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Most sparsely populated, US metro areas

US metro areas with the fewest residents per square mile (2025).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000
501▼3Longview, WAWA114,885101+24%
502▲9Bellefontaine, OHOH46,302101+1%
503▼14McMinnville, TNTN43,717101+14%
504▲10Greenfield, MAMA70,698101−1%
505▼19Athens, TXTX88,595101+21%
506▼38Lewisburg, TNTN38,071101+42%
507▲13Jackson, MSMS609,847101+6%
508▲1Bedford, ININ45,568101−1%
509▲15Seneca Falls, NYNY32,883102−1%
510▲6Beaver Dam, WIWI89,097102+4%
511▼8Somerset, KYKY67,384102+20%
512▼17Murray, KYKY39,421102+15%
513▲20Bluefield, WVWV96,138103−11%
514▲4Ruston, LALA48,360103+14%
515▼2Marion, NCNC45,198103+7%
516▼32Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638103+60%
517Jasper, ININ44,016103+11%
518▲1Wilmington, OHOH42,301103+4%
519▲7Bucyrus, OHOH41,896104−11%
520▲18Laurinburg, NCNC33,322104−7%
521▲2Plymouth, ININ46,599105+3%
522▲19Gloversville, NYNY52,216105−5%
523▼2LaGrange, GAGA107,097106+12%
524▼28Midland, TXTX193,139106+60%
525▲9Truckee, CACA101,911106+11%
526▼14Palatka, FLFL77,734107+10%
527▼28Huntsville, TXTX83,842107+36%
528▼3Eau Claire, WIWI176,647107+19%
529▲19Auburn, NYNY74,365108−9%
530▼3Jackson, TNTN184,569108+9%
531▼2Decatur, ININ36,650108+9%
532▲18Utica, NYNY285,611109−5%
533▼27Sebring, FLFL111,122109+27%
534▲11Connersville, ININ23,533109−8%
535▼13Kennewick, WAWA324,334110+69%
536▲7Lufkin, TXTX88,154110+10%
537▲5Keene, NHNH78,269111+6%
538▼7Waco, TXTX308,807111+24%
539▲14Chillicothe, OHOH76,429111+4%
540▼5Longview, TXTX297,315111+16%
541▲6Hanford, CACA154,327111+19%
542▼6Danville, KYKY56,985111+12%
543▲3Ames, IAIA128,090112+21%
544▼4Bellingham, WAWA236,392112+42%
545▲12Lewistown, PAPA46,127112−1%
546▲9Waterloo, IAIA169,189113+3%
547▲4Angola, ININ34,799113+5%
548▼4Joplin, MOMO208,796113+16%
549▲9Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,691113+2%
550▲2Bakersfield, CACA927,068114+40%
551▼14Statesboro, GAGA97,977114+47%
552▲14Wapakoneta, OHOH45,909114−2%
553▲3Waynesville, NCNC63,369114+17%
554▼26Athens, TNTN71,590114+19%
555▲23Charleston, WVWV200,170115−15%
556▼17Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,808115+36%
557▲6Terre Haute, ININ169,241115−1%
558▼4Ocean Pines, MDMD54,459116+17%
559▲2Forest City, NCNC65,745116+5%
560▲21New Iberia, LALA66,846116−9%
561▲6Columbus, GAGA324,830117+11%
562▲3Kendallville, ININ47,937117+4%
563▼33Shelbyville, TNTN55,273117+47%
564▼4Tucson, AZAZ1,074,685117+27%
565▲15Portsmouth, OHOH71,365117−10%
566▲11Jamestown, NYNY124,126117−11%
567▼5St. Cloud, MNMN205,854118+23%
568▼36Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083118+55%
569Sidney, OHOH48,0651180%
570▲1Norwalk, OHOH58,250118−2%
571▼3Kapaa, HIHI73,400118+26%
572▼2Batavia, NYNY58,416118−3%
573▼14Greeneville, TNTN73,831119+17%
574▲5Selinsgrove, PAPA39,655121+6%
575▲7Sturgis, MIMI60,968122−2%
576▼2Mount Vernon, OHOH64,002122+17%
577▼28Bowling Green, KYKY197,180122+46%
578▼6Stillwater, OKOK83,889122+23%
579▼6Auburn, ININ44,535123+11%
580▲4Amsterdam, NYNY50,046124+1%
581▲10Ashland, OHOH52,5231240%
582▼7Florence, ALAL156,609124+10%
583▼19Tullahoma, TNTN69,339124+29%
584▲15Cumberland, MDMD93,640125−8%
585▲9Blacksburg, VAVA181,616125+10%
586▼1Champaign, ILIL239,979125+14%
587▲6New Castle, ININ49,137125+1%
588▲2Athens, OHOH63,197125+2%
589▲13Huntington, WVWV365,965126−4%
590▼2Decatur, ALAL160,326126+10%
591▼5Lumberton, NCNC119,941127−3%
592▼3Lynchburg, VAVA269,169127+21%
593▲8Owosso, MIMI67,681127−6%
594▼7Columbia, MOMO219,062128+35%
595▲8Chico, CACA209,211128+3%
596▼20Cullman, ALAL94,009128+21%
597▼2Staunton, VAVA129,692129+19%
598Bartlesville, OKOK54,037130+10%
599▼2Fort Smith, ARAR234,140130+13%
600▲5Adrian, MIMI97,779130−1%
601▼18Richmond, KYKY131,806131+28%
602▲2Zanesville, OHOH87,014131+3%
603▲4Salinas, CACA433,729132+8%
604▼8Seneca, SCSC83,775134+27%
605▲7Lewisburg, PAPA42,313134+2%
606▲3Mount Airy, NCNC72,287136+1%
607▼7College Station, TXTX287,476137+55%
608▲19Kahului, HIHI160,674137+25%
609▼1Bloomsburg, PAPA66,193137+3%
610▲15Pittsfield, MAMA128,224138−5%
611▲3Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,553138+7%
612▲6Manitowoc, WIWI81,710139−1%
613▼7Morehead City, NCNC70,469139+19%
614▼3Charlottesville, VAVA228,597139+31%
615▲2Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,285139+18%
616▼1Lafayette, ININ228,468139+22%
617▲4Kinston, NCNC55,837140−6%
618▲6Morgantown, WVWV141,995141+28%
619▼6Faribault, MNMN69,939141+23%
620▲9Findlay, OHOH75,034141+5%
621▼5Rocky Mount, NCNC148,486142+4%
622▲29Wheeling, WVWV134,089142−12%
623▲10State College, PAPA157,393142+16%
624▲2Easton, MDMD38,238142+13%
625▲6Montgomery, ALAL388,747143+12%
626▼34Provo, UTUT773,426143+105%
627▼17Winchester, VAVA152,332143+48%
628▼8Spokane, WAWA608,012143+33%
629▲9Fremont, OHOH58,655144−5%
630▼2Corvallis, OROR97,728145+25%
631▲8Bloomington, ILIL171,419145+14%
632▼10Fort Collins, COCO377,292145+50%
633▼3Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666145+20%
634▲6Fond du Lac, WIWI104,669145+8%
635▲21Parkersburg, WVWV87,264146−7%
636Torrington, CTCT114,690146–
637▼18Cedartown, GAGA45,514147+19%
638▲12Hot Springs, ARAR99,695147+13%
639▲18Peoria, ILIL363,505147−1%
640▲20Shreveport, LALA383,474148+2%
641▲8Florence, SCSC201,392148+4%
642▼7Gaffney, SCSC58,275148+11%
643▼7Fresno, CACA1,203,383149+30%
644▼12Augusta, MEME129,067149+10%
645▲1Holland, MIMI123,188149+17%
646▼9Lafayette, LALA423,758150+20%
647▲5Farmington, MOMO67,809150+22%
648Yuba City, CACA187,478152+35%
649▲10Warsaw, ININ80,892152+9%
650▼9Gainesville, FLFL359,036153+35%
651▼9Merced, CACA297,260153+41%
652▲1Iowa City, IAIA182,711155+39%
653▼30Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864155+77%
654▲7Watertown, WIWI86,505155+17%
655▲3Toccoa, GAGA27,854156+10%
656▲15Kankakee, ILIL105,525156+2%
657▲5Kingsport, TNTN314,834157+5%
658▲5El Paso, TXTX881,291158+29%
659▲11Sumter, SCSC105,0671580%
660▼26Pinehurst, NCNC110,619159+48%
661▲12Marion, ILIL67,225160+10%
662▲2Wichita, KSKS663,809160+16%
663▼18Crestview, FLFL315,098160+49%
664▲3Owensboro, KYKY113,962160+12%
665▲21Hermitage, PAPA107,860160−10%
666▲17Martinsville, VAVA63,091160−14%
667▲8Marion, ININ66,524161−9%
668▲12Marion, OHOH65,115161−2%
669▼4Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155162+30%
670▲14Santa Maria, CACA442,065162+11%
671▼17Clarksville, TNTN349,001162+50%
672▲4Midland, MIMI83,754162+1%
673▼4Laconia, NHNH65,147162+16%
674▲11New Philadelphia, OHOH92,373163+2%
675▲4Kingston, NYNY183,330163+3%
676▲6Dubuque, IAIA99,381163+11%
677▼34Sherman, TXTX153,613165+39%
678▲11Richmond, ININ66,169165−7%
679▼5Tallahassee, FLFL397,442166+24%
680▼14Springfield, MOMO500,694167+36%
681▼34Granbury, TXTX70,501168+72%
682▲16Davenport, IAIA380,452168+1%
683▼6Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377168+39%
684▼40Daphne, ALAL267,761168+91%
685▲10Henderson, NCNC42,638169−1%
686▲1Concord, NHNH158,078169+16%
687▲9Roanoke, VAVA316,547169+10%
688▲9Milledgeville, GAGA44,029170−2%
689▼8Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273171+24%
690▼18Auburn, ALAL208,013171+49%
691▼1Sevierville, TNTN101,342171+42%
692▲15Decatur, ILIL99,300171−13%
693▼38Panama City, FLFL231,174172+37%
694▼16Calhoun, GAGA61,701173+40%
695▲9Springfield, ILIL206,033174+2%
696▼28Albemarle, NCNC68,830174+18%
697▼4Riverside, CACA4,769,007175+47%
698▲2Boone, NCNC54,786175+28%
699▼11Cleveland, TNTN134,057176+29%
700▲11Napa, CACA132,949177+7%
701Putnam, CTCT98,096177–
702▲3Los Alamos, NMNM19,407178+6%
703▼11Hammond, LALA141,346179+41%
704▲5Fairmont, WVWV55,584180−2%
705▼2Green Bay, WIWI336,756180+19%
706▼12Killeen, TXTX511,497181+55%
707▼16Cornelia, GAGA50,416182+40%
708Burlington, VTVT227,803182+15%
709▼10Albertville, ALAL103,537183+26%
710▲6Sunbury, PAPA107,788183−4%
711▼9Augusta, GAGA641,231184+26%
712▼6Elizabeth City, NCNC42,201186+21%
713▲5Michigan City, ININ111,294186+1%
714▼2Pottsville, PAPA145,085186−3%
715▲7Salem, OHOH99,377187−11%
716▲11Johnstown, PAPA128,968187−15%
717▲4Battle Creek, MIMI133,408189−3%
718▼5Frankfort, KYKY77,874190+17%
719▼4Salisbury, MDMD131,872190+21%
720Beaumont, TXTX399,310190+4%
721▼11Little Rock, ARAR777,607190+27%
722▲1Whitewater, WIWI106,127191+13%
723▲1Oxford, ALAL115,834191+3%
724▼10Odessa, TXTX173,801194+43%
725▲7Weirton, WVWV112,468194−15%
726▼1Gadsden, ALAL103,8861940%
727▼10Gulfport, MSMS431,329195+14%
728▼27Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966197+72%
729▲9Elmira, NYNY80,415197−12%
730▲3Binghamton, NYNY243,189199−4%
731▼5Rome, GAGA101,378199+12%
732▼3Baton Rouge, LALA888,699203+22%
733▼3Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,219206+42%
734▼3Gettysburg, PAPA107,594207+18%
735▼1Chambersburg, PAPA160,652208+24%
736▼17Naples, FLFL417,131209+66%
737▼9Des Moines, IAIA758,539210+46%
738▲3Wooster, OHOH116,758210+5%
739▼4Columbus, ININ85,729211+20%
740▼3Bloomington, ININ165,231212+16%
741▼5Madison, WIWI709,685214+33%
742▼2Athens, GAGA224,148219+35%
743▲4Ithaca, NYNY104,047219+8%
744▼2Goldsboro, NCNC122,278221+8%
745▼2Wilson, NCNC81,150221+10%
746▼2Shelby, NCNC103,325223+7%
747▲10Sandusky, OHOH112,777223−6%
748▲2Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766227+14%
749▲7Jackson, MIMI159,552227+1%
750▲10Altoona, PAPA119,541228−7%
751▼3Hickory, NCNC376,890230+10%
752▲6Sheboygan, WIWI118,047231+5%
753▲8Bay City, MIMI102,123231−7%
754▲1Janesville, WIWI166,472232+9%
755▼1Salem, OROR445,814232+28%
756▼10Omaha, NENE1,009,836232+32%
757▼4Dalton, GAGA147,819233+23%
758▲5Saginaw, MIMI187,688234−11%
759▼20Fayetteville, ARAR622,177237+91%
760▼9Columbia, SCSC879,918238+36%
761▲3Lewiston, MEME116,487249+12%
762▲3Lincoln, NENE352,081250+32%
763▲9Lima, OHOH100,881251−7%
764▲5Mansfield, OHOH124,893252−3%
765▼13Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137252+65%
766▲2Corpus Christi, TXTX451,191253+12%
767▼1Johnson City, TNTN216,416253+19%
768▼23Wilmington, NCNC492,772258+79%
769▲4Appleton, WIWI249,876261+24%
770▲6Lawrence, KSKS120,920265+21%
771▲7Evansville, ININ273,786266+9%
772▲13Niles, MIMI152,444268−6%
773▲11Memphis, TNTN1,341,412269+11%
774▲16Syracuse, NYNY652,2732740%
775▼5Tyler, TXTX252,549274+45%
776▼1Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813274+38%
777▲12East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,179275+21%
778▼11Sanford, NCNC70,258275+43%
779▼5Knoxville, TNTN968,137277+29%
780Portland, MEME577,635278+18%
781▼19Ocala, FLFL442,660279+71%
782▼5Greenville, NCNC182,936280+37%
783▲8Lansing, MIMI479,722282+7%
784▼25The Villages, FLFL157,772283+196%
785▲8Monroe, MIMI156,004284+7%
786▼3Chattanooga, TNTN594,530285+25%
787▼6Jacksonville, NCNC217,175285+44%
788Asheville, NCNC422,345286+34%
789▲6Kokomo, ININ83,904286−1%
790▲4Muncie, ININ113,106288−5%
791▲1Colorado Springs, COCO781,796291+45%
792▼43Jefferson, GAGA99,265292+139%
793▼14Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,666295+45%
794▼8Morristown, TNTN128,867295+26%
795▼24Seaford, DEDE277,140296+77%
796Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226305+75%
797▼15Spartanburg, SCSC407,656308+44%
798▲9Santa Rosa, CACA486,444309+6%
799▲3Amherst, MAMA164,065311+8%
800▼3Hagerstown, MDMD315,280313+42%
801▼1Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682313+25%
802▼3Richmond, VAVA1,389,338318+34%
803▼16Punta Gorda, FLFL217,212319+53%
804▼1Nantucket, MAMA14,758319+55%
805▼7Savannah, GAGA438,314325+50%
806▲4Vineland, NJNJ157,148325+7%
807▲5Albany, NYNY915,835326+11%
808▼7Pensacola, FLFL544,949326+32%
809▲4Scranton, PAPA574,418329+2%
810▼2Slidell, LALA279,108330+46%
811▼5Dover, DEDE194,786332+54%
812▲7Erie, PAPA265,832333−5%
813▲5Mobile, ALAL411,658335+3%
814▲8Springfield, OHOH135,340342−6%
815▲5South Bend, ININ324,538342+2%
816▼2Fort Wayne, ININ466,258343+20%
817▼13Charleston, SCSC889,263343+62%
818▼9Sebastian, FLFL172,799344+53%
819▼8Nashville, TNTN2,197,416349+59%
820▲4Muskegon, MIMI177,901353+5%
821▲2Louisville, KYKY1,402,509354+22%
822▼5Winston-Salem, NCNC712,206355+25%
823▼7Durham, NCNC625,485356+47%
824▲5St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421358+5%
825▼10Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938359+61%
826▲6Rochester, NYNY1,056,149361+2%
827▼1Lexington, KYKY535,174364+31%
828▼1Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645365+19%
829▲2Lexington Park, MDMD211,176369+31%
830▼2Denver, COCO3,092,037371+43%
831▲4Modesto, CACA557,719373+25%
832▼11Greenville, SCSC1,014,101374+40%
833▼28Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,551377+117%
834▲2Fayetteville, NCNC395,412379+17%
835▲2Portland, OROR2,542,282380+32%
836▼2Harrisburg, PAPA617,427381+21%
837▼12San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140385+64%
838▼5Warner Robins, GAGA208,091395+55%
839Oshkosh, WIWI174,218401+11%
840▼2Greensboro, NCNC805,945404+25%
841▼1Lebanon, PAPA146,380405+22%
842▲1Carson, NVNV58,571405+12%
843▼13Huntsville, ALAL556,444408+63%
844▲3Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657411+20%
845▲6New Orleans, LALA970,849412−15%
846▲2Youngstown, OHOH423,678412−12%
847▼1Canton, OHOH400,246413−2%
848▼4Lacey, WAWA304,261421+47%
849▲1Rockford, ILIL337,242425+5%
850▲3Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,992429−4%
851▼6Ogden, UTUT672,784435+52%
852▼10Burlington, NCNC186,177440+42%
853▲2Toledo, OHOH599,376440−3%
854▼2Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377447+16%
855▲2Elkhart, ININ208,774451+14%
856▲4Oxnard, CACA830,851451+10%
857▲1Boulder, COCO328,560452+13%
858▲1Atlantic City, NJNJ372,047461+5%
859▼3Columbus, OHOH2,242,028467+34%
860▲1Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795469+11%
861▼12Deltona, FLFL746,933471+51%
862Norwich, CTCT284,015475–
863▼1Sacramento, CACA2,477,274486+38%
864▼23Lakeland, FLFL874,790487+81%
865▼2Brownsville, TXTX433,946487+29%
866▼1Manchester, NHNH433,415494+14%
867▼13Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721510+78%
868▼2Reading, PAPA440,072514+18%
869▼1York, PAPA473,197523+24%
870▲3Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214524+15%
871▼7Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830525+69%
872▼2Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858527+15%
873▼1Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295538+26%
874▼5Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695540+35%
875Vallejo, CACA455,376554+15%
876▼9Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500558+59%
877Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213561+13%
878▼7Gainesville, GAGA226,568577+63%
879▲6Santa Cruz, CACA258,852582+1%
880▼4McAllen, TXTX921,549587+62%
881▼2Worcester, MAMA888,502588+18%
882▼4Stockton, CACA823,815592+46%
883▼3Barnstable, MAMA233,539592+5%
884▼3Lancaster, PAPA563,159597+20%
885▼2Racine, WIWI198,919598+5%
886▼4Allentown, PAPA887,615611+20%
887▼1Kenosha, WIWI168,448620+13%
888▼14Austin, TXTX2,620,945621+110%
889▼1Flint, MIMI401,093630−8%
890▼3Dayton, OHOH826,554645+3%
891▼7Palm Bay, FLFL663,982654+39%
892▼1Seattle, WAWA4,161,883709+37%
893Bremerton, WAWA283,374717+22%
894▼5North Port, FLFL948,158730+61%
895▼3Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182738+52%
896▼2Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653738−1%
897▼2San Jose, CACA1,984,473741+14%
898▼2Springfield, MAMA464,338753+2%
899▼9Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720753+100%
900▼1San Diego, CACA3,282,248780+17%
901▼3Akron, OHOH701,780780+1%
902▼1Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775802−4%
903Hartford, CTCT1,171,426807–
904▼7Orlando, FLFL2,957,672847+80%
905▼5Houston, TXTX7,904,627894+68%
906▼4Dallas, TXTX8,477,157977+64%
907▼3Washington, DCDC6,465,7241,071+36%
908▼3Providence, RIRI1,708,1611,076+8%
909▼3Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,0101,083+5%
910▼3Baltimore, MDMD2,857,7811,099+12%
911▼8Cape Coral, FLFL875,6071,121+99%
912Waterbury, CTCT463,3491,122–
913▼5Detroit, MIMI4,390,9131,128−1%
914▼5Miami, FLFL6,391,0721,261+28%
915▼5Tampa, FLFL3,418,8951,359+43%
916▼4Chicago, ILIL9,434,1231,363+5%
917▼6Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,1181,375+11%
918▼5Boston, MAMA5,034,2211,444+15%
919Bridgeport, CTCT978,1791,455–
920New Haven, CTCT578,7411,576–
921▼7Honolulu, HIHI988,7031,646+13%
922▼7Trenton, NJNJ399,2891,779+14%
923▼7San Francisco, CACA4,630,0411,875+12%
924▼7Los Angeles, CACA12,844,4412,647+4%
925▼7New York, NYNY20,112,4483,276+10%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES