Distribution of American Indian tribes: Choctaw People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: American Indian tribes: Choctaw

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1.7%
3.4%
5.1%
6.8%
10.2%
13.6%
17%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Latimer County, Oklahoma	20.58%
2	Choctaw County, Oklahoma	18.49%
3	McCurtain County, Oklahoma	18.37%
4	Neshoba County, Mississippi	16.89%
5	Pushmataha County, Oklahoma	16.14%
6	Coal County, Oklahoma	15.95%
7	Bryan County, Oklahoma	12.93%
8	Haskell County, Oklahoma	12.23%
9	Pittsburg County, Oklahoma	11.84%
10	Atoka County, Oklahoma	11.67%
11	Le Flore County, Oklahoma	10.77%
12	Pontotoc County, Oklahoma	7.68%
13	Murray County, Oklahoma	7.06%
14	Johnston County, Oklahoma	6.58%
15	Leake County, Mississippi	5.8%
16	Marshall County, Oklahoma	5.73%
17	Newton County, Mississippi	5.32%
18	Jefferson County, Oklahoma	5.09%
19	Carter County, Oklahoma	5.09%
20	Washington County, Alabama	4.96%

Top Counties by Population of American Indian tribes: Choctaw

#	County	Population
1	Oklahoma County, Oklahoma	8,593
2	Tulsa County, Oklahoma	6,447
3	McCurtain County, Oklahoma	6,057
4	Bryan County, Oklahoma	5,915
5	Le Flore County, Oklahoma	5,373
6	Cleveland County, Oklahoma	5,287
7	Pittsburg County, Oklahoma	5,253
8	Los Angeles County, California	5,082
9	Neshoba County, Mississippi	4,962
10	Dallas County, Texas	3,043
11	Pontotoc County, Oklahoma	2,944
12	Harris County, Texas	2,866
13	Tarrant County, Texas	2,824
14	Choctaw County, Oklahoma	2,753
15	Maricopa County, Arizona	2,520
16	Mobile County, Alabama	2,493
17	Carter County, Oklahoma	2,463
18	Latimer County, Oklahoma	2,160
19	Canadian County, Oklahoma	2,116
20	San Diego County, California	1,993

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Oklahoma	2.32%	90,973
2	Mississippi	0.4%	11,904
3	Arkansas	0.26%	7,701
4	Alaska	0.16%	1,211
5	Oregon	0.13%	5,469
6	Wyoming	0.12%	698
7	Louisiana	0.12%	5,480
8	Texas	0.11%	32,037
9	Kansas	0.11%	3,317
10	Alabama	0.11%	5,497
11	Idaho	0.11%	1,856
12	Hawaii	0.1%	1,374
13	New Mexico	0.08%	1,702
14	Washington	0.08%	5,839
15	California	0.08%	30,860
16	Nevada	0.08%	2,202
17	Arizona	0.08%	5,226
18	Colorado	0.07%	3,845
19	Missouri	0.06%	3,730
20	Montana	0.03%	338
21	Utah	0.03%	977
22	South Dakota	0.03%	274
23	District of Columbia	0.03%	208
24	Tennessee	0.03%	1,863
25	Nebraska	0.03%	522
26	Michigan	0.02%	2,392
27	Indiana	0.02%	1,490
28	Illinois	0.02%	2,791
29	Virginia	0.02%	1,822
30	Florida	0.02%	4,445
31	Iowa	0.02%	642
32	Georgia	0.02%	1,937
33	Ohio	0.02%	2,138
34	New Hampshire	0.02%	244
35	Kentucky	0.02%	807
36	North Carolina	0.02%	1,809
37	Wisconsin	0.02%	1,023
38	South Carolina	0.02%	824
39	Delaware	0.02%	157
40	Maryland	0.02%	960
41	Massachusetts	0.02%	1,044
42	Vermont	0.01%	91
43	Minnesota	0.01%	657
44	West Virginia	0.01%	196
45	North Dakota	0.01%	75
46	Connecticut	0.01%	339
47	New York	0.01%	1,868
48	Maine	0.01%	117
49	Pennsylvania	0.01%	816
50	New Jersey	0%	357
51	Rhode Island	0%	10
52	Puerto Rico	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of American Indian tribes: Choctaw

#	State	Population
1	Oklahoma	90,973
2	Texas	32,037
3	California	30,860
4	Mississippi	11,904
5	Arkansas	7,701
6	Washington	5,839
7	Alabama	5,497
8	Louisiana	5,480
9	Oregon	5,469
10	Arizona	5,226
11	Florida	4,445
12	Colorado	3,845
13	Missouri	3,730
14	Kansas	3,317
15	Illinois	2,791
16	Michigan	2,392
17	Nevada	2,202
18	Ohio	2,138
19	Georgia	1,937
20	New York	1,868
21	Tennessee	1,863
22	Idaho	1,856
23	Virginia	1,822
24	North Carolina	1,809
25	New Mexico	1,702
26	Indiana	1,490
27	Hawaii	1,374
28	Alaska	1,211
29	Massachusetts	1,044
30	Wisconsin	1,023
31	Utah	977
32	Maryland	960
33	South Carolina	824
34	Pennsylvania	816
35	Kentucky	807
36	Wyoming	698
37	Minnesota	657
38	Iowa	642
39	Nebraska	522
40	New Jersey	357
41	Connecticut	339
42	Montana	338
43	South Dakota	274
44	New Hampshire	244
45	District of Columbia	208
46	West Virginia	196
47	Delaware	157
48	Maine	117
49	Vermont	91
50	North Dakota	75
51	Rhode Island	10
52	Puerto Rico	0

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.