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
#1601	Tract 1005.01	Sawyer, WI	7.79/sq mi
#1602	Tract 12	Garfield, OK	7.81/sq mi
#1603	Tract 9401	Benson, ND	7.82/sq mi
#1604	Tract 135.01	Taylor, TX	7.82/sq mi
#1605	Tract 57	Kern, CA	7.83/sq mi
#1606	Tract 9616	Harper, KS	7.84/sq mi
#1607	Tract 9506	Texas, OK	7.84/sq mi
#1608	Tract 9598	Lincoln, NE	7.84/sq mi
#1609	Tract 9800	Coryell, TX	7.85/sq mi
#1610	Tract 9101.02	Okeechobee, FL	7.86/sq mi
#1611	Tract 9601	Menominee, MI	7.86/sq mi
#1612	Tract 9401	McKenzie, ND	7.86/sq mi
#1613	Tract 1	Natchitoches Parish, LA	7.86/sq mi
#1614	Tract 143	Potter, TX	7.86/sq mi
#1615	Tract 102	Grant, WA	7.87/sq mi
#1616	Tract 9706	Price, WI	7.87/sq mi
#1617	Tract 250	San Bernardino, CA	7.89/sq mi
#1618	Tract 508	Plaquemines Parish, LA	7.92/sq mi
#1619	Tract 985.02	McCurtain, OK	7.92/sq mi
#1620	Tract 9664	Yankton, SD	7.92/sq mi
#1621	Tract 3.02	Colusa, CA	7.92/sq mi
#1622	Tract 22	Ector, TX	7.93/sq mi
#1623	Tract 702	Grant, MN	7.93/sq mi
#1624	Tract 9703	Yellow Medicine, MN	7.95/sq mi
#1625	Tract 7411	Wharton, TX	7.95/sq mi
#1626	Tract 301	Avoyelles Parish, LA	7.96/sq mi
#1627	Tract 9505	Jack, TX	7.97/sq mi
#1628	Tract 16	Tom Green, TX	7.98/sq mi
#1629	Tract 9641	Hanson, SD	7.99/sq mi
#1630	Tract 4801	Calhoun, AR	8.00/sq mi
#1631	Tract 971	Wilson, KS	8.01/sq mi
#1632	Tract 102	Taliaferro, GA	8.01/sq mi
#1633	Tract 9622	Clay, NE	8.01/sq mi
#1634	Tract 9801	Hardin, KY	8.02/sq mi
#1635	Tract 1723	Nowata, OK	8.02/sq mi
#1636	Tract 9400.01	Roosevelt, MT	8.02/sq mi
#1637	Tract 9602	Carter, MO	8.02/sq mi
#1638	Tract 9661	Coffey, KS	8.03/sq mi
#1639	Tract 4	Pottawatomie, KS	8.04/sq mi
#1640	Tract 9503.01	Curry, OR	8.04/sq mi
#1641	Tract 9704	Klamath, OR	8.04/sq mi
#1642	Tract 101.24	Midland, TX	8.04/sq mi
#1643	Tract 9202.04	Pender, NC	8.04/sq mi
#1644	Tract 1	Lake, CA	8.05/sq mi
#1645	Tract 2	Palo Pinto, TX	8.05/sq mi
#1646	Tract 9676	Phillips, CO	8.05/sq mi
#1647	Tract 9601	Hamilton, IA	8.05/sq mi
#1648	Tract 9520	Pointe Coupee Parish, LA	8.06/sq mi
#1649	Tract 9509	Aroostook, ME	8.06/sq mi
#1650	Tract 302	Callahan, TX	8.06/sq mi
#1651	Tract 9641.04	Summit, UT	8.07/sq mi
#1652	Tract 9506	Pembina, ND	8.08/sq mi
#1653	Tract 120	Grand Forks, ND	8.08/sq mi
#1654	Tract 9502	Comanche, TX	8.08/sq mi
#1655	Tract 9691	Hamilton, NE	8.08/sq mi
#1656	Tract 9703.01	Okanogan, WA	8.08/sq mi
#1657	Tract 19	Bannock, ID	8.09/sq mi
#1658	Tract 9601	Asotin, WA	8.09/sq mi
#1659	Tract 4906	Page, IA	8.09/sq mi
#1660	Tract 9410	Stevens, WA	8.10/sq mi
#1661	Tract 873	Latimer, OK	8.11/sq mi
#1662	Tract 702	Tillman, OK	8.12/sq mi
#1663	Tract 112	Humboldt, CA	8.13/sq mi
#1664	Tract 9702	Screven, GA	8.14/sq mi
#1665	Tract 101.01	Charlton, GA	8.14/sq mi
#1666	Tract 9602	Navajo, AZ	8.14/sq mi
#1667	Tract 9786	Wayne, NE	8.14/sq mi
#1668	Tract 9603	Pocahontas, WV	8.16/sq mi
#1669	Tract 9457.02	McKinley, NM	8.16/sq mi
#1670	Tract 9676.01	Ouray, CO	8.17/sq mi
#1671	Tract 9703	Pope, MN	8.18/sq mi
#1672	Tract 7	Ravalli, MT	8.18/sq mi
#1673	Tract 9786	Washington, KS	8.18/sq mi
#1674	Tract 3	Catahoula Parish, LA	8.18/sq mi
#1675	Tract 9701	Limestone, TX	8.19/sq mi
#1676	Tract 806	Okfuskee, OK	8.20/sq mi
#1677	Tract 9747	Rooks, KS	8.22/sq mi
#1678	Tract 4701	Lee, AR	8.22/sq mi
#1679	Tract 9502	Noxubee, MS	8.22/sq mi
#1680	Tract 1.02	Mariposa, CA	8.23/sq mi
#1681	Tract 9502	Montague, TX	8.23/sq mi
#1682	Tract 901	Nevada, AR	8.24/sq mi
#1683	Tract 9511.02	Skagit, WA	8.25/sq mi
#1684	Tract 803	Cherokee, IA	8.26/sq mi
#1685	Tract 2.07	Grand, CO	8.26/sq mi
#1686	Tract 126.04	Shasta, CA	8.28/sq mi
#1687	Tract 1001	Beaver, UT	8.28/sq mi
#1688	Tract 211.01	Lafourche Parish, LA	8.28/sq mi
#1689	Tract 9701.02	Custer, CO	8.28/sq mi
#1690	Tract 210	St. Martin Parish, LA	8.28/sq mi
#1691	Tract 1202	Terrell, GA	8.29/sq mi
#1692	Tract 9712	Pope, IL	8.29/sq mi
#1693	Tract 9504	Stewart, GA	8.30/sq mi
#1694	Tract 9502	Perry, MS	8.30/sq mi
#1695	Tract 301	Clinton, PA	8.31/sq mi
#1696	Tract 9502	Big Stone, MN	8.32/sq mi
#1697	Tract 3	Plumas, CA	8.32/sq mi
#1698	Tract 9702.03	Cameron Parish, LA	8.32/sq mi
#1699	Tract 1903	Cass, IA	8.32/sq mi
#1700	Tract 3001	Canadian, OK	8.32/sq mi