Rural & Frontier Health Division

 

Seventeen of Wyoming’s 23 counties have fewer than 6 people per square mile (the most widely accepted definition for ‘Frontier’ by federal agencies), and our entire state is 5.17 people per square mile.  Forty-seven percent of Wyoming’s citizens live in Frontier areas of the state.  With the exceptions of our citizens in Cheyenne and Casper, the remainder live in rural areas.  As a result of our vast expanses of land and sparse population centers, healthcare access issues in Wyoming must be closely and seriously addressed.  The Wyoming Department of Health has created the Rural and Frontier Health Division to respond to existing healthcare issues and build a frontier and rural healthcare system for Wyoming’s future.