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
#101	Tract 64.08	Fresno, CA	0.73/sq mi
#102	Tract 27.01	Tulare, CA	0.73/sq mi
#103	Tract 9601	Grant, OR	0.73/sq mi
#104	Tract 9503	Hudspeth, TX	0.74/sq mi
#105	Tract 9635	Treasure, MT	0.75/sq mi
#106	Tract 3.02	Lander, NV	0.75/sq mi
#107	Tract 9566	Converse, WY	0.75/sq mi
#108	Tract 9653.02	Somerset, ME	0.76/sq mi
#109	Tract 1	Powell, MT	0.76/sq mi
#110	Tract 1	Golden Valley, MT	0.77/sq mi
#111	Tract 9601	Box Elder, UT	0.77/sq mi
#112	Tract 9405	Big Horn, MT	0.78/sq mi
#113	Tract 9601	Kiowa, CO	0.78/sq mi
#114	Tract 20	Coconino, AZ	0.78/sq mi
#115	Tract 9701	Fremont, ID	0.79/sq mi
#116	Tract 9571	Thomas, NE	0.79/sq mi
#117	Tract 9501	Borden, TX	0.79/sq mi
#118	Tract 9563	Grant, NE	0.81/sq mi
#119	Tract 35.01	Washoe, NV	0.81/sq mi
#120	Tract 1	Rosebud, MT	0.81/sq mi
#121	Tract 9501	Kent, TX	0.81/sq mi
#122	Tract 1	Lewis and Clark, MT	0.81/sq mi
#123	Tract 3	Wrangell City and Borough, AK	0.82/sq mi
#124	Tract 602	Phillips, MT	0.82/sq mi
#125	Tract 201.01	La Paz, AZ	0.82/sq mi
#126	Tract 9501	Jeff Davis, TX	0.82/sq mi
#127	Tract 9502	Elko, NV	0.83/sq mi
#128	Tract 3	North Slope Borough, AK	0.83/sq mi
#129	Tract 18	Santa Barbara, CA	0.83/sq mi
#130	Tract 17	Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.83/sq mi
#131	Tract 9736	Mineral, CO	0.83/sq mi
#132	Tract 9410	Corson, SD	0.83/sq mi
#133	Tract 9589	Quay, NM	0.84/sq mi
#134	Tract 1	Meagher, MT	0.84/sq mi
#135	Tract 9782	Lincoln, WY	0.84/sq mi
#136	Tract 7905	Koochiching, MN	0.85/sq mi
#137	Tract 9556	Jackson, CO	0.85/sq mi
#138	Tract 9702.01	Klamath, OR	0.85/sq mi
#139	Tract 9653.01	Park, WY	0.86/sq mi
#140	Tract 9601	Wheeler, OR	0.87/sq mi
#141	Tract 9507	Aroostook, ME	0.87/sq mi
#142	Tract 9575.01	San Miguel, NM	0.88/sq mi
#143	Tract 12	Siskiyou, CA	0.89/sq mi
#144	Tract 1	Haines Borough, AK	0.89/sq mi
#145	Tract 9631	Billings, ND	0.89/sq mi
#146	Tract 18.02	Natrona, WY	0.90/sq mi
#147	Tract 9567	Hooker, NE	0.90/sq mi
#148	Tract 9701.02	Franklin, ME	0.90/sq mi
#149	Tract 9731	Hinsdale, CO	0.90/sq mi
#150	Tract 9501	Roberts, TX	0.90/sq mi
#151	Tract 9572	Niobrara, WY	0.90/sq mi
#152	Tract 57.03	Clark, NV	0.91/sq mi
#153	Tract 9602	Custer, ID	0.91/sq mi
#154	Tract 9676.01	Teton, WY	0.91/sq mi
#155	Tract 9604	Idaho, ID	0.92/sq mi
#156	Tract 9765	Emery, UT	0.93/sq mi
#157	Tract 5	Inyo, CA	0.94/sq mi
#158	Tract 9639	Gunnison, CO	0.95/sq mi
#159	Tract 9601	Haakon, SD	0.95/sq mi
#160	Tract 9517	Beaver, OK	0.95/sq mi
#161	Tract 9684	Otero, CO	0.96/sq mi
#162	Tract 401	Hill, MT	0.97/sq mi
#163	Tract 9606	Cheyenne, CO	0.98/sq mi
#164	Tract 9411	Pima, AZ	0.98/sq mi
#165	Tract 9679	Hot Springs, WY	0.99/sq mi
#166	Tract 9540	Banner, NE	0.99/sq mi
#167	Tract 23.01	Coconino, AZ	1.00/sq mi
#168	Tract 9764.01	Catron, NM	1.00/sq mi
#169	Tract 9501	Presidio, TX	1.00/sq mi
#170	Tract 9501	Crockett, TX	1.01/sq mi
#171	Tract 9618	Lincoln, CO	1.01/sq mi
#172	Tract 12	Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	1.01/sq mi
#173	Tract 109	Utah, UT	1.02/sq mi
#174	Tract 3	Chugach Census Area, AK	1.02/sq mi
#175	Tract 127.08	San Luis Obispo, CA	1.03/sq mi
#176	Tract 9728	Loup, NE	1.03/sq mi
#177	Tract 9521	Garden, NE	1.03/sq mi
#178	Tract 916	Jones, SD	1.04/sq mi
#179	Tract 9637	Torrance, NM	1.04/sq mi
#180	Tract 9683	Perkins, SD	1.05/sq mi
#181	Tract 9701	Camas, ID	1.05/sq mi
#182	Tract 1	Sitka City and Borough, AK	1.05/sq mi
#183	Tract 203	Daniels, MT	1.05/sq mi
#184	Tract 9502	Union, NM	1.05/sq mi
#185	Tract 9791	Wayne, UT	1.05/sq mi
#186	Tract 18.13	Webb, TX	1.05/sq mi
#187	Tract 9756	Hand, SD	1.05/sq mi
#188	Tract 9624.01	Sierra, NM	1.06/sq mi
#189	Tract 9754	Keya Paha, NE	1.06/sq mi
#190	Tract 6.01	Otero, NM	1.07/sq mi
#191	Tract 9601	Pershing, NV	1.07/sq mi
#192	Tract 155.03	St. Louis, MN	1.08/sq mi
#193	Tract 9602.01	Grant, OR	1.10/sq mi
#194	Tract 9611	Jackson, SD	1.10/sq mi
#195	Tract 1	Judith Basin, MT	1.11/sq mi
#196	Tract 9653	Bowman, ND	1.12/sq mi
#197	Tract 9601	Daggett, UT	1.12/sq mi
#198	Tract 301	Fergus, MT	1.14/sq mi
#199	Tract 3701.01	Lake, MN	1.14/sq mi
#200	Tract 9506	Reeves, TX	1.15/sq mi