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
#201	Tract 9502.02	Warren, NC	51.80/sq mi
#202	Tract 114	Lenoir, NC	51.93/sq mi
#203	Tract 9304	Caswell, NC	52.12/sq mi
#204	Tract 10	Wayne, NC	52.41/sq mi
#205	Tract 9202.01	Perquimans, NC	52.51/sq mi
#206	Tract 9604.04	Transylvania, NC	52.88/sq mi
#207	Tract 9701.02	McDowell, NC	53.23/sq mi
#208	Tract 9619	Robeson, NC	53.23/sq mi
#209	Tract 9607.02	Pasquotank, NC	53.62/sq mi
#210	Tract 9312.02	Columbus, NC	53.87/sq mi
#211	Tract 9311.01	Halifax, NC	54.41/sq mi
#212	Tract 216	Edgecombe, NC	54.99/sq mi
#213	Tract 9502.01	Warren, NC	55.14/sq mi
#214	Tract 1103.02	Currituck, NC	55.19/sq mi
#215	Tract 9705.02	Macon, NC	55.48/sq mi
#216	Tract 9504.02	Bladen, NC	55.50/sq mi
#217	Tract 9505.01	Bladen, NC	55.74/sq mi
#218	Tract 9302	Caswell, NC	55.96/sq mi
#219	Tract 309	Caldwell, NC	56.24/sq mi
#220	Tract 901.03	Duplin, NC	56.29/sq mi
#221	Tract 203	Chatham, NC	56.37/sq mi
#222	Tract 207.02	Chatham, NC	56.38/sq mi
#223	Tract 9705.01	Macon, NC	56.46/sq mi
#224	Tract 401.02	Rockingham, NC	56.48/sq mi
#225	Tract 213	Edgecombe, NC	56.69/sq mi
#226	Tract 9204	Anson, NC	56.91/sq mi
#227	Tract 9501.01	Clay, NC	56.98/sq mi
#228	Tract 9601.01	Yancey, NC	57.41/sq mi
#229	Tract 9201.02	Perquimans, NC	58.11/sq mi
#230	Tract 9201.01	Polk, NC	58.21/sq mi
#231	Tract 402	Alexander, NC	58.30/sq mi
#232	Tract 9306.06	Cherokee, NC	58.56/sq mi
#233	Tract 9610.01	Wilkes, NC	58.82/sq mi
#234	Tract 601	Franklin, NC	58.89/sq mi
#235	Tract 9515.02	Cleveland, NC	58.98/sq mi
#236	Tract 609.01	Iredell, NC	58.99/sq mi
#237	Tract 9614	Robeson, NC	59.08/sq mi
#238	Tract 9302	Cherokee, NC	59.31/sq mi
#239	Tract 607.01	Franklin, NC	59.59/sq mi
#240	Tract 509.04	Rowan, NC	59.74/sq mi
#241	Tract 9802	Cumberland, NC	60.03/sq mi
#242	Tract 9501.01	Cleveland, NC	60.12/sq mi
#243	Tract 9603.02	Rutherford, NC	60.23/sq mi
#244	Tract 701.01	Stokes, NC	60.95/sq mi
#245	Tract 9707.02	Ashe, NC	61.28/sq mi
#246	Tract 9502.02	Hertford, NC	61.41/sq mi
#247	Tract 9202	Graham, NC	61.46/sq mi
#248	Tract 9504.04	Moore, NC	61.74/sq mi
#249	Tract 9305	Caswell, NC	61.77/sq mi
#250	Tract 9601	Transylvania, NC	62.08/sq mi
#251	Tract 9502	Jackson, NC	62.26/sq mi
#252	Tract 9501.02	Cleveland, NC	62.35/sq mi
#253	Tract 27.05	Buncombe, NC	62.55/sq mi
#254	Tract 13.02	Wilson, NC	62.68/sq mi
#255	Tract 9602	Wilkes, NC	62.83/sq mi
#256	Tract 9302.01	Chowan, NC	63.19/sq mi
#257	Tract 9310.01	Stanly, NC	63.22/sq mi
#258	Tract 620.01	Davidson, NC	63.79/sq mi
#259	Tract 26.03	Buncombe, NC	63.80/sq mi
#260	Tract 106.01	Scotland, NC	64.14/sq mi
#261	Tract 412.03	Johnston, NC	64.45/sq mi
#262	Tract 9602.01	Craven, NC	64.52/sq mi
#263	Tract 9605.01	Montgomery, NC	64.96/sq mi
#264	Tract 209.01	Union, NC	65.15/sq mi
#265	Tract 9502	Greene, NC	65.21/sq mi
#266	Tract 2	Wayne, NC	65.39/sq mi
#267	Tract 9502	Mitchell, NC	65.90/sq mi
#268	Tract 9307.02	Halifax, NC	66.11/sq mi
#269	Tract 107	Nash, NC	66.12/sq mi
#270	Tract 308.03	Randolph, NC	66.20/sq mi
#271	Tract 9705.02	Sampson, NC	66.28/sq mi
#272	Tract 312.01	Caldwell, NC	66.31/sq mi
#273	Tract 9303.02	Avery, NC	66.35/sq mi
#274	Tract 9602	Vance, NC	66.40/sq mi
#275	Tract 9311	Columbus, NC	66.58/sq mi
#276	Tract 9601.02	Craven, NC	66.60/sq mi
#277	Tract 9615	Robeson, NC	66.96/sq mi
#278	Tract 105	Madison, NC	66.99/sq mi
#279	Tract 9702.02	Hoke, NC	67.00/sq mi
#280	Tract 9612.02	Wilkes, NC	67.27/sq mi
#281	Tract 9604.01	Montgomery, NC	68.07/sq mi
#282	Tract 9501.01	Warren, NC	68.57/sq mi
#283	Tract 9706	Martin, NC	68.62/sq mi
#284	Tract 9704.01	Sampson, NC	68.73/sq mi
#285	Tract 112.01	Lenoir, NC	69.44/sq mi
#286	Tract 9502.02	Washington, NC	69.46/sq mi
#287	Tract 9213.02	Haywood, NC	69.70/sq mi
#288	Tract 9201.01	Haywood, NC	69.83/sq mi
#289	Tract 504.01	Yadkin, NC	69.87/sq mi
#290	Tract 609.02	Iredell, NC	70.22/sq mi
#291	Tract 9204.01	Northampton, NC	70.26/sq mi
#292	Tract 29	Buncombe, NC	70.42/sq mi
#293	Tract 9301	Columbus, NC	70.67/sq mi
#294	Tract 608.01	Iredell, NC	71.18/sq mi
#295	Tract 1.03	Wayne, NC	71.46/sq mi
#296	Tract 9201	Person, NC	71.58/sq mi
#297	Tract 905.03	Duplin, NC	71.94/sq mi
#298	Tract 9602.01	Rutherford, NC	72.51/sq mi
#299	Tract 905.05	Duplin, NC	72.96/sq mi
#300	Tract 9503.06	Moore, NC	73.07/sq mi