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List of Frontier Counties from 2000 U.S. Census
 
State State Pop % in
Frontier		 Frontier Counties/
Boroughs		 Population Density
Alabama 4,447,100 8.8%      
      Conecuh 14,089 16.6
      Greene 9,974 15.4
      Wilcox 13,183 14.8
Alaska 626,932 52.3%      
      Aleutians East 2,697 0.4
      Aleutians West 5,465 1.2
      Bethel 16,006 0.4
      Bristol Bay 1,258 2.5
      Denali 1,893 0.15
      Dillingham 4,922 0.3
      Haines 2,392 1.0
      Juneau 30,711 11.3
      Kenai Peninsula 2,697 3.1
      Ketchikan Gateway 14,070 11.4
      Kodiak Island 13,913 2.1
      Lake & Peninsula 1,823 0.1
      Matanuska-Susitna 59,322 2.4
      Nome 9,196 0.4
      North Slope 7,385 0.1
      Northwest Arctic 7,208 0.2
      Prince of Wales 6,146 0.8
      SE Fairbanks 6,174 0.2
      Sitka 8,835 3.1
      Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon 4,244 0.4
      Valdez-Cordova 10,195 0.3
      Wade-Hampton 7,028 0.4
      Wrangell-Petersburg 6,684 1.1
      Yakutat 808 0.1
      Yukon-Koyukuk 6,551 0
Arizona 5,130,632 20.6%      
      Apache 69,423 6.2
      Cochise 117,755 19.1
      Coconino 116,320 6.2
      Gila 51,335 10.8
      Graham 33,489 7.2
      Greenlee 8,547 4.6
      La Paz 19,715 4.4
      Mohave 155,032 11.6
      Navajo 97,470 9.8
      Pima (part) as per AZSORH 24,616 4.9
      Santa Cruz 38,381 31
      Yavapai 167,517 20.6
      Yuma 160,026 29
Arkansas 2,673,400 14.0%      
      Arkansas 20,749 21
      Bradley 12,600 19.4
      Calhoun 5,744 9.1
      Cleveland 8,571 14.3
      Dallas 9,210 13.8
      Desha 15,341 20.1
      Fulton 11,642 18.8
      Lafayette 8,559 16.3
      Lee 12,580 20.9
      Madison 14,243 17
      Monroe 10,254 16.9
      Montgomery 9,245 11.8
      Nevada 9,955 16.1
      Newton 8,608 10.5
      Perry 10,209 18.5
      Pike 11,303 18.7
      Prairie 9,539 14.8
      Scott 10,996 12.3
      Searcy 8,261 12.4
      Stone 11,499 19
      Woodruff 8,741 14.9
California 33,871,648 2.0%      
      Alpine 1,208 1.6
      Colusa 18,804 16.3
      Imperial 142,361 34.1
      Inyo 17,945 1.8
      Lassen 33,828 7.4
      Mariposa 17,130 11.8
      Mendicino 86,265 24.6
      Modoc 9,449 2.4
      Mono 12,853 4.2
      Plumas 20,824 8.2
      Sierra 3,555 3.7
      Siskiyou 44,301 7
      Tehama 56,039 19
      Trinity 13,022 4.1
      Tuolumne 54,501 24.4
Colorado 4,301,261 11.0%      
      Alamosa 14,966 20.7
      Archuleta 9,898 7.3
      Baca 4,517 1.8
      Bent 5,998 4
      Chaffee 16,242 16
      Cheyenne 2,231 1.3
      Conejos 8,400 6.5
      Costilla 3,663 3
      Crowley 5,518 7
      Custer 3,503 4.7
      Dolores 1,844 1.7
      Elbert 19,872 10.7
      Garfield 43,791 14.9
      Grand 12,442 6.7
      Gunnison 13,956 4.3
      Hinsdale 790 0.7
      Huerfano 7,862 4.9
      Jackson 1,577 1
      Kiowa 1,622 0.9
      Kit Carson 8,011 3.7
      Lake 7,812 20.7
      Las Animas 15,207 3.2
      Lincoln 6,087 2.4
      Mineral 831 0.9
      Moffat 13,184 2.8
      Montezuma 23,830 11.7
      Montrose 33,432 14.9
      Otero 20,311 16.1
      Ouray 3,742 6.9
      Park 14,523 6.6
      Phillips 4,480 6.5
      Pitkin 14,872 15.3
      Prowers 14,483 8.8
      Rio Blanco 5,986 1.9
      Rio Grande 12,413 13.6
      Routt 19,690 8.3
      Saguache 5,917 1.9
      San Juan 558 1.4
      San Miguel 6,594 5.1
      Sedgwick 2,747 5
      Washington 4,926 2
      Yuma 9,841 4.2
Florida 15,982,378 0.2%      
      Glades 10,576 13.7
      Lafayette 7,022 12.9
      Liberty 7,021 8.4
Georgia 8,186,453 1.2%      
      Baker 4,074 11.9
      Calhoun 6,320 22.6
      Charlton 10,282 13.2
      Clay 3,357 17.2
      Clinch 6,878 8.5
      Echols 3,754 9.3
      Glascock 2,556 17.7
      Hancock 10,076 21.3
      Marion 7,144 19.5
      Quitman 2,598 17.1
      Randolph 7,791 18.2
      Stewart 5,252 11.4
      Talbot 6,498 17
      Taliaferro 2,077 10.6
      Webster 2,390 11.4
      Wheeler 6,179 20.8
      Wilcox 8,577 22.6
Idaho 1,293,953 19.4%      
      Adams 3,476 2.5
      Bear Lake 6,411 6.6
      Benewah 9,171 11.8
      Blaine 18,991 7.2
      Boise 6,670 3.5
      Boundary 9,871 7.8
      Butte 2,899 1.3
      Camas 991 0.9
      Caribou 7,304 4.1
      Cassia 21,416 8.3
      Clark 1,022 0.6
      Clearwater 8,930 3.6
      Custer 4,342 0.9
      Elmore 29,130 9.5
      Fremont 11,819 6.3
      Gooding 14,155 19.4
      Idaho 15,511 1.8
      Lemhi 7,806 1.7
      Lincoln 4,044 3.4
      Oneida 4,125 3.4
      Owyhee 10,644 1.4
      Power 7,538 5.4
      Shoshone 13,771 5.2
      Teton 5,999 13.3
      Valley 7,651 2.1
      Washington 9,977 6.9
Illinois 12,419,293 0.4%      
      Calhoun 5,084 20
      Hamilton 8,621 19.8
      Pike 17,384 20.9
      Pope 4,413 11.9
      Schuyler 7,189 16.4
Kansas 2,688,418 9.6%      
      Barber 5,307 4.7
      Chase 3,030 3.9
      Chautauqua 4,359 6.8
      Cheyenne 3,165 3.1
      Clark 2,390 2.5
      Comanche 1,967 2.5
      Decatur 3,472 3.9
      Doniphan 8,249 21
      Edwards 3,449 5.5
      Elk 3,261 5
      Ellsworth 6,525 9.1
      Gove 3,068 2.9
      Graham 2,946 3.3
      Gray 5,904 6.8
      Greeley 1,534 2
      Greenwood 7,673 6.7
      Hamilton 2,670 2.7
      Harper 6,536 8.2
      Haskell 4,307 7.5
      Hodgeman 2,085 2.4
      Jewell 3,791 4.2
      Kearny 4,531 5.2
      Kingman 8,673 10
      Kiowa 3,278 4.5
      Lane 2,155 3
      Lincoln 3,578 5
      Logan 3,046 2.8
      Marshall 10,965 12.1
      Meade 4,631 4.7
      Mitchell 6,932 9.9
      Morris 6,104 8.8
      Morton 3,496 4.8
      Ness 3,454 3.2
      Osborne 4,452 5
      Ottawa 6,163 8.5
      Pawnee 7,233 9.6
      Phillips 6,001 6.8
      Rawlins 2,966 2.8
      Republic 5,835 8.1
      Rooks 5,685 6.4
      Rush 3,551 4.9
      Russell 7,370 8.3
      Scott 5,120 7.1
      Sheridan 2,813 3.1
      Sherman 6,760 6.4
      Smith 4,536 5.1
      Stafford 4,789 6
      Stanton 2,406 3.5
      Stevens 5,463 7.5
      Thomas 8,180 7.6
      Trego 3,319 3.7
      Wabaunsee 6,885 8.6
      Wallace 1,749 1.9
      Washington 6,483 7.2
      Wichita 2,531 3.5
      Woodson 3,788 7.6
Kentucky 4,041,769 0.3%      
      Hickman 5,262 21.5
      Robertson 2,266 22.6
Louisiana 4,468,976 0.2%      
      Cameron 9,991 7.6
Maine   16.0%      
      Aroostook 73,938 11.1
      Franklin 29,467 17.4
      Piscataquis 17,235 4.3
      Somerset 50,888 13
      Washington 33,941 13.2
Michigan 9,938,444 0.02%      
      Keweenaw 2,190 4.3
      Luce 6,769 7.8
      Ontonagon 7,476 6
      Schoolcraft 8,824 7.6
Minnesota 4,919,479 9.2%      
      Aitkin 15,301 8.4
      Beltrami 39,650 15.8
      Big Stone 5,820 11.7
      Cass 27,150 13.5
      Clearwater 8,423 8.5
      Cook 5,168 3.6
      Cottonwood 12,167 19
      Grant 6,289 11.5
      Hubbard 18,376 19.9
      Itasca 43,992 16.5
      Jackson 11,268 16.1
      Kittson 5,285 4.8
      Koochiching 14,355 4.6
      Lac Qui Parle 8,067 10.5
      Lake 11,058 5.3
      Lake Of Woods 4,522 3.5
      Lincoln 6,429 12
      Mahnomen 5,190 9.3
      Marshall 10,155 5.7
      Murray 9,165 13
      Norman 7,442 8.5
      Pine 26,530 18.8
      Polk 31,369 15.9
      Pope 11,236 16.8
      Red Lake 4,299 9.9
      Redwood 16,815 19.1
      Renville 17,154 17.5
      Rock 9,721 20.1
      Roseau 16,338 9.8
      Stevens 10,053 17.9
      Swift 11,956 16.1
      Traverse 4,134 7.2
      Wilkin 7,138 9.5
      Yellow Medicine 11,080 14.6
Mississippi 2,844,658 6.1%      
      Amite 13,599 18.6
      Benton 8,026 19.7
      Carroll 10,769 17.2
      Franklin 8,448 15
      Greene 13,299 18.7
      Issaquena 2,299 5.5
      Jefferson 2,274 18.8
      Kemper 9,740 13.6
      Noxubee 10,453 18.1
      Perry 12,548 18.8
      Sharkey 6,580 15.4
      Tunica 9,227 20.3
      Wilkinson 10,312 15.2
Missouri 5,595,212 0.9%      
      Carter 5,941 11.7
      Chariton 8,438 11.2
      Holt 5,351 11.6
      Knox 4,361 8.6
      Mercer 3,757 8.3
      Shannon 8,324 8.3
      Worth 2,382 8.9
Montana 902,195 54.1%      
      Beaverhead 9,202 1.7
      Big Horn 12,671 2.5
      Blaine 7,009 1.7
      Broadwater 4,385 3.7
      Carbon 9,552 4.7
      Carter 1,360 0.4
      Chouteau 5,970 1.5
      Custer 11,696 3.1
      Daniels 2,017 1.4
      Dawson 9,059 3.8
      Deer Lodge 9,417 12.8
      Fallon 2,837 1.8
      Fergus 11,893 2.7
      Flathead 74,471 14.6
      Garfield 1,279 0.3
      Glacier 13,247 4.4
      Golden Valley 1,042 0.9
      Granite 2,830 1.6
      Hill 16,673 5.8
      Jefferson 10,049 6.1
      Judith Basin 2,329 1.2
      Lake 26,507 17.7
      Lewis & Clark 55,716 16.1
      Liberty 2,158 1.5
      Lincoln 18,837 5.2
      Madison 6,851 1.9
      Mccone 1,977 0.7
      Meagher 1,932 0.8
      Mineral 3,884 3.2
      Musselshell 4,497 2.4
      Park 15,694 5.6
      Petroleum 494 0.3
      Phillips 4,601 0.9
      Powell 7,180 3.1
      Prairie 1,199 0.7
      Ravalli 36,070 15.1
      Richland 9,667 4.6
      Roosevelt 10,620 4.5
      Rosebud 9,383 1.9
      Sanders 10,227 3.7
      Sheridan 4,105 2.4
      Stillwater 8,195 4.6
      Sweet Grass 3,609 1.9
      Teton 6,445 2.8
      Toole 5,267 2.8
      Treasure 861 0.9
      Valley 7,675 1.6
      Wheatland 2,259 1.6
      Wibaux 1,068 1.2
      Y'stone Nat'l NA 49.9
Nebraska 1,711,263 16.7%      
      Antelope 7,452 8.7
      Arthur 444 0.6
      Banner 819 1.1
      Blaine 583 0.8
      Boone 6,259 9.1
      Box Butte 12,158 11.3
      Boyd 2,438 4.5
      Brown 3,525 2.9
      Chase 4,068 4.5
      Cherry 6,148 1
      Cheyenne 9,830 8.2
      Clay 7,039 12.3
      Custer 11,793 4.6
      Dawes 9,060 6.5
      Deuel 2,098 4.8
      Dundy 2,292 2.5
      Fillmore 6,634 11.5
      Franklin 3,574 6.2
      Frontier 3,099 3.2
      Furnas 5,324 7.4
      Garden 2,292 1.3
      Garfield 1,902 3.3
      Gosper 2,143 4.7
      Grant 747 1
      Greeley 2,714 4.8
      Hamilton 9,403 17.3
      Harlan 3,786 6.8
      Hayes 1,068 1.5
      Hitchcock 3,111 4.4
      Holt 11,551 4.8
      Hooker 783 1.1
      Howard 6,567 11.5
      Johnson 4,488 11.9
      Keith 8,875 8.4
      Keya Paha 983 1.3
      Kimball 4,089 4.3
      Knox 9,374 8.5
      Lincoln 34,632 13.5
      Logan 774 1.4
      Loup 712 1.2
      Mcpherson 533 0.6
      Merrick 8,204 16.9
      Morrill 5,440 3.8
      Nance 4,038 9.1
      Nemaha 7,576 18.5
      Nuckolls 5,057 8.8
      Pawnee 3,087 7.2
      Perkins 3,200 3.6
      Polk 5,639 12.8
      Rock 1,756 1.7
      Sheridan 6,198 2.5
      Sherman 3,318 5.9
      Sioux 1,475 0.7
      Thayer 6,055 10.5
      Thomas 729 1
      Valley 4,647 8.2
      Webster 4,061 7.1
      Wheeler 886 1.5
Nevada 1,998,257 9.5%      
      Churchill 23,982 4.9
      Elko 45,291 2.6
      Esmeralda 971 0.3
      Eureka 1,651 0.4
      Humboldt 16,106 1.7
      Lander 5,794 1.1
      Lincoln 4,165 0.4
      Lyon 34,501 17.3
      Mineral 5,071 1.3
      Nye 32,485 1.8
      Pershing 6,693 1.1
      Storey 3,399 12.9
      White Pine 9,181 1
New Hampshire 1,235,786 2.7%      
      Coos 33,111 18.4
New Mexico 1,819,046 42.0%      
      Catron 3,543 0.5
      Chaves 61,382 10.1
      Cibola 25,595 5.6
      Colfax 14,189 3.8
      De Baca 2,240 1
      Eddy 51,658 12.4
      Grant 31,002 7.8
      Guadalupe 4,680 1.5
      Harding 810 0.4
      Hidalgo 5,932 1.7
      Lea 55,511 12.6
      Lincoln 19,411 4
      Luna 25,016 8.4
      McKinley 74,798 13.7
      Mora 5,180 2.7
      Otero 62,298 9.4
      Quay 10,155 3.5
      Rio Arriba 41,190 7
      Roosevelt 18,018 7.4
      San Juan 113,801 20.6
      San Miguel 30,126 6.4
      Sierra 13,270 3.2
      Socorro 18,078 2.7
      Taos 29,979 13.6
      Torrance 16,911 5.1
      Union 4,173 1.1
New York 18,976,457 0.2%      
      Essex 38,851 21.6
      Hamilton 5,379 3.1
North Carolina 8,049,313 0.3%      
      Hyde 5,826 9.5
      Jones 10,381 22
      Tyrrell 4,149 10.6
North Dakota 642,200 47.6%      
      Adams 2,593 2.6
      Barnes 11,775 7.9
      Benson 6,964 5
      Billings 888 0.8
      Bottineau 7,149 4.3
      Bowman 3,242 2.8
      Burke 2,242 2
      Cavalier 4,831 3.2
      Dickey 5,757 5.1
      Divide 2,283 1.8
      Dunn 3,600 1.8
      Eddy 2,757 4.4<