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
#101	Tract 206.01	Brunswick, NC	35.13/sq mi
#102	Tract 9201.01	Perquimans, NC	35.24/sq mi
#103	Tract 9306	Caswell, NC	35.37/sq mi
#104	Tract 9503.04	Moore, NC	35.39/sq mi
#105	Tract 9602.01	Montgomery, NC	35.43/sq mi
#106	Tract 9506.01	Bladen, NC	35.60/sq mi
#107	Tract 9302	Beaufort, NC	35.61/sq mi
#108	Tract 9603.02	Craven, NC	35.65/sq mi
#109	Tract 905.04	Duplin, NC	35.91/sq mi
#110	Tract 9701.01	McDowell, NC	35.96/sq mi
#111	Tract 9701.02	Sampson, NC	36.24/sq mi
#112	Tract 104	Madison, NC	36.58/sq mi
#113	Tract 9308	Halifax, NC	36.62/sq mi
#114	Tract 9309.02	Halifax, NC	36.75/sq mi
#115	Tract 9202.01	Northampton, NC	37.17/sq mi
#116	Tract 9708.02	Ashe, NC	37.34/sq mi
#117	Tract 9304	Columbus, NC	37.38/sq mi
#118	Tract 9306	Columbus, NC	37.56/sq mi
#119	Tract 29	Cumberland, NC	37.62/sq mi
#120	Tract 9708.01	Ashe, NC	37.81/sq mi
#121	Tract 9305	Columbus, NC	37.92/sq mi
#122	Tract 20.02	Pitt, NC	38.09/sq mi
#123	Tract 9502.02	Pamlico, NC	38.23/sq mi
#124	Tract 9306.03	Cherokee, NC	38.39/sq mi
#125	Tract 19	Pitt, NC	38.69/sq mi
#126	Tract 9701.02	Granville, NC	38.92/sq mi
#127	Tract 703.01	Stokes, NC	39.03/sq mi
#128	Tract 9301	Caswell, NC	39.39/sq mi
#129	Tract 9201.02	Haywood, NC	39.48/sq mi
#130	Tract 206	Chatham, NC	39.53/sq mi
#131	Tract 9307.01	Halifax, NC	39.65/sq mi
#132	Tract 9202.01	Polk, NC	39.76/sq mi
#133	Tract 9603.01	Rutherford, NC	39.80/sq mi
#134	Tract 9620.02	Robeson, NC	40.07/sq mi
#135	Tract 9203	Pender, NC	40.21/sq mi
#136	Tract 9707.04	Carteret, NC	40.44/sq mi
#137	Tract 9302	Avery, NC	40.47/sq mi
#138	Tract 9501.02	Warren, NC	40.64/sq mi
#139	Tract 9306	Halifax, NC	40.76/sq mi
#140	Tract 202.06	Brunswick, NC	41.02/sq mi
#141	Tract 9308.03	Surry, NC	41.07/sq mi
#142	Tract 9603.02	Montgomery, NC	41.41/sq mi
#143	Tract 9301.02	Cherokee, NC	41.71/sq mi
#144	Tract 9602.02	Craven, NC	41.75/sq mi
#145	Tract 9701	Richmond, NC	42.01/sq mi
#146	Tract 9603	Yancey, NC	42.53/sq mi
#147	Tract 108.01	Nash, NC	42.55/sq mi
#148	Tract 9302.02	Chowan, NC	42.57/sq mi
#149	Tract 206	Edgecombe, NC	42.89/sq mi
#150	Tract 307	Randolph, NC	42.93/sq mi
#151	Tract 9702.02	Sampson, NC	43.20/sq mi
#152	Tract 9508	Jackson, NC	43.60/sq mi
#153	Tract 9603.02	Swain, NC	43.78/sq mi
#154	Tract 602	Franklin, NC	43.83/sq mi
#155	Tract 9612.01	Wilkes, NC	44.13/sq mi
#156	Tract 9501.01	Camden, NC	44.20/sq mi
#157	Tract 9611.02	Craven, NC	44.23/sq mi
#158	Tract 9501	Alleghany, NC	44.41/sq mi
#159	Tract 9602.03	Rutherford, NC	44.98/sq mi
#160	Tract 1101.01	Currituck, NC	45.10/sq mi
#161	Tract 9603.01	Swain, NC	45.16/sq mi
#162	Tract 9202.02	Polk, NC	45.17/sq mi
#163	Tract 901.02	Duplin, NC	45.41/sq mi
#164	Tract 9309.01	Halifax, NC	45.67/sq mi
#165	Tract 701.02	Stokes, NC	45.91/sq mi
#166	Tract 202.03	Chatham, NC	45.93/sq mi
#167	Tract 9604	Yancey, NC	46.17/sq mi
#168	Tract 9603.01	Montgomery, NC	46.18/sq mi
#169	Tract 907.04	Duplin, NC	46.45/sq mi
#170	Tract 702	Stokes, NC	46.57/sq mi
#171	Tract 9702	Ashe, NC	46.75/sq mi
#172	Tract 9601.01	Montgomery, NC	46.76/sq mi
#173	Tract 1.03	Onslow, NC	46.80/sq mi
#174	Tract 9503.02	Bladen, NC	47.05/sq mi
#175	Tract 9501.01	Greene, NC	47.09/sq mi
#176	Tract 109	Nash, NC	47.25/sq mi
#177	Tract 205	Chatham, NC	47.37/sq mi
#178	Tract 9604.01	Bertie, NC	47.43/sq mi
#179	Tract 9501.02	Camden, NC	47.58/sq mi
#180	Tract 9308.02	Surry, NC	47.77/sq mi
#181	Tract 205.05	Brunswick, NC	47.78/sq mi
#182	Tract 9705	Martin, NC	48.17/sq mi
#183	Tract 9301.02	Chowan, NC	48.24/sq mi
#184	Tract 9606.02	Transylvania, NC	48.29/sq mi
#185	Tract 9702	Gates, NC	48.31/sq mi
#186	Tract 9502.02	Moore, NC	48.47/sq mi
#187	Tract 9203.01	Anson, NC	48.48/sq mi
#188	Tract 9202	Person, NC	48.55/sq mi
#189	Tract 9303	Columbus, NC	48.73/sq mi
#190	Tract 309	Randolph, NC	48.96/sq mi
#191	Tract 9707	McDowell, NC	49.63/sq mi
#192	Tract 108.04	Orange, NC	50.41/sq mi
#193	Tract 908.01	Duplin, NC	50.48/sq mi
#194	Tract 9205.01	Anson, NC	50.77/sq mi
#195	Tract 213.02	Burke, NC	51.00/sq mi
#196	Tract 9213.01	Haywood, NC	51.08/sq mi
#197	Tract 202.01	Chatham, NC	51.09/sq mi
#198	Tract 9306	Beaufort, NC	51.11/sq mi
#199	Tract 401	Alexander, NC	51.15/sq mi
#200	Tract 9207.02	Watauga, NC	51.21/sq mi