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
#1501	Tract 730	Ellis, KS	7.29/sq mi
#1502	Tract 9601	Carroll, MO	7.29/sq mi
#1503	Tract 9504.02	Madison, ID	7.29/sq mi
#1504	Tract 6804	Wright, IA	7.31/sq mi
#1505	Tract 9502	Guthrie, IA	7.31/sq mi
#1506	Tract 5701	Rock, MN	7.31/sq mi
#1507	Tract 6.02	Curry, NM	7.32/sq mi
#1508	Tract 9501	Milam, TX	7.33/sq mi
#1509	Tract 2.03	Cochise, AZ	7.34/sq mi
#1510	Tract 7903	Renville, MN	7.34/sq mi
#1511	Tract 40.52	Pima, AZ	7.34/sq mi
#1512	Tract 9450.02	Apache, AZ	7.35/sq mi
#1513	Tract 4.03	Chaffee, CO	7.35/sq mi
#1514	Tract 9501	Pine, MN	7.35/sq mi
#1515	Tract 703	Monroe, IA	7.35/sq mi
#1516	Tract 4704	Lee, AR	7.35/sq mi
#1517	Tract 9501	Bonner, ID	7.36/sq mi
#1518	Tract 9798	Antelope, NE	7.36/sq mi
#1519	Tract 21	Merced, CA	7.36/sq mi
#1520	Tract 901.86	Marshall, KS	7.37/sq mi
#1521	Tract 9503	Cross, AR	7.37/sq mi
#1522	Tract 9408	Roberts, SD	7.38/sq mi
#1523	Tract 9516	Garfield, CO	7.38/sq mi
#1524	Tract 15.01	Doña Ana, NM	7.38/sq mi
#1525	Tract 9606	Bayfield, WI	7.38/sq mi
#1526	Tract 9505	Chippewa, MN	7.39/sq mi
#1527	Tract 9521.02	Taos, NM	7.39/sq mi
#1528	Tract 5.02	Deschutes, OR	7.39/sq mi
#1529	Tract 9701	Union, OR	7.39/sq mi
#1530	Tract 9401	Okanogan, WA	7.40/sq mi
#1531	Tract 55.10	Kern, CA	7.40/sq mi
#1532	Tract 9505	Runnels, TX	7.40/sq mi
#1533	Tract 9701	Schuyler, IL	7.41/sq mi
#1534	Tract 9400	Bingham, ID	7.41/sq mi
#1535	Tract 9403	Mahnomen, MN	7.42/sq mi
#1536	Tract 306.03	El Dorado, CA	7.42/sq mi
#1537	Tract 8702	Ripley, MO	7.43/sq mi
#1538	Tract 9628	Big Horn, WY	7.44/sq mi
#1539	Tract 19.02	Yavapai, AZ	7.44/sq mi
#1540	Tract 9764	Knox, NE	7.44/sq mi
#1541	Tract 4702	Nodaway, MO	7.45/sq mi
#1542	Tract 9201.02	Hyde, NC	7.45/sq mi
#1543	Tract 9777	Saguache, CO	7.46/sq mi
#1544	Tract 307.01	Crittenden, AR	7.47/sq mi
#1545	Tract 9605	Langlade, WI	7.47/sq mi
#1546	Tract 9800	Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	7.47/sq mi
#1547	Tract 9503	Mackinac, MI	7.48/sq mi
#1548	Tract 4902	Poinsett, AR	7.49/sq mi
#1549	Tract 8.02	Pinal, AZ	7.52/sq mi
#1550	Tract 4601	Traverse, MN	7.53/sq mi
#1551	Tract 9661	Nance, NE	7.53/sq mi
#1552	Tract 9801	Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	7.53/sq mi
#1553	Tract 19.01	Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	7.54/sq mi
#1554	Tract 6904	Wayne, MO	7.54/sq mi
#1555	Tract 1.01	Anchorage Municipality, AK	7.54/sq mi
#1556	Tract 9201.01	Hyde, NC	7.55/sq mi
#1557	Tract 9609.02	Essex, NY	7.56/sq mi
#1558	Tract 9696	York, NE	7.57/sq mi
#1559	Tract 9602	Rusk, WI	7.58/sq mi
#1560	Tract 300	Douglas, OR	7.60/sq mi
#1561	Tract 1722	Nowata, OK	7.60/sq mi
#1562	Tract 2323	Macon, AL	7.60/sq mi
#1563	Tract 7901	Randolph, GA	7.61/sq mi
#1564	Tract 9505	Potter, PA	7.61/sq mi
#1565	Tract 9706.01	Franklin, ME	7.62/sq mi
#1566	Tract 9701.03	Oneida, WI	7.62/sq mi
#1567	Tract 9501	Bear Lake, ID	7.62/sq mi
#1568	Tract 9501	Red River, TX	7.63/sq mi
#1569	Tract 6	Siskiyou, CA	7.63/sq mi
#1570	Tract 9506	Ashland, WI	7.63/sq mi
#1571	Tract 33.07	Kern, CA	7.63/sq mi
#1572	Tract 9539.01	Clark, AR	7.64/sq mi
#1573	Tract 9704	Brown, IL	7.65/sq mi
#1574	Tract 9504	Andrews, TX	7.66/sq mi
#1575	Tract 4704	Lawrence, AR	7.67/sq mi
#1576	Tract 23	Jackson, OR	7.68/sq mi
#1577	Tract 22	Pinal, AZ	7.69/sq mi
#1578	Tract 9701	Fremont, IA	7.69/sq mi
#1579	Tract 9602	Monona, IA	7.70/sq mi
#1580	Tract 9503	Clay, AR	7.70/sq mi
#1581	Tract 4806	Brown, KS	7.70/sq mi
#1582	Tract 9590	Blaine, OK	7.70/sq mi
#1583	Tract 9502	Humphreys, MS	7.71/sq mi
#1584	Tract 9501	Trinity, TX	7.71/sq mi
#1585	Tract 7502	Colorado, TX	7.71/sq mi
#1586	Tract 9678	Butler, NE	7.71/sq mi
#1587	Tract 9512	Clatsop, OR	7.72/sq mi
#1588	Tract 9537	Anderson, KS	7.74/sq mi
#1589	Tract 9604.11	Nye, NV	7.74/sq mi
#1590	Tract 9602	McCreary, KY	7.75/sq mi
#1591	Tract 2010.01	Lincoln, MN	7.76/sq mi
#1592	Tract 9	Nevada, CA	7.77/sq mi
#1593	Tract 9502	Lamb, TX	7.77/sq mi
#1594	Tract 101	Lycoming, PA	7.77/sq mi
#1595	Tract 3	Siskiyou, CA	7.78/sq mi
#1596	Tract 212.03	Hawaii, HI	7.78/sq mi
#1597	Tract 916	Fillmore, NE	7.78/sq mi
#1598	Tract 3	Chaffee, CO	7.78/sq mi
#1599	Tract 9506	Churchill, NV	7.78/sq mi
#1600	Tract 2	Coos, OR	7.79/sq mi