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
#301	Tract 9708	Richmond, NC	73.21/sq mi
#302	Tract 9703.02	Sampson, NC	73.24/sq mi
#303	Tract 9504.02	Moore, NC	73.52/sq mi
#304	Tract 9707.01	Ashe, NC	73.69/sq mi
#305	Tract 27.01	Cumberland, NC	73.73/sq mi
#306	Tract 6.04	Wayne, NC	73.96/sq mi
#307	Tract 9311.02	Surry, NC	74.06/sq mi
#308	Tract 9206.01	Pender, NC	74.47/sq mi
#309	Tract 9705	Granville, NC	74.74/sq mi
#310	Tract 519.03	Rowan, NC	74.75/sq mi
#311	Tract 108.02	Orange, NC	74.82/sq mi
#312	Tract 1104.04	Currituck, NC	74.90/sq mi
#313	Tract 703.02	Stokes, NC	74.92/sq mi
#314	Tract 9704.02	Hoke, NC	75.00/sq mi
#315	Tract 9311.03	Surry, NC	75.03/sq mi
#316	Tract 9204.03	Pender, NC	75.14/sq mi
#317	Tract 9707	Macon, NC	75.24/sq mi
#318	Tract 9301.02	Beaufort, NC	75.33/sq mi
#319	Tract 413.02	Johnston, NC	75.52/sq mi
#320	Tract 9602.04	Robeson, NC	75.57/sq mi
#321	Tract 9707.01	Granville, NC	75.70/sq mi
#322	Tract 9709.02	McDowell, NC	75.98/sq mi
#323	Tract 9601.03	Rutherford, NC	76.21/sq mi
#324	Tract 31.06	Buncombe, NC	76.39/sq mi
#325	Tract 901.01	Duplin, NC	76.42/sq mi
#326	Tract 9701	Macon, NC	76.51/sq mi
#327	Tract 401.01	Rockingham, NC	76.72/sq mi
#328	Tract 214	Edgecombe, NC	77.13/sq mi
#329	Tract 9501.02	Greene, NC	77.26/sq mi
#330	Tract 519.01	Rowan, NC	77.72/sq mi
#331	Tract 104	Scotland, NC	78.04/sq mi
#332	Tract 9618.02	Robeson, NC	78.23/sq mi
#333	Tract 9505.02	Bladen, NC	78.48/sq mi
#334	Tract 801.02	Davie, NC	78.72/sq mi
#335	Tract 9320	Henderson, NC	78.80/sq mi
#336	Tract 112.11	Orange, NC	78.88/sq mi
#337	Tract 12	Wilson, NC	78.90/sq mi
#338	Tract 218.03	Alamance, NC	79.27/sq mi
#339	Tract 707.02	Stokes, NC	79.44/sq mi
#340	Tract 9501.03	Pamlico, NC	79.49/sq mi
#341	Tract 9201	Watauga, NC	79.84/sq mi
#342	Tract 902.02	Duplin, NC	80.08/sq mi
#343	Tract 9711	Richmond, NC	80.67/sq mi
#344	Tract 311	Caldwell, NC	80.82/sq mi
#345	Tract 9502.03	Pamlico, NC	81.21/sq mi
#346	Tract 9704	Macon, NC	81.22/sq mi
#347	Tract 202.02	Chatham, NC	81.85/sq mi
#348	Tract 112.02	Lenoir, NC	82.01/sq mi
#349	Tract 501.02	Yadkin, NC	82.28/sq mi
#350	Tract 9202.03	Pender, NC	83.18/sq mi
#351	Tract 111.04	Nash, NC	83.23/sq mi
#352	Tract 9308.04	Surry, NC	83.51/sq mi
#353	Tract 9.01	Pitt, NC	83.77/sq mi
#354	Tract 9601.02	Yancey, NC	84.03/sq mi
#355	Tract 9202	Watauga, NC	84.38/sq mi
#356	Tract 115.02	Nash, NC	84.67/sq mi
#357	Tract 904.02	Duplin, NC	84.72/sq mi
#358	Tract 107	Madison, NC	84.74/sq mi
#359	Tract 9310.01	Beaufort, NC	84.92/sq mi
#360	Tract 201	Burke, NC	85.68/sq mi
#361	Tract 9604.03	Robeson, NC	85.69/sq mi
#362	Tract 711.01	Harnett, NC	85.75/sq mi
#363	Tract 905.06	Duplin, NC	85.76/sq mi
#364	Tract 9701.01	Carteret, NC	85.78/sq mi
#365	Tract 9704.01	Hoke, NC	85.89/sq mi
#366	Tract 9505.03	Moore, NC	86.38/sq mi
#367	Tract 417.02	Cabarrus, NC	86.41/sq mi
#368	Tract 9702.01	Hoke, NC	86.69/sq mi
#369	Tract 9306.05	Cherokee, NC	86.80/sq mi
#370	Tract 26	Cumberland, NC	86.94/sq mi
#371	Tract 9703.04	Sampson, NC	86.97/sq mi
#372	Tract 9601	Vance, NC	87.36/sq mi
#373	Tract 9304	Avery, NC	87.37/sq mi
#374	Tract 11	Pitt, NC	87.98/sq mi
#375	Tract 9613.03	Craven, NC	88.01/sq mi
#376	Tract 519.04	Rowan, NC	88.03/sq mi
#377	Tract 9307	Columbus, NC	88.12/sq mi
#378	Tract 201	Union, NC	88.12/sq mi
#379	Tract 9605.01	Transylvania, NC	89.28/sq mi
#380	Tract 9209	Watauga, NC	89.93/sq mi
#381	Tract 9301	Henderson, NC	90.07/sq mi
#382	Tract 203.12	Brunswick, NC	90.21/sq mi
#383	Tract 9502.02	Clay, NC	90.66/sq mi
#384	Tract 9503	Warren, NC	90.77/sq mi
#385	Tract 504.02	Yadkin, NC	91.24/sq mi
#386	Tract 9706	Macon, NC	91.82/sq mi
#387	Tract 9601.02	Wilkes, NC	91.95/sq mi
#388	Tract 9303.01	Avery, NC	92.18/sq mi
#389	Tract 9307	Stanly, NC	92.21/sq mi
#390	Tract 105.01	Scotland, NC	92.52/sq mi
#391	Tract 113	Nash, NC	93.13/sq mi
#392	Tract 607.02	Franklin, NC	93.14/sq mi
#393	Tract 9202.02	Perquimans, NC	93.37/sq mi
#394	Tract 9204.01	Pender, NC	93.56/sq mi
#395	Tract 9201.03	Polk, NC	93.59/sq mi
#396	Tract 1101.02	Currituck, NC	93.63/sq mi
#397	Tract 608.02	Iredell, NC	93.68/sq mi
#398	Tract 903.02	Duplin, NC	93.95/sq mi
#399	Tract 212.03	Burke, NC	94.79/sq mi
#400	Tract 12	Pitt, NC	95.00/sq mi