ZIP Codes classified as frontier and remote (FAR) by level, 2020

The Frontier and Remote area (FAR) codes classify the remoteness of U.S. census tracts and ZIP Codes. Locations are characterized as "frontier and remote" by a combination of low population and geographic isolation from cities and towns. The map illustrates the land classified as the four FAR levels in the 2020 data. Much of the frontier and remote land in the United States is located the Great Plains, Mountain West, and Alaska.