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Least crowded U.S. cities: sort and filter 4,901 cities.

The least crowded qualifying U.S. city is Sitka, AK at 3 residents per square mile (U.S. Census Bureau PEP and 2025 Gazetteer). This ranking includes cities with land-area data and at least 5,000 residents, then sorts them from lowest to highest population density. Water area is excluded.

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The 10 least crowded qualifying U.S. cities.

Least crowded means the fewest residents per square mile, not the fewest total residents. See the least-populated cities or reverse this ranking to the densest cities.

  1. Sitka, AK3 per sq mi
  2. Juneau, AK12 per sq mi
  3. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT13 per sq mi
  4. Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified, GA34 per sq mi
  5. Butte-Silver Bow, MT50 per sq mi
  6. Lynchburg, Moore County metropolitan, TN54 per sq mi
  7. California City, CA65 per sq mi
  8. Boulder City, NV70 per sq mi
  9. Hibbing, MN87 per sq mi
  10. Fellsmere, FL87 per sq mi

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All 4,901 qualifying cities ranked from lowest to highest population density. Requires land-area data and at least 5,000 residents.
RankCityStateDensity / sq mi2025 PopulationLand area (sq mi)
#1SitkaAK38,3192870.2
#2JuneauAK1231,6092702.9
#3Anaconda-Deer Lodge CountyMT139,709736.7
#4Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unifiedGA348,465248.7
#5Butte-Silver BowMT5036,118715.8
#6Lynchburg, Moore County metropolitanTN546,920129.2
#7California CityCA6513,300203.6
#8Boulder CityNV7014,884212.3
#9HibbingMN8715,823182.0
#10FellsmereFL875,02557.6
#11CaribouME927,32179.3
#12EdgewoodNM1086,15756.8
#13Hartsville/Trousdale CountyTN11012,623114.3
#14EllsworthME1128,86279.3
#15Presque IsleME1158,69475.8
#16SheridanIN1195,74648.3
#17St. MarysPA12312,25399.3
#18HitchcockTX1287,72260.4
#19BensonAZ1335,53241.6
#20Cave CreekAZ1375,16037.7
#21NewberryFL1428,61860.7
#22BethelAK1476,62645.1
#23BerlinNH1559,50261.3
#24BristolWI1625,30032.7
#25KronenwetterWI1638,41351.6
#26AnchorageAK168287,1551706.8
#27EloyAZ17419,967114.7
#28HamiltonAL1786,76938.1
#29HeadlandAL1855,60330.3
#30PageAZ1877,14738.2
#31Show LowAZ19012,47165.5
#32LoxleyAL1926,13131.9
#33Old TownME1967,58938.8
#34SnowflakeAZ2056,90233.7
#35LibertyTX2059,13344.5
#36BelfastME2056,98834.1
#37HooperUT2069,74147.3
#38EufaulaAL20912,43759.5
#39Lone GroveOK2115,24424.8
#40Truth or ConsequencesNM2125,94928.0
#41BloomfieldWI2136,36929.9
#42FernleyNV21426,214122.7
#43PiedmontOK2179,42743.4
#44Grant-ValkariaFL2205,98227.2
#45BaldwinMN2207,23132.9
#46Chino ValleyAZ22113,83262.5
#47St. GabrielLA2366,98729.7
#48CoolidgeAZ23919,95983.5
#49HollywoodSC2405,65223.5
#50Credit RiverMN2415,64423.4
#51VernonWI2497,46430.0
#52UnionvilleNC2507,32229.3
#53NewcastleOK25315,19860.1
#54MonahansTX2577,42728.9
#55SummitWI2585,32320.6
#56CorcoranMN2599,26935.8
#57El RenoOK26020,73079.6
#58SuffolkVA262104,699399.2
#59Fort PayneAL26915,18956.4
#60KenaiAK2727,92429.1
#61HardeevilleSC27316,45960.3
#62De SotoKS2767,08325.7
#63Mammoth LakesCA2766,86724.9
#64McGregorTX2776,40523.1
#65Oak GroveMN2799,47633.9
#66ColumbianaAL2805,10618.3
#67East BethelMN28312,60544.6
#68OppAL2856,73823.7
#69Port IsabelTX2905,30218.3
#70RoanokeAL2905,44018.7
#71RainsvilleAL2906,02020.7
#72Boiling Spring LakesNC2916,87523.7
#73MedinaMN2927,46025.6
#74AlachuaFL29310,61236.2
#75BlakelyGA2945,15617.6
#76High SpringsFL2946,76223.0
#77HermantownMN29410,11034.4
#78Sierra VistaAZ29544,907152.4
#79TuttleOK2958,70829.5
#80Rib MountainWI2977,28024.5
#81Camp VerdeAZ29712,58142.3
#82ClaremontNH30213,03243.2
#83FreeportFL3037,54324.9
#84WickenburgAZ3088,30527.0
#85The Village of Indian HillOH3136,11419.5
#86Alexander CityAL31514,51546.0
#87LincolnAL3168,11025.7
#88SomersWI3178,17125.8
#89BuckeyeAZ317125,445395.8
#90ScottsboroAL31816,12350.7
#91GlencoeAL3195,42617.0
#92StokesdaleNC3226,13319.0
#93FranklinNH3228,83927.4
#94Town of PecosTX32310,38632.2
#95GreenvilleAL3246,91221.4
#96WoodburyNY32511,57135.6
#97RichfieldWI32811,78535.9
#98Walnut RidgeAR3285,47816.7
#99BlanchardOK32910,01330.4
#100EatontonGA3296,74920.5
Showing 4,901 qualifying cities out of 19,483 included city/place records. Rank #1 means the lowest density in the qualifying universe.

Methodology · what least crowded means

This is a density ranking, not a smallest-population list.

Population density equals the July 1, 2025 population estimate divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area. The calculation excludes water. A geographically large city can rank as sparsely populated even when thousands of people live there.

The ranking requires at least 5,000 residents. Without that floor, nearly empty incorporated places would dominate the low-density results and answer a different question. The same qualifying universe powers the densest ranking, so the two pages are exact opposite views of one dataset.

Municipal boundaries matter. Cities with unusually large legal boundaries may rank as less crowded than their settled neighborhoods feel. Use the density figure as a city-boundary comparison, not a measure of street-level crowding.

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