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
#801	Tract 4801	Arkansas, AR	3.72/sq mi
#802	Tract 9565	Grant, OK	3.72/sq mi
#803	Tract 901	Kittson, MN	3.72/sq mi
#804	Tract 9600	Alamosa, CO	3.73/sq mi
#805	Tract 9702	Roseau, MN	3.73/sq mi
#806	Tract 9736	Aurora, SD	3.73/sq mi
#807	Tract 205	Morton, ND	3.73/sq mi
#808	Tract 9631	Red Willow, NE	3.73/sq mi
#809	Tract 204	Polk, MN	3.73/sq mi
#810	Tract 24	Clallam, WA	3.74/sq mi
#811	Tract 9242	Washington, CO	3.74/sq mi
#812	Tract 8	Routt, CO	3.76/sq mi
#813	Tract 9428.01	San Juan, NM	3.77/sq mi
#814	Tract 1008	Sawyer, WI	3.77/sq mi
#815	Tract 7903	Koochiching, MN	3.77/sq mi
#816	Tract 9512.02	Elko, NV	3.77/sq mi
#817	Tract 32	Pueblo, CO	3.78/sq mi
#818	Tract 3.01	Lander, NV	3.78/sq mi
#819	Tract 3	Tehama, CA	3.79/sq mi
#820	Tract 9721	LaMoure, ND	3.79/sq mi
#821	Tract 9501	Aroostook, ME	3.79/sq mi
#822	Tract 9533	Grant, SD	3.79/sq mi
#823	Tract 9414.02	Pinal, AZ	3.80/sq mi
#824	Tract 24.01	Larimer, CO	3.80/sq mi
#825	Tract 9651	Elk, KS	3.81/sq mi
#826	Tract 9702.01	Apache, AZ	3.81/sq mi
#827	Tract 9401.03	Menominee, WI	3.82/sq mi
#828	Tract 15.02	Yellowstone, MT	3.82/sq mi
#829	Tract 7.02	San Juan, NM	3.83/sq mi
#830	Tract 9601	Finney, KS	3.83/sq mi
#831	Tract 4	Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	3.83/sq mi
#832	Tract 9402	Buffalo, SD	3.84/sq mi
#833	Tract 9	Eddy, NM	3.84/sq mi
#834	Tract 9746	Rooks, KS	3.85/sq mi
#835	Tract 9502.01	Wilkinson, MS	3.85/sq mi
#836	Tract 9709	Greeley, NE	3.86/sq mi
#837	Tract 4741	Osborne, KS	3.87/sq mi
#838	Tract 9420	San Juan, UT	3.87/sq mi
#839	Tract 9774	Cloud, KS	3.87/sq mi
#840	Tract 4602	Traverse, MN	3.88/sq mi
#841	Tract 14.02	Yavapai, AZ	3.88/sq mi
#842	Tract 9400	Grays Harbor, WA	3.89/sq mi
#843	Tract 9012.09	Los Angeles, CA	3.89/sq mi
#844	Tract 111.01	Monterey, CA	3.90/sq mi
#845	Tract 9749	Conejos, CO	3.90/sq mi
#846	Tract 102	Mendocino, CA	3.91/sq mi
#847	Tract 9505	Stephens, TX	3.91/sq mi
#848	Tract 9504	Haskell, TX	3.91/sq mi
#849	Tract 9511.01	Skagit, WA	3.93/sq mi
#850	Tract 1802	Lac qui Parle, MN	3.93/sq mi
#851	Tract 978	Pushmataha, OK	3.93/sq mi
#852	Tract 114.02	St. Louis, MN	3.93/sq mi
#853	Tract 9427	Apache, AZ	3.94/sq mi
#854	Tract 9742	Sargent, ND	3.95/sq mi
#855	Tract 9601	Knox, MO	3.96/sq mi
#856	Tract 3	Lewis and Clark, MT	3.97/sq mi
#857	Tract 9603	Lincoln, WA	3.98/sq mi
#858	Tract 9601	Oneida, ID	3.98/sq mi
#859	Tract 9505	Floyd, TX	3.98/sq mi
#860	Tract 9503	Baker, OR	3.98/sq mi
#861	Tract 9503	Monroe, AR	3.99/sq mi
#862	Tract 9401	Blaine, MT	4.00/sq mi
#863	Tract 866	Ellsworth, KS	4.01/sq mi
#864	Tract 9501	Real, TX	4.01/sq mi
#865	Tract 9711	Richland, ND	4.01/sq mi
#866	Tract 9744	Archuleta, CO	4.02/sq mi
#867	Tract 9449.02	Apache, AZ	4.02/sq mi
#868	Tract 9782	Republic, KS	4.02/sq mi
#869	Tract 29.02	Marquette, MI	4.02/sq mi
#870	Tract 9713.01	Valencia, NM	4.02/sq mi
#871	Tract 64.11	Fresno, CA	4.03/sq mi
#872	Tract 9647	Baca, CO	4.03/sq mi
#873	Tract 9601	Jefferson, ID	4.03/sq mi
#874	Tract 4701	Shannon, MO	4.03/sq mi
#875	Tract 9616	Miner, SD	4.03/sq mi
#876	Tract 112	Sandoval, NM	4.04/sq mi
#877	Tract 9505	Pembina, ND	4.04/sq mi
#878	Tract 9601	Ashley, AR	4.04/sq mi
#879	Tract 9501	Wilkin, MN	4.05/sq mi
#880	Tract 9627	Big Horn, WY	4.05/sq mi
#881	Tract 9683	Jackson, OK	4.05/sq mi
#882	Tract 9410	Sandoval, NM	4.06/sq mi
#883	Tract 861	Lincoln, KS	4.06/sq mi
#884	Tract 9411	Corson, SD	4.07/sq mi
#885	Tract 3	Las Animas, CO	4.08/sq mi
#886	Tract 7233.05	Maricopa, AZ	4.08/sq mi
#887	Tract 9558	Clark, SD	4.09/sq mi
#888	Tract 4802	Sullivan, MO	4.09/sq mi
#889	Tract 102	Lycoming, PA	4.10/sq mi
#890	Tract 110	Ward, ND	4.10/sq mi
#891	Tract 5.04	Calaveras, CA	4.10/sq mi
#892	Tract 9619	Chase, NE	4.10/sq mi
#893	Tract 9723	Rush, KS	4.11/sq mi
#894	Tract 9660	Logan, CO	4.11/sq mi
#895	Tract 9504.04	Mohave, AZ	4.11/sq mi
#896	Tract 9502	Mackinac, MI	4.13/sq mi
#897	Tract 9415	Cibola, NM	4.13/sq mi
#898	Tract 9608	Saline, NE	4.14/sq mi
#899	Tract 9651	Custer, SD	4.16/sq mi
#900	Tract 9451	Apache, AZ	4.18/sq mi