Rocky Mountain Regional Care Model for Bioterrorist Events: Locate Alternate Care Sites During an Emergency: Table 12. Frontier, Rural, and Urban Population (Region VIII, 1999)

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Rocky Mountain Regional Care Model for Bioterrorist Event

State	Frontier		Rural		Urban		Total Persons
State	N	%	N	%	N	%	Total Persons
Colorado	473,139	11.0	1,039,292	24.2	3,261,969	75.8	4,301,261
Montana	488,087	54.1	617,983	68.5	284,212	31.5	902,195
North Dakota	305,687	47.6	494,793	77.0	147,407	23.0	642,200
South Dakota	317,789	42.1	701,775	93.0	53,069	7.0	754,844
Utah	158,348	7.1	348,979	15.6	1,884,190	84.4	2,233,169
Wyoming	364,905	73.9	364,905	73.9	128,877	26.1	493,782
Region VIII	2,107,955	22.6	3,567,727	38.2	5,759,724	61.8	9,327,451

Source: U.S. Census 2000
Note: The frontier population is a subset of the rural population.