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
#501	Tract 18.01	Missoula, MT	2.43/sq mi
#502	Tract 104.24	San Bernardino, CA	2.44/sq mi
#503	Tract 104	Cascade, MT	2.44/sq mi
#504	Tract 9501	Runnels, TX	2.45/sq mi
#505	Tract 6	Gila, AZ	2.45/sq mi
#506	Tract 9601.02	Harney, OR	2.45/sq mi
#507	Tract 116.02	Pennington, SD	2.45/sq mi
#508	Tract 4	Park, CO	2.47/sq mi
#509	Tract 9563	Ness, KS	2.47/sq mi
#510	Tract 9588	Blaine, OK	2.47/sq mi
#511	Tract 9617	Harper, KS	2.47/sq mi
#512	Tract 9504.02	Zapata, TX	2.48/sq mi
#513	Tract 9426	Apache, AZ	2.48/sq mi
#514	Tract 9586	Hamilton, KS	2.48/sq mi
#515	Tract 22.01	Coconino, AZ	2.48/sq mi
#516	Tract 9502	Sherman, TX	2.49/sq mi
#517	Tract 43.16	Pima, AZ	2.49/sq mi
#518	Tract 9602	Caribou, ID	2.49/sq mi
#519	Tract 4.02	Roosevelt, NM	2.49/sq mi
#520	Tract 9701	Ontonagon, MI	2.50/sq mi
#521	Tract 9450	Coconino, AZ	2.52/sq mi
#522	Tract 9546	Logan, KS	2.52/sq mi
#523	Tract 9707	Chippewa, MI	2.52/sq mi
#524	Tract 9667.02	Bent, CO	2.52/sq mi
#525	Tract 9506	Deaf Smith, TX	2.53/sq mi
#526	Tract 9502.01	Uvalde, TX	2.53/sq mi
#527	Tract 9687	Steele, ND	2.53/sq mi
#528	Tract 9743	Millard, UT	2.54/sq mi
#529	Tract 9612	Oliver, ND	2.55/sq mi
#530	Tract 5.01	Sheridan, WY	2.55/sq mi
#531	Tract 1.04	Sublette, WY	2.55/sq mi
#532	Tract 2	Madison, MT	2.55/sq mi
#533	Tract 9510	Texas, OK	2.55/sq mi
#534	Tract 9411	Montezuma, CO	2.55/sq mi
#535	Tract 9501	Rich, UT	2.56/sq mi
#536	Tract 9729	McIntosh, ND	2.56/sq mi
#537	Tract 9402	Washoe, NV	2.56/sq mi
#538	Tract 9580	Goshen, WY	2.56/sq mi
#539	Tract 9622	Edmunds, SD	2.57/sq mi
#540	Tract 243.01	Hidalgo, TX	2.58/sq mi
#541	Tract 9502	Cheyenne, KS	2.58/sq mi
#542	Tract 9636	Grant, KS	2.58/sq mi
#543	Tract 8	Siskiyou, CA	2.58/sq mi
#544	Tract 16	Twin Falls, ID	2.58/sq mi
#545	Tract 9593	Dewey, OK	2.58/sq mi
#546	Tract 4.01	Rio Arriba, NM	2.59/sq mi
#547	Tract 1.02	Tulare, CA	2.60/sq mi
#548	Tract 9503.02	Baylor, TX	2.60/sq mi
#549	Tract 9501	Baker, OR	2.61/sq mi
#550	Tract 9521	Harper, OK	2.61/sq mi
#551	Tract 6	Prowers, CO	2.61/sq mi
#552	Tract 9405	Graham, AZ	2.61/sq mi
#553	Tract 9553	Gove, KS	2.61/sq mi
#554	Tract 9608.02	Lyon, NV	2.61/sq mi
#555	Tract 4804.01	Itasca, MN	2.62/sq mi
#556	Tract 9772	Pondera, MT	2.62/sq mi
#557	Tract 9501	Brooks, TX	2.62/sq mi
#558	Tract 9703.03	Okanogan, WA	2.62/sq mi
#559	Tract 9529	Renville, ND	2.63/sq mi
#560	Tract 9548	Cheyenne, NE	2.63/sq mi
#561	Tract 9611	Frontier, NE	2.64/sq mi
#562	Tract 4.02	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	2.64/sq mi
#563	Tract 9405	McKinley, NM	2.65/sq mi
#564	Tract 9666	Meade, KS	2.65/sq mi
#565	Tract 9523	Graham, KS	2.66/sq mi
#566	Tract 9702	Clinch, GA	2.66/sq mi
#567	Tract 9502	San Saba, TX	2.66/sq mi
#568	Tract 9701	Dallas, AR	2.67/sq mi
#569	Tract 9686	Pratt, KS	2.67/sq mi
#570	Tract 9601	Mason, WA	2.67/sq mi
#571	Tract 2	Medina, TX	2.68/sq mi
#572	Tract 9502	Presidio, TX	2.68/sq mi
#573	Tract 9519	Rolette, ND	2.68/sq mi
#574	Tract 4	Plumas, CA	2.71/sq mi
#575	Tract 9528	Sheridan, KS	2.71/sq mi
#576	Tract 9604.01	Lincoln, NM	2.71/sq mi
#577	Tract 9524	Bottineau, ND	2.71/sq mi
#578	Tract 9577	San Miguel, NM	2.71/sq mi
#579	Tract 207	Franklin, WA	2.72/sq mi
#580	Tract 9614	Essex, NY	2.72/sq mi
#581	Tract 9506	Lynn, TX	2.72/sq mi
#582	Tract 9591	Platte, WY	2.73/sq mi
#583	Tract 9679	Barnes, ND	2.74/sq mi
#584	Tract 9501	Reagan, TX	2.75/sq mi
#585	Tract 9672	Stutsman, ND	2.75/sq mi
#586	Tract 9552	Major, OK	2.76/sq mi
#587	Tract 9501	Forest, WI	2.76/sq mi
#588	Tract 9507	Texas, OK	2.76/sq mi
#589	Tract 9503.02	La Salle, TX	2.76/sq mi
#590	Tract 1000	Douglas, OR	2.76/sq mi
#591	Tract 9504	Jim Hogg, TX	2.77/sq mi
#592	Tract 9597	Lincoln, NE	2.77/sq mi
#593	Tract 125	Shasta, CA	2.77/sq mi
#594	Tract 1	Potter, SD	2.77/sq mi
#595	Tract 9703	Traill, ND	2.78/sq mi
#596	Tract 1	Spink, SD	2.78/sq mi
#597	Tract 9623.02	McKenzie, ND	2.79/sq mi
#598	Tract 9618	Mercer, ND	2.79/sq mi
#599	Tract 9642.02	Navajo, AZ	2.79/sq mi
#600	Tract 9739	Russell, KS	2.79/sq mi