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
#301	Tract 9501	Sterling, TX	1.59/sq mi
#302	Tract 9503	Lipscomb, TX	1.60/sq mi
#303	Tract 9400	Ferry, WA	1.60/sq mi
#304	Tract 1	Musselshell, MT	1.61/sq mi
#305	Tract 101.03	Whatcom, WA	1.62/sq mi
#306	Tract 2.02	Plumas, CA	1.62/sq mi
#307	Tract 9781	Socorro, NM	1.63/sq mi
#308	Tract 702	Richland, MT	1.63/sq mi
#309	Tract 9412	Bennett, SD	1.63/sq mi
#310	Tract 9601	Gilliam, OR	1.64/sq mi
#311	Tract 9403	Duchesne, UT	1.64/sq mi
#312	Tract 9726	Lyman, SD	1.64/sq mi
#313	Tract 116	Benton, WA	1.64/sq mi
#314	Tract 9.04	Otero, NM	1.64/sq mi
#315	Tract 9629	Golden Valley, ND	1.65/sq mi
#316	Tract 9602.03	Chelan, WA	1.65/sq mi
#317	Tract 5	Juneau City and Borough, AK	1.66/sq mi
#318	Tract 9705	Klamath, OR	1.66/sq mi
#319	Tract 9680	Carbon, WY	1.66/sq mi
#320	Tract 9581	Greeley, KS	1.68/sq mi
#321	Tract 9506	Dawson, TX	1.68/sq mi
#322	Tract 30.03	Yakima, WA	1.69/sq mi
#323	Tract 9651	Stevens, KS	1.69/sq mi
#324	Tract 9600	Wells, ND	1.70/sq mi
#325	Tract 1	Fallon, MT	1.70/sq mi
#326	Tract 9401	Fremont, WY	1.70/sq mi
#327	Tract 4	Modoc, CA	1.71/sq mi
#328	Tract 9505	Hamilton, NY	1.71/sq mi
#329	Tract 5135	Santa Clara, CA	1.71/sq mi
#330	Tract 9611	Elbert, CO	1.72/sq mi
#331	Tract 9506	Dawes, NE	1.72/sq mi
#332	Tract 9545	Divide, ND	1.72/sq mi
#333	Tract 9602	Wallowa, OR	1.72/sq mi
#334	Tract 9702	Morrow, OR	1.73/sq mi
#335	Tract 1.02	Mono, CA	1.74/sq mi
#336	Tract 9528	Ellis, OK	1.74/sq mi
#337	Tract 2	Modoc, CA	1.74/sq mi
#338	Tract 115	Burleigh, ND	1.74/sq mi
#339	Tract 9505	McCulloch, TX	1.74/sq mi
#340	Tract 19	Doña Ana, NM	1.74/sq mi
#341	Tract 6.01	Curry, NM	1.76/sq mi
#342	Tract 9668	Kidder, ND	1.76/sq mi
#343	Tract 24.03	Larimer, CO	1.77/sq mi
#344	Tract 21	Yavapai, AZ	1.77/sq mi
#345	Tract 9408	Sioux, ND	1.78/sq mi
#346	Tract 9747.01	Cibola, NM	1.78/sq mi
#347	Tract 9404	Glacier, MT	1.79/sq mi
#348	Tract 9501.01	Starr, TX	1.79/sq mi
#349	Tract 9781	San Juan, UT	1.80/sq mi
#350	Tract 9503	Throckmorton, TX	1.80/sq mi
#351	Tract 9641	Fall River, SD	1.81/sq mi
#352	Tract 9624	Kit Carson, CO	1.81/sq mi
#353	Tract 9412	Jackson, SD	1.81/sq mi
#354	Tract 9548.01	Mohave, AZ	1.81/sq mi
#355	Tract 5	Park, MT	1.81/sq mi
#356	Tract 9502	Mason, TX	1.81/sq mi
#357	Tract 9503	Schleicher, TX	1.82/sq mi
#358	Tract 9406	Valley, MT	1.82/sq mi
#359	Tract 9642	Grant, NM	1.82/sq mi
#360	Tract 9725	Logan, ND	1.83/sq mi
#361	Tract 9407	Big Horn, MT	1.85/sq mi
#362	Tract 9501.01	Klickitat, WA	1.85/sq mi
#363	Tract 9653.02	Park, WY	1.86/sq mi
#364	Tract 9602	Shoshone, ID	1.87/sq mi
#365	Tract 9625	McKenzie, ND	1.87/sq mi
#366	Tract 9626	Big Horn, WY	1.87/sq mi
#367	Tract 9726	San Juan, CO	1.87/sq mi
#368	Tract 9567	Benson, ND	1.88/sq mi
#369	Tract 9511	Rio Blanco, CO	1.88/sq mi
#370	Tract 9631	McPherson, SD	1.89/sq mi
#371	Tract 9623	Dundy, NE	1.89/sq mi
#372	Tract 1	Routt, CO	1.89/sq mi
#373	Tract 9601	Power, ID	1.89/sq mi
#374	Tract 9400.03	Yakima, WA	1.90/sq mi
#375	Tract 6868	Perry, AL	1.90/sq mi
#376	Tract 9577	Goshen, WY	1.90/sq mi
#377	Tract 1	Bristol Bay Borough, AK	1.90/sq mi
#378	Tract 9402.01	Uintah, UT	1.91/sq mi
#379	Tract 4611	Hodgeman, KS	1.92/sq mi
#380	Tract 9404	Big Horn, MT	1.93/sq mi
#381	Tract 9501	Kimble, TX	1.93/sq mi
#382	Tract 9617.02	Granite, MT	1.93/sq mi
#383	Tract 11	Lea, NM	1.94/sq mi
#384	Tract 9503	Dickens, TX	1.94/sq mi
#385	Tract 9603.03	Jefferson, OR	1.94/sq mi
#386	Tract 9533	Burke, ND	1.95/sq mi
#387	Tract 4536	Sherman, KS	1.96/sq mi
#388	Tract 9408	Pima, AZ	1.98/sq mi
#389	Tract 1.03	Campbell, WY	1.98/sq mi
#390	Tract 9701	Klamath, OR	1.99/sq mi
#391	Tract 701	Richland, MT	1.99/sq mi
#392	Tract 9659	Logan, CO	1.99/sq mi
#393	Tract 9503	Wilbarger, TX	1.99/sq mi
#394	Tract 9616	Graham, AZ	2.00/sq mi
#395	Tract 9601	Greenlee, AZ	2.00/sq mi
#396	Tract 9501	Armstrong, TX	2.00/sq mi
#397	Tract 9670	Sweet Grass, MT	2.00/sq mi
#398	Tract 102	Chouteau, MT	2.01/sq mi
#399	Tract 9502	Adams, WA	2.01/sq mi
#400	Tract 9622	Dunn, ND	2.01/sq mi