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A MAP of states with frontier populations is also available
| State |
Number of Frontier Counties |
1990 population in Frontier Counties |
Percent of the state's population in Frontier Counties |
Category |
| Wyoming | 18 | 246156 | 54.27 | I |
| Alaska | 21 | 202937 | 36.89 | I |
| Montana | 47 | 281822 | 35.27 | I |
| South Dakota | 39 | 178742 | 25.68 | I |
| North Dakota | 37 | 159505 | 24.97 | I |
| Idaho | 22 | 162431 | 16.13 | I |
| New Mexico | 17 | 190152 | 12.75 | II |
| Utah | 17 | 185237 | 10.75 | II |
| Nevada | 11 | 115100 | 9.58 | II |
| Nebraska | 36 | 116665 | 7.39 | II |
| Kansas | 40 | 155625 | 6.28 | II |
| Arizona | 5 | 206588 | 5.64 | II |
| Colorado | 32 | 169559 | 5.15 | II |
| Texas | 62 | 225662 | 1.31 | II |
| Oregon | 11 | 97132 | 3.44 | III |
| Maine | 1 | 18653 | 1.48 | III |
| Minnesota | 7 | 63843 | 1.46 | III |
| Washington | 7 | 71985 | 1.19 | III |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 33271 | 1.06 | III |
| California | 8 | 126538 | 0.42 | III |
| Michigan | 3 | 16318 | 0.17 | IV |
| Mississippi | 1 | 1909 | 0.07 | IV |
| Virginia | 1 | 2635 | 0.05 | IV |
| Florida | 1 | 5569 | 0.04 | IV |
| Georgia | 1 | 2334 | 0.03 | IV |
| New York | 1 | 5279 | 0.03 | IV |
Category I -- States with more than 15% of their population in frontier counties or with a total frontier population of greater than 250,000. |
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Category II -- States with 5 to 14% of their population in frontier counties or with a total frontier population of greater than 150,000. |
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Category III -- States with 1 to 4% of their population in frontier counties or with a total frontier population of greater than 50,000. |
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Category IV -- States with less than 1% of their population in frontier counties and with a total frontier population of less than 50,000. |
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