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
#1101	Tract 9604	Piscataquis, ME	5.18/sq mi
#1102	Tract 9508	Marshall, SD	5.18/sq mi
#1103	Tract 303.02	Clay, TX	5.18/sq mi
#1104	Tract 14.01	Natrona, WY	5.19/sq mi
#1105	Tract 4925.01	St. Lawrence, NY	5.19/sq mi
#1106	Tract 9603.02	Blaine, ID	5.19/sq mi
#1107	Tract 9602	Norman, MN	5.21/sq mi
#1108	Tract 255	Penobscot, ME	5.22/sq mi
#1109	Tract 2	Bandera, TX	5.22/sq mi
#1110	Tract 205	Polk, MN	5.22/sq mi
#1111	Tract 4.01	Lincoln, MT	5.23/sq mi
#1112	Tract 9636	Jefferson, NE	5.24/sq mi
#1113	Tract 9564	Grant, OK	5.24/sq mi
#1114	Tract 23.02	Coconino, AZ	5.24/sq mi
#1115	Tract 9701	Sherman, NE	5.24/sq mi
#1116	Tract 124	Shasta, CA	5.26/sq mi
#1117	Tract 4801.01	Itasca, MN	5.27/sq mi
#1118	Tract 9642	Kiowa, OK	5.27/sq mi
#1119	Tract 9507	Ashland, WI	5.27/sq mi
#1120	Tract 9646	Chautauqua, KS	5.27/sq mi
#1121	Tract 1	Big Horn, MT	5.28/sq mi
#1122	Tract 9.02	Missoula, MT	5.28/sq mi
#1123	Tract 9502.03	Boise, ID	5.29/sq mi
#1124	Tract 9703	Minidoka, ID	5.29/sq mi
#1125	Tract 9401	Navajo, AZ	5.29/sq mi
#1126	Tract 25	Jackson, OR	5.29/sq mi
#1127	Tract 9596	Foster, ND	5.30/sq mi
#1128	Tract 9502.02	Claiborne Parish, LA	5.30/sq mi
#1129	Tract 9609.02	Huerfano, CO	5.30/sq mi
#1130	Tract 9.02	Natchitoches Parish, LA	5.30/sq mi
#1131	Tract 9602	Madison Parish, LA	5.31/sq mi
#1132	Tract 58.76	Clark, NV	5.31/sq mi
#1133	Tract 9536	Williams, ND	5.31/sq mi
#1134	Tract 9578	Walsh, ND	5.32/sq mi
#1135	Tract 9435	McKinley, NM	5.33/sq mi
#1136	Tract 8	Lane, OR	5.34/sq mi
#1137	Tract 9501	Ringgold, IA	5.35/sq mi
#1138	Tract 2	Nome Census Area, AK	5.36/sq mi
#1139	Tract 972	Wilson, KS	5.38/sq mi
#1140	Tract 9681	Barber, KS	5.38/sq mi
#1141	Tract 9505	Colfax, NM	5.39/sq mi
#1142	Tract 17	Gallatin, MT	5.40/sq mi
#1143	Tract 9702	Lemhi, ID	5.41/sq mi
#1144	Tract 9601	Cass, MN	5.41/sq mi
#1145	Tract 9740	Sargent, ND	5.41/sq mi
#1146	Tract 9503	Bingham, ID	5.41/sq mi
#1147	Tract 7701	Aitkin, MN	5.42/sq mi
#1148	Tract 9623	Sumner, KS	5.42/sq mi
#1149	Tract 15	Lane, OR	5.43/sq mi
#1150	Tract 64.09	Fresno, CA	5.43/sq mi
#1151	Tract 9689	Ransom, ND	5.44/sq mi
#1152	Tract 202.06	Chattahoochee, GA	5.45/sq mi
#1153	Tract 9646	Franklin, NE	5.46/sq mi
#1154	Tract 9610	Custer, OK	5.46/sq mi
#1155	Tract 9602.06	Lyon, NV	5.47/sq mi
#1156	Tract 5.02	Cochise, AZ	5.47/sq mi
#1157	Tract 143	Douglas, CO	5.50/sq mi
#1158	Tract 9632	Yuma, CO	5.50/sq mi
#1159	Tract 9682.01	Uintah, UT	5.50/sq mi
#1160	Tract 9501	Kossuth, IA	5.50/sq mi
#1161	Tract 127.02	Shasta, CA	5.51/sq mi
#1162	Tract 9622.02	Jefferson, MT	5.52/sq mi
#1163	Tract 6	Eagle, CO	5.53/sq mi
#1164	Tract 9701	Highland, VA	5.53/sq mi
#1165	Tract 9501	Pembina, ND	5.53/sq mi
#1166	Tract 26	Marquette, MI	5.53/sq mi
#1167	Tract 5.02	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	5.54/sq mi
#1168	Tract 9402	Todd, SD	5.54/sq mi
#1169	Tract 407.01	Marshall, KS	5.56/sq mi
#1170	Tract 1	Morgan, CO	5.56/sq mi
#1171	Tract 9601	Putnam, MO	5.56/sq mi
#1172	Tract 5	Pitkin, CO	5.58/sq mi
#1173	Tract 9703	Apache, AZ	5.58/sq mi
#1174	Tract 9680	Dawson, NE	5.58/sq mi
#1175	Tract 9582	Kingsbury, SD	5.59/sq mi
#1176	Tract 9702	Union, OR	5.60/sq mi
#1177	Tract 9504	Refugio, TX	5.60/sq mi
#1178	Tract 9705	Alcona, MI	5.61/sq mi
#1179	Tract 9502.01	Taylor, FL	5.62/sq mi
#1180	Tract 9502.02	Dimmit, TX	5.63/sq mi
#1181	Tract 4832	Wabaunsee, KS	5.63/sq mi
#1182	Tract 4802	Arkansas, AR	5.64/sq mi
#1183	Tract 9502	Zavala, TX	5.64/sq mi
#1184	Tract 9501	Howard, TX	5.64/sq mi
#1185	Tract 279.03	Jefferson Parish, LA	5.65/sq mi
#1186	Tract 9698.01	Escambia, AL	5.65/sq mi
#1187	Tract 9406	Big Horn, MT	5.66/sq mi
#1188	Tract 402	Cass, ND	5.67/sq mi
#1189	Tract 976	Pushmataha, OK	5.69/sq mi
#1190	Tract 13	Gila, AZ	5.70/sq mi
#1191	Tract 757	Monroe, AL	5.70/sq mi
#1192	Tract 9530	Butler, AL	5.72/sq mi
#1193	Tract 9602	Bayfield, WI	5.72/sq mi
#1194	Tract 2	Schoolcraft, MI	5.72/sq mi
#1195	Tract 5876	Atoka, OK	5.73/sq mi
#1196	Tract 9601	Holt, MO	5.73/sq mi
#1197	Tract 11.01	Coos, OR	5.74/sq mi
#1198	Tract 1	Iron, MI	5.74/sq mi
#1199	Tract 509	Sutter, CA	5.75/sq mi
#1200	Tract 4581	Clay, KS	5.75/sq mi