Census tract rankings · the United States

Densest census tracts

Residents per square mile, computed from the official tract land-area figure. Manhattan and central Brooklyn dominate the top of the list.

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Rank	Tract	County	density
#1901	Tract 5.05	Suffolk, MA	31,393/sq mi
#1902	Tract 5758.03	Los Angeles, CA	31,377/sq mi
#1903	Tract 4054.01	Alameda, CA	31,372/sq mi
#1904	Tract 2643.03	Los Angeles, CA	31,369/sq mi
#1905	Tract 711.01	Suffolk, MA	31,367/sq mi
#1906	Tract 386	Kings, NY	31,361/sq mi
#1907	Tract 3108	Cook, IL	31,352/sq mi
#1908	Tract 2701.02	Los Angeles, CA	31,316/sq mi
#1909	Tract 5806	Cook, IL	31,305/sq mi
#1910	Tract 49.02	District of Columbia, DC	31,304/sq mi
#1911	Tract 808.01	Suffolk, MA	31,284/sq mi
#1912	Tract 70	Essex, NJ	31,248/sq mi
#1913	Tract 4335.06	Harris, TX	31,240/sq mi
#1914	Tract 202.13	San Diego, CA	31,231/sq mi
#1915	Tract 3025.03	Los Angeles, CA	31,230/sq mi
#1916	Tract 590	Kings, NY	31,197/sq mi
#1917	Tract 312.01	San Francisco, CA	31,192/sq mi
#1918	Tract 180	Queens, NY	31,170/sq mi
#1919	Tract 1838.20	Los Angeles, CA	31,151/sq mi
#1920	Tract 628	Cook, IL	31,151/sq mi
#1921	Tract 137.02	Philadelphia, PA	31,143/sq mi
#1922	Tract 20	Queens, NY	31,123/sq mi
#1923	Tract 3018.02	Los Angeles, CA	31,092/sq mi
#1924	Tract 6.06	Travis, TX	31,083/sq mi
#1925	Tract 203	San Francisco, CA	31,082/sq mi
#1926	Tract 670	Kings, NY	31,075/sq mi
#1927	Tract 790	Queens, NY	31,059/sq mi
#1928	Tract 75.03	King, WA	31,056/sq mi
#1929	Tract 145.02	Hudson, NJ	31,048/sq mi
#1930	Tract 657.03	Queens, NY	31,048/sq mi
#1931	Tract 917	Suffolk, MA	31,045/sq mi
#1932	Tract 54	Essex, NJ	31,044/sq mi
#1933	Tract 1407.02	Cook, IL	31,030/sq mi
#1934	Tract 305.01	Philadelphia, PA	31,021/sq mi
#1935	Tract 31	Philadelphia, PA	31,000/sq mi
#1936	Tract 177.01	Philadelphia, PA	31,000/sq mi
#1937	Tract 648	Kings, NY	30,983/sq mi
#1938	Tract 779.05	Queens, NY	30,981/sq mi
#1939	Tract 7.03	District of Columbia, DC	30,978/sq mi
#1940	Tract 84.16	Honolulu, HI	30,970/sq mi
#1941	Tract 35.04	Honolulu, HI	30,967/sq mi
#1942	Tract 113	Hudson, NJ	30,964/sq mi
#1943	Tract 209	San Francisco, CA	30,959/sq mi
#1944	Tract 5765.03	Los Angeles, CA	30,958/sq mi
#1945	Tract 9822	Allegheny, PA	30,949/sq mi
#1946	Tract 2655.21	Los Angeles, CA	30,941/sq mi
#1947	Tract 191	Kings, NY	30,908/sq mi
#1948	Tract 121.04	Miami-Dade, FL	30,908/sq mi
#1949	Tract 1193	Queens, NY	30,902/sq mi
#1950	Tract 3514.03	Middlesex, MA	30,899/sq mi
#1951	Tract 484	Queens, NY	30,888/sq mi
#1952	Tract 129	Hudson, NJ	30,886/sq mi
#1953	Tract 44.06	Miami-Dade, FL	30,853/sq mi
#1954	Tract 135	San Francisco, CA	30,846/sq mi
#1955	Tract 7	Mercer, NJ	30,822/sq mi
#1956	Tract 43	Queens, NY	30,803/sq mi
#1957	Tract 44.02	King, WA	30,798/sq mi
#1958	Tract 40.01	Queens, NY	30,791/sq mi
#1959	Tract 4004.01	Norfolk, MA	30,773/sq mi
#1960	Tract 11.21	Franklin, OH	30,750/sq mi
#1961	Tract 970	Kings, NY	30,714/sq mi
#1962	Tract 450	Queens, NY	30,706/sq mi
#1963	Tract 24.02	Westchester, NY	30,700/sq mi
#1964	Tract 964	Kings, NY	30,676/sq mi
#1965	Tract 958	Kings, NY	30,667/sq mi
#1966	Tract 5331.05	Los Angeles, CA	30,635/sq mi
#1967	Tract 10.01	Philadelphia, PA	30,629/sq mi
#1968	Tract 120.02	Miami-Dade, FL	30,622/sq mi
#1969	Tract 405	Kings, NY	30,611/sq mi
#1970	Tract 95	Queens, NY	30,609/sq mi
#1971	Tract 112	Philadelphia, PA	30,608/sq mi
#1972	Tract 2675.03	Los Angeles, CA	30,605/sq mi
#1973	Tract 2287.20	Los Angeles, CA	30,596/sq mi
#1974	Tract 2264.10	Los Angeles, CA	30,587/sq mi
#1975	Tract 746	Kings, NY	30,577/sq mi
#1976	Tract 554	Queens, NY	30,576/sq mi
#1977	Tract 288.01	Queens, NY	30,576/sq mi
#1978	Tract 702	Cook, IL	30,568/sq mi
#1979	Tract 192	Philadelphia, PA	30,562/sq mi
#1980	Tract 78.32	Dallas, TX	30,560/sq mi
#1981	Tract 95	Philadelphia, PA	30,553/sq mi
#1982	Tract 17	Lehigh, PA	30,550/sq mi
#1983	Tract 70.01	King, WA	30,543/sq mi
#1984	Tract 13.02	Westchester, NY	30,535/sq mi
#1985	Tract 238.05	King, WA	30,528/sq mi
#1986	Tract 394	Kings, NY	30,527/sq mi
#1987	Tract 130	Hudson, NJ	30,509/sq mi
#1988	Tract 229.02	San Francisco, CA	30,500/sq mi
#1989	Tract 2111.21	Los Angeles, CA	30,494/sq mi
#1990	Tract 97	Essex, NJ	30,478/sq mi
#1991	Tract 2037.10	Los Angeles, CA	30,477/sq mi
#1992	Tract 2831	Cook, IL	30,476/sq mi
#1993	Tract 314.02	Philadelphia, PA	30,468/sq mi
#1994	Tract 633.01	Queens, NY	30,462/sq mi
#1995	Tract 72	Hudson, NJ	30,461/sq mi
#1996	Tract 619	Queens, NY	30,460/sq mi
#1997	Tract 444	Bronx, NY	30,447/sq mi
#1998	Tract 516	Queens, NY	30,437/sq mi
#1999	Tract 192.03	Bergen, NJ	30,434/sq mi
#2000	Tract 288.02	Queens, NY	30,429/sq mi