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
#401	Tract 109	Lenoir, NC	95.10/sq mi
#402	Tract 9612	Rutherford, NC	95.14/sq mi
#403	Tract 9708	McDowell, NC	95.21/sq mi
#404	Tract 801.01	Davie, NC	95.94/sq mi
#405	Tract 501.01	Yadkin, NC	96.44/sq mi
#406	Tract 903.01	Duplin, NC	96.48/sq mi
#407	Tract 9304.02	Cherokee, NC	96.57/sq mi
#408	Tract 9205	Person, NC	96.73/sq mi
#409	Tract 9602.02	Montgomery, NC	96.74/sq mi
#410	Tract 16	Wilson, NC	96.91/sq mi
#411	Tract 9402	Jackson, NC	97.07/sq mi
#412	Tract 201.01	Brunswick, NC	97.51/sq mi
#413	Tract 9704.02	Sampson, NC	97.63/sq mi
#414	Tract 101	Lenoir, NC	97.80/sq mi
#415	Tract 9207.01	Haywood, NC	97.80/sq mi
#416	Tract 706	Harnett, NC	97.84/sq mi
#417	Tract 9303	Caswell, NC	97.85/sq mi
#418	Tract 15.02	Wilson, NC	98.00/sq mi
#419	Tract 9702.01	Sampson, NC	98.42/sq mi
#420	Tract 9206.01	Person, NC	98.56/sq mi
#421	Tract 112.10	Orange, NC	98.73/sq mi
#422	Tract 202.04	Union, NC	98.84/sq mi
#423	Tract 9603	Vance, NC	98.85/sq mi
#424	Tract 407	Rockingham, NC	99.12/sq mi
#425	Tract 9301.01	Stanly, NC	99.64/sq mi
#426	Tract 9709.03	McDowell, NC	100.26/sq mi
#427	Tract 9310.03	Surry, NC	100.47/sq mi
#428	Tract 9505.05	Moore, NC	101.09/sq mi
#429	Tract 219.02	Alamance, NC	101.59/sq mi
#430	Tract 9708.02	Sampson, NC	101.76/sq mi
#431	Tract 9301	Avery, NC	102.62/sq mi
#432	Tract 710.02	Harnett, NC	102.78/sq mi
#433	Tract 202.04	Burke, NC	103.03/sq mi
#434	Tract 416.02	Rockingham, NC	103.35/sq mi
#435	Tract 712.01	Harnett, NC	103.38/sq mi
#436	Tract 401.02	Johnston, NC	103.39/sq mi
#437	Tract 9	Wilson, NC	103.88/sq mi
#438	Tract 711.02	Harnett, NC	103.91/sq mi
#439	Tract 502	Yadkin, NC	103.93/sq mi
#440	Tract 9309.02	Surry, NC	103.95/sq mi
#441	Tract 410.02	Rockingham, NC	104.16/sq mi
#442	Tract 208	Union, NC	104.71/sq mi
#443	Tract 307.04	Lee, NC	105.10/sq mi
#444	Tract 3.03	Onslow, NC	105.50/sq mi
#445	Tract 30.02	Cumberland, NC	105.56/sq mi
#446	Tract 908.04	Duplin, NC	105.60/sq mi
#447	Tract 406.01	Rockingham, NC	105.63/sq mi
#448	Tract 9505	Jackson, NC	106.43/sq mi
#449	Tract 413	Rockingham, NC	106.58/sq mi
#450	Tract 9301.01	Surry, NC	106.81/sq mi
#451	Tract 305.04	Randolph, NC	106.83/sq mi
#452	Tract 9206.02	Person, NC	107.02/sq mi
#453	Tract 170	Guilford, NC	107.12/sq mi
#454	Tract 9305.01	Cherokee, NC	107.21/sq mi
#455	Tract 9618.01	Robeson, NC	107.46/sq mi
#456	Tract 9705.02	Dare, NC	107.49/sq mi
#457	Tract 105.02	Scotland, NC	107.57/sq mi
#458	Tract 9602.02	Rutherford, NC	107.64/sq mi
#459	Tract 9604.03	Transylvania, NC	108.45/sq mi
#460	Tract 214	Alamance, NC	108.63/sq mi
#461	Tract 705	Lincoln, NC	109.54/sq mi
#462	Tract 118.02	Catawba, NC	109.78/sq mi
#463	Tract 3.04	Onslow, NC	109.79/sq mi
#464	Tract 9602.01	Transylvania, NC	109.84/sq mi
#465	Tract 10	Wilson, NC	109.90/sq mi
#466	Tract 706	Stokes, NC	110.15/sq mi
#467	Tract 9311.02	Stanly, NC	110.88/sq mi
#468	Tract 308.04	Randolph, NC	111.27/sq mi
#469	Tract 9201.06	Pender, NC	111.52/sq mi
#470	Tract 9703.01	Carteret, NC	111.62/sq mi
#471	Tract 9309.01	Stanly, NC	111.75/sq mi
#472	Tract 403	Alexander, NC	111.92/sq mi
#473	Tract 9706.01	Granville, NC	112.10/sq mi
#474	Tract 307.03	Lee, NC	112.15/sq mi
#475	Tract 713.01	Harnett, NC	112.24/sq mi
#476	Tract 106.01	Madison, NC	112.29/sq mi
#477	Tract 108.03	Orange, NC	112.33/sq mi
#478	Tract 14.02	Pitt, NC	113.07/sq mi
#479	Tract 9610	Vance, NC	113.54/sq mi
#480	Tract 9512	Moore, NC	113.57/sq mi
#481	Tract 406	Johnston, NC	113.77/sq mi
#482	Tract 9304.01	Cherokee, NC	113.95/sq mi
#483	Tract 9703	Richmond, NC	114.35/sq mi
#484	Tract 9207.01	Watauga, NC	114.35/sq mi
#485	Tract 110	Nash, NC	115.08/sq mi
#486	Tract 9503.01	Greene, NC	115.18/sq mi
#487	Tract 406.02	Rockingham, NC	116.34/sq mi
#488	Tract 16.01	Pitt, NC	116.50/sq mi
#489	Tract 9311.01	Surry, NC	116.84/sq mi
#490	Tract 208.03	Chatham, NC	116.85/sq mi
#491	Tract 9210	Watauga, NC	116.89/sq mi
#492	Tract 9610.04	Craven, NC	117.45/sq mi
#493	Tract 9602	Yancey, NC	117.72/sq mi
#494	Tract 9401	Swain, NC	117.81/sq mi
#495	Tract 9703.03	Sampson, NC	118.29/sq mi
#496	Tract 111	Lenoir, NC	118.51/sq mi
#497	Tract 9310.02	Stanly, NC	118.67/sq mi
#498	Tract 310.02	Randolph, NC	119.48/sq mi
#499	Tract 704	Stokes, NC	119.48/sq mi
#500	Tract 2.07	Onslow, NC	119.82/sq mi