Census tract rankings · the United States

Least-dense inhabited census tracts

Vast, lightly-populated tracts. Mostly in Alaska, the Mountain West, and remote desert basins. Tracts under 500 residents are excluded so empty wilderness blocks don't crowd the list.

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Rank	Tract	County	low density
#1	Tract 4	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK	0.03/sq mi
#2	Tract 1	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK	0.03/sq mi
#3	Tract 2	North Slope Borough, AK	0.04/sq mi
#4	Tract 1	Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK	0.04/sq mi
#5	Tract 3	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK	0.04/sq mi
#6	Tract 2	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK	0.04/sq mi
#7	Tract 1.01	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.06/sq mi
#8	Tract 3	Bethel Census Area, AK	0.07/sq mi
#9	Tract 1	Yakutat City and Borough, AK	0.07/sq mi
#10	Tract 1	Copper River Census Area, AK	0.11/sq mi
#11	Tract 1.02	Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK	0.12/sq mi
#12	Tract 1	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK	0.13/sq mi
#13	Tract 1	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK	0.14/sq mi
#14	Tract 1	Dillingham Census Area, AK	0.14/sq mi
#15	Tract 1	Denali Borough, AK	0.16/sq mi
#16	Tract 1	Aleutians West Census Area, AK	0.21/sq mi
#17	Tract 9716	Sweetwater, WY	0.21/sq mi
#18	Tract 9602	Harney, OR	0.23/sq mi
#19	Tract 9701	White Pine, NV	0.23/sq mi
#20	Tract 1	Garfield, MT	0.23/sq mi
#21	Tract 1	Nome Census Area, AK	0.27/sq mi
#22	Tract 1	Kodiak Island Borough, AK	0.28/sq mi
#23	Tract 9501	Esmeralda, NV	0.29/sq mi
#24	Tract 9559	Cherry, NE	0.29/sq mi
#25	Tract 6	Moffat, CO	0.29/sq mi
#26	Tract 9601	Nye, NV	0.30/sq mi
#27	Tract 9517	Elko, NV	0.31/sq mi
#28	Tract 9502	Lincoln, NV	0.32/sq mi
#29	Tract 1306	Tooele, UT	0.32/sq mi
#30	Tract 105.01	Humboldt, NV	0.33/sq mi
#31	Tract 1	Beaverhead, MT	0.34/sq mi
#32	Tract 1	Harding, NM	0.35/sq mi
#33	Tract 4	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK	0.35/sq mi
#34	Tract 9501	Terrell, TX	0.35/sq mi
#35	Tract 9764.02	Catron, NM	0.36/sq mi
#36	Tract 9601	Idaho, ID	0.36/sq mi
#37	Tract 3	Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.37/sq mi
#38	Tract 9601	Lake, OR	0.37/sq mi
#39	Tract 124	Imperial, CA	0.37/sq mi
#40	Tract 1	Eureka, NV	0.38/sq mi
#41	Tract 3	Carter, MT	0.39/sq mi
#42	Tract 8	Inyo, CA	0.40/sq mi
#43	Tract 121	Yuma, AZ	0.40/sq mi
#44	Tract 103	San Bernardino, CA	0.41/sq mi
#45	Tract 9687	Harding, SD	0.43/sq mi
#46	Tract 401	Lassen, CA	0.44/sq mi
#47	Tract 9708	Mineral, NV	0.46/sq mi
#48	Tract 1.01	Flathead, MT	0.47/sq mi
#49	Tract 1	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK	0.47/sq mi
#50	Tract 2	Chugach Census Area, AK	0.47/sq mi
#51	Tract 469	Riverside, CA	0.47/sq mi
#52	Tract 9603.02	Piscataquis, ME	0.47/sq mi
#53	Tract 1	Kusilvak Census Area, AK	0.48/sq mi
#54	Tract 9501	Clark, ID	0.48/sq mi
#55	Tract 59.02	Clark, NV	0.49/sq mi
#56	Tract 1	Aleutians East Borough, AK	0.50/sq mi
#57	Tract 1	Bethel Census Area, AK	0.51/sq mi
#58	Tract 1001	Valley, MT	0.51/sq mi
#59	Tract 2	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.52/sq mi
#60	Tract 9613	Custer, MT	0.52/sq mi
#61	Tract 9551	Johnson, WY	0.52/sq mi
#62	Tract 9505	Brewster, TX	0.53/sq mi
#63	Tract 3.02	Grand, UT	0.53/sq mi
#64	Tract 17.10	Webb, TX	0.54/sq mi
#65	Tract 1	Powder River, MT	0.55/sq mi
#66	Tract 9782	Socorro, NM	0.55/sq mi
#67	Tract 9502	Owyhee, ID	0.55/sq mi
#68	Tract 9501	Sioux, NE	0.57/sq mi
#69	Tract 1.02	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.57/sq mi
#70	Tract 9681	Carbon, WY	0.57/sq mi
#71	Tract 104.25	San Bernardino, CA	0.57/sq mi
#72	Tract 9503	Culberson, TX	0.58/sq mi
#73	Tract 9700	Hidalgo, NM	0.58/sq mi
#74	Tract 9501	Cimarron, OK	0.60/sq mi
#75	Tract 9501	Lincoln, NV	0.60/sq mi
#76	Tract 9503	Edwards, TX	0.61/sq mi
#77	Tract 2	Rosebud, MT	0.61/sq mi
#78	Tract 9501	McMullen, TX	0.61/sq mi
#79	Tract 12	Chaves, NM	0.62/sq mi
#80	Tract 9676	Carbon, WY	0.63/sq mi
#81	Tract 9650	Slope, ND	0.63/sq mi
#82	Tract 9540	McCone, MT	0.63/sq mi
#83	Tract 9501.01	Mohave, AZ	0.65/sq mi
#84	Tract 9709	Malheur, OR	0.65/sq mi
#85	Tract 9501	Churchill, NV	0.66/sq mi
#86	Tract 9602	Lincoln, NM	0.66/sq mi
#87	Tract 9646	Baca, CO	0.67/sq mi
#88	Tract 4	Garfield, UT	0.67/sq mi
#89	Tract 9602	Nye, NV	0.67/sq mi
#90	Tract 9508.02	Val Verde, TX	0.68/sq mi
#91	Tract 9601	De Baca, NM	0.68/sq mi
#92	Tract 251	San Bernardino, CA	0.68/sq mi
#93	Tract 4	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK	0.69/sq mi
#94	Tract 1301	Kane, UT	0.69/sq mi
#95	Tract 9639	Albany, WY	0.69/sq mi
#96	Tract 1	Dawson, MT	0.70/sq mi
#97	Tract 9742	Millard, UT	0.70/sq mi
#98	Tract 8	Las Animas, CO	0.70/sq mi
#99	Tract 3.02	Fremont, WY	0.71/sq mi
#100	Tract 1	Prairie, MT	0.72/sq mi