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
#1201	Tract 3801	Reynolds, MO	5.75/sq mi
#1202	Tract 9692	Montezuma, CO	5.76/sq mi
#1203	Tract 79.17	Palm Beach, FL	5.77/sq mi
#1204	Tract 9681.03	San Miguel, CO	5.77/sq mi
#1205	Tract 303.01	Douglas, WI	5.78/sq mi
#1206	Tract 52.08	Kern, CA	5.78/sq mi
#1207	Tract 9400.02	Lewis, ID	5.79/sq mi
#1208	Tract 13	Yavapai, AZ	5.79/sq mi
#1209	Tract 211.07	Hawaii, HI	5.80/sq mi
#1210	Tract 438.02	Osceola, FL	5.80/sq mi
#1211	Tract 4	Colusa, CA	5.81/sq mi
#1212	Tract 407	Le Flore, OK	5.82/sq mi
#1213	Tract 901	Pennington, MN	5.83/sq mi
#1214	Tract 856	Ottawa, KS	5.83/sq mi
#1215	Tract 1	Lane, OR	5.84/sq mi
#1216	Tract 9449.01	Apache, AZ	5.84/sq mi
#1217	Tract 118	Grand Forks, ND	5.84/sq mi
#1218	Tract 1307.07	Tooele, UT	5.85/sq mi
#1219	Tract 9502	Crosby, TX	5.86/sq mi
#1220	Tract 9504.01	Pine, MN	5.86/sq mi
#1221	Tract 209.03	San Diego, CA	5.86/sq mi
#1222	Tract 9504.02	Potter, PA	5.86/sq mi
#1223	Tract 9706	Union, OR	5.87/sq mi
#1224	Tract 9678	Pawnee, NE	5.87/sq mi
#1225	Tract 6.01	Ravalli, MT	5.87/sq mi
#1226	Tract 9501	Crane, TX	5.87/sq mi
#1227	Tract 9702	Pend Oreille, WA	5.87/sq mi
#1228	Tract 9708	Richland, ND	5.87/sq mi
#1229	Tract 3	Lincoln, MT	5.88/sq mi
#1230	Tract 9582	Cherokee, KS	5.88/sq mi
#1231	Tract 9501	Lampasas, TX	5.88/sq mi
#1232	Tract 115	Miami-Dade, FL	5.89/sq mi
#1233	Tract 9552.01	Mora, NM	5.91/sq mi
#1234	Tract 4801	Stevens, MN	5.92/sq mi
#1235	Tract 114	Sumter, AL	5.94/sq mi
#1236	Tract 9705	Okanogan, WA	5.95/sq mi
#1237	Tract 9601	Norman, MN	5.95/sq mi
#1238	Tract 9502.02	Moore, TX	5.95/sq mi
#1239	Tract 105.02	Glenn, CA	5.96/sq mi
#1240	Tract 9521	Garfield, CO	5.96/sq mi
#1241	Tract 9602	Lake, OR	5.97/sq mi
#1242	Tract 9504.02	Taylor, FL	5.97/sq mi
#1243	Tract 9542.02	Woods, OK	5.97/sq mi
#1244	Tract 9516	Sheridan, NE	5.98/sq mi
#1245	Tract 6	Sheridan, WY	5.99/sq mi
#1246	Tract 9762	Knox, NE	5.99/sq mi
#1247	Tract 9520.03	Garfield, CO	6.02/sq mi
#1248	Tract 9604	Monona, IA	6.03/sq mi
#1249	Tract 116	Jefferson, TX	6.04/sq mi
#1250	Tract 9621	Kit Carson, CO	6.04/sq mi
#1251	Tract 301	Maui, HI	6.05/sq mi
#1252	Tract 9430	San Juan, NM	6.05/sq mi
#1253	Tract 9601	Lake, SD	6.05/sq mi
#1254	Tract 9603	Greenlee, AZ	6.05/sq mi
#1255	Tract 701	Audubon, IA	6.06/sq mi
#1256	Tract 9502	Bear Lake, ID	6.06/sq mi
#1257	Tract 9701	Price, WI	6.07/sq mi
#1258	Tract 9636.01	Gunnison, CO	6.07/sq mi
#1259	Tract 9672	Phelps, NE	6.07/sq mi
#1260	Tract 9504.01	Mohave, AZ	6.08/sq mi
#1261	Tract 9647	Colfax, NE	6.08/sq mi
#1262	Tract 9001	Murray, MN	6.08/sq mi
#1263	Tract 405.15	Maricopa, AZ	6.09/sq mi
#1264	Tract 9404	Gila, AZ	6.10/sq mi
#1265	Tract 9517	Norton, KS	6.10/sq mi
#1266	Tract 9502	Harrison, MO	6.10/sq mi
#1267	Tract 9503	Crosby, TX	6.11/sq mi
#1268	Tract 9574	Pawnee, OK	6.12/sq mi
#1269	Tract 9701.01	Custer, CO	6.12/sq mi
#1270	Tract 14.01	Doña Ana, NM	6.13/sq mi
#1271	Tract 1802	Newton, AR	6.13/sq mi
#1272	Tract 9502	Duval, TX	6.13/sq mi
#1273	Tract 2702	Washington, UT	6.14/sq mi
#1274	Tract 9501	Clark, MO	6.14/sq mi
#1275	Tract 801	Chicot, AR	6.15/sq mi
#1276	Tract 9705	Howard, NE	6.15/sq mi
#1277	Tract 9546	Codington, SD	6.15/sq mi
#1278	Tract 9709	Dorchester, MD	6.15/sq mi
#1279	Tract 9602	Conecuh, AL	6.16/sq mi
#1280	Tract 9702	Boundary, ID	6.16/sq mi
#1281	Tract 9571	Noble, OK	6.16/sq mi
#1282	Tract 9604	Lincoln, WI	6.17/sq mi
#1283	Tract 9602	Baker, GA	6.18/sq mi
#1284	Tract 902	Saline, MO	6.18/sq mi
#1285	Tract 1803	Taylor, IA	6.19/sq mi
#1286	Tract 4701	Chariton, MO	6.19/sq mi
#1287	Tract 16.01	Kings, CA	6.19/sq mi
#1288	Tract 9640	Stark, ND	6.19/sq mi
#1289	Tract 9502	Carson, TX	6.19/sq mi
#1290	Tract 9602	Cameron, PA	6.20/sq mi
#1291	Tract 2014.03	Napa, CA	6.20/sq mi
#1292	Tract 4601	Pipestone, MN	6.21/sq mi
#1293	Tract 113	Ward, ND	6.21/sq mi
#1294	Tract 9582	Kingfisher, OK	6.22/sq mi
#1295	Tract 4906	Poinsett, AR	6.23/sq mi
#1296	Tract 9506	Houston, TX	6.23/sq mi
#1297	Tract 4801	Jackson, MN	6.24/sq mi
#1298	Tract 101.02	Maricopa, AZ	6.24/sq mi
#1299	Tract 9615	Graham, AZ	6.24/sq mi
#1300	Tract 9701	Charles Mix, SD	6.24/sq mi