Distribution of American Indian tribes: Navajo People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: American Indian tribes: Navajo

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Apache County, Arizona	71.75%
2	McKinley County, New Mexico	63.57%
3	San Juan County, Utah	47.46%
4	San Juan County, New Mexico	38.87%
5	Navajo County, Arizona	26.51%
6	Coconino County, Arizona	23.81%
7	Cibola County, New Mexico	16.59%
8	Socorro County, New Mexico	9.71%
9	Montezuma County, Colorado	5.2%
10	Garfield County, Utah	3.25%
11	Sandoval County, New Mexico	3.07%
12	La Plata County, Colorado	2.91%
13	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	2.8%
14	Kalawao County, Hawaii	2.67%
15	Las Animas County, Colorado	2.4%
16	Greenlee County, Arizona	2.37%
17	Union County, New Mexico	2.32%
18	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico	2.31%
19	Grand County, Utah	2.26%
20	Rio Grande County, Colorado	2.11%

Top Counties by Population of American Indian tribes: Navajo

#	County	Population
1	Apache County, Arizona	51,317
2	San Juan County, New Mexico	49,538
3	McKinley County, New Mexico	46,313
4	Maricopa County, Arizona	36,283
5	Coconino County, Arizona	33,381
6	Navajo County, Arizona	28,818
7	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	18,951
8	San Juan County, Utah	7,252
9	Salt Lake County, Utah	5,453
10	Cibola County, New Mexico	4,475
11	Sandoval County, New Mexico	4,323
12	Los Angeles County, California	4,124
13	Pima County, Arizona	3,870
14	Pinal County, Arizona	3,014
15	Clark County, Nevada	2,467
16	Riverside County, California	2,175
17	Utah County, Utah	1,800
18	Socorro County, New Mexico	1,651
19	La Plata County, Colorado	1,605
20	Washington County, Utah	1,559

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	New Mexico	6.32%	132,241
2	Arizona	2.33%	161,558
3	Utah	0.69%	21,162
4	Colorado	0.23%	12,642
5	Wyoming	0.22%	1,298
6	Nevada	0.11%	3,318
7	Idaho	0.09%	1,492
8	Montana	0.07%	757
9	Oklahoma	0.07%	2,553
10	Alaska	0.06%	447
11	Hawaii	0.06%	854
12	Kansas	0.06%	1,742
13	South Dakota	0.06%	508
14	North Dakota	0.06%	419
15	California	0.05%	19,927
16	Oregon	0.04%	1,748
17	Washington	0.04%	3,002
18	Texas	0.03%	7,923
19	Nebraska	0.02%	429
20	Missouri	0.02%	1,188
21	Iowa	0.02%	596
22	District of Columbia	0.01%	101
23	Virginia	0.01%	1,131
24	North Carolina	0.01%	1,300
25	Wisconsin	0.01%	680
26	Florida	0.01%	2,252
27	Tennessee	0.01%	696
28	Maine	0.01%	139
29	Maryland	0.01%	627
30	Arkansas	0.01%	306
31	New Hampshire	0.01%	134
32	Georgia	0.01%	1,021
33	Minnesota	0.01%	541
34	Ohio	0.01%	1,077
35	Michigan	0.01%	888
36	Kentucky	0.01%	393
37	Indiana	0.01%	575
38	Illinois	0.01%	1,078
39	Louisiana	0.01%	371
40	Connecticut	0.01%	250
41	Massachusetts	0.01%	474
42	Delaware	0.01%	65
43	New Jersey	0.01%	587
44	South Carolina	0.01%	296
45	Pennsylvania	0.01%	759
46	Mississippi	0.01%	171
47	Alabama	0.01%	264
48	New York	0%	887
49	Vermont	0%	16
50	Rhode Island	0%	28
51	West Virginia	0%	34
52	Puerto Rico	0%	17

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

#	State	Population
1	Arizona	161,558
2	New Mexico	132,241
3	Utah	21,162
4	California	19,927
5	Colorado	12,642
6	Texas	7,923
7	Nevada	3,318
8	Washington	3,002
9	Oklahoma	2,553
10	Florida	2,252
11	Oregon	1,748
12	Kansas	1,742
13	Idaho	1,492
14	North Carolina	1,300
15	Wyoming	1,298
16	Missouri	1,188
17	Virginia	1,131
18	Illinois	1,078
19	Ohio	1,077
20	Georgia	1,021
21	Michigan	888
22	New York	887
23	Hawaii	854
24	Pennsylvania	759
25	Montana	757
26	Tennessee	696
27	Wisconsin	680
28	Maryland	627
29	Iowa	596
30	New Jersey	587
31	Indiana	575
32	Minnesota	541
33	South Dakota	508
34	Massachusetts	474
35	Alaska	447
36	Nebraska	429
37	North Dakota	419
38	Kentucky	393
39	Louisiana	371
40	Arkansas	306
41	South Carolina	296
42	Alabama	264
43	Connecticut	250
44	Mississippi	171
45	Maine	139
46	New Hampshire	134
47	District of Columbia	101
48	Delaware	65
49	West Virginia	34
50	Rhode Island	28
51	Puerto Rico	17
52	Vermont	16

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.