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
#1001	Tract 9536	Deuel, SD	4.68/sq mi
#1002	Tract 9621	Edmunds, SD	4.68/sq mi
#1003	Tract 19.01	Kootenai, ID	4.68/sq mi
#1004	Tract 9502	Upton, TX	4.69/sq mi
#1005	Tract 9787	Washington, KS	4.69/sq mi
#1006	Tract 537	Snohomish, WA	4.69/sq mi
#1007	Tract 9501	Morehouse Parish, LA	4.69/sq mi
#1008	Tract 9501.02	Douglas, WA	4.69/sq mi
#1009	Tract 8	Gila, AZ	4.70/sq mi
#1010	Tract 3717	Jefferson, OK	4.71/sq mi
#1011	Tract 9409	Sandoval, NM	4.73/sq mi
#1012	Tract 9516	Elko, NV	4.74/sq mi
#1013	Tract 9603	Swift, MN	4.74/sq mi
#1014	Tract 1767	Mitchell, KS	4.74/sq mi
#1015	Tract 6	Carbon, UT	4.75/sq mi
#1016	Tract 8801	Echols, GA	4.76/sq mi
#1017	Tract 9402	Okanogan, WA	4.76/sq mi
#1018	Tract 65	Kern, CA	4.76/sq mi
#1019	Tract 1543.04	Sonoma, CA	4.76/sq mi
#1020	Tract 9501	Big Stone, MN	4.77/sq mi
#1021	Tract 91.34	San Bernardino, CA	4.77/sq mi
#1022	Tract 9636	Kiowa, OK	4.78/sq mi
#1023	Tract 9504	Fisher, TX	4.78/sq mi
#1024	Tract 19.02	Laramie, WY	4.80/sq mi
#1025	Tract 9400.04	Osage, OK	4.80/sq mi
#1026	Tract 9201.01	Bath, VA	4.81/sq mi
#1027	Tract 9501	Coke, TX	4.81/sq mi
#1028	Tract 7702	Aitkin, MN	4.82/sq mi
#1029	Tract 9703	Llano, TX	4.83/sq mi
#1030	Tract 9400.13	Navajo, AZ	4.84/sq mi
#1031	Tract 9501	Liberty, FL	4.85/sq mi
#1032	Tract 9529	Day, SD	4.85/sq mi
#1033	Tract 9501	Gray, TX	4.86/sq mi
#1034	Tract 21.02	Tuolumne, CA	4.86/sq mi
#1035	Tract 205.04	La Paz, AZ	4.87/sq mi
#1036	Tract 9701	Bonneville, ID	4.88/sq mi
#1037	Tract 1101	Iron, UT	4.89/sq mi
#1038	Tract 56.13	Clark, NV	4.89/sq mi
#1039	Tract 9501	Curry, OR	4.89/sq mi
#1040	Tract 9623.01	McKenzie, ND	4.90/sq mi
#1041	Tract 9621	Stanton, NE	4.90/sq mi
#1042	Tract 9705	Roseau, MN	4.91/sq mi
#1043	Tract 9400.15	Navajo, AZ	4.91/sq mi
#1044	Tract 9602.01	Idaho, ID	4.92/sq mi
#1045	Tract 9501	Cross, AR	4.92/sq mi
#1046	Tract 9623	Jefferson, MT	4.92/sq mi
#1047	Tract 202	Archer, TX	4.92/sq mi
#1048	Tract 1	Sanders, MT	4.93/sq mi
#1049	Tract 802	Marshall, MN	4.93/sq mi
#1050	Tract 9688	Hutchinson, SD	4.93/sq mi
#1051	Tract 2.01	Sanders, MT	4.94/sq mi
#1052	Tract 4895	Marion, KS	4.94/sq mi
#1053	Tract 4901	Drew, AR	4.94/sq mi
#1054	Tract 9501	Coos, NH	4.95/sq mi
#1055	Tract 202.02	La Paz, AZ	4.96/sq mi
#1056	Tract 8	Morgan, CO	4.97/sq mi
#1057	Tract 9701	Delta, MI	4.97/sq mi
#1058	Tract 221.02	Hawaii, HI	4.98/sq mi
#1059	Tract 9664	Logan, CO	4.99/sq mi
#1060	Tract 9601	Boone, NE	4.99/sq mi
#1061	Tract 9526	Yell, AR	4.99/sq mi
#1062	Tract 9400	Otero, NM	4.99/sq mi
#1063	Tract 34	Stanislaus, CA	5.00/sq mi
#1064	Tract 9507.02	Elko, NV	5.00/sq mi
#1065	Tract 9751.01	Kittitas, WA	5.00/sq mi
#1066	Tract 114	Grand Forks, ND	5.01/sq mi
#1067	Tract 17	Reno, KS	5.01/sq mi
#1068	Tract 9431	San Juan, NM	5.01/sq mi
#1069	Tract 220	Hawaii, HI	5.01/sq mi
#1070	Tract 9407	Roberts, SD	5.02/sq mi
#1071	Tract 9531	Woodward, OK	5.02/sq mi
#1072	Tract 9770	Pondera, MT	5.03/sq mi
#1073	Tract 9503	Hamilton, NY	5.04/sq mi
#1074	Tract 9501	Hardeman, TX	5.04/sq mi
#1075	Tract 9627	Gray, KS	5.04/sq mi
#1076	Tract 114	Burleigh, ND	5.06/sq mi
#1077	Tract 9506.01	Franklin, NY	5.06/sq mi
#1078	Tract 9636.01	Torrance, NM	5.07/sq mi
#1079	Tract 9731	McKinley, NM	5.08/sq mi
#1080	Tract 9443.02	Apache, AZ	5.08/sq mi
#1081	Tract 2018	Napa, CA	5.09/sq mi
#1082	Tract 9542.01	Woods, OK	5.09/sq mi
#1083	Tract 701	Pierce, WA	5.09/sq mi
#1084	Tract 9501	Jack, TX	5.09/sq mi
#1085	Tract 9504	Hamilton, NY	5.09/sq mi
#1086	Tract 9576.01	Clarke, AL	5.11/sq mi
#1087	Tract 9504	Lynn, TX	5.11/sq mi
#1088	Tract 9711	Gregory, SD	5.11/sq mi
#1089	Tract 9681	Dawson, NE	5.11/sq mi
#1090	Tract 3.03	Cochise, AZ	5.12/sq mi
#1091	Tract 9501	Ward, TX	5.13/sq mi
#1092	Tract 9401	Lyman, SD	5.13/sq mi
#1093	Tract 9650	Webster, NE	5.14/sq mi
#1094	Tract 9642	Harlan, NE	5.14/sq mi
#1095	Tract 14	Lane, OR	5.15/sq mi
#1096	Tract 9501	Uvalde, TX	5.16/sq mi
#1097	Tract 106	Marion, OR	5.16/sq mi
#1098	Tract 1.01	Madison, MT	5.16/sq mi
#1099	Tract 9501	Crosby, TX	5.16/sq mi
#1100	Tract 12.01	Yavapai, AZ	5.17/sq mi