The 50 Least Populous Places In America

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Some of them are small towns with a population of a few hundred just a few people.

Of approximately 19,500 incorporated places, about 76 percent had fewer than 5,000 people and nearly 50 percent had fewer than 1,000 people. Some have fewer than five.

Also, of the 50 towns with the smallest population, just little less than half of them are either in North or South Dakota.

The following list is based on the 2017 populated estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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