Distribution of American Indian tribes: Potawatomi People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: American Indian tribes: Potawatomi

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0.7%
1.4%
2.1%
2.8%
4.2%
5.6%
7%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Jackson County, Kansas	8.12%
2	Forest County, Wisconsin	7.65%
3	Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska	2.54%
4	Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma	2.11%
5	Menominee County, Michigan	2.1%
6	Brown County, Kansas	1.77%
7	Cass County, Michigan	1.24%
8	Sweet Grass County, Montana	1.1%
9	Pottawatomie County, Kansas	0.96%
10	Lincoln County, Oklahoma	0.91%
11	Wabaunsee County, Kansas	0.84%
12	Schoolcraft County, Michigan	0.81%
13	McClain County, Oklahoma	0.78%
14	Lake County, Montana	0.78%
15	Dewey County, Oklahoma	0.77%
16	Shawnee County, Kansas	0.77%
17	Baca County, Colorado	0.73%
18	Bledsoe County, Tennessee	0.69%
19	Seminole County, Oklahoma	0.68%
20	Grundy County, Missouri	0.68%

Top Counties by Population of American Indian tribes: Potawatomi

#	County	Population
1	Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma	1,517
2	Oklahoma County, Oklahoma	1,487
3	Shawnee County, Kansas	1,374
4	Cleveland County, Oklahoma	1,330
5	Jackson County, Kansas	1,081
6	Tulsa County, Oklahoma	730
7	Forest County, Wisconsin	690
8	Cass County, Michigan	639
9	Kent County, Michigan	525
10	Menominee County, Michigan	489
11	Calhoun County, Michigan	482
12	Maricopa County, Arizona	445
13	Fresno County, California	444
14	Berrien County, Michigan	415
15	Allegan County, Michigan	405
16	Los Angeles County, California	400
17	Tarrant County, Texas	370
18	Sacramento County, California	325
19	Lincoln County, Oklahoma	317
20	Sedgwick County, Kansas	313

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Oklahoma	0.23%	9,118
2	Kansas	0.16%	4,706
3	Michigan	0.07%	6,481
4	Montana	0.05%	565
5	Alaska	0.04%	314
6	Wisconsin	0.04%	2,223
7	Oregon	0.02%	965
8	Missouri	0.02%	1,202
9	Wyoming	0.02%	108
10	New Mexico	0.02%	346
11	Nevada	0.02%	474
12	Colorado	0.02%	882
13	Idaho	0.01%	248
14	Arkansas	0.01%	438
15	Indiana	0.01%	904
16	Washington	0.01%	813
17	Utah	0.01%	319
18	California	0.01%	3,926
19	Arizona	0.01%	643
20	Texas	0.01%	2,319
21	Nebraska	0.01%	135
22	South Dakota	0.01%	48
23	Illinois	0.01%	687
24	Hawaii	0.01%	76
25	Tennessee	0.01%	338
26	Virginia	0.01%	430
27	Minnesota	0%	258
28	South Carolina	0%	229
29	Kentucky	0%	202
30	Florida	0%	845
31	Delaware	0%	38
32	North Carolina	0%	404
33	Vermont	0%	25
34	Georgia	0%	369
35	Iowa	0%	95
36	North Dakota	0%	22
37	Rhode Island	0%	29
38	Ohio	0%	270
39	District of Columbia	0%	12
40	Pennsylvania	0%	226
41	New Hampshire	0%	23
42	Louisiana	0%	77
43	Maryland	0%	103
44	West Virginia	0%	29
45	Connecticut	0%	51
46	New York	0%	261
47	Massachusetts	0%	76
48	New Jersey	0%	101
49	Mississippi	0%	26
50	Alabama	0%	36
51	Maine	0%	3
52	Puerto Rico	0%	0

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

#	State	Population
1	Oklahoma	9,118
2	Michigan	6,481
3	Kansas	4,706
4	California	3,926
5	Texas	2,319
6	Wisconsin	2,223
7	Missouri	1,202
8	Oregon	965
9	Indiana	904
10	Colorado	882
11	Florida	845
12	Washington	813
13	Illinois	687
14	Arizona	643
15	Montana	565
16	Nevada	474
17	Arkansas	438
18	Virginia	430
19	North Carolina	404
20	Georgia	369
21	New Mexico	346
22	Tennessee	338
23	Utah	319
24	Alaska	314
25	Ohio	270
26	New York	261
27	Minnesota	258
28	Idaho	248
29	South Carolina	229
30	Pennsylvania	226
31	Kentucky	202
32	Nebraska	135
33	Wyoming	108
34	Maryland	103
35	New Jersey	101
36	Iowa	95
37	Louisiana	77
38	Hawaii	76
39	Massachusetts	76
40	Connecticut	51
41	South Dakota	48
42	Delaware	38
43	Alabama	36
44	Rhode Island	29
45	West Virginia	29
46	Mississippi	26
47	Vermont	25
48	New Hampshire	23
49	North Dakota	22
50	District of Columbia	12
51	Maine	3
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.