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
#701	Tract 9631	Yuma, CO	3.23/sq mi
#702	Tract 206.02	La Paz, AZ	3.23/sq mi
#703	Tract 4806	Phillips, AR	3.24/sq mi
#704	Tract 5	Lincoln, MT	3.24/sq mi
#705	Tract 3	Keith, NE	3.25/sq mi
#706	Tract 8	Eddy, NM	3.25/sq mi
#707	Tract 9552	Mountrail, ND	3.25/sq mi
#708	Tract 9523	Aroostook, ME	3.26/sq mi
#709	Tract 9713	Valley, NE	3.26/sq mi
#710	Tract 17.03	Flathead, MT	3.27/sq mi
#711	Tract 9508	Lewis, NY	3.27/sq mi
#712	Tract 9556	Alfalfa, OK	3.28/sq mi
#713	Tract 4.01	Roosevelt, NM	3.28/sq mi
#714	Tract 2	Iron, MI	3.29/sq mi
#715	Tract 9501	Cochran, TX	3.29/sq mi
#716	Tract 36	Pueblo, CO	3.29/sq mi
#717	Tract 155.01	St. Louis, MN	3.29/sq mi
#718	Tract 401	Cass, ND	3.30/sq mi
#719	Tract 4752	Phillips, KS	3.30/sq mi
#720	Tract 9712	Gregory, SD	3.30/sq mi
#721	Tract 9617	Ford, KS	3.31/sq mi
#722	Tract 9707	Sweetwater, WY	3.31/sq mi
#723	Tract 9703	Garfield, WA	3.31/sq mi
#724	Tract 9606	Chase, KS	3.31/sq mi
#725	Tract 1103	Iron, UT	3.32/sq mi
#726	Tract 9544	Woods, OK	3.33/sq mi
#727	Tract 9570	Dallas, AL	3.34/sq mi
#728	Tract 9691	Kiowa, KS	3.35/sq mi
#729	Tract 9741	Jerauld, SD	3.37/sq mi
#730	Tract 9400.11	Osage, OK	3.38/sq mi
#731	Tract 9503	Concho, TX	3.38/sq mi
#732	Tract 26	Jackson, OR	3.39/sq mi
#733	Tract 982	McCurtain, OK	3.39/sq mi
#734	Tract 9658	Greenwood, KS	3.40/sq mi
#735	Tract 9545	Kimball, NE	3.41/sq mi
#736	Tract 2	Toole, MT	3.42/sq mi
#737	Tract 9502	Scurry, TX	3.42/sq mi
#738	Tract 9790.01	Fremont, CO	3.43/sq mi
#739	Tract 4808	Arkansas, AR	3.45/sq mi
#740	Tract 9558	Cherry, NE	3.45/sq mi
#741	Tract 9696.01	Crowley, CO	3.47/sq mi
#742	Tract 9567	Beadle, SD	3.47/sq mi
#743	Tract 9503	Shackelford, TX	3.47/sq mi
#744	Tract 9665	Stillwater, MT	3.48/sq mi
#745	Tract 402	Lassen, CA	3.48/sq mi
#746	Tract 9507	Coleman, TX	3.48/sq mi
#747	Tract 9602	Luce, MI	3.49/sq mi
#748	Tract 9001.02	Los Angeles, CA	3.49/sq mi
#749	Tract 114	Monterey, CA	3.50/sq mi
#750	Tract 9400.02	Roosevelt, MT	3.50/sq mi
#751	Tract 9651	Hancock, ME	3.50/sq mi
#752	Tract 9656	Seward, KS	3.50/sq mi
#753	Tract 9722	LaMoure, ND	3.50/sq mi
#754	Tract 9503	Fisher, TX	3.51/sq mi
#755	Tract 2	Siskiyou, CA	3.53/sq mi
#756	Tract 1	Schoolcraft, MI	3.53/sq mi
#757	Tract 1802	Iron, WI	3.53/sq mi
#758	Tract 103.10	Santa Fe, NM	3.54/sq mi
#759	Tract 9666	Stillwater, MT	3.54/sq mi
#760	Tract 9566	Beadle, SD	3.54/sq mi
#761	Tract 9559	McHenry, ND	3.54/sq mi
#762	Tract 352	Wilcox, AL	3.55/sq mi
#763	Tract 7	Eddy, NM	3.55/sq mi
#764	Tract 1	Lincoln, MT	3.56/sq mi
#765	Tract 9502	Hamilton, TX	3.56/sq mi
#766	Tract 9701	Ferry, WA	3.56/sq mi
#767	Tract 9502	Hartley, TX	3.57/sq mi
#768	Tract 9503	Hemphill, TX	3.57/sq mi
#769	Tract 210.02	San Diego, CA	3.58/sq mi
#770	Tract 9646	Morton, KS	3.58/sq mi
#771	Tract 9505	Nolan, TX	3.58/sq mi
#772	Tract 9520	Brown, SD	3.59/sq mi
#773	Tract 52.07	Kern, CA	3.59/sq mi
#774	Tract 9400.14	Navajo, AZ	3.59/sq mi
#775	Tract 9422.01	Coconino, AZ	3.59/sq mi
#776	Tract 9501	Mills, TX	3.60/sq mi
#777	Tract 106	Cascade, MT	3.60/sq mi
#778	Tract 9501	Leflore, MS	3.60/sq mi
#779	Tract 9501	Childress, TX	3.61/sq mi
#780	Tract 2	Trinity, CA	3.61/sq mi
#781	Tract 1	Siskiyou, CA	3.62/sq mi
#782	Tract 9627	Hitchcock, NE	3.62/sq mi
#783	Tract 9404	Archuleta, CO	3.62/sq mi
#784	Tract 9406.02	Bernalillo, NM	3.62/sq mi
#785	Tract 103.09	Santa Fe, NM	3.63/sq mi
#786	Tract 4604.02	Lake of the Woods, MN	3.64/sq mi
#787	Tract 8.02	San Benito, CA	3.64/sq mi
#788	Tract 9508	Gogebic, MI	3.65/sq mi
#789	Tract 9720	Lewis, WA	3.65/sq mi
#790	Tract 9592	Eddy, ND	3.66/sq mi
#791	Tract 9600	Nuckolls, NE	3.66/sq mi
#792	Tract 9534	Williams, ND	3.66/sq mi
#793	Tract 9676.02	Teton, WY	3.67/sq mi
#794	Tract 9646	Mineral, MT	3.67/sq mi
#795	Tract 9501.02	Bailey, TX	3.69/sq mi
#796	Tract 4706	Stafford, KS	3.69/sq mi
#797	Tract 45	Kern, CA	3.70/sq mi
#798	Tract 9522	Harper, OK	3.70/sq mi
#799	Tract 902	Kittson, MN	3.71/sq mi
#800	Tract 9665	Beckham, OK	3.71/sq mi