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
#1301	Tract 18.02	Missoula, MT	6.24/sq mi
#1302	Tract 9704	Pendleton, WV	6.25/sq mi
#1303	Tract 5	Lane, OR	6.25/sq mi
#1304	Tract 9501.01	Tunica, MS	6.25/sq mi
#1305	Tract 7905.01	Aitkin, MN	6.27/sq mi
#1306	Tract 726	Ellis, KS	6.29/sq mi
#1307	Tract 9646	Grant, NM	6.30/sq mi
#1308	Tract 4631	Haskell, KS	6.30/sq mi
#1309	Tract 205.05	La Paz, AZ	6.31/sq mi
#1310	Tract 101	Red Lake, MN	6.32/sq mi
#1311	Tract 16	Gallatin, MT	6.32/sq mi
#1312	Tract 2	Clearwater, MN	6.32/sq mi
#1313	Tract 1803	Iron, WI	6.33/sq mi
#1314	Tract 9508.01	Ware, GA	6.33/sq mi
#1315	Tract 3882	Coal, OK	6.34/sq mi
#1316	Tract 9612.05	Elbert, CO	6.34/sq mi
#1317	Tract 9509	Ulster, NY	6.35/sq mi
#1318	Tract 9403	Mountrail, ND	6.35/sq mi
#1319	Tract 9639	Furnas, NE	6.35/sq mi
#1320	Tract 117	Pennington, SD	6.36/sq mi
#1321	Tract 9443.01	Apache, AZ	6.37/sq mi
#1322	Tract 9507	Willacy, TX	6.37/sq mi
#1323	Tract 1	Keweenaw, MI	6.38/sq mi
#1324	Tract 9400	Jefferson, OR	6.38/sq mi
#1325	Tract 9686	Dawson, NE	6.40/sq mi
#1326	Tract 9501	Newton, TX	6.41/sq mi
#1327	Tract 7.02	Campbell, WY	6.41/sq mi
#1328	Tract 9731	Marengo, AL	6.44/sq mi
#1329	Tract 4702	Lafayette, AR	6.44/sq mi
#1330	Tract 3716	Jefferson, OK	6.44/sq mi
#1331	Tract 4901	Linn, MO	6.44/sq mi
#1332	Tract 52.06	Kern, CA	6.45/sq mi
#1333	Tract 9502	Pembina, ND	6.45/sq mi
#1334	Tract 9701	Searcy, AR	6.46/sq mi
#1335	Tract 9501	Carson, TX	6.46/sq mi
#1336	Tract 6602.02	Johnston, OK	6.46/sq mi
#1337	Tract 9660	Santa Cruz, AZ	6.47/sq mi
#1338	Tract 1903	Union, IA	6.47/sq mi
#1339	Tract 9707	Richland, ND	6.48/sq mi
#1340	Tract 702	Emmet, IA	6.49/sq mi
#1341	Tract 10	Houghton, MI	6.49/sq mi
#1342	Tract 9666	Merrick, NE	6.49/sq mi
#1343	Tract 4801	Sullivan, MO	6.49/sq mi
#1344	Tract 9601	Palo Alto, IA	6.49/sq mi
#1345	Tract 23	Pinal, AZ	6.49/sq mi
#1346	Tract 9671	Greer, OK	6.50/sq mi
#1347	Tract 201.01	Kleberg, TX	6.51/sq mi
#1348	Tract 103	Osage, KS	6.51/sq mi
#1349	Tract 9503	Lamb, TX	6.51/sq mi
#1350	Tract 9402.01	Fremont, WY	6.51/sq mi
#1351	Tract 9460.03	McKinley, NM	6.52/sq mi
#1352	Tract 9645	Richardson, NE	6.54/sq mi
#1353	Tract 9696	Douglas, SD	6.55/sq mi
#1354	Tract 9705	Bienville Parish, LA	6.56/sq mi
#1355	Tract 9710.01	Oneida, WI	6.56/sq mi
#1356	Tract 9502	Vernon, MO	6.56/sq mi
#1357	Tract 112.02	Yuma, AZ	6.56/sq mi
#1358	Tract 5	Concordia Parish, LA	6.57/sq mi
#1359	Tract 9671	Rice, KS	6.57/sq mi
#1360	Tract 9529	Perry, AR	6.59/sq mi
#1361	Tract 9771	Cloud, KS	6.59/sq mi
#1362	Tract 9400	Itasca, MN	6.59/sq mi
#1363	Tract 9461	Cibola, NM	6.60/sq mi
#1364	Tract 9702	Dallas, AR	6.60/sq mi
#1365	Tract 1.01	Trinity, CA	6.60/sq mi
#1366	Tract 9602	Adair, IA	6.61/sq mi
#1367	Tract 4801	Scotland, MO	6.61/sq mi
#1368	Tract 136.02	Boulder, CO	6.61/sq mi
#1369	Tract 9501	Douglas, MO	6.62/sq mi
#1370	Tract 9702	Delta, MI	6.62/sq mi
#1371	Tract 9701	Karnes, TX	6.62/sq mi
#1372	Tract 101	Grant, WA	6.63/sq mi
#1373	Tract 205.03	La Paz, AZ	6.63/sq mi
#1374	Tract 443	Washington, AL	6.64/sq mi
#1375	Tract 9611	Kingman, KS	6.64/sq mi
#1376	Tract 9704	Levy, FL	6.64/sq mi
#1377	Tract 25.03	Larimer, CO	6.65/sq mi
#1378	Tract 9602	Taylor, WI	6.65/sq mi
#1379	Tract 6	Lyon, KS	6.65/sq mi
#1380	Tract 9503.02	Vernon Parish, LA	6.66/sq mi
#1381	Tract 903	Nevada, AR	6.66/sq mi
#1382	Tract 600	Greene, AL	6.66/sq mi
#1383	Tract 9501.03	Jefferson, MS	6.66/sq mi
#1384	Tract 1.03	Summit, CO	6.67/sq mi
#1385	Tract 245	Penobscot, ME	6.68/sq mi
#1386	Tract 9701	Traill, ND	6.69/sq mi
#1387	Tract 301.07	Clay, MN	6.69/sq mi
#1388	Tract 9663	Randolph, WV	6.70/sq mi
#1389	Tract 9503	Wheeler, TX	6.70/sq mi
#1390	Tract 9711	Valencia, NM	6.70/sq mi
#1391	Tract 9626	Davison, SD	6.71/sq mi
#1392	Tract 9662.01	Montrose, CO	6.72/sq mi
#1393	Tract 9603	Idaho, ID	6.72/sq mi
#1394	Tract 9601.02	Gooding, ID	6.72/sq mi
#1395	Tract 9504	Comanche, TX	6.73/sq mi
#1396	Tract 9715	Bonneville, ID	6.73/sq mi
#1397	Tract 9501.02	Blanco, TX	6.73/sq mi
#1398	Tract 2.02	Sanders, MT	6.74/sq mi
#1399	Tract 112	St. Louis, MN	6.74/sq mi
#1400	Tract 9651	Webster, NE	6.74/sq mi