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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 3101–3200

Vintage 2025 population estimates · 2026 Gazetteer land area · 3,222 county equivalents · page 32 of 33

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What this part of the ranking shows

This page runs from Henrico County, Virginia at 1,467 people per mi² to Manassas city, Virginia at 4,504 people per mi². The 100 entries represent 29 state-level jurisdictions. Virginia has the most entries on this page (25).

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 3101 through 3200. Population is the July 1, 2025 estimate; density is per square mile of land.
RankCounty / equivalentStatePopulationPer mi²Land mi²
3101Henrico CountyVirginia342,7751,467233.7
3102Miami-Dade CountyFlorida2,802,0291,4751,900
3103Davidson CountyTennessee745,9041,481503.5
3104Santa Clara CountyCalifornia1,914,3911,4831,291.1
3105Petersburg cityVirginia33,7341,48522.7
3106Oakland CountyMichigan1,288,3371,485867.4
3107Prince William CountyVirginia502,9661,500335.3
3108Wake CountyNorth Carolina1,257,2351,506834.8
3109Hillsborough CountyFlorida1,574,1151,5401,022.2
3110Collin CountyTexas1,297,1791,541841.6
3111Dorado MunicipioPuerto Rico35,8911,55123.1
3112South Central Connecticut Planning RegionConnecticut578,7411,576367.3
3113Seminole CountyFlorida491,8841,590309.4
3114Waynesboro cityVirginia23,9511,60015
3115Lake CountyIllinois719,3391,621443.7
3116Salt Lake CountyUtah1,220,9161,622752.7
3117Contra Costa CountyCalifornia1,170,0701,632716.9
3118Honolulu CountyHawaii988,7031,646600.8
3119Providence CountyRhode Island678,1791,656409.5
3120San Mateo CountyCalifornia743,5681,658448.6
3121Lynchburg cityVirginia81,3471,66348.9
3122Broward CountyFlorida2,013,3171,6741,203
3123Sacramento CountyCalifornia1,618,4601,677965.4
3124Allegheny CountyPennsylvania1,225,0351,678730
3125Essex CountyMassachusetts826,6531,678492.5
3126Orange CountyFlorida1,528,0021,692903
3127Suffolk CountyNew York1,546,0901,697910.9
3128Bexar CountyTexas2,160,0881,7411,240.5
3129Williamsburg cityVirginia15,8611,7758.9
3130Salem cityVirginia25,8161,77814.5
3131Mercer CountyNew Jersey399,2891,779224.5
3132Radford cityVirginia17,2431,7829.7
3133Montgomery CountyPennsylvania877,6431,817482.9
3134Multnomah CountyOregon795,3911,845431
3135Macomb CountyMichigan886,2211,849479.4
3136Virginia Beach cityVirginia453,7371,854244.7
3137Douglas CountyNebraska606,4601,857326.5
3138Norfolk CountyMassachusetts739,7491,868396.1
3139St. Louis CountyMissouri990,9111,949508.5
3140Prince George's CountyMaryland970,3742,011482.6
3141Middlesex CountyMassachusetts1,669,9792,042817.9
3142Rockland CountyNew York357,3972,058173.7
3143Hamilton CountyOhio838,4182,068405.5
3144Bristol CountyRhode Island50,0012,07224.1
3145Fulton CountyGeorgia1,098,7912,086526.9
3146Jefferson CountyKentucky795,2222,088380.8
3147Clayton CountyGeorgia297,4712,099141.7
3148Caguas MunicipioPuerto Rico124,1612,11858.6
3149Orleans ParishLouisiana362,1542,136169.6
3150Montgomery CountyMaryland1,074,5822,179493.1
3151Alameda CountyCalifornia1,636,6302,219737.5
3152Hopewell cityVirginia23,2612,24710.4
3153Hennepin CountyMinnesota1,284,7842,319554
3154Roanoke cityVirginia99,1112,33142.5
3155Cobb CountyGeorgia793,3452,335339.7
3156Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina1,233,3832,355523.6
3157Westchester CountyNew York1,015,7432,358430.8
3158Gwinnett CountyGeorgia1,018,0992,361431.2
3159Los Angeles CountyCalifornia9,694,9342,3884,060.3
3160Broomfield CountyColorado79,1742,40233
3161Greater Bridgeport Planning RegionConnecticut337,6972,409140.2
3162Camden CountyNew Jersey535,7992,420221.4
3163Toa Alta MunicipioPuerto Rico65,7542,43227
3164Colonial Heights cityVirginia18,7382,4927.5
3165Marion CountyIndiana992,1962,506396
3166Franklin CountyOhio1,361,5362,557532.4
3167Tarrant CountyTexas2,248,4662,598865.4
3168Newport News cityVirginia183,2302,65669
3169Hampton cityVirginia137,3152,66851.5
3170Cuyahoga CountyOhio1,232,9252,696457.2
3171DuPage CountyIllinois934,2982,849327.9
3172Middlesex CountyNew Jersey883,3352,856309.3
3173Passaic CountyNew Jersey531,6242,856186.1
3174Wayne CountyMichigan1,769,0382,891611.8
3175DeKalb CountyGeorgia774,3942,893267.6
3176Portsmouth cityVirginia96,7772,90633.3
3177Fredericksburg cityVirginia30,3932,90810.5
3178Harrisonburg cityVirginia50,8392,93317.3
3179Harris CountyTexas5,045,0262,9551,707.3
3180Fairfax CountyVirginia1,167,8732,987391
3181Dallas CountyTexas2,661,3973,048873.1
3182Toa Baja MunicipioPuerto Rico70,9313,04923.3
3183Winchester cityVirginia28,2723,0759.2
3184Lexington cityVirginia7,7693,1092.5
3185Delaware CountyPennsylvania580,9373,161183.8
3186Trujillo Alto MunicipioPuerto Rico66,3483,19820.7
3187Guaynabo MunicipioPuerto Rico89,0553,23227.6
3188Carolina MunicipioPuerto Rico149,8743,30445.4
3189Pinellas CountyFlorida948,5633,464273.8
3190Ramsey CountyMinnesota541,6233,557152.3
3191Milwaukee CountyWisconsin924,2163,828241.5
3192Richmond cityVirginia237,2573,95959.9
3193Orange CountyCalifornia3,149,5073,970793.2
3194Bayamón MunicipioPuerto Rico180,5624,06444.4
3195Bergen CountyNew Jersey977,0264,197232.8
3196Fairfax cityVirginia26,7724,2906.2
3197Charlottesville cityVirginia44,3884,33310.2
3198Norfolk cityVirginia231,0134,33653.3
3199Cataño MunicipioPuerto Rico21,7014,4924.8
3200Manassas cityVirginia44,3324,5049.8

Read the differences behind ranks 3101–3200

The median density among these 100 entries is 2,199 people per mi². The first and last entries span 3,037 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

  • Virginia25 entries · 25% of this page
  • Puerto Rico9 entries · 9% of this page
  • California7 entries · 7% of this page
  • Florida6 entries · 6% of this page
  • Georgia5 entries · 5% of this page
  • New Jersey5 entries · 5% of this page

The remaining 23 jurisdictions contribute 43 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.