Census tract rankings · North Carolina

Least-dense inhabited census tracts in North Carolina

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. Filtered to North Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	low density
#1	Tract 9705.01	Dare, NC	4.24/sq mi
#2	Tract 9201.02	Hyde, NC	7.45/sq mi
#3	Tract 9201.01	Hyde, NC	7.55/sq mi
#4	Tract 9202.04	Pender, NC	8.04/sq mi
#5	Tract 9503	Washington, NC	8.45/sq mi
#6	Tract 9601	Tyrrell, NC	8.76/sq mi
#7	Tract 9701.02	Carteret, NC	9.74/sq mi
#8	Tract 9710.03	Sampson, NC	13.31/sq mi
#9	Tract 9704	Martin, NC	13.74/sq mi
#10	Tract 9603	Bertie, NC	15.20/sq mi
#11	Tract 9501.04	Pamlico, NC	15.36/sq mi
#12	Tract 9201	Graham, NC	15.80/sq mi
#13	Tract 9501.01	Bladen, NC	15.82/sq mi
#14	Tract 9501.02	Bladen, NC	15.82/sq mi
#15	Tract 9308	Beaufort, NC	15.86/sq mi
#16	Tract 9202	Jones, NC	16.33/sq mi
#17	Tract 9601.01	Rutherford, NC	17.14/sq mi
#18	Tract 9506.02	Bladen, NC	17.39/sq mi
#19	Tract 102	Madison, NC	18.00/sq mi
#20	Tract 9203.02	Anson, NC	18.05/sq mi
#21	Tract 9303	Cherokee, NC	18.19/sq mi
#22	Tract 9301.01	Beaufort, NC	18.49/sq mi
#23	Tract 9203.01	Northampton, NC	18.64/sq mi
#24	Tract 9502	Bladen, NC	18.71/sq mi
#25	Tract 9203	Jones, NC	18.84/sq mi
#26	Tract 9205.02	Pender, NC	19.21/sq mi
#27	Tract 9609.01	Wilkes, NC	19.46/sq mi
#28	Tract 202.03	Burke, NC	19.55/sq mi
#29	Tract 9702	Richmond, NC	19.70/sq mi
#30	Tract 207	Edgecombe, NC	19.86/sq mi
#31	Tract 9501	Mitchell, NC	20.10/sq mi
#32	Tract 101	Madison, NC	20.48/sq mi
#33	Tract 9311.02	Halifax, NC	20.83/sq mi
#34	Tract 310	Caldwell, NC	20.98/sq mi
#35	Tract 9313.02	Columbus, NC	21.26/sq mi
#36	Tract 9206	Anson, NC	21.55/sq mi
#37	Tract 9202.02	Northampton, NC	21.58/sq mi
#38	Tract 9310	Halifax, NC	21.79/sq mi
#39	Tract 9302	Columbus, NC	22.47/sq mi
#40	Tract 208	Edgecombe, NC	23.04/sq mi
#41	Tract 5	Onslow, NC	23.29/sq mi
#42	Tract 9605.02	Montgomery, NC	23.31/sq mi
#43	Tract 9202	Anson, NC	23.43/sq mi
#44	Tract 9501.03	Warren, NC	23.46/sq mi
#45	Tract 9604.02	Bertie, NC	23.74/sq mi
#46	Tract 9201.03	Northampton, NC	23.79/sq mi
#47	Tract 9313.01	Columbus, NC	24.12/sq mi
#48	Tract 9201	Jones, NC	24.28/sq mi
#49	Tract 9703	Gates, NC	24.47/sq mi
#50	Tract 9501.02	Clay, NC	24.58/sq mi
#51	Tract 9201.01	Northampton, NC	24.61/sq mi
#52	Tract 9502.01	Hertford, NC	24.96/sq mi
#53	Tract 413.01	Johnston, NC	25.12/sq mi
#54	Tract 9507	Jackson, NC	25.56/sq mi
#55	Tract 9710.02	Sampson, NC	26.28/sq mi
#56	Tract 9702	Macon, NC	26.37/sq mi
#57	Tract 9602	Bertie, NC	26.43/sq mi
#58	Tract 9701	Gates, NC	26.44/sq mi
#59	Tract 9709	Sampson, NC	26.79/sq mi
#60	Tract 9203.02	Northampton, NC	27.09/sq mi
#61	Tract 11	Wilson, NC	27.39/sq mi
#62	Tract 9203.03	Northampton, NC	27.47/sq mi
#63	Tract 9201.02	Northampton, NC	27.93/sq mi
#64	Tract 9605.02	Transylvania, NC	27.97/sq mi
#65	Tract 9601	Bertie, NC	27.97/sq mi
#66	Tract 9203	Graham, NC	28.07/sq mi
#67	Tract 9604.01	Wilkes, NC	28.14/sq mi
#68	Tract 9606.01	Transylvania, NC	28.56/sq mi
#69	Tract 9503	Hertford, NC	28.68/sq mi
#70	Tract 9309	Beaufort, NC	29.01/sq mi
#71	Tract 9605.03	Pasquotank, NC	29.08/sq mi
#72	Tract 906	Duplin, NC	29.30/sq mi
#73	Tract 106.02	Scotland, NC	29.52/sq mi
#74	Tract 9504	Warren, NC	29.77/sq mi
#75	Tract 9503	Alleghany, NC	30.01/sq mi
#76	Tract 9616.02	Robeson, NC	30.07/sq mi
#77	Tract 9703	Ashe, NC	30.09/sq mi
#78	Tract 9502.04	Pamlico, NC	30.11/sq mi
#79	Tract 9604.02	Montgomery, NC	30.46/sq mi
#80	Tract 9601.02	Rutherford, NC	30.68/sq mi
#81	Tract 9710.01	Sampson, NC	30.74/sq mi
#82	Tract 904.01	Duplin, NC	30.76/sq mi
#83	Tract 9501	Washington, NC	30.77/sq mi
#84	Tract 9701	Martin, NC	30.79/sq mi
#85	Tract 902.01	Duplin, NC	30.92/sq mi
#86	Tract 9201	Anson, NC	31.36/sq mi
#87	Tract 9609.02	Wilkes, NC	31.51/sq mi
#88	Tract 32.05	Buncombe, NC	31.78/sq mi
#89	Tract 9501.02	Hertford, NC	32.25/sq mi
#90	Tract 9205.01	Pender, NC	32.91/sq mi
#91	Tract 908.03	Duplin, NC	32.94/sq mi
#92	Tract 9708.05	Carteret, NC	32.98/sq mi
#93	Tract 9307	Beaufort, NC	33.31/sq mi
#94	Tract 9701.01	Granville, NC	33.56/sq mi
#95	Tract 206.02	Brunswick, NC	33.77/sq mi
#96	Tract 9603.01	Craven, NC	34.34/sq mi
#97	Tract 9701.01	Sampson, NC	34.38/sq mi
#98	Tract 9501	Moore, NC	34.64/sq mi
#99	Tract 9509	Jackson, NC	34.68/sq mi
#100	Tract 9501.01	Pamlico, NC	34.74/sq mi