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
#1401	Tract 4	Mariposa, CA	6.75/sq mi
#1402	Tract 9504.02	Young, TX	6.75/sq mi
#1403	Tract 4603	Lake of the Woods, MN	6.75/sq mi
#1404	Tract 8712	Cotton, OK	6.75/sq mi
#1405	Tract 9506	Labette, KS	6.76/sq mi
#1406	Tract 9604.02	Grafton, NH	6.77/sq mi
#1407	Tract 5.02	Plumas, CA	6.78/sq mi
#1408	Tract 9506	Floyd, TX	6.79/sq mi
#1409	Tract 7305.02	Matagorda, TX	6.79/sq mi
#1410	Tract 9502	Lipscomb, TX	6.79/sq mi
#1411	Tract 3	Grays Harbor, WA	6.80/sq mi
#1412	Tract 9641.01	Summit, UT	6.80/sq mi
#1413	Tract 4803	Nemaha, KS	6.82/sq mi
#1414	Tract 9601.02	Pocahontas, WV	6.83/sq mi
#1415	Tract 9508	Hale, TX	6.84/sq mi
#1416	Tract 9502	Houston, TX	6.84/sq mi
#1417	Tract 9601	Montgomery, IA	6.85/sq mi
#1418	Tract 9519	Brown, SD	6.85/sq mi
#1419	Tract 39	San Joaquin, CA	6.85/sq mi
#1420	Tract 9601	Caribou, ID	6.85/sq mi
#1421	Tract 901	Early, GA	6.85/sq mi
#1422	Tract 201.02	Kleberg, TX	6.86/sq mi
#1423	Tract 9707.06	La Plata, CO	6.86/sq mi
#1424	Tract 2	Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	6.86/sq mi
#1425	Tract 4801	Oregon, MO	6.88/sq mi
#1426	Tract 46.02	El Paso, CO	6.89/sq mi
#1427	Tract 9581	Kingsbury, SD	6.89/sq mi
#1428	Tract 2701.02	Washington, UT	6.89/sq mi
#1429	Tract 7956	Bryan, OK	6.89/sq mi
#1430	Tract 9714	Richland, ND	6.90/sq mi
#1431	Tract 121.06	San Bernardino, CA	6.92/sq mi
#1432	Tract 4707	Stafford, KS	6.92/sq mi
#1433	Tract 9601.03	Hamilton, FL	6.92/sq mi
#1434	Tract 115.02	Monterey, CA	6.93/sq mi
#1435	Tract 9701	Llano, TX	6.94/sq mi
#1436	Tract 6	Gonzales, TX	6.95/sq mi
#1437	Tract 4847	Hughes, OK	6.96/sq mi
#1438	Tract 4804.01	Jackson, AR	6.96/sq mi
#1439	Tract 9608	McLean, ND	6.96/sq mi
#1440	Tract 4701	Pemiscot, MO	6.96/sq mi
#1441	Tract 9710	Okanogan, WA	6.97/sq mi
#1442	Tract 9619	Lake, CO	6.97/sq mi
#1443	Tract 9666	Kearney, NE	6.97/sq mi
#1444	Tract 60.11	Kern, CA	6.99/sq mi
#1445	Tract 9433	San Juan, NM	6.99/sq mi
#1446	Tract 9601	Winn Parish, LA	6.99/sq mi
#1447	Tract 20.01	Merced, CA	6.99/sq mi
#1448	Tract 3	Clearwater, MN	7.00/sq mi
#1449	Tract 9603.01	Gulf, FL	7.00/sq mi
#1450	Tract 18.05	Martin, FL	7.00/sq mi
#1451	Tract 9602	Marinette, WI	7.00/sq mi
#1452	Tract 9602	Macon, MO	7.00/sq mi
#1453	Tract 9571	Scott, KS	7.01/sq mi
#1454	Tract 9531	Montgomery, AR	7.01/sq mi
#1455	Tract 9501	Washington, GA	7.01/sq mi
#1456	Tract 9502.02	Starr, TX	7.01/sq mi
#1457	Tract 9738	Greene, IL	7.01/sq mi
#1458	Tract 9501	Bee, TX	7.01/sq mi
#1459	Tract 4803	Oregon, MO	7.02/sq mi
#1460	Tract 130	San Luis Obispo, CA	7.03/sq mi
#1461	Tract 9602	Lincoln, WA	7.03/sq mi
#1462	Tract 4802	Calhoun, AR	7.05/sq mi
#1463	Tract 9532	Woodward, OK	7.05/sq mi
#1464	Tract 2	Teton, MT	7.06/sq mi
#1465	Tract 9502	Hockley, TX	7.07/sq mi
#1466	Tract 1.02	Madera, CA	7.07/sq mi
#1467	Tract 9604	Wilkinson, GA	7.07/sq mi
#1468	Tract 9438.02	McKinley, NM	7.09/sq mi
#1469	Tract 9704	Roseau, MN	7.11/sq mi
#1470	Tract 9631	Thayer, NE	7.12/sq mi
#1471	Tract 406	Lassen, CA	7.12/sq mi
#1472	Tract 100	Douglas, OR	7.13/sq mi
#1473	Tract 9504	Pacific, WA	7.14/sq mi
#1474	Tract 801	Clay, IA	7.14/sq mi
#1475	Tract 9404	Rosebud, MT	7.14/sq mi
#1476	Tract 9602.02	Sullivan, PA	7.15/sq mi
#1477	Tract 9559	Washington, ME	7.15/sq mi
#1478	Tract 9525	Bullock, AL	7.15/sq mi
#1479	Tract 9557	Bourbon, KS	7.15/sq mi
#1480	Tract 7803	Pocahontas, IA	7.16/sq mi
#1481	Tract 9602.01	Lafayette, FL	7.17/sq mi
#1482	Tract 702	Wayne, IA	7.18/sq mi
#1483	Tract 1902	Florence, WI	7.18/sq mi
#1484	Tract 9706	Pendleton, WV	7.18/sq mi
#1485	Tract 9526	Allen, KS	7.19/sq mi
#1486	Tract 2.03	Del Norte, CA	7.19/sq mi
#1487	Tract 9703.02	Valley, ID	7.19/sq mi
#1488	Tract 9675	Johnson, NE	7.20/sq mi
#1489	Tract 9662	Adams, NE	7.22/sq mi
#1490	Tract 151	St. Louis, MN	7.22/sq mi
#1491	Tract 9596	Moody, SD	7.22/sq mi
#1492	Tract 9503.01	Columbia, AR	7.24/sq mi
#1493	Tract 7233.06	Maricopa, AZ	7.25/sq mi
#1494	Tract 702	Edgar, IL	7.25/sq mi
#1495	Tract 9601	Worth, MO	7.25/sq mi
#1496	Tract 9602	Carroll, MO	7.26/sq mi
#1497	Tract 9509	Stevens, WA	7.27/sq mi
#1498	Tract 9601	Decatur, IA	7.28/sq mi
#1499	Tract 9685	Richardson, NE	7.29/sq mi
#1500	Tract 8	Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	7.29/sq mi