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
#401	Tract 303	Linn, OR	2.01/sq mi
#402	Tract 9594.02	Platte, WY	2.02/sq mi
#403	Tract 4930	St. Lawrence, NY	2.02/sq mi
#404	Tract 9671	Clark, KS	2.03/sq mi
#405	Tract 1.03	Sublette, WY	2.03/sq mi
#406	Tract 9741	Holt, NE	2.03/sq mi
#407	Tract 205	Meade, SD	2.03/sq mi
#408	Tract 9515	Towner, ND	2.03/sq mi
#409	Tract 4759	Smith, KS	2.03/sq mi
#410	Tract 42.01	Tuolumne, CA	2.04/sq mi
#411	Tract 9566	Lane, KS	2.04/sq mi
#412	Tract 9404	Mohave, AZ	2.05/sq mi
#413	Tract 9647	Hettinger, ND	2.05/sq mi
#414	Tract 4801.02	Cook, MN	2.06/sq mi
#415	Tract 290	Penobscot, ME	2.06/sq mi
#416	Tract 1.02	Madison, MT	2.07/sq mi
#417	Tract 9504	Winkler, TX	2.07/sq mi
#418	Tract 75	Clark, NV	2.07/sq mi
#419	Tract 9505	Duval, TX	2.08/sq mi
#420	Tract 9603	Lincoln, NM	2.08/sq mi
#421	Tract 9511	Vermilion Parish, LA	2.08/sq mi
#422	Tract 9601	Stanley, SD	2.09/sq mi
#423	Tract 5	Rio Arriba, NM	2.09/sq mi
#424	Tract 9617.01	Granite, MT	2.10/sq mi
#425	Tract 3	Madison, MT	2.10/sq mi
#426	Tract 9304	Los Angeles, CA	2.11/sq mi
#427	Tract 9709	Okanogan, WA	2.11/sq mi
#428	Tract 9410	Rio Arriba, NM	2.11/sq mi
#429	Tract 9506	Coleman, TX	2.12/sq mi
#430	Tract 9511	Box Butte, NE	2.12/sq mi
#431	Tract 52	Pima, AZ	2.12/sq mi
#432	Tract 9	Lea, NM	2.14/sq mi
#433	Tract 9506	Baker, OR	2.14/sq mi
#434	Tract 1	Teton, MT	2.14/sq mi
#435	Tract 9665	Emmons, ND	2.16/sq mi
#436	Tract 9611	Faulk, SD	2.17/sq mi
#437	Tract 9503	Menard, TX	2.17/sq mi
#438	Tract 7	Prowers, CO	2.17/sq mi
#439	Tract 18.15	Webb, TX	2.17/sq mi
#440	Tract 9641	Campbell, SD	2.17/sq mi
#441	Tract 9656	Adams, ND	2.17/sq mi
#442	Tract 9583	Walsh, ND	2.17/sq mi
#443	Tract 9577	Ramsey, ND	2.17/sq mi
#444	Tract 9421	San Juan, UT	2.18/sq mi
#445	Tract 9501	Castro, TX	2.18/sq mi
#446	Tract 9501	Cassia, ID	2.18/sq mi
#447	Tract 9670	Stutsman, ND	2.19/sq mi
#448	Tract 100	Alpine, CA	2.19/sq mi
#449	Tract 116.02	San Bernardino, CA	2.19/sq mi
#450	Tract 9676	Comanche, KS	2.19/sq mi
#451	Tract 701	Tillman, OK	2.20/sq mi
#452	Tract 9501	Knox, TX	2.21/sq mi
#453	Tract 1.01	Mono, CA	2.21/sq mi
#454	Tract 9534	Thomas, KS	2.21/sq mi
#455	Tract 3	Teton, MT	2.22/sq mi
#456	Tract 9556	McHenry, ND	2.22/sq mi
#457	Tract 9601	Chelan, WA	2.22/sq mi
#458	Tract 9507	Colfax, NM	2.23/sq mi
#459	Tract 9601	Piute, UT	2.23/sq mi
#460	Tract 9701	Washington, ID	2.23/sq mi
#461	Tract 9648	Hettinger, ND	2.24/sq mi
#462	Tract 103	Glenn, CA	2.24/sq mi
#463	Tract 9401	McLean, ND	2.24/sq mi
#464	Tract 9501	Martin, TX	2.24/sq mi
#465	Tract 9525	Bottineau, ND	2.25/sq mi
#466	Tract 9501	Issaquena, MS	2.25/sq mi
#467	Tract 9708	Wasco, OR	2.25/sq mi
#468	Tract 9503	Sutton, TX	2.25/sq mi
#469	Tract 2	Tensas Parish, LA	2.26/sq mi
#470	Tract 9641	Grant, NM	2.27/sq mi
#471	Tract 7	Gila, AZ	2.27/sq mi
#472	Tract 9527	Day, SD	2.27/sq mi
#473	Tract 9512	Rio Blanco, CO	2.28/sq mi
#474	Tract 1	Dolores, CO	2.28/sq mi
#475	Tract 9718	Custer, NE	2.29/sq mi
#476	Tract 9682	Barber, KS	2.30/sq mi
#477	Tract 9703	Pawnee, KS	2.30/sq mi
#478	Tract 9501	Zavala, TX	2.31/sq mi
#479	Tract 1	Park, MT	2.31/sq mi
#480	Tract 9661	Montrose, CO	2.32/sq mi
#481	Tract 9501	Kinney, TX	2.32/sq mi
#482	Tract 9702	White Pine, NV	2.33/sq mi
#483	Tract 25.01	Weld, CO	2.34/sq mi
#484	Tract 9696	Edwards, KS	2.35/sq mi
#485	Tract 9501	Hamilton, NY	2.35/sq mi
#486	Tract 9750	Brown, NE	2.35/sq mi
#487	Tract 9506	Rawlins, KS	2.35/sq mi
#488	Tract 9502.02	Boise, ID	2.35/sq mi
#489	Tract 9501	Sherman, OR	2.35/sq mi
#490	Tract 6.01	Hendry, FL	2.35/sq mi
#491	Tract 9502	Crook, WY	2.36/sq mi
#492	Tract 9424	Navajo, AZ	2.37/sq mi
#493	Tract 4751	Phillips, KS	2.39/sq mi
#494	Tract 9402	Gila, AZ	2.40/sq mi
#495	Tract 13	Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	2.40/sq mi
#496	Tract 9548.02	Mohave, AZ	2.40/sq mi
#497	Tract 9551	Washington, ME	2.41/sq mi
#498	Tract 3	Spink, SD	2.43/sq mi
#499	Tract 9636.02	Gunnison, CO	2.43/sq mi
#500	Tract 5	Luna, NM	2.43/sq mi