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Least densely populated counties

County equivalents with the fewest residents per square mile of land. Large rural areas in Alaska and the Great Plains dominate; density is an average across each whole county.

Ranks 2801–2900

Vintage 2025 population estimates · 2026 Gazetteer land area · 3,222 county equivalents · page 29 of 33

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What this part of the ranking shows

This page runs from Ohio County, West Virginia at 382 people per mi² to Sedgwick County, Kansas at 540 people per mi². The 100 entries represent 36 state-level jurisdictions. Puerto Rico has the most entries on this page (9).

Rank numbers continue across pages and describe the full selected ranking. They are not state ranks. Start at rank 1 for the leading entries, or open a county profile for its state rank and median comparisons.

Least densely populated counties, ranks 2801 through 2900. Population is the July 1, 2025 estimate; density is per square mile of land.
RankCounty / equivalentStatePopulationPer mi²Land mi²
2801Ohio CountyWest Virginia40,496382106
2802Beaver CountyPennsylvania166,032382434.7
2803Scott CountyIowa175,259383458.1
2804Orange CountyNorth Carolina152,498384397.6
2805Charles CountyMaryland176,593386457.8
2806Spotsylvania CountyVirginia155,388387401.9
2807Roanoke CountyVirginia97,150388250.5
2808Guayanilla MunicipioPuerto Rico16,48939042.2
2809Benton CountyArkansas332,554392847.7
2810Washington CountyRhode Island129,795394329.3
2811Carroll CountyMaryland176,677395447.6
2812Sullivan CountyTennessee163,759396413.5
2813Clay CountyFlorida239,593396604.6
2814Lancaster CountyNebraska334,049399837.6
2815Niagara CountyNew York208,912400522.3
2816Winnebago CountyWisconsin174,218401434.7
2817Lebanon CountyPennsylvania146,380405361.8
2818Ozaukee CountyWisconsin94,346405233
2819Carson CityNevada58,571405144.5
2820Sumner CountyTennessee215,538407529.5
2821Island CountyWashington85,657410208.7
2822DeSoto CountyMississippi197,918415476.4
2823Snohomish CountyWashington870,6564172,086.5
2824Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning RegionConnecticut177,311418424.1
2825Nueces CountyTexas352,992421839.4
2826Porter CountyIndiana176,049421418.1
2827Thurston CountyWashington304,261421722.5
2828Greene CountyOhio174,322421413.6
2829Buncombe CountyNorth Carolina277,417423656.5
2830Union CountyNorth Carolina267,674423632.7
2831Catawba CountyNorth Carolina170,172424401.4
2832Coamo MunicipioPuerto Rico33,07642478
2833Brazos CountyTexas249,088425586.2
2834Hamblen CountyTennessee68,843427161.2
2835Catoosa CountyGeorgia69,628429162.2
2836Putnam CountyNew York99,028430230.3
2837Washington CountyTennessee141,199432326.5
2838Peñuelas MunicipioPuerto Rico19,32543344.7
2839Berkeley CountyWest Virginia139,522434321.1
2840Naguabo MunicipioPuerto Rico22,66643951.7
2841Medina CountyOhio185,025439421.5
2842Alamance CountyNorth Carolina186,177440423.5
2843Calvert CountyMaryland94,484443213.2
2844Scott CountyMinnesota159,017447356.1
2845Leon CountyFlorida299,048447668.4
2846Hays CountyTexas304,390450676.9
2847Elkhart CountyIndiana208,774451463.2
2848York CountySouth Carolina306,887451680.6
2849Ventura CountyCalifornia830,8514511,840.8
2850Lares MunicipioPuerto Rico27,74445261.4
2851Boulder CountyColorado328,560452726.4
2852Kendall CountyIllinois145,470454320.2
2853Lexington CountySouth Carolina317,588455698.5
2854Weber CountyUtah278,174455611
2855Greene CountyMissouri309,286458675.3
2856Frederick CountyMaryland302,883458660.7
2857Newton CountyGeorgia125,583459273.8
2858Gregg CountyTexas126,095461273.4
2859Montgomery CountyTennessee249,935464539.2
2860Norton cityVirginia3,4774657.5
2861Ascension ParishLouisiana135,105466290
2862Rockingham CountyNew Hampshire324,077466695.6
2863Yauco MunicipioPuerto Rico31,60846767.8
2864Williamson CountyTennessee272,061467582.9
2865Canyon CountyIdaho275,123469587
2866Hernando CountyFlorida221,701469473
2867Kalamazoo CountyMichigan263,795469562
2868Spartanburg CountySouth Carolina380,857471808.4
2869Lackawanna CountyPennsylvania216,502472458.8
2870Houston CountyGeorgia178,214474376.2
2871Southeastern Connecticut Planning RegionConnecticut284,015475598.1
2872Charleston CountySouth Carolina436,200475918.3
2873Adams CountyColorado554,6684751,166.8
2874Douglas CountyColorado399,396475840.1
2875Hendricks CountyIndiana193,510476406.9
2876Maunabo MunicipioPuerto Rico10,12047821.2
2877Lake CountyFlorida456,068478954
2878Clermont CountyOhio216,977479452.6
2879Polk CountyFlorida874,7904861,798.8
2880Cameron CountyTexas433,946487891.7
2881Marin CountyCalifornia253,694488520.1
2882Dane CountyWisconsin590,3754931,196.5
2883Hillsborough CountyNew Hampshire433,415494876.5
2884Atlantic CountyNew Jersey278,657502555.6
2885Escambia CountyFlorida333,834508657
2886Yabucoa MunicipioPuerto Rico28,05850855.2
2887Cumberland CountyPennsylvania277,270508545.5
2888Maricopa CountyArizona4,689,5585109,202
2889Berks CountyPennsylvania440,072514856.4
2890Orange CountyNew York417,669514812.1
2891Cumberland CountyNorth Carolina338,473519652.6
2892Ada CountyIdaho546,1415191,052.3
2893Brown CountyWisconsin275,803520530.1
2894Ingham CountyMichigan289,709521556.1
2895York CountyPennsylvania473,197523904.4
2896Guayama MunicipioPuerto Rico34,04352365
2897Washtenaw CountyMichigan370,214524706
2898McHenry CountyIllinois317,751527603.4
2899Pulaski CountyArkansas404,611534758.4
2900Sedgwick CountyKansas538,433540997

Read the differences behind ranks 2801–2900

The median density among these 100 entries is 452 people per mi². The first and last entries span 158 people per square mile. This median describes the entries on this page, not the full national dataset. Pagination is a browsing boundary, not a distinct geographic region.

Adjacent ranks can differ by a handful of residents or by many thousands. Open a county profile for its population trend since 2020, land area, and state comparisons.

Where the entries on this page are located

  • Puerto Rico9 entries · 9% of this page
  • Florida6 entries · 6% of this page
  • North Carolina6 entries · 6% of this page
  • Pennsylvania6 entries · 6% of this page
  • Tennessee6 entries · 6% of this page
  • Texas5 entries · 5% of this page

The remaining 30 jurisdictions contribute 62 entries. The list above shows the six most represented, with alphabetical ordering when counts tie.

These counts describe representation in this slice of the ranking. They do not measure a state’s share of national land or population. Compare the first and last county equivalents on this page to inspect land, water, and total area separately.

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Population rankings use Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates; density rankings divide them by original ALAND square meters. Land rankings use original ALAND square meters; total-area rankings use ALAND + AWATER. Exact ties use ascending GEOID. Displayed square-mile values are rounded. Read the methodology.