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Most sparsely populated, US metro areas · 2010

US metro areas with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). Winnemucca, NV leads at 2. 918 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

01Winnemucca, NVNV17,2672+3%

02Bishop, CACA18,1582+3%

03Elko, NVNV56,6822+8%

04Pahrump, NVNV57,3362+35%

05Ketchikan, AKAK13,5493−4%

06Cody, WYWY31,1714+9%

07Rock Springs, WYWY41,2674+16%

08Ruidoso, NMNM19,8444+6%

09Riverton, WYWY39,4644+12%

10Fallon, NVNV25,8515+4%

11Las Vegas, NMNM30,3115−3%

12Town of Pecos, TXTX12,1385+5%

13Ontario, OROR60,0855+3%

14Steamboat Springs, COCO38,4515+13%

15Baker City, OROR16,6585−4%

16Hailey, IDID32,4366+15%

17Dickinson, NDND39,1426+5%

18Española, NMNM39,8327−2%

19Jackson, WYWY36,5877+30%

20Flagstaff, AZAZ144,3687+16%

21Vernal, UTUT38,2787+29%

22Silver City, NMNM27,2527−5%

23Evanston, WYWY23,4158+8%

24Susanville, CACA28,1178+3%

25Brigham City, UTUT70,4058+16%

26Safford, AZAZ40,1578+11%

27Alamosa, COCO27,8968+1%

28Deming, NMNM25,4078+0%

29Laramie, WYWY38,5588+13%

30Mountain Home, IDID29,4659−7%

31Pierre, SDSD20,5889+4%

32Jamestown, NDND21,4149−4%

33Gillette, WYWY48,14510+37%

34Alamogordo, NMNM70,36810+2%

35Othello, WAWA21,48810+14%

36Andrews, TXTX18,91410+14%

37Guymon, OKOK20,32210+3%

38Wahpeton, NDND23,01910−9%

39The Dalles, OROR26,31011+6%

40Williston, NDND41,76711+13%

41Show Low, AZAZ109,94611+10%

42Roswell, NMNM63,36411+7%

43Klamath Falls, OROR70,27411+4%

44Payson, AZAZ53,80111+4%

45Sheridan, WYWY33,24112+10%

46Juneau city and, AKAK31,60912+2%

47North Platte, NENE33,97212+5%

48Sterling, COCO20,65412+11%

49La Grande, OROR25,90013+5%

50Pampa, TXTX21,78613−1%

51Helena, MTMT97,15313+15%

52Carlsbad, NMNM62,50913+4%

53Hereford, TXTX18,62613+4%

54Burley, IDID49,30813+3%

55Gallup, NMNM68,11913−4%

56Fairbanks, AKAK93,97213+18%

57Brookings, OROR22,62114+6%

58Huron, SDSD19,62414+2%

59Vernon, TXTX12,48114−8%

60Cedar City, UTUT67,14114+37%

61Zapata, TXTX13,75314+15%

62Casper, WYWY80,52614+13%

63Aberdeen, SDSD41,58314+2%

64Anchorage, AKAK405,82114+19%

65Price, UTUT20,68014+5%

66Minot, NDND75,69415+3%

67Hobbs, NMNM74,74915+17%

68Taos, NMNM34,56415+10%

69Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10215+29%

70Del Rio, TXTX47,83516+9%

71Woodward, OKOK19,82716+9%

72Port Townsend, WAWA33,97017+15%

73Hermiston, OROR93,72117+7%

74Sweetwater, TXTX14,11717−4%

75Grand Rapids, MNMN45,40417+2%

76Uvalde, TXTX24,96317+2%

77Rapid City, SDSD156,93417+12%

78Mitchell, SDSD25,91317+3%

79Clovis, NMNM65,27018+8%

80Bemidji, MNMN47,05518+12%

81Ellensburg, WAWA48,80318+23%

82Kalispell, MTMT115,42918+22%

83Lexington, NENE26,25518−1%

84Montrose, COCO44,59118+23%

85Snyder, TXTX16,16219+3%

86Rifle, COCO80,09919+25%

87Weatherford, OKOK39,05920+4%

88Heber, UTUT81,65520+33%

89Pullman, WAWA48,51221+10%

90Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33221+12%

91Roseburg, OROR111,95121+7%

92Plainview, TXTX36,70021−4%

93Red Bluff, CACA64,66522+13%

94Rexburg, IDID69,38022+29%

95Blackfoot, IDID51,15322+9%

96Fort Morgan, COCO30,30622+4%

97Emporia, KSKS34,83823−6%

98Camden, ARAR26,36323−9%

99Wenatchee, WAWA128,41423+12%

100Fredericksburg, TXTX28,52723+19%

101Farmington, NMNM120,34024+14%

102Sandpoint, IDID54,42024+11%

103Dumas, TXTX21,89124+9%

104Hastings, NENE40,57724−1%

105Iron Mountain, MIMI30,57524−6%

106Elk City, OKOK22,15925+12%

107Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08125−0%

108Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,49725+8%

109Sonora, CACA53,16025+2%

110Borger, TXTX19,63325−7%

111Houghton, MIMI40,02825+1%

112Ukiah, CACA88,12225+2%

113Scottsbluff, NENE36,27225−0%

114Idaho Falls, IDID173,85126+27%

115Bend, OROR266,37626+31%

116Billings, MTMT193,60326+14%

117Bismarck, NDND139,75026+14%

118Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,55226+26%

119Beatrice, NENE21,71126−3%

120Clewiston, FLFL61,54627+11%

121Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93827−2%

122Alice, TXTX45,38327+2%

123Maryville, MOMO20,17427+7%

124Marinette, WIWI65,51527−4%

125Garden City, KSKS37,50528−9%

126Elkins, WVWV26,88228+4%

127Crescent City, CACA26,41028+4%

128Grand Forks, NDND105,04629+1%

129Eufaula, ALAL26,86129−5%

130Le Mars, IAIA25,69729+1%

131Fergus Falls, MNMN61,04129+0%

132Fairmont, MNMN19,44029−4%

133Spencer, IAIA16,20229−4%

134Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79130+4%

135Missoula, MTMT128,69830+14%

136Worthington, MNMN22,33830+3%

137Spearfish, SDSD29,45930+11%

138Great Falls, MTMT85,02930+1%

139Brainerd, MNMN100,56230+11%

140Durango, COCO56,89830+17%

141Cañon City, COCO50,03931+1%

142Norfolk, NENE49,22831−3%

143DeRidder, LALA36,67331+8%

144Dodge City, KSKS33,99331+4%

145Great Bend, KSKS24,79031−2%

146Marshall, MOMO23,26531−2%

147Edwards, COCO54,29131+25%

148Centralia, WAWA88,06231+10%

149Natchitoches, LALA36,08932+1%

150Hays, KSKS29,07532+3%

151Escanaba, MIMI36,58232−4%

152Magnolia, ARAR21,89432−4%

153Harrison, ARAR45,65432+6%

154Paris, TXTX63,31932−0%

155Arkansas City, KSKS34,38232+0%

156McPherson, KSKS30,06432−1%

157Altus, OKOK24,76433−7%

158Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,15433+13%

159Duluth, MNMN281,21933+2%

160Moses Lake, WAWA105,72733+19%

161Bay City, TXTX36,46334−3%

162Vermillion, SDSD15,03134+2%

163Cheyenne, WYWY102,93834+12%

164Kirksville, MOMO29,82434+3%

165Bozeman, MTMT128,74034+32%

166Moscow, IDID41,84235+7%

167Stephenville, TXTX43,91135+15%

168Greenwood, MSMS34,91235−12%

169McAlester, OKOK43,32035+4%

170Storm Lake, IAIA20,44935−1%

171Kearney, NENE57,96235+7%

172Yuma, AZAZ224,44936+22%

173Breckenridge, COCO39,06936+13%

174Liberal, KSKS21,07336+2%

175Marshall, MNMN25,68436+2%

176Beeville, TXTX32,51536−2%

177Natchez, MSMS54,72236−5%

178Kingsville, TXTX30,31536+2%

179Carroll, IAIA20,30337−3%

180Mexico, MOMO24,52837−1%

181Shawano, WIWI45,75937+2%

182Marquette, MIMI68,06437+4%

183Pontiac, ILIL35,05737−2%

184Raymondville, TXTX19,97137+10%

185Eureka, CACA131,64738+6%

186El Campo, TXTX42,06038+0%

187Bonham, TXTX39,26538+9%

188Aberdeen, WAWA78,14438+8%

189Nogales, AZAZ50,02038+24%

190St. Marys, PAPA29,92639−9%

191Big Spring, TXTX30,50439+4%

192Cleveland, MSMS28,26239−16%

193Oskaloosa, IAIA21,88039+0%

194Atchison, KSKS16,17239+1%

195Columbus, NENE46,58339+2%

196Coos Bay, OROR63,99239+0%

197Twin Falls, IDID123,90140+21%

198Watertown, SDSD29,56240+5%

199Grenada, MSMS30,22240−7%

200El Dorado, ARAR36,92640−9%

201Brownwood, TXTX38,71140+1%

202Brookings, SDSD37,63540+13%

203Lewiston, IDID65,45041+5%

204Port Angeles, WAWA78,20241+11%

205Massena, NYNY105,48842+0%

206El Centro, CACA181,41142+23%

207Cadillac, MIMI49,71942+6%

208Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59942+4%

209New Ulm, MNMN25,51742−4%

210Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82342+15%

211Hood River, OROR23,72043+9%

212Salina, KSKS59,12143+3%

213Canton, ILIL32,90143−3%

214Hannibal, MOMO38,96943+3%

215Yankton, SDSD23,63543+4%

216San Angelo, TXTX122,06543+6%

217West Plains, MOMO40,79844+8%

218Spirit Lake, IAIA18,07744+1%

219Gainesville, TXTX44,46144+6%

220Grand Junction, COCO162,84544+26%

221Lock Haven, PAPA37,87044+3%

222Albert Lea, MNMN30,44044−4%

223Bradford, PAPA38,98444−5%

224Waycross, GAGA57,67044+8%

225Forrest City, ARAR21,80045−4%

226Platteville, WIWI52,44645+3%

227Astoria, OROR40,92645+4%

228Selma, ALAL35,14045−5%

229Kerrville, TXTX54,03745+14%

230Bangor, MEME157,96745+6%

231Grand Island, NENE78,07645+6%

232Ottawa, KSKS26,29945+5%

233Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06346+10%

234Hilo, HIHI210,04346+24%

235Walla Walla, WAWA62,36146+7%

236Lebanon, MOMO36,94347+9%

237Bainbridge, GAGA29,43247−1%

238Jesup, GAGA32,48147+13%

239Durant, OKOK51,36747+16%

240Newport, OROR50,63647+3%

241Redding, CACA181,64847+9%

242Corsicana, TXTX57,18147+6%

243Clarksdale, MSMS19,84947−15%

244Warren, PAPA37,03847−5%

245Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11848−1%

246Batesville, ARAR38,78548+7%

247Russellville, ARAR84,93248+11%

248Jacksonville, TXTX53,33748+9%

249Monticello, ININ25,16449−2%

250Amarillo, TXTX276,23549+10%

251Troy, ALAL33,68849+11%

252Lincoln, ILIL27,18249−3%

253Taylorville, ILIL33,44349−2%

254Scottsboro, ALAL54,28149−1%

255Sparta, WIWI46,57250+9%

256Dixon, ILIL32,91450−0%

257Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31950+14%

258Jacksonville, ILIL37,38150−3%

259Russellville, ALAL32,44950+2%

260Grants Pass, OROR87,86750+9%

261Ponca City, OKOK43,49051−3%

262Albany, OROR132,84351+13%

263Hutchinson, KSKS61,53951−0%

264Clearlake, CACA67,77252+11%

265Blytheville, ARAR37,82852−11%

266Menomonie, WIWI46,22352+10%

267Alpena, MIMI28,85352−5%

268Duncan, OKOK44,31052+4%

269Okeechobee, FLFL42,60852+11%

270Ada, OKOK38,52852+7%

271Boise City, IDID864,24352+33%

272Huntingdon, PAPA43,00152+1%

273Dublin, GAGA60,35153+9%

274Moberly, MOMO24,51353+3%

275Willmar, MNMN44,72053+3%

276Fort Dodge, IAIA36,83853−6%

277Rice Lake, WIWI46,48453+2%

278Mason City, IAIA49,71053−5%

279Malvern, ARAR33,45154+8%

280Victoria, TXTX99,86454+3%

281Douglas, GAGA52,86154+13%

282Sayre, PAPA59,60055−0%

283Oxford, MSMS71,97255+16%

284Arcadia, FLFL37,07855+8%

285Effingham, ILIL44,72755−0%

286Las Cruces, NMNM229,09155+20%

287Palestine, TXTX59,80555+6%

288Austin, MNMN40,97155+1%

289Bennington, VTVT36,63055+0%

290Macomb, ILIL25,91655−1%

291Reno, NVNV578,73456+27%

292Brenham, TXTX38,28856+11%

293Lebanon, NHNH224,50056+5%

294Alexandria, MNMN40,12057+10%

295Brattleboro, VTVT45,20457+1%

296Yakima, WAWA259,18557+9%

297Quincy, ILIL74,14657−2%

298St. George, UTUT213,67057+53%

299Enid, OKOK61,77957+5%

300Washington, NCNC44,67057+6%

301Paris, TNTN32,89658+4%

302Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44858−0%

303Ardmore, OKOK48,91058+4%

304Ludington, MIMI29,04058+2%

305Alexander City, ALAL40,95358+0%

306Americus, GAGA33,39458+2%

307Union City, TNTN30,06758−2%

308Fayetteville, TNTN36,85358+6%

309Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21159−7%

310Kennett, MOMO26,85559−4%

311Columbus, MSMS67,14459−4%

312Brookhaven, MSMS35,01259+5%

313Newberry, SCSC39,56160+4%

314Burlington, IAIA44,06160−6%

315Vidalia, GAGA36,18060+6%

316Pella, IAIA34,19260+4%

317Abilene, TXTX185,42960+3%

318Cambridge, MDMD33,62860+6%

319Martin, TNTN33,26160+0%

320Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02561−3%

321Red Wing, MNMN48,19561+5%

322Olean, NYNY75,39061−4%

323Lubbock, TXTX368,43161+12%

324Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90462+5%

325Sedalia, MOMO44,25462+7%

326Laurel, MSMS82,28162+2%

327Oneonta, NYNY60,58962+1%

328Tahlequah, OKOK49,19663+11%

329Shelton, WAWA71,16563+23%

330Warrensburg, MOMO56,67063+9%

331Greeley, COCO378,42663+40%

332Sikeston, MOMO49,97864−1%

333Campbellsville, KYKY38,40765+4%

334Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42865+10%

335Coshocton, OHOH37,18865+1%

336Starkville, MSMS62,06366+9%

337Rutland, VTVT59,65366−3%

338Gallipolis, OHOH29,07266−0%

339Pittsburg, KSKS39,00866+2%

340Jefferson City, MOMO152,71267+7%

341Pueblo, COCO169,27767+12%

342Rolla, MOMO45,24767+13%

343Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,21567+7%

344Glasgow, KYKY56,22467+9%

345Mayfield, KYKY37,05067+0%

346Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07668+9%

347Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97568+14%

348Talladega, ALAL91,76468+1%

349Miami, OKOK30,43868−4%

350Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91468+5%

351Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14768−3%

352Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03568+9%

353Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85068+12%

354Logan, UTUT160,88969+22%

355McComb, MSMS52,64069+3%

356Picayune, MSMS59,36369+15%

357Centralia, ILIL36,38269−5%

358Greensburg, ININ26,57669+5%

359Manhattan, KSKS136,12269+17%

360Fort Madison, IAIA32,30669−6%

361Fremont, NENE38,05769+1%

362Minden, LALA34,94869−1%

363Meridian, MSMS85,41970+1%

364Thomasville, GAGA72,95870+5%

365Petoskey, MIMI33,77570+4%

366Van Wert, OHOH29,01370−3%

367Bogalusa, LALA44,93770+7%

368Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09971+1%

369Rochelle, ILIL51,39971+5%

370Greenville, MSMS40,44671−19%

371Clinton, IAIA46,00271−2%

372Marshalltown, IAIA39,89071+3%

373Corning, NYNY91,85571+0%

374DuBois, PAPA78,10071−2%

375Washington Court House, OHOH28,55271+2%

376Ottawa, ILIL145,90272+1%

377Somerset, PAPA72,00472−3%

378Topeka, KSKS233,05272+4%

379Paragould, ARAR47,41173+13%

380Medford, OROR221,79573+12%

381Texarkana, TXTX146,81673+4%

382Enterprise, ALAL56,95374+15%

383Washington, ININ34,20974+6%

384Galesburg, ILIL47,76774−5%

385Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91274+8%

386Franklin, KYKY20,78874+6%

387Winchester, TNTN45,57974+5%

388Fargo, NDND269,52874+20%

389Key West, FLFL80,40674−8%

390Laredo, TXTX281,22474+30%

391Pocatello, IDID91,59174+10%

392Vincennes, ININ35,65275−2%

393Baraboo, WIWI66,65275+12%

394Searcy, ARAR80,08575+15%

395Hutchinson, MNMN36,63175+5%

396Alma, MIMI41,19075+0%

397Dyersburg, TNTN36,32075+3%

398Mountain Home, ARAR42,98275+8%

399Santa Fe, NMNM156,90775+12%

400Crawfordsville, ININ38,95476+1%

401Glens Falls, NYNY124,37376+4%

402Lawton, OKOK127,59077+7%

403Cambridge, OHOH38,37977−2%

404St. Joseph, MOMO119,17077+4%

405Lake Charles, LALA244,65577+3%

406Big Rapids, MIMI42,32077+6%

407Eugene, OROR381,58477+9%

408Sioux Falls, SDSD314,63878+21%

409Henderson, KYKY57,18478+2%

410Midland, TXTX193,13978+17%

411Hillsdale, MIMI45,73878+0%

412Alexandria, LALA147,95278+6%

413Greencastle, ININ37,87679+5%

414Plattsburgh, NYNY78,13879+3%

415Monroe, LALA222,39079+1%

416Wabash, ININ30,71380−6%

417Middlesborough, KYKY22,82980−5%

418Monticello, NYNY80,58680+5%

419Kingsland, GAGA60,14380+16%

420Mankato, MNMN104,90781+13%

421Lewisburg, TNTN38,07182+14%

422Oil City, PAPA49,34682−4%

423San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36782+9%

424Branson, MOMO57,00182+30%

425Newport, TNTN37,88982+6%

426Frankfort, ININ33,32282−2%

427Winona, MNMN50,52382+3%

428Crossville, TNTN66,30082+20%

429Ottumwa, IAIA35,21082−1%

430Jonesboro, ARAR139,44083+12%

431Vicksburg, MSMS41,75983−2%

432Summerville, GAGA25,30083+2%

433Seymour, ININ47,37083+3%

434Moultrie, GAGA47,43883+8%

435Rochester, MNMN231,18484+12%

436Orangeburg, SCSC83,17784+1%

437New Bern, NCNC127,35884+11%

438Thomaston, GAGA28,50084−2%

439Paducah, KYKY102,25984−0%

440Freeport, ILIL43,22085−3%

441Lake City, FLFL74,09485+19%

442Traverse City, MIMI156,97285+9%

443Dothan, ALAL156,26685+11%

444Hinesville, GAGA91,87085+8%

445Owatonna, MNMN37,46485+9%

446Sterling, ILIL54,12186−4%

447Corbin, KYKY150,04086+2%

448Cordele, GAGA19,23786+7%

449Sioux City, IAIA145,73886+1%

450Kennewick, WAWA324,33486+32%

451Huntsville, TXTX83,84287+10%

452Madisonville, KYKY45,12787+1%

453Barre, VTVT59,65287+3%

454Cookeville, TNTN152,47787+13%

455Wausau, WIWI139,43287+7%

456St. Simons, GAGA118,52487+21%

457Valdosta, GAGA153,27687+17%

458Stevens Point, WIWI71,94387+4%

459Brevard, NCNC34,21187+13%

460Muskogee, OKOK66,70888+2%

461Meadville, PAPA81,79288−2%

462Shawnee, OKOK75,10288+6%

463Celina, OHOH42,73788−0%

464Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,24589+13%

465Greenville, OHOH51,52089−1%

466Pikeville, KYKY89,12289−6%

467Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01489+15%

468Coldwater, MIMI45,99389−1%

469Ozark, ALAL49,91290+2%

470Longview, WAWA114,88590+10%

471Tifton, GAGA51,23790+2%

472Athens, TXTX88,59590+7%

473Madison, ININ33,27990+2%

474Opelousas, LALA80,76590−5%

475Houma, LALA199,66891+7%

476Danville, ILIL71,25991−3%

477La Crosse, WIWI171,18291+6%

478Fort Payne, ALAL74,08592+10%

479Visalia, CACA485,14692+20%

480Watertown, NYNY111,54092+4%

481North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,23392+6%

482McMinnville, TNTN43,71792+4%

483Corinth, MSMS34,56993+7%

484Urbana, OHOH38,82093+3%

485Tupelo, MSMS133,16794+6%

486Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,06094−1%

487Williamsport, PAPA112,58794−3%

488Logansport, ININ37,83695−5%

489Statesboro, GAGA97,97795+22%

490Defiance, OHOH38,29295−1%

491Shelbyville, TNTN55,27395+20%

492Bellingham, WAWA236,39295+21%

493Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44296+27%

494Albuquerque, NMNM925,27996+22%

495Somerset, KYKY67,38496+12%

496Murray, KYKY39,42197+9%

497Albany, GAGA145,51097+0%

498Huntington, ININ37,22497−2%

499Sebring, FLFL111,12297+13%

500Waco, TXTX308,80797+9%

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

Frequently asked

Which metro area has the lowest population density?

Winnemucca, NV ranks #1 with 2 (2010 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by population density?

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

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2010 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 (2010).