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
#1801	Tract 9207.01	Wayne, KY	8.88/sq mi
#1802	Tract 842	Dickinson, KS	8.88/sq mi
#1803	Tract 9601	St. Francis, AR	8.89/sq mi
#1804	Tract 9506.02	Vilas, WI	8.89/sq mi
#1805	Tract 19.07	Santa Barbara, CA	8.90/sq mi
#1806	Tract 3732	Craig, OK	8.91/sq mi
#1807	Tract 202.02	Hawaii, HI	8.92/sq mi
#1808	Tract 9601	Rusk, WI	8.92/sq mi
#1809	Tract 9502	Atchison, MO	8.92/sq mi
#1810	Tract 1007	Sawyer, WI	8.93/sq mi
#1811	Tract 4850	Hughes, OK	8.94/sq mi
#1812	Tract 9706.02	Franklin, ME	8.94/sq mi
#1813	Tract 9503	Haskell, TX	8.94/sq mi
#1814	Tract 4902	Linn, MO	8.95/sq mi
#1815	Tract 9402	Charles Mix, SD	8.96/sq mi
#1816	Tract 845	Dickinson, KS	8.97/sq mi
#1817	Tract 6802	Wright, IA	8.97/sq mi
#1818	Tract 9502	Evangeline Parish, LA	8.97/sq mi
#1819	Tract 9458	Cibola, NM	8.98/sq mi
#1820	Tract 6870.01	Perry, AL	8.98/sq mi
#1821	Tract 9439.07	McKinley, NM	8.99/sq mi
#1822	Tract 7.08	Lane, OR	9.01/sq mi
#1823	Tract 6	Clallam, WA	9.01/sq mi
#1824	Tract 9560	Alfalfa, OK	9.02/sq mi
#1825	Tract 9692	Hamilton, NE	9.02/sq mi
#1826	Tract 116	Humboldt, CA	9.03/sq mi
#1827	Tract 9703	LaSalle Parish, LA	9.03/sq mi
#1828	Tract 5	Carbon, UT	9.04/sq mi
#1829	Tract 9602.01	Pocahontas, WV	9.04/sq mi
#1830	Tract 9506	Hale, TX	9.05/sq mi
#1831	Tract 9504	Roberts, SD	9.06/sq mi
#1832	Tract 9400.11	Navajo, AZ	9.07/sq mi
#1833	Tract 4802	St. Clair, MO	9.07/sq mi
#1834	Tract 9507	Pope, AR	9.07/sq mi
#1835	Tract 1	Lavaca, TX	9.11/sq mi
#1836	Tract 9567	Choctaw, AL	9.11/sq mi
#1837	Tract 9650	Washita, OK	9.13/sq mi
#1838	Tract 9501	Howard, AR	9.13/sq mi
#1839	Tract 9701	Jerome, ID	9.14/sq mi
#1840	Tract 602	Greene, AL	9.14/sq mi
#1841	Tract 9685	Otero, CO	9.14/sq mi
#1842	Tract 9626	Sumner, KS	9.15/sq mi
#1843	Tract 4602	Osceola, IA	9.15/sq mi
#1844	Tract 9602.02	Pocahontas, WV	9.15/sq mi
#1845	Tract 9617	Lincoln, CO	9.16/sq mi
#1846	Tract 115.04	Herkimer, NY	9.16/sq mi
#1847	Tract 9528	Pike, IL	9.16/sq mi
#1848	Tract 9601	Madison Parish, LA	9.17/sq mi
#1849	Tract 538.01	Snohomish, WA	9.18/sq mi
#1850	Tract 109.14	Yuma, AZ	9.18/sq mi
#1851	Tract 4902	Woodruff, AR	9.20/sq mi
#1852	Tract 903	Pennington, MN	9.21/sq mi
#1853	Tract 1	Juneau City and Borough, AK	9.21/sq mi
#1854	Tract 9504	Tallahatchie, MS	9.22/sq mi
#1855	Tract 9602	Clarke, IA	9.22/sq mi
#1856	Tract 9406	Duchesne, UT	9.22/sq mi
#1857	Tract 9702	Bienville Parish, LA	9.24/sq mi
#1858	Tract 444.03	Riverside, CA	9.25/sq mi
#1859	Tract 4702	Lee, AR	9.26/sq mi
#1860	Tract 314.09	El Dorado, CA	9.27/sq mi
#1861	Tract 9	Freestone, TX	9.27/sq mi
#1862	Tract 9502.02	Gaines, TX	9.28/sq mi
#1863	Tract 9501.03	Mohave, AZ	9.28/sq mi
#1864	Tract 9701.02	Webster, WV	9.28/sq mi
#1865	Tract 9504	Eastland, TX	9.28/sq mi
#1866	Tract 4807.01	Itasca, MN	9.29/sq mi
#1867	Tract 2	Lee, TX	9.29/sq mi
#1868	Tract 9753	Kittitas, WA	9.30/sq mi
#1869	Tract 9200	Walla Walla, WA	9.30/sq mi
#1870	Tract 9702.02	Allendale, SC	9.31/sq mi
#1871	Tract 3701.02	Lake, MN	9.32/sq mi
#1872	Tract 9704	Claiborne, TN	9.32/sq mi
#1873	Tract 9647	Gage, NE	9.33/sq mi
#1874	Tract 9501.01	Aransas, TX	9.35/sq mi
#1875	Tract 9503	De Soto Parish, LA	9.35/sq mi
#1876	Tract 9603.04	Kerr, TX	9.37/sq mi
#1877	Tract 9600	Polk, NE	9.37/sq mi
#1878	Tract 9686	Hutchinson, SD	9.37/sq mi
#1879	Tract 3.02	Eagle, CO	9.39/sq mi
#1880	Tract 201.02	St. Martin Parish, LA	9.39/sq mi
#1881	Tract 9551	Major, OK	9.39/sq mi
#1882	Tract 9567	Crawford, KS	9.39/sq mi
#1883	Tract 4802	Livingston, MO	9.40/sq mi
#1884	Tract 101.01	Wakulla, FL	9.40/sq mi
#1885	Tract 7504	Redwood, MN	9.40/sq mi
#1886	Tract 9701.01	Franklin, ME	9.41/sq mi
#1887	Tract 9505	Churchill, NV	9.41/sq mi
#1888	Tract 136.02	Taylor, TX	9.43/sq mi
#1889	Tract 9532	Montgomery, AR	9.44/sq mi
#1890	Tract 9702	Humboldt, IA	9.45/sq mi
#1891	Tract 9792	Pierce, NE	9.45/sq mi
#1892	Tract 9647	McCook, SD	9.48/sq mi
#1893	Tract 9603	Holt, MO	9.48/sq mi
#1894	Tract 9611	Graham, AZ	9.49/sq mi
#1895	Tract 9601	Crawford, MI	9.49/sq mi
#1896	Tract 3802	Reynolds, MO	9.50/sq mi
#1897	Tract 9504	Iron, MO	9.50/sq mi
#1898	Tract 4701	Daviess, MO	9.50/sq mi
#1899	Tract 2	East Carroll Parish, LA	9.50/sq mi
#1900	Tract 9201	Walla Walla, WA	9.51/sq mi