Distribution of American Indian tribes: South American Indian People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: American Indian tribes: South American Indian

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico	9.27%
2	Rinc, Puerto Rico	6.81%
3	A, Puerto Rico	5.29%
4	Carolina Municipio, Puerto Rico	2.11%
5	Berks County, Pennsylvania	1.47%
6	Emporia city, Virginia	1.12%
7	Greer County, Oklahoma	0.69%
8	Aguadilla Municipio, Puerto Rico	0.62%
9	Amelia County, Virginia	0.55%
10	Sweetwater County, Wyoming	0.5%
11	Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico	0.5%
12	Cayey Municipio, Puerto Rico	0.48%
13	Las Mar, Puerto Rico	0.45%
14	Mayag, Puerto Rico	0.44%
15	Guaynabo Municipio, Puerto Rico	0.44%
16	Pierce County, Nebraska	0.43%
17	Las Piedras Municipio, Puerto Rico	0.39%
18	Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico	0.38%
19	Pike County, Mississippi	0.34%
20	San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico	0.34%

Top Counties by Population of American Indian tribes: South American Indian

#	County	Population
1	Berks County, Pennsylvania	6,135
2	Bronx County, New York	4,130
3	Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico	3,583
4	Carolina Municipio, Puerto Rico	3,319
5	New York County, New York	3,152
6	Kings County, New York	2,517
7	Queens County, New York	2,344
8	Cuyahoga County, Ohio	2,209
9	Broward County, Florida	1,841
10	Suffolk County, New York	1,803
11	Los Angeles County, California	1,746
12	A, Puerto Rico	1,448
13	Westchester County, New York	1,412
14	Hartford County, Connecticut	1,284
15	Cook County, Illinois	1,265
16	Miami-Dade County, Florida	1,239
17	Hillsborough County, Florida	1,180
18	San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico	1,179
19	Monroe County, New York	1,152
20	Providence County, Rhode Island	1,132

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Puerto Rico	0.45%	15,194
2	Rhode Island	0.12%	1,219
3	Connecticut	0.1%	3,742
4	New York	0.1%	20,282
5	Pennsylvania	0.09%	11,161
6	New Jersey	0.06%	5,623
7	Delaware	0.06%	548
8	Massachusetts	0.05%	3,400
9	Florida	0.05%	10,052
10	Wyoming	0.05%	266
11	Maryland	0.04%	2,254
12	Hawaii	0.03%	480
13	District of Columbia	0.03%	219
14	Ohio	0.03%	3,281
15	Virginia	0.03%	2,372
16	North Carolina	0.02%	2,367
17	Georgia	0.02%	2,294
18	Alaska	0.02%	150
19	Utah	0.02%	593
20	Illinois	0.02%	2,361
21	California	0.02%	6,314
22	Nebraska	0.02%	293
23	Colorado	0.01%	724
24	New Mexico	0.01%	273
25	Washington	0.01%	903
26	Texas	0.01%	3,371
27	Michigan	0.01%	939
28	Oklahoma	0.01%	345
29	Wisconsin	0.01%	505
30	Nevada	0.01%	253
31	Minnesota	0.01%	473
32	South Carolina	0.01%	418
33	Oregon	0.01%	332
34	Arizona	0.01%	532
35	Tennessee	0.01%	436
36	Missouri	0.01%	404
37	Idaho	0.01%	107
38	Louisiana	0.01%	292
39	Kentucky	0.01%	245
40	Mississippi	0.01%	157
41	Maine	0.01%	69
42	Indiana	0.01%	338
43	New Hampshire	0.01%	69
44	Vermont	0%	29
45	Montana	0%	47
46	Alabama	0%	211
47	West Virginia	0%	60
48	Arkansas	0%	83
49	Iowa	0%	87
50	South Dakota	0%	15
51	Kansas	0%	46
52	North Dakota	0%	3

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

#	State	Population
1	New York	20,282
2	Puerto Rico	15,194
3	Pennsylvania	11,161
4	Florida	10,052
5	California	6,314
6	New Jersey	5,623
7	Connecticut	3,742
8	Massachusetts	3,400
9	Texas	3,371
10	Ohio	3,281
11	Virginia	2,372
12	North Carolina	2,367
13	Illinois	2,361
14	Georgia	2,294
15	Maryland	2,254
16	Rhode Island	1,219
17	Michigan	939
18	Washington	903
19	Colorado	724
20	Utah	593
21	Delaware	548
22	Arizona	532
23	Wisconsin	505
24	Hawaii	480
25	Minnesota	473
26	Tennessee	436
27	South Carolina	418
28	Missouri	404
29	Oklahoma	345
30	Indiana	338
31	Oregon	332
32	Nebraska	293
33	Louisiana	292
34	New Mexico	273
35	Wyoming	266
36	Nevada	253
37	Kentucky	245
38	District of Columbia	219
39	Alabama	211
40	Mississippi	157
41	Alaska	150
42	Idaho	107
43	Iowa	87
44	Arkansas	83
45	New Hampshire	69
46	Maine	69
47	West Virginia	60
48	Montana	47
49	Kansas	46
50	Vermont	29
51	South Dakota	15
52	North Dakota	3

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.