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
#201	Tract 2	Blaine, MT	1.15/sq mi
#202	Tract 5.01	Cochise, AZ	1.16/sq mi
#203	Tract 9241	Washington, CO	1.17/sq mi
#204	Tract 2	Petersburg Borough, AK	1.18/sq mi
#205	Tract 4	Fremont, WY	1.18/sq mi
#206	Tract 9615	Hayes, NE	1.18/sq mi
#207	Tract 9501	Glasscock, TX	1.19/sq mi
#208	Tract 9507.02	Jefferson, WA	1.19/sq mi
#209	Tract 9601	Wallowa, OR	1.20/sq mi
#210	Tract 9501	Motley, TX	1.20/sq mi
#211	Tract 9417	Dewey, SD	1.20/sq mi
#212	Tract 201.02	La Paz, AZ	1.20/sq mi
#213	Tract 9701	Butte, ID	1.20/sq mi
#214	Tract 11.02	Chaves, NM	1.20/sq mi
#215	Tract 9416	Ziebach, SD	1.21/sq mi
#216	Tract 3	Modoc, CA	1.22/sq mi
#217	Tract 9501	Dallam, TX	1.23/sq mi
#218	Tract 1	Toole, MT	1.23/sq mi
#219	Tract 9701	Valley, ID	1.23/sq mi
#220	Tract 9511	Cavalier, ND	1.24/sq mi
#221	Tract 15	Coconino, AZ	1.24/sq mi
#222	Tract 8	Ravalli, MT	1.25/sq mi
#223	Tract 904	Sheridan, MT	1.27/sq mi
#224	Tract 1	Blaine, MT	1.27/sq mi
#225	Tract 106	Humboldt, NV	1.28/sq mi
#226	Tract 9676	Butte, SD	1.28/sq mi
#227	Tract 103	Chouteau, MT	1.29/sq mi
#228	Tract 1.01	Cochise, AZ	1.30/sq mi
#229	Tract 9782	San Juan, UT	1.30/sq mi
#230	Tract 9501	Pecos, TX	1.30/sq mi
#231	Tract 9703	Lemhi, ID	1.31/sq mi
#232	Tract 9746	Rock, NE	1.31/sq mi
#233	Tract 9440	McKinley, NM	1.31/sq mi
#234	Tract 402	Hill, MT	1.32/sq mi
#235	Tract 9776	Saguache, CO	1.33/sq mi
#236	Tract 109	Sandoval, NM	1.33/sq mi
#237	Tract 9503	Stonewall, TX	1.34/sq mi
#238	Tract 9501	Irion, TX	1.34/sq mi
#239	Tract 9602	Sheridan, ND	1.34/sq mi
#240	Tract 1	Wibaux, MT	1.34/sq mi
#241	Tract 9701	Clearwater, ID	1.34/sq mi
#242	Tract 9624.02	Sierra, NM	1.35/sq mi
#243	Tract 9575	Logan, NE	1.35/sq mi
#244	Tract 1.02	Flathead, MT	1.36/sq mi
#245	Tract 9504.02	Crook, OR	1.36/sq mi
#246	Tract 9511	Weston, WY	1.36/sq mi
#247	Tract 9501	Ochiltree, TX	1.36/sq mi
#248	Tract 19.02	Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	1.36/sq mi
#249	Tract 9682	San Miguel, CO	1.36/sq mi
#250	Tract 7.01	Campbell, WY	1.36/sq mi
#251	Tract 501	Liberty, MT	1.37/sq mi
#252	Tract 1.01	Sublette, WY	1.37/sq mi
#253	Tract 9659	Grant, ND	1.37/sq mi
#254	Tract 9603	Nye, NV	1.38/sq mi
#255	Tract 9767	Hyde, SD	1.38/sq mi
#256	Tract 3.01	Fremont, WY	1.39/sq mi
#257	Tract 9503	Donley, TX	1.39/sq mi
#258	Tract 9515	Elko, NV	1.40/sq mi
#259	Tract 2	Washakie, WY	1.40/sq mi
#260	Tract 9601	Elmore, ID	1.41/sq mi
#261	Tract 9501	Foard, TX	1.41/sq mi
#262	Tract 9702.02	Apache, AZ	1.41/sq mi
#263	Tract 9648	Grant, NM	1.41/sq mi
#264	Tract 9733	Dickey, ND	1.41/sq mi
#265	Tract 9517	Sheridan, NE	1.42/sq mi
#266	Tract 1002	Beaver, UT	1.43/sq mi
#267	Tract 9552.02	Mora, NM	1.43/sq mi
#268	Tract 9740	Holt, NE	1.44/sq mi
#269	Tract 1	Wheatland, MT	1.45/sq mi
#270	Tract 9502	Briscoe, TX	1.45/sq mi
#271	Tract 9616	Guadalupe, NM	1.45/sq mi
#272	Tract 9609.01	Huerfano, CO	1.45/sq mi
#273	Tract 31.03	Tuolumne, CA	1.45/sq mi
#274	Tract 9736	Wheeler, NE	1.47/sq mi
#275	Tract 9701	Lemhi, ID	1.48/sq mi
#276	Tract 9403	Mellette, SD	1.49/sq mi
#277	Tract 1.02	Cochise, AZ	1.49/sq mi
#278	Tract 155.02	St. Louis, MN	1.50/sq mi
#279	Tract 9501	Oldham, TX	1.50/sq mi
#280	Tract 9505	Pecos, TX	1.50/sq mi
#281	Tract 1.01	Campbell, WY	1.50/sq mi
#282	Tract 5	Carbon, MT	1.51/sq mi
#283	Tract 9791	Sully, SD	1.52/sq mi
#284	Tract 9716	Tripp, SD	1.52/sq mi
#285	Tract 9501	Upton, TX	1.52/sq mi
#286	Tract 9501	Cottle, TX	1.52/sq mi
#287	Tract 9451	Coconino, AZ	1.53/sq mi
#288	Tract 9514	Umatilla, OR	1.54/sq mi
#289	Tract 89.01	San Bernardino, CA	1.54/sq mi
#290	Tract 9541	Wallace, KS	1.55/sq mi
#291	Tract 1	Deschutes, OR	1.55/sq mi
#292	Tract 9601.01	Blaine, ID	1.56/sq mi
#293	Tract 4505	Beltrami, MN	1.57/sq mi
#294	Tract 9504.03	Mohave, AZ	1.57/sq mi
#295	Tract 4604.01	Lake of the Woods, MN	1.58/sq mi
#296	Tract 9504	Dimmit, TX	1.58/sq mi
#297	Tract 13	Siskiyou, CA	1.58/sq mi
#298	Tract 102	Juab, UT	1.58/sq mi
#299	Tract 111.07	Collier, FL	1.58/sq mi
#300	Tract 9651	Oxford, ME	1.59/sq mi