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
#1901	Tract 9501	Marion, TX	9.51/sq mi
#1902	Tract 9503	Bollinger, MO	9.51/sq mi
#1903	Tract 4806	Itasca, MN	9.53/sq mi
#1904	Tract 9701	Jackson Parish, LA	9.53/sq mi
#1905	Tract 9624	Ritchie, WV	9.53/sq mi
#1906	Tract 9626	Gray, KS	9.54/sq mi
#1907	Tract 9501	Brown, TX	9.54/sq mi
#1908	Tract 9601	Dent, MO	9.55/sq mi
#1909	Tract 9503	Mississippi, MO	9.55/sq mi
#1910	Tract 9673	Choctaw, OK	9.56/sq mi
#1911	Tract 9502	Franklin, MS	9.58/sq mi
#1912	Tract 943	Love, OK	9.59/sq mi
#1913	Tract 9502	Lucas, IA	9.59/sq mi
#1914	Tract 2704	Hancock, IA	9.60/sq mi
#1915	Tract 78.02	Clark, NV	9.60/sq mi
#1916	Tract 1	Baraga, MI	9.60/sq mi
#1917	Tract 4701	Nodaway, MO	9.61/sq mi
#1918	Tract 2.01	Plumas, CA	9.62/sq mi
#1919	Tract 2.02	Deschutes, OR	9.64/sq mi
#1920	Tract 311	Russell, AL	9.66/sq mi
#1921	Tract 12.02	Yavapai, AZ	9.66/sq mi
#1922	Tract 83.04	Fresno, CA	9.66/sq mi
#1923	Tract 11	Garfield, OK	9.67/sq mi
#1924	Tract 9503.01	Leon, TX	9.67/sq mi
#1925	Tract 9400.01	Beltrami, MN	9.68/sq mi
#1926	Tract 9501	Claiborne, MS	9.68/sq mi
#1927	Tract 9601	Jackson, WI	9.68/sq mi
#1928	Tract 4503	Shelby, MO	9.69/sq mi
#1929	Tract 4804.02	Taney, MO	9.69/sq mi
#1930	Tract 9502.01	Frio, TX	9.69/sq mi
#1931	Tract 7	Whitman, WA	9.70/sq mi
#1932	Tract 908	Saline, MO	9.71/sq mi
#1933	Tract 9502	Forest, WI	9.71/sq mi
#1934	Tract 9604	Madison, AR	9.71/sq mi
#1935	Tract 25	Jefferson, AR	9.72/sq mi
#1936	Tract 9708	Colleton, SC	9.74/sq mi
#1937	Tract 7	Lee, IL	9.74/sq mi
#1938	Tract 1	Palo Pinto, TX	9.74/sq mi
#1939	Tract 9701.02	Carteret, NC	9.74/sq mi
#1940	Tract 9701	Pope, MN	9.74/sq mi
#1941	Tract 3606	Lyon, MN	9.75/sq mi
#1942	Tract 117	San Bernardino, CA	9.76/sq mi
#1943	Tract 1051	Nobles, MN	9.76/sq mi
#1944	Tract 1	Las Animas, CO	9.77/sq mi
#1945	Tract 7902	Renville, MN	9.78/sq mi
#1946	Tract 4901	Wright, MO	9.79/sq mi
#1947	Tract 9551.01	Linn, KS	9.80/sq mi
#1948	Tract 9502	Ouachita, AR	9.81/sq mi
#1949	Tract 9566	Mason, IL	9.82/sq mi
#1950	Tract 92.02	San Bernardino, CA	9.83/sq mi
#1951	Tract 9711	Barton, KS	9.84/sq mi
#1952	Tract 7904	Martin, MN	9.84/sq mi
#1953	Tract 103.01	San Luis Obispo, CA	9.85/sq mi
#1954	Tract 9505	Eastland, TX	9.85/sq mi
#1955	Tract 9569	Dallas, AL	9.85/sq mi
#1956	Tract 12	Saline, KS	9.86/sq mi
#1957	Tract 4859	Pittsburg, OK	9.86/sq mi
#1958	Tract 9501	Bosque, TX	9.86/sq mi
#1959	Tract 9534	Pike, AR	9.87/sq mi
#1960	Tract 9501	Elk, PA	9.88/sq mi
#1961	Tract 2906	Tama, IA	9.88/sq mi
#1962	Tract 3	Alger, MI	9.89/sq mi
#1963	Tract 9704	Price, WI	9.89/sq mi
#1964	Tract 9400.01	Yellowstone, MT	9.90/sq mi
#1965	Tract 1	Inyo, CA	9.90/sq mi
#1966	Tract 9537	Clark, AR	9.91/sq mi
#1967	Tract 9601	Baker, GA	9.91/sq mi
#1968	Tract 9676.02	Ouray, CO	9.91/sq mi
#1969	Tract 9501.02	Leon, TX	9.91/sq mi
#1970	Tract 9732	Hamilton, IL	9.92/sq mi
#1971	Tract 7811	Lowndes, AL	9.93/sq mi
#1972	Tract 9601	Webster, GA	9.94/sq mi
#1973	Tract 209.01	Miller, AR	9.94/sq mi
#1974	Tract 9604	Palo Alto, IA	9.94/sq mi
#1975	Tract 127.01	Shasta, CA	9.95/sq mi
#1976	Tract 9501	San Augustine, TX	9.95/sq mi
#1977	Tract 3609	Dunklin, MO	9.95/sq mi
#1978	Tract 9605	New Madrid, MO	9.96/sq mi
#1979	Tract 9527	Aroostook, ME	9.97/sq mi
#1980	Tract 9501	Atchison, MO	9.97/sq mi
#1981	Tract 7.06	San Juan, NM	9.99/sq mi
#1982	Tract 9501.01	Greene, MS	9.99/sq mi
#1983	Tract 9673	Rice, KS	9.99/sq mi
#1984	Tract 9725	Sanpete, UT	10.00/sq mi
#1985	Tract 9601.02	Langlade, WI	10.00/sq mi
#1986	Tract 24.02	Butte, CA	10.01/sq mi
#1987	Tract 9702.01	Dixie, FL	10.03/sq mi
#1988	Tract 9733	Marengo, AL	10.03/sq mi
#1989	Tract 9501	Clarke, MS	10.04/sq mi
#1990	Tract 9602.01	Randolph, AR	10.04/sq mi
#1991	Tract 9401	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK	10.05/sq mi
#1992	Tract 18	Reno, KS	10.05/sq mi
#1993	Tract 10	Stephens, OK	10.06/sq mi
#1994	Tract 9400.02	Cass, MN	10.06/sq mi
#1995	Tract 5	Charlevoix, MI	10.07/sq mi
#1996	Tract 7799	McIntosh, OK	10.07/sq mi
#1997	Tract 215.01	Houston, GA	10.07/sq mi
#1998	Tract 161	Polk, FL	10.07/sq mi
#1999	Tract 303.02	Douglas, WI	10.07/sq mi
#2000	Tract 9400.03	Osage, OK	10.08/sq mi