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
#601	Tract 101.02	Humboldt, CA	2.80/sq mi
#602	Tract 9403	Sanders, MT	2.81/sq mi
#603	Tract 4801.02	Itasca, MN	2.81/sq mi
#604	Tract 115.02	Herkimer, NY	2.82/sq mi
#605	Tract 9726	Costilla, CO	2.82/sq mi
#606	Tract 9503	Collingsworth, TX	2.82/sq mi
#607	Tract 9752	Sevier, UT	2.82/sq mi
#608	Tract 60.04	Kern, CA	2.83/sq mi
#609	Tract 9505	Mohave, AZ	2.83/sq mi
#610	Tract 9400.08	Navajo, AZ	2.85/sq mi
#611	Tract 9601	Jefferson, OR	2.85/sq mi
#612	Tract 4.02	Luna, NM	2.86/sq mi
#613	Tract 9501	Terry, TX	2.86/sq mi
#614	Tract 3	Garfield, UT	2.86/sq mi
#615	Tract 1	Skagway Municipality, AK	2.87/sq mi
#616	Tract 111.13	Collier, FL	2.87/sq mi
#617	Tract 9604	Lincoln, WA	2.87/sq mi
#618	Tract 100	Sierra, CA	2.88/sq mi
#619	Tract 9423	Navajo, AZ	2.88/sq mi
#620	Tract 18.01	Natrona, WY	2.88/sq mi
#621	Tract 9705	Sweetwater, WY	2.88/sq mi
#622	Tract 9717	Custer, NE	2.89/sq mi
#623	Tract 9501	Yoakum, TX	2.90/sq mi
#624	Tract 9422.02	Coconino, AZ	2.91/sq mi
#625	Tract 9576	Wichita, KS	2.91/sq mi
#626	Tract 9503.01	Zavala, TX	2.91/sq mi
#627	Tract 9402	Blaine, MT	2.92/sq mi
#628	Tract 9400.12	Navajo, AZ	2.93/sq mi
#629	Tract 9501.02	Garza, TX	2.93/sq mi
#630	Tract 9651	Walworth, SD	2.93/sq mi
#631	Tract 9600	Roger Mills, OK	2.94/sq mi
#632	Tract 9680	Barnes, ND	2.94/sq mi
#633	Tract 19	Mesa, CO	2.95/sq mi
#634	Tract 114.01	St. Louis, MN	2.95/sq mi
#635	Tract 9780.02	Lincoln, WY	2.96/sq mi
#636	Tract 205.01	La Paz, AZ	2.96/sq mi
#637	Tract 2	Beaverhead, MT	2.96/sq mi
#638	Tract 9501	Andrews, TX	2.96/sq mi
#639	Tract 9705.02	Apache, AZ	2.97/sq mi
#640	Tract 97	Ventura, CA	2.97/sq mi
#641	Tract 10	Whitman, WA	2.97/sq mi
#642	Tract 9502	Coke, TX	2.98/sq mi
#643	Tract 9502	Swisher, TX	2.98/sq mi
#644	Tract 15.01	Yavapai, AZ	2.98/sq mi
#645	Tract 9641	Stanton, KS	3.00/sq mi
#646	Tract 210.01	San Diego, CA	3.00/sq mi
#647	Tract 1	Grand, CO	3.00/sq mi
#648	Tract 9731	Brule, SD	3.00/sq mi
#649	Tract 9753.01	Uinta, WY	3.01/sq mi
#650	Tract 9701	Pend Oreille, WA	3.01/sq mi
#651	Tract 9732	Garfield, NE	3.02/sq mi
#652	Tract 101	Mendocino, CA	3.02/sq mi
#653	Tract 24	Pinal, AZ	3.04/sq mi
#654	Tract 9432.01	San Juan, NM	3.04/sq mi
#655	Tract 801	Marshall, MN	3.04/sq mi
#656	Tract 9513	Decatur, KS	3.05/sq mi
#657	Tract 9502	Adams, ID	3.05/sq mi
#658	Tract 9727	Costilla, CO	3.05/sq mi
#659	Tract 4.02	Rio Arriba, NM	3.06/sq mi
#660	Tract 9506	Cassia, ID	3.06/sq mi
#661	Tract 9501	Hansford, TX	3.07/sq mi
#662	Tract 9690	Ransom, ND	3.07/sq mi
#663	Tract 9590	Nelson, ND	3.07/sq mi
#664	Tract 801	Roosevelt, MT	3.08/sq mi
#665	Tract 9633	Stark, ND	3.08/sq mi
#666	Tract 1	Eagle, CO	3.09/sq mi
#667	Tract 9502	Douglas, WA	3.09/sq mi
#668	Tract 9656	Greenwood, KS	3.10/sq mi
#669	Tract 5	Trinity, CA	3.11/sq mi
#670	Tract 9752.02	Uinta, WY	3.11/sq mi
#671	Tract 9558	Trego, KS	3.12/sq mi
#672	Tract 2100	Douglas, OR	3.12/sq mi
#673	Tract 9502	Hutchinson, TX	3.13/sq mi
#674	Tract 9666.01	Lawrence, SD	3.13/sq mi
#675	Tract 9758	Boyd, NE	3.13/sq mi
#676	Tract 9516	Beaver, OK	3.13/sq mi
#677	Tract 9613	Kingman, KS	3.14/sq mi
#678	Tract 9501	Desha, AR	3.14/sq mi
#679	Tract 9501	Dickinson, MI	3.14/sq mi
#680	Tract 966	Woodson, KS	3.14/sq mi
#681	Tract 9781	Republic, KS	3.15/sq mi
#682	Tract 4	Carbon, MT	3.16/sq mi
#683	Tract 9703	Klamath, OR	3.16/sq mi
#684	Tract 9504	Mitchell, TX	3.17/sq mi
#685	Tract 9504	Swisher, TX	3.17/sq mi
#686	Tract 9686	Griggs, ND	3.17/sq mi
#687	Tract 9770.01	Rio Grande, CO	3.17/sq mi
#688	Tract 4801.01	Cook, MN	3.18/sq mi
#689	Tract 9561	Pierce, ND	3.18/sq mi
#690	Tract 9525	Morrill, NE	3.18/sq mi
#691	Tract 902	Sheridan, MT	3.19/sq mi
#692	Tract 9505	Hall, TX	3.19/sq mi
#693	Tract 9593	Perkins, NE	3.19/sq mi
#694	Tract 5	Park, CO	3.20/sq mi
#695	Tract 9720	Custer, NE	3.20/sq mi
#696	Tract 5763	Jewell, KS	3.20/sq mi
#697	Tract 9503	Crook, WY	3.21/sq mi
#698	Tract 18	Mesa, CO	3.22/sq mi
#699	Tract 204	Morton, ND	3.22/sq mi
#700	Tract 9703	Ontonagon, MI	3.23/sq mi