Jacksonville, ILIL37,38146−11%

225Platteville, WIWI52,44646+6%

226Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82346+24%

227Ottawa, KSKS26,29946+6%

228Bangor, MEME157,96746+9%

229Waycross, GAGA57,67047+13%

230Taylorville, ILIL33,44347−5%

231Ponca City, OKOK43,49047−10%

232San Angelo, TXTX122,06547+15%

233Spirit Lake, IAIA18,07748+10%

234Brookings, SDSD37,63548+33%

235Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21148−24%

236Redding, CACA181,64848+11%

237Lebanon, MOMO36,94348+14%

238Grand Island, NENE78,07649+14%

239Russellville, ARAR84,93249+12%

240Grand Junction, COCO162,84549+40%

241Kerrville, TXTX54,03749+24%

242Hutchinson, KSKS61,53949−5%

243Walla Walla, WAWA62,36149+13%

244Huntingdon, PAPA43,00149−6%

245Twin Falls, IDID123,90149+50%

246Bainbridge, GAGA29,43249+4%

247Astoria, OROR40,92649+15%

248Bozeman, MTMT128,74049+90%

249Kennett, MOMO26,85550−19%

250Monticello, ININ25,16450−0%

251Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02550−21%

252Troy, ALAL33,68850+14%

253Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11850+4%

254Scottsboro, ALAL54,28150+1%

255Alpena, MIMI28,85350−8%

256Jesup, GAGA32,48151+22%

257Jacksonville, TXTX53,33751+14%

258Moberly, MOMO24,51351−1%

259Batesville, ARAR38,78551+13%

260Gainesville, TXTX44,46151+22%

261Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06351+22%

262Duncan, OKOK44,31051+3%

263Russellville, ALAL32,44951+4%

264Mason City, IAIA49,71051−9%

265Americus, GAGA33,39451−10%

266Fort Dodge, IAIA36,83851−8%

267Newport, OROR50,63652+14%

268Sparta, WIWI46,57252+14%

269Sayre, PAPA59,60052−5%

270Hilo, HIHI210,04352+41%

271Ada, OKOK38,52853+10%

272Grants Pass, OROR87,86754+16%

273Amarillo, TXTX276,23554+21%

274Washington, NCNC44,67054−1%

275Rice Lake, WIWI46,48454+3%

276Clearlake, CACA67,77254+16%

277Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31954+24%

278Effingham, ILIL44,72754−2%

279Bennington, VTVT36,63054−1%

280Dublin, GAGA60,35154+13%

281Menomonie, WIWI46,22354+16%

282Malvern, ARAR33,45154+10%

283Quincy, ILIL74,14655−6%

284Union City, TNTN30,06755−7%

285Okeechobee, FLFL42,60855+19%

286Burlington, IAIA44,06155−13%

287Greenville, MSMS40,44656−36%

288Columbus, MSMS67,14456−9%

289Willmar, MNMN44,72056+9%

290Palestine, TXTX59,80556+9%

291Douglas, GAGA52,86157+17%

292Corsicana, TXTX57,18157+27%

293Durant, OKOK51,36757+41%

294Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44857−1%

295Alexander City, ALAL40,95357−1%

296Martin, TNTN33,26157−5%

297Brattleboro, VTVT45,20458+2%

298Lebanon, NHNH224,50058+8%

299Victoria, TXTX99,86458+10%

300Austin, MNMN40,97158+6%

301Olean, NYNY75,39058−10%

302Albany, OROR132,84358+29%

303Arcadia, FLFL37,07858+15%

304Enid, OKOK61,77958+7%

305Paris, TNTN32,89659+6%

306Ludington, MIMI29,04059+3%

307Minden, LALA34,94859−16%

308Ardmore, OKOK48,91059+7%

309Brookhaven, MSMS35,01260+6%

310Vidalia, GAGA36,18060+5%

311Laurel, MSMS82,28160−1%

312Sikeston, MOMO49,97860−7%

313Las Cruces, NMNM229,09160+31%

314Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90460+3%

315Yakima, WAWA259,18560+16%

316Oneonta, NYNY60,58960−2%

317Meridian, MSMS85,41961−11%

318Pella, IAIA34,19262+7%

319Cambridge, MDMD33,62862+10%

320Gallipolis, OHOH29,07262−6%

321Fort Madison, IAIA32,30662−15%

322Newberry, SCSC39,56163+10%

323Alexandria, MNMN40,12063+22%

324Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14763−10%

325Brenham, TXTX38,28863+26%

326Centralia, ILIL36,38264−13%

327Middlesborough, KYKY22,82964−24%

328Red Wing, MNMN48,19564+9%

329Rutland, VTVT59,65364−6%

330Fayetteville, TNTN36,85365+18%

331Miami, OKOK30,43865−8%

332McComb, MSMS52,64065−3%

333Sedalia, MOMO44,25465+12%

334Oxford, MSMS71,97265+39%

335Tahlequah, OKOK49,19666+16%

336Coshocton, OHOH37,18866+1%

337Corning, NYNY91,85566−7%

338Talladega, ALAL91,76466−1%

339Pittsburg, KSKS39,00866+2%

340Clinton, IAIA46,00266−8%

341Galesburg, ILIL47,76767−14%

342Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07667+8%

343Somerset, PAPA72,00467−10%

344Bogalusa, LALA44,93767+2%

345Mayfield, KYKY37,05067+0%

346Rolla, MOMO45,24767+14%

347Ottawa, ILIL145,90267−5%

348Reno, NVNV578,73467+53%

349Abilene, TXTX185,42968+16%

350Rochelle, ILIL51,39968+1%

351Jefferson City, MOMO152,71268+9%

352DuBois, PAPA78,10068−6%

353Warrensburg, MOMO56,67068+17%

354Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09968−2%

355Vincennes, ININ35,65269−9%

356Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,21569+10%

357Campbellsville, KYKY38,40770+12%

358Marshalltown, IAIA39,89070+1%

359Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03570+12%

360Lubbock, TXTX368,43170+28%

361Washington Court House, OHOH28,55270+0%

362Cordele, GAGA19,23771−13%

363Starkville, MSMS62,06371+17%

364Dyersburg, TNTN36,32071−3%

365Van Wert, OHOH29,01371−2%

366Pueblo, COCO169,27771+20%

367Vicksburg, MSMS41,75971−16%

368Greensburg, ININ26,57671+8%

369Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42871+20%

370Texarkana, TXTX146,81672+2%

371Fremont, NENE38,05772+5%

372St. Joseph, MOMO119,17072−3%

373Topeka, KSKS233,05272+4%

374Petoskey, MIMI33,77572+7%

375Glasgow, KYKY56,22472+17%

376Alma, MIMI41,19072−3%

377Thomasville, GAGA72,95873+10%

378Picayune, MSMS59,36373+22%

379Oil City, PAPA49,34673−14%

380Glens Falls, NYNY124,37373+0%

381Boise City, IDID864,24373+86%

382Cambridge, OHOH38,37973−6%

383Shelton, WAWA71,16574+44%

384Manhattan, KSKS136,12274+25%

385Henderson, KYKY57,18474−3%

386Wabash, ININ30,71374−12%

387Hutchinson, MNMN36,63175+5%

388Lawton, OKOK127,59075+5%

389Orangeburg, SCSC83,17775−9%

390Alexandria, LALA147,95275+2%

391Plattsburgh, NYNY78,13875−2%

392Pikeville, KYKY89,12276−20%

393Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91476+18%

394Big Rapids, MIMI42,32076+4%

395Hillsdale, MIMI45,73876−2%

396Freeport, ILIL43,22077−12%

397Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97577+29%

398Crawfordsville, ININ38,95477+4%

399Searcy, ARAR80,08577+19%

400Mountain Home, ARAR42,98278+12%

401Monroe, LALA222,39078+0%

402Greencastle, ININ37,87679+5%

403Sterling, ILIL54,12179−11%

404Danville, ILIL71,25979−15%

405Washington, ININ34,20980+15%

406Medford, OROR221,79580+22%

407Baraboo, WIWI66,65280+21%

408Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85081+32%

409Winona, MNMN50,52381+1%

410Summerville, GAGA25,30081−1%

411Meadville, PAPA81,79281−9%

412Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91281+18%

413Ottumwa, IAIA35,21082−2%

414Lake Charles, LALA244,65582+9%

415Key West, FLFL80,40682+1%

416Paragould, ARAR47,41182+27%

417Santa Fe, NMNM156,90782+21%

418Winchester, TNTN45,57982+16%

419Frankfort, ININ33,32282−2%

420Muskogee, OKOK66,70882−4%

421Pocatello, IDID91,59182+21%

422Paducah, KYKY102,25983−2%

423Madisonville, KYKY45,12783−3%

424Monticello, NYNY80,58683+9%

425Morgan City, LALA46,55283−13%

426Laredo, TXTX281,22484+46%

427Eugene, OROR381,58484+18%

428Enterprise, ALAL56,95384+31%

429New Bern, NCNC127,35884+11%

430San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36786+14%

431Greenville, OHOH51,52086−3%

432Corinth, MSMS34,56986+0%

433Moultrie, GAGA47,43887+13%

434Beckley, WVWV109,94087−13%

435Barre, VTVT59,65287+3%

436Corbin, KYKY150,04087+4%

437Newport, TNTN37,88987+13%

438Houma, LALA199,66887+3%

439Owatonna, MNMN37,46487+11%

440Opelousas, LALA80,76587−8%

441Mankato, MNMN104,90788+22%

442North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,23388+1%

443Watertown, NYNY111,54088−0%

444St. George, UTUT213,67088+136%

445Logan, UTUT160,88988+57%

446Thomaston, GAGA28,50088+3%

447Rockingham, NCNC42,04189−10%

448Franklin, KYKY20,78889+27%

449Ozark, ALAL49,91289+2%

450Stevens Point, WIWI71,94390+7%

451Carbondale, ILIL52,50190−12%

452Branson, MOMO57,00190+44%

453Wausau, WIWI139,43290+11%

454Brevard, NCNC34,21190+17%

455Urbana, OHOH38,82090−0%

456Coldwater, MIMI45,99391+0%

457Dothan, ALAL156,26691+19%

458Sioux City, IAIA145,73891+7%

459Albany, GAGA145,51091−5%

460St. Simons, GAGA118,52492+27%

461Williamsport, PAPA112,58792−6%

462Charleston, ILIL46,60792−12%

463Logansport, ININ37,83692−8%

464Cortland, NYNY45,85092−6%

465Peru, ININ34,48792−4%

466Madison, ININ33,27992+5%

467Marietta, OHOH58,38992−8%

468Celina, OHOH42,73792+4%

469Traverse City, MIMI156,97293+20%

470Seymour, ININ47,37093+15%

471Lake City, FLFL74,09493+31%

472Defiance, OHOH38,29293−3%

473Rochester, MNMN231,18493+25%

474Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,06093−2%

475Tifton, GAGA51,23794+7%

476Hudson, NYNY60,16895−5%

477Greeley, COCO378,42695+109%

478Jonesboro, ARAR139,44095+29%

479Tupelo, MSMS133,16795+7%

480Shawnee, OKOK75,10295+15%

481Fort Payne, ALAL74,08595+15%

482La Crosse, WIWI171,18295+11%

483Valdosta, GAGA153,27695+28%

484Kingsland, GAGA60,14395+38%

485Muscatine, IAIA41,85396+0%

486Fargo, NDND269,52896+55%

487Clarksburg, WVWV88,14297−4%

488Huntington, ININ37,22497−2%

489Crossville, TNTN66,30097+42%

490Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01498+28%

491Tiffin, OHOH54,52299−7%

492Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442100+32%

493Albuquerque, NMNM925,279100+27%

494Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,245100+28%

495Danville, VAVA101,137100−8%

496Indiana, PAPA82,878100−8%

497Hinesville, GAGA91,870100+28%

498Cookeville, TNTN152,477100+31%

499Greenwood, SCSC95,215101+3%

500Visalia, CACA485,146101+32%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES

Frequently asked

Which metro area has the lowest population density?

Bishop, CA ranks #1 with 2 (2025 Census Population Estimates).

What are the top 5 metro areas by population density?

Bishop, CA, Winnemucca, NV, Elko, NV, Ketchikan, AK, Pahrump, NV.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

925 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2025 Census population estimates.

How is population density measured?

Residents per square mile of land area. Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (2025).