Census tract rankings · North Dakota

Least-dense inhabited census tracts in North Dakota

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 Dakota, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	low density
#1	Tract 9650	Slope, ND	0.63/sq mi
#2	Tract 9631	Billings, ND	0.89/sq mi
#3	Tract 9653	Bowman, ND	1.12/sq mi
#4	Tract 9511	Cavalier, ND	1.24/sq mi
#5	Tract 9602	Sheridan, ND	1.34/sq mi
#6	Tract 9659	Grant, ND	1.37/sq mi
#7	Tract 9733	Dickey, ND	1.41/sq mi
#8	Tract 9629	Golden Valley, ND	1.65/sq mi
#9	Tract 9600	Wells, ND	1.70/sq mi
#10	Tract 9545	Divide, ND	1.72/sq mi
#11	Tract 115	Burleigh, ND	1.74/sq mi
#12	Tract 9668	Kidder, ND	1.76/sq mi
#13	Tract 9408	Sioux, ND	1.78/sq mi
#14	Tract 9725	Logan, ND	1.83/sq mi
#15	Tract 9625	McKenzie, ND	1.87/sq mi
#16	Tract 9567	Benson, ND	1.88/sq mi
#17	Tract 9533	Burke, ND	1.95/sq mi
#18	Tract 9622	Dunn, ND	2.01/sq mi
#19	Tract 9515	Towner, ND	2.03/sq mi
#20	Tract 9647	Hettinger, ND	2.05/sq mi
#21	Tract 9665	Emmons, ND	2.16/sq mi
#22	Tract 9656	Adams, ND	2.17/sq mi
#23	Tract 9583	Walsh, ND	2.17/sq mi
#24	Tract 9577	Ramsey, ND	2.17/sq mi
#25	Tract 9670	Stutsman, ND	2.19/sq mi
#26	Tract 9556	McHenry, ND	2.22/sq mi
#27	Tract 9648	Hettinger, ND	2.24/sq mi
#28	Tract 9401	McLean, ND	2.24/sq mi
#29	Tract 9525	Bottineau, ND	2.25/sq mi
#30	Tract 9687	Steele, ND	2.53/sq mi
#31	Tract 9612	Oliver, ND	2.55/sq mi
#32	Tract 9729	McIntosh, ND	2.56/sq mi
#33	Tract 9529	Renville, ND	2.63/sq mi
#34	Tract 9519	Rolette, ND	2.68/sq mi
#35	Tract 9524	Bottineau, ND	2.71/sq mi
#36	Tract 9679	Barnes, ND	2.74/sq mi
#37	Tract 9672	Stutsman, ND	2.75/sq mi
#38	Tract 9703	Traill, ND	2.78/sq mi
#39	Tract 9623.02	McKenzie, ND	2.79/sq mi
#40	Tract 9618	Mercer, ND	2.79/sq mi
#41	Tract 9680	Barnes, ND	2.94/sq mi
#42	Tract 9690	Ransom, ND	3.07/sq mi
#43	Tract 9590	Nelson, ND	3.07/sq mi
#44	Tract 9633	Stark, ND	3.08/sq mi
#45	Tract 9686	Griggs, ND	3.17/sq mi
#46	Tract 9561	Pierce, ND	3.18/sq mi
#47	Tract 204	Morton, ND	3.22/sq mi
#48	Tract 9552	Mountrail, ND	3.25/sq mi
#49	Tract 401	Cass, ND	3.30/sq mi
#50	Tract 9722	LaMoure, ND	3.50/sq mi
#51	Tract 9559	McHenry, ND	3.54/sq mi
#52	Tract 9592	Eddy, ND	3.66/sq mi
#53	Tract 9534	Williams, ND	3.66/sq mi
#54	Tract 205	Morton, ND	3.73/sq mi
#55	Tract 9721	LaMoure, ND	3.79/sq mi
#56	Tract 9742	Sargent, ND	3.95/sq mi
#57	Tract 9711	Richland, ND	4.01/sq mi
#58	Tract 9505	Pembina, ND	4.04/sq mi
#59	Tract 110	Ward, ND	4.10/sq mi
#60	Tract 9610.01	McLean, ND	4.18/sq mi
#61	Tract 9562	Pierce, ND	4.30/sq mi
#62	Tract 9535	Williams, ND	4.34/sq mi
#63	Tract 9581	Walsh, ND	4.34/sq mi
#64	Tract 9623.01	McKenzie, ND	4.90/sq mi
#65	Tract 114	Grand Forks, ND	5.01/sq mi
#66	Tract 114	Burleigh, ND	5.06/sq mi
#67	Tract 9596	Foster, ND	5.30/sq mi
#68	Tract 9536	Williams, ND	5.31/sq mi
#69	Tract 9578	Walsh, ND	5.32/sq mi
#70	Tract 9740	Sargent, ND	5.41/sq mi
#71	Tract 9689	Ransom, ND	5.44/sq mi
#72	Tract 9501	Pembina, ND	5.53/sq mi
#73	Tract 402	Cass, ND	5.67/sq mi
#74	Tract 118	Grand Forks, ND	5.84/sq mi
#75	Tract 9708	Richland, ND	5.87/sq mi
#76	Tract 9640	Stark, ND	6.19/sq mi
#77	Tract 113	Ward, ND	6.21/sq mi
#78	Tract 9403	Mountrail, ND	6.35/sq mi
#79	Tract 9502	Pembina, ND	6.45/sq mi
#80	Tract 9707	Richland, ND	6.48/sq mi
#81	Tract 9701	Traill, ND	6.69/sq mi
#82	Tract 9714	Richland, ND	6.90/sq mi
#83	Tract 9608	McLean, ND	6.96/sq mi
#84	Tract 9401	Benson, ND	7.82/sq mi
#85	Tract 9401	McKenzie, ND	7.86/sq mi
#86	Tract 9506	Pembina, ND	8.08/sq mi
#87	Tract 120	Grand Forks, ND	8.08/sq mi
#88	Tract 9409	Sioux, ND	8.80/sq mi
#89	Tract 9639	Stark, ND	8.82/sq mi
#90	Tract 112	Ward, ND	10.67/sq mi
#91	Tract 9402	Benson, ND	12.04/sq mi
#92	Tract 9732	Dickey, ND	12.86/sq mi
#93	Tract 403	Cass, ND	13.11/sq mi
#94	Tract 406	Cass, ND	13.74/sq mi
#95	Tract 9516	Rolette, ND	16.28/sq mi
#96	Tract 108	Ward, ND	16.31/sq mi
#97	Tract 9517	Rolette, ND	17.82/sq mi
#98	Tract 117.01	Grand Forks, ND	19.28/sq mi
#99	Tract 9404	Mountrail, ND	22.37/sq mi
#100	Tract 117.02	Grand Forks, ND	22.59/sq mi