Distribution of American Indian tribes People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: American Indian tribes

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7.4%
14.8%
22.2%
29.6%
44.4%
59.2%
74%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Menominee County, Wisconsin	88.86%
2	Todd County, South Dakota	86.61%
3	Buffalo County, South Dakota	86.02%
4	Sioux County, North Dakota	82.51%
5	McKinley County, New Mexico	79.5%
6	Rolette County, North Dakota	76.91%
7	Dewey County, South Dakota	75.34%
8	Apache County, Arizona	75.13%
9	Ziebach County, South Dakota	74.06%
10	Big Horn County, Montana	68.98%
11	Glacier County, Montana	66.04%
12	Corson County, South Dakota	66.03%
13	Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota	62.64%
14	Roosevelt County, Montana	61.35%
15	Thurston County, Nebraska	57.79%
16	Mellette County, South Dakota	57.27%
17	Benson County, North Dakota	55.56%
18	Jackson County, South Dakota	54.49%
19	Blaine County, Montana	53.22%
20	Adair County, Oklahoma	52.84%

Top Counties by Population of American Indian tribes

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	117,015
2	Maricopa County, Arizona	107,191
3	Tulsa County, Oklahoma	69,290
4	McKinley County, New Mexico	57,916
5	Apache County, Arizona	53,732
6	San Juan County, New Mexico	52,834
7	Navajo County, Arizona	50,734
8	Oklahoma County, Oklahoma	50,506
9	Robeson County, North Carolina	49,688
10	Pima County, Arizona	47,399
11	San Diego County, California	39,828
12	Coconino County, Arizona	39,257
13	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	36,730
14	Riverside County, California	33,389
15	King County, Washington	33,041
16	San Bernardino County, California	30,181
17	Sacramento County, California	28,525
18	Clark County, Nevada	27,071
19	Harris County, Texas	26,879
20	Orange County, California	25,590

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Oklahoma	13.16%	515,459
2	New Mexico	10.34%	216,287
3	South Dakota	8.83%	76,291
4	Montana	7.61%	79,225
5	North Dakota	5.6%	42,113
6	Arizona	5.22%	362,637
7	Wyoming	3.36%	19,523
8	Oregon	2.45%	100,200
9	Washington	2.36%	172,002
10	Alaska	2.15%	15,914
11	Idaho	2.03%	34,249
12	Kansas	1.89%	55,059
13	Hawaii	1.8%	25,621
14	Nevada	1.75%	51,270
15	Colorado	1.67%	92,388
16	North Carolina	1.66%	168,502
17	Utah	1.58%	48,225
18	Arkansas	1.57%	46,841
19	Minnesota	1.5%	83,130
20	California	1.43%	558,149
21	Wisconsin	1.38%	79,692
22	Nebraska	1.35%	25,698
23	Maine	1.2%	15,951
24	Michigan	1.17%	116,773
25	Missouri	1.08%	65,764
26	Alabama	1.05%	51,007
27	Vermont	1.01%	6,338
28	Rhode Island	0.98%	10,367
29	Louisiana	0.98%	45,564
30	Texas	0.86%	239,592
31	South Carolina	0.78%	38,865
32	Virginia	0.75%	63,296
33	Tennessee	0.75%	49,864
34	Georgia	0.72%	74,076
35	Delaware	0.72%	6,802
36	Maryland	0.72%	42,939
37	New York	0.7%	138,098
38	Connecticut	0.68%	24,200
39	Mississippi	0.68%	20,185
40	Ohio	0.66%	76,498
41	Iowa	0.65%	20,399
42	District of Columbia	0.63%	4,315
43	New Hampshire	0.62%	8,339
44	Florida	0.62%	127,032
45	Kentucky	0.58%	25,938
46	Indiana	0.58%	38,709
47	Pennsylvania	0.54%	69,511
48	West Virginia	0.53%	9,635
49	Illinois	0.51%	64,967
50	Puerto Rico	0.5%	17,030
51	Massachusetts	0.49%	33,514
52	New Jersey	0.47%	41,791

Top States and Territories by Population of American Indian tribes

#	State	Population
1	California	558,149
2	Oklahoma	515,459
3	Arizona	362,637
4	Texas	239,592
5	New Mexico	216,287
6	Washington	172,002
7	North Carolina	168,502
8	New York	138,098
9	Florida	127,032
10	Michigan	116,773
11	Oregon	100,200
12	Colorado	92,388
13	Minnesota	83,130
14	Wisconsin	79,692
15	Montana	79,225
16	Ohio	76,498
17	South Dakota	76,291
18	Georgia	74,076
19	Pennsylvania	69,511
20	Missouri	65,764
21	Illinois	64,967
22	Virginia	63,296
23	Kansas	55,059
24	Nevada	51,270
25	Alabama	51,007
26	Tennessee	49,864
27	Utah	48,225
28	Arkansas	46,841
29	Louisiana	45,564
30	Maryland	42,939
31	North Dakota	42,113
32	New Jersey	41,791
33	South Carolina	38,865
34	Indiana	38,709
35	Idaho	34,249
36	Massachusetts	33,514
37	Kentucky	25,938
38	Nebraska	25,698
39	Hawaii	25,621
40	Connecticut	24,200
41	Iowa	20,399
42	Mississippi	20,185
43	Wyoming	19,523
44	Puerto Rico	17,030
45	Maine	15,951
46	Alaska	15,914
47	Rhode Island	10,367
48	West Virginia	9,635
49	New Hampshire	8,339
50	Delaware	6,802
51	Vermont	6,338
52	District of Columbia	4,315

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.