Census tract rankings · the United States

Least-dense inhabited census tracts

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.

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Rank	Tract	County	low density
#901	Tract 9610.01	McLean, ND	4.18/sq mi
#902	Tract 2	Aleutians West Census Area, AK	4.18/sq mi
#903	Tract 9621	Sanborn, SD	4.19/sq mi
#904	Tract 9554	Deuel, NE	4.20/sq mi
#905	Tract 2703.02	Washington, UT	4.20/sq mi
#906	Tract 9683	Sedgwick, CO	4.20/sq mi
#907	Tract 9504	Yazoo, MS	4.21/sq mi
#908	Tract 4931	Cowley, KS	4.21/sq mi
#909	Tract 9796	Antelope, NE	4.22/sq mi
#910	Tract 9505	Bradley, AR	4.23/sq mi
#911	Tract 9705.01	Dare, NC	4.24/sq mi
#912	Tract 9712	Barton, KS	4.24/sq mi
#913	Tract 9576.02	San Miguel, NM	4.24/sq mi
#914	Tract 9505.02	Hutchinson, TX	4.25/sq mi
#915	Tract 756	Monroe, AL	4.25/sq mi
#916	Tract 5991	Los Angeles, CA	4.25/sq mi
#917	Tract 103	Imperial, CA	4.26/sq mi
#918	Tract 9412	Oglala Lakota, SD	4.26/sq mi
#919	Tract 1	Washington, MS	4.29/sq mi
#920	Tract 2.02	Del Norte, CA	4.29/sq mi
#921	Tract 9562	Pierce, ND	4.30/sq mi
#922	Tract 506.03	Maricopa, AZ	4.30/sq mi
#923	Tract 113	St. Louis, MN	4.31/sq mi
#924	Tract 9636	Morris, KS	4.33/sq mi
#925	Tract 9535	Williams, ND	4.34/sq mi
#926	Tract 9581	Walsh, ND	4.34/sq mi
#927	Tract 501	Plaquemines Parish, LA	4.35/sq mi
#928	Tract 9503	Coos, NH	4.35/sq mi
#929	Tract 9654	Washita, OK	4.35/sq mi
#930	Tract 9507.01	Franklin, NY	4.36/sq mi
#931	Tract 123.01	Imperial, CA	4.36/sq mi
#932	Tract 9501	Sharkey, MS	4.38/sq mi
#933	Tract 5	Deer Lodge, MT	4.38/sq mi
#934	Tract 3	Routt, CO	4.39/sq mi
#935	Tract 9504	McCulloch, TX	4.40/sq mi
#936	Tract 23	Jefferson, AR	4.40/sq mi
#937	Tract 7.01	Otero, NM	4.40/sq mi
#938	Tract 328	King, WA	4.40/sq mi
#939	Tract 9523	Taos, NM	4.41/sq mi
#940	Tract 15	Gallatin, MT	4.42/sq mi
#941	Tract 9616	Ford, KS	4.42/sq mi
#942	Tract 9506	Colfax, NM	4.43/sq mi
#943	Tract 7704.02	Aitkin, MN	4.44/sq mi
#944	Tract 9501	Adams, WA	4.44/sq mi
#945	Tract 9591	Kearny, KS	4.44/sq mi
#946	Tract 9429	San Juan, NM	4.44/sq mi
#947	Tract 9591	Dewey, OK	4.44/sq mi
#948	Tract 9411	Oglala Lakota, SD	4.44/sq mi
#949	Tract 29	Anchorage Municipality, AK	4.45/sq mi
#950	Tract 14	Chaves, NM	4.45/sq mi
#951	Tract 9676	Gosper, NE	4.45/sq mi
#952	Tract 9	Whitman, WA	4.45/sq mi
#953	Tract 9606	Lincoln, NE	4.46/sq mi
#954	Tract 9501	Lincoln, ID	4.46/sq mi
#955	Tract 84.02	Fresno, CA	4.46/sq mi
#956	Tract 14.03	Yavapai, AZ	4.46/sq mi
#957	Tract 33.04	Kern, CA	4.47/sq mi
#958	Tract 115.02	Humboldt, CA	4.48/sq mi
#959	Tract 9602	Goliad, TX	4.48/sq mi
#960	Tract 9678	Harmon, OK	4.48/sq mi
#961	Tract 2	Inyo, CA	4.48/sq mi
#962	Tract 18	Cowlitz, WA	4.48/sq mi
#963	Tract 126.06	Shasta, CA	4.48/sq mi
#964	Tract 9780	Hughes, SD	4.48/sq mi
#965	Tract 2	Park, MT	4.49/sq mi
#966	Tract 9645	Mineral, MT	4.50/sq mi
#967	Tract 9605	Wasatch, UT	4.51/sq mi
#968	Tract 9506	Bonner, ID	4.51/sq mi
#969	Tract 23	Marquette, MI	4.52/sq mi
#970	Tract 705	Tillman, OK	4.53/sq mi
#971	Tract 4701	Mercer, MO	4.54/sq mi
#972	Tract 9501	Adams, ID	4.54/sq mi
#973	Tract 1	Lake, MT	4.54/sq mi
#974	Tract 9532	Scotts Bluff, NE	4.55/sq mi
#975	Tract 9605	Navajo, AZ	4.56/sq mi
#976	Tract 9526	Ellis, OK	4.56/sq mi
#977	Tract 803	Marshall, MN	4.58/sq mi
#978	Tract 3601	Josephine, OR	4.59/sq mi
#979	Tract 9501	Adams, IA	4.60/sq mi
#980	Tract 24.01	Butte, CA	4.60/sq mi
#981	Tract 9647	Franklin, NE	4.61/sq mi
#982	Tract 9501	Wheeler, TX	4.61/sq mi
#983	Tract 9437.02	McKinley, NM	4.61/sq mi
#984	Tract 9747.02	Cibola, NM	4.62/sq mi
#985	Tract 9602	Columbia, WA	4.62/sq mi
#986	Tract 1	Tehama, CA	4.62/sq mi
#987	Tract 9604	Ashley, AR	4.63/sq mi
#988	Tract 9503	Live Oak, TX	4.63/sq mi
#989	Tract 9405.01	Wasatch, UT	4.64/sq mi
#990	Tract 9616.01	Highlands, FL	4.64/sq mi
#991	Tract 76	Clark, NV	4.65/sq mi
#992	Tract 9529	Aroostook, ME	4.65/sq mi
#993	Tract 9762	Emery, UT	4.65/sq mi
#994	Tract 2	Broadwater, MT	4.65/sq mi
#995	Tract 4	Cochise, AZ	4.65/sq mi
#996	Tract 201.01	Butler, KS	4.66/sq mi
#997	Tract 9503	Castro, TX	4.66/sq mi
#998	Tract 9501	Essex, VT	4.67/sq mi
#999	Tract 9677	Phillips, CO	4.67/sq mi
#1000	Tract 9503	Scott, AR	4.67/sq mi