Which metro area has the lowest population density?

Bishop, CA ranks #1 with 2 (2025 American Community Survey).

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 ACS 5-year data.

How is population density measured?

Residents per square mile of land area. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2025).

RANKING · 2025 ACS · 425 SHOWN OF 925

Most sparsely populated, US metro areas

US metro areas with the fewest residents per square mile (2023).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

501Longview, WAWA114,885101+24%

502Bellefontaine, OHOH46,302101+1%

503McMinnville, TNTN43,717101+14%

504Greenfield, MAMA70,698101−1%

505Athens, TXTX88,595101+21%

506Lewisburg, TNTN38,071101+42%

507Jackson, MSMS609,847101+6%

508Bedford, ININ45,568101−1%

509Seneca Falls, NYNY32,883102−1%

510Beaver Dam, WIWI89,097102+4%

511Somerset, KYKY67,384102+20%

512Murray, KYKY39,421102+15%

513Bluefield, WVWV96,138103−11%

514Ruston, LALA48,360103+14%

515Marion, NCNC45,198103+7%

516Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638103+60%

517Jasper, ININ44,016103+11%

518Wilmington, OHOH42,301103+4%

519Bucyrus, OHOH41,896104−11%

520Laurinburg, NCNC33,322104−7%

521Plymouth, ININ46,599105+3%

522Gloversville, NYNY52,216105−5%

523LaGrange, GAGA107,097106+12%

524Midland, TXTX193,139106+60%

525Truckee, CACA101,911106+11%

526Palatka, FLFL77,734107+10%

527Huntsville, TXTX83,842107+36%

528Eau Claire, WIWI176,647107+19%

529Auburn, NYNY74,365108−9%

530Jackson, TNTN184,569108+9%

531Decatur, ININ36,650108+9%

532Utica, NYNY285,611109−5%

533Sebring, FLFL111,122109+27%

534Connersville, ININ23,533109−8%

535Kennewick, WAWA324,334110+69%

536Lufkin, TXTX88,154110+10%

537Keene, NHNH78,269111+6%

538Waco, TXTX308,807111+24%

539Chillicothe, OHOH76,429111+4%

540Longview, TXTX297,315111+16%

541Hanford, CACA154,327111+19%

542Danville, KYKY56,985111+12%

543Ames, IAIA128,090112+21%

544Bellingham, WAWA236,392112+42%

545Lewistown, PAPA46,127112−1%

546Waterloo, IAIA169,189113+3%

547Angola, ININ34,799113+5%

548Joplin, MOMO208,796113+16%

549Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,691113+2%

550Bakersfield, CACA927,068114+40%

551Statesboro, GAGA97,977114+47%

552Wapakoneta, OHOH45,909114−2%

553Waynesville, NCNC63,369114+17%

554Athens, TNTN71,590114+19%

555Charleston, WVWV200,170115−15%

556Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,808115+36%

557Terre Haute, ININ169,241115−1%

558Ocean Pines, MDMD54,459116+17%

559Forest City, NCNC65,745116+5%

560New Iberia, LALA66,846116−9%

561Columbus, GAGA324,830117+11%

562Kendallville, ININ47,937117+4%

563Shelbyville, TNTN55,273117+47%

564Tucson, AZAZ1,074,685117+27%

565Portsmouth, OHOH71,365117−10%

566Jamestown, NYNY124,126117−11%

567St. Cloud, MNMN205,854118+23%

568Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083118+55%

569Sidney, OHOH48,065118+0%

570Norwalk, OHOH58,250118−2%

571Kapaa, HIHI73,400118+26%

572Batavia, NYNY58,416118−3%

573Greeneville, TNTN73,831119+17%

574Selinsgrove, PAPA39,655121+6%

575Sturgis, MIMI60,968122−2%

576Mount Vernon, OHOH64,002122+17%

577Bowling Green, KYKY197,180122+46%

578Stillwater, OKOK83,889122+23%

579Auburn, ININ44,535123+11%

580Amsterdam, NYNY50,046124+1%

581Ashland, OHOH52,523124+0%

582Florence, ALAL156,609124+10%

583Tullahoma, TNTN69,339124+29%

584Cumberland, MDMD93,640125−8%

585Blacksburg, VAVA181,616125+10%

586Champaign, ILIL239,979125+14%

587New Castle, ININ49,137125+1%

588Athens, OHOH63,197125+2%

589Huntington, WVWV365,965126−4%

590Decatur, ALAL160,326126+10%

591Lumberton, NCNC119,941127−3%

592Lynchburg, VAVA269,169127+21%

593Owosso, MIMI67,681127−6%

594Columbia, MOMO219,062128+35%

595Chico, CACA209,211128+3%

596Cullman, ALAL94,009128+21%

597Staunton, VAVA129,692129+19%

598Bartlesville, OKOK54,037130+10%

599Fort Smith, ARAR234,140130+13%

600Adrian, MIMI97,779130−1%

601Richmond, KYKY131,806131+28%

602Zanesville, OHOH87,014131+3%

603Salinas, CACA433,729132+8%

604Seneca, SCSC83,775134+27%

605Lewisburg, PAPA42,313134+2%

606Mount Airy, NCNC72,287136+1%

607College Station, TXTX287,476137+55%

608Kahului, HIHI160,674137+25%

609Bloomsburg, PAPA66,193137+3%

610Pittsfield, MAMA128,224138−5%

611Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,553138+7%

612Manitowoc, WIWI81,710139−1%

613Morehead City, NCNC70,469139+19%

614Charlottesville, VAVA228,597139+31%

615Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,285139+18%

616Lafayette, ININ228,468139+22%

617Kinston, NCNC55,837140−6%

618Morgantown, WVWV141,995141+28%

619Faribault, MNMN69,939141+23%

620Findlay, OHOH75,034141+5%

621Rocky Mount, NCNC148,486142+4%

622Wheeling, WVWV134,089142−12%

623State College, PAPA157,393142+16%

624Easton, MDMD38,238142+13%

625Montgomery, ALAL388,747143+12%

626Provo, UTUT773,426143+105%

627Winchester, VAVA152,332143+48%

628Spokane, WAWA608,012143+33%

629Fremont, OHOH58,655144−5%

630Corvallis, OROR97,728145+25%

631Bloomington, ILIL171,419145+14%

632Fort Collins, COCO377,292145+50%

633Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666145+20%

634Fond du Lac, WIWI104,669145+8%

635Parkersburg, WVWV87,264146−7%

636Torrington, CTCT114,690146–

637Cedartown, GAGA45,514147+19%

638Hot Springs, ARAR99,695147+13%

639Peoria, ILIL363,505147−1%

640Shreveport, LALA383,474148+2%

641Florence, SCSC201,392148+4%

642Gaffney, SCSC58,275148+11%

643Fresno, CACA1,203,383149+30%

644Augusta, MEME129,067149+10%

645Holland, MIMI123,188149+17%

646Lafayette, LALA423,758150+20%

647Farmington, MOMO67,809150+22%

648Yuba City, CACA187,478152+35%

649Warsaw, ININ80,892152+9%

650Gainesville, FLFL359,036153+35%

651Merced, CACA297,260153+41%

652Iowa City, IAIA182,711155+39%

653Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864155+77%

654Watertown, WIWI86,505155+17%

655Toccoa, GAGA27,854156+10%

656Kankakee, ILIL105,525156+2%

657Kingsport, TNTN314,834157+5%

658El Paso, TXTX881,291158+29%

659Sumter, SCSC105,067158+0%

660Pinehurst, NCNC110,619159+48%

661Marion, ILIL67,225160+10%

662Wichita, KSKS663,809160+16%

663Crestview, FLFL315,098160+49%

664Owensboro, KYKY113,962160+12%

665Hermitage, PAPA107,860160−10%

666Martinsville, VAVA63,091160−14%

667Marion, ININ66,524161−9%

668Marion, OHOH65,115161−2%

669Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155162+30%

670Santa Maria, CACA442,065162+11%

671Clarksville, TNTN349,001162+50%

672Midland, MIMI83,754162+1%

673Laconia, NHNH65,147162+16%

674New Philadelphia, OHOH92,373163+2%

675Kingston, NYNY183,330163+3%

676Dubuque, IAIA99,381163+11%

677Sherman, TXTX153,613165+39%

678Richmond, ININ66,169165−7%

679Tallahassee, FLFL397,442166+24%

680Springfield, MOMO500,694167+36%

681Granbury, TXTX70,501168+72%

682Davenport, IAIA380,452168+1%

683Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377168+39%

684Daphne, ALAL267,761168+91%

685Henderson, NCNC42,638169−1%

686Concord, NHNH158,078169+16%

687Roanoke, VAVA316,547169+10%

688Milledgeville, GAGA44,029170−2%

689Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273171+24%

690Auburn, ALAL208,013171+49%

691Sevierville, TNTN101,342171+42%

692Decatur, ILIL99,300171−13%

693Panama City, FLFL231,174172+37%

694Calhoun, GAGA61,701173+40%

695Springfield, ILIL206,033174+2%

696Albemarle, NCNC68,830174+18%

697Riverside, CACA4,769,007175+47%

698Boone, NCNC54,786175+28%

699Cleveland, TNTN134,057176+29%

700Napa, CACA132,949177+7%

701Putnam, CTCT98,096177–

702Los Alamos, NMNM19,407178+6%

703Hammond, LALA141,346179+41%

704Fairmont, WVWV55,584180−2%

705Green Bay, WIWI336,756180+19%

706Killeen, TXTX511,497181+55%

707Cornelia, GAGA50,416182+40%

708Burlington, VTVT227,803182+15%

709Albertville, ALAL103,537183+26%

710Sunbury, PAPA107,788183−4%

711Augusta, GAGA641,231184+26%

712Elizabeth City, NCNC42,201186+21%

713Michigan City, ININ111,294186+1%

714Pottsville, PAPA145,085186−3%

715Salem, OHOH99,377187−11%

716Johnstown, PAPA128,968187−15%

717Battle Creek, MIMI133,408189−3%

718Frankfort, KYKY77,874190+17%

719Salisbury, MDMD131,872190+21%

720Beaumont, TXTX399,310190+4%

721Little Rock, ARAR777,607190+27%

722Whitewater, WIWI106,127191+13%

723Oxford, ALAL115,834191+3%

724Odessa, TXTX173,801194+43%

725Weirton, WVWV112,468194−15%

726Gadsden, ALAL103,886194+0%

727Gulfport, MSMS431,329195+14%

728Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966197+72%

729Elmira, NYNY80,415197−12%

730Binghamton, NYNY243,189199−4%

731Rome, GAGA101,378199+12%

732Baton Rouge, LALA888,699203+22%

733Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,219206+42%

734Gettysburg, PAPA107,594207+18%

735Chambersburg, PAPA160,652208+24%

736Naples, FLFL417,131209+66%

737Des Moines, IAIA758,539210+46%

738Wooster, OHOH116,758210+5%

739Columbus, ININ85,729211+20%

740Bloomington, ININ165,231212+16%

741Madison, WIWI709,685214+33%

742Athens, GAGA224,148219+35%

743Ithaca, NYNY104,047219+8%

744Goldsboro, NCNC122,278221+8%

745Wilson, NCNC81,150221+10%

746Shelby, NCNC103,325223+7%

747Sandusky, OHOH112,777223−6%

748Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766227+14%

749Jackson, MIMI159,552227+1%

750Altoona, PAPA119,541228−7%

751Hickory, NCNC376,890230+10%

752Sheboygan, WIWI118,047231+5%

753Bay City, MIMI102,123231−7%

754Janesville, WIWI166,472232+9%

755Salem, OROR445,814232+28%

756Omaha, NENE1,009,836232+32%

757Dalton, GAGA147,819233+23%

758Saginaw, MIMI187,688234−11%

759Fayetteville, ARAR622,177237+91%

760Columbia, SCSC879,918238+36%

761Lewiston, MEME116,487249+12%

762Lincoln, NENE352,081250+32%

763Lima, OHOH100,881251−7%

764Mansfield, OHOH124,893252−3%

765Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137252+65%

766Corpus Christi, TXTX451,191253+12%

767Johnson City, TNTN216,416253+19%

768Wilmington, NCNC492,772258+79%

769Appleton, WIWI249,876261+24%

770Lawrence, KSKS120,920265+21%

771Evansville, ININ273,786266+9%

772Niles, MIMI152,444268−6%

773Memphis, TNTN1,341,412269+11%

774Syracuse, NYNY652,273274+0%

775Tyler, TXTX252,549274+45%

776Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813274+38%

777East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,179275+21%

778Sanford, NCNC70,258275+43%

779Knoxville, TNTN968,137277+29%

780Portland, MEME577,635278+18%

781Ocala, FLFL442,660279+71%

782Greenville, NCNC182,936280+37%

783Lansing, MIMI479,722282+7%

784The Villages, FLFL157,772283+196%

785Monroe, MIMI156,004284+7%

786Chattanooga, TNTN594,530285+25%

787Jacksonville, NCNC217,175285+44%

788Asheville, NCNC422,345286+34%

789Kokomo, ININ83,904286−1%

790Muncie, ININ113,106288−5%

791Colorado Springs, COCO781,796291+45%

792Jefferson, GAGA99,265292+139%

793Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,666295+45%

794Morristown, TNTN128,867295+26%

795Seaford, DEDE277,140296+77%

796Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226305+75%

797Spartanburg, SCSC407,656308+44%

798Santa Rosa, CACA486,444309+6%

799Amherst, MAMA164,065311+8%

800Hagerstown, MDMD315,280313+42%

801Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682313+25%

802Richmond, VAVA1,389,338318+34%

803Punta Gorda, FLFL217,212319+53%

804Nantucket, MAMA14,758319+55%

805Savannah, GAGA438,314325+50%

806Vineland, NJNJ157,148325+7%

807Albany, NYNY915,835326+11%

808Pensacola, FLFL544,949326+32%

809Scranton, PAPA574,418329+2%

810Slidell, LALA279,108330+46%

811Dover, DEDE194,786332+54%

812Erie, PAPA265,832333−5%

813Mobile, ALAL411,658335+3%

814Springfield, OHOH135,340342−6%

815South Bend, ININ324,538342+2%

816Fort Wayne, ININ466,258343+20%

817Charleston, SCSC889,263343+62%

818Sebastian, FLFL172,799344+53%

819Nashville, TNTN2,197,416349+59%

820Muskegon, MIMI177,901353+5%

821Louisville, KYKY1,402,509354+22%

822Winston-Salem, NCNC712,206355+25%

823Durham, NCNC625,485356+47%

824St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421358+5%

825Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938359+61%

826Rochester, NYNY1,056,149361+2%

827Lexington, KYKY535,174364+31%

828Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645365+19%

829Lexington Park, MDMD211,176369+31%

830Denver, COCO3,092,037371+43%

831Modesto, CACA557,719373+25%

832Greenville, SCSC1,014,101374+40%

833Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,551377+117%

834Fayetteville, NCNC395,412379+17%

835Portland, OROR2,542,282380+32%

836Harrisburg, PAPA617,427381+21%

837San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140385+64%

838Warner Robins, GAGA208,091395+55%

839Oshkosh, WIWI174,218401+11%

840Greensboro, NCNC805,945404+25%

841Lebanon, PAPA146,380405+22%

842Carson, NVNV58,571405+12%

843Huntsville, ALAL556,444408+63%

844Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657411+20%

845New Orleans, LALA970,849412−15%

846Youngstown, OHOH423,678412−12%

847Canton, OHOH400,246413−2%

848Lacey, WAWA304,261421+47%

849Rockford, ILIL337,242425+5%

850Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,992429−4%

851Ogden, UTUT672,784435+52%

852Burlington, NCNC186,177440+42%

853Toledo, OHOH599,376440−3%

854Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377447+16%

855Elkhart, ININ208,774451+14%

856Oxnard, CACA830,851451+10%

857Boulder, COCO328,560452+13%

858Atlantic City, NJNJ372,047461+5%

859Columbus, OHOH2,242,028467+34%

860Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795469+11%

861Deltona, FLFL746,933471+51%

862Norwich, CTCT284,015475–

863Sacramento, CACA2,477,274486+38%

864Lakeland, FLFL874,790487+81%

865Brownsville, TXTX433,946487+29%

866Manchester, NHNH433,415494+14%

867Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721510+78%

868Reading, PAPA440,072514+18%

869York, PAPA473,197523+24%

870Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214524+15%

871Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830525+69%

872Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858527+15%

873Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295538+26%

874Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695540+35%

875Vallejo, CACA455,376554+15%

876Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500558+59%

877Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213561+13%

878Gainesville, GAGA226,568577+63%

879Santa Cruz, CACA258,852582+1%

880McAllen, TXTX921,549587+62%

881Worcester, MAMA888,502588+18%

882Stockton, CACA823,815592+46%

883Barnstable, MAMA233,539592+5%

884Lancaster, PAPA563,159597+20%

885Racine, WIWI198,919598+5%

886Allentown, PAPA887,615611+20%

887Kenosha, WIWI168,448620+13%

888Austin, TXTX2,620,945621+110%

889Flint, MIMI401,093630−8%

890Dayton, OHOH826,554645+3%

891Palm Bay, FLFL663,982654+39%

892Seattle, WAWA4,161,883709+37%

893Bremerton, WAWA283,374717+22%

894North Port, FLFL948,158730+61%

895Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182738+52%

896Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653738−1%

897San Jose, CACA1,984,473741+14%

898Springfield, MAMA464,338753+2%

899Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720753+100%

900San Diego, CACA3,282,248780+17%

901Akron, OHOH701,780780+1%

902Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775802−4%

903Hartford, CTCT1,171,426807–

904Orlando, FLFL2,957,672847+80%

905Houston, TXTX7,904,627894+68%

906Dallas, TXTX8,477,157977+64%

907Washington, DCDC6,465,7241,071+36%

908Providence, RIRI1,708,1611,076+8%

909Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,0101,083+5%

910Baltimore, MDMD2,857,7811,099+12%

911Cape Coral, FLFL875,6071,121+99%

912Waterbury, CTCT463,3491,122–

913Detroit, MIMI4,390,9131,128−1%

914Miami, FLFL6,391,0721,261+28%

915Tampa, FLFL3,418,8951,359+43%

916Chicago, ILIL9,434,1231,363+5%

917Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,1181,375+11%

918Boston, MAMA5,034,2211,444+15%

919Bridgeport, CTCT978,1791,455–

920New Haven, CTCT578,7411,576–

921Honolulu, HIHI988,7031,646+13%

922Trenton, NJNJ399,2891,779+14%

923San Francisco, CACA4,630,0411,875+12%

924Los Angeles, CACA12,844,4412,647+4%

925New York, NYNY20,112,4483,276+10%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES