List of U.S. counties with Native American majority populations

Native American majority - red
Native American plurality - orange

Kalawao County on a map of Hawaii

The following is a list of United States counties in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Native American (American Indian or Alaska Native), according to data from the 2000 Census. The list below is organized by state and the percentage of each county's population that is Native American is listed in parentheses next to the county's name.

County-equivalents, such as boroughs and census areas in Alaska, are included in this list.

This list does not include Pacific Islanders / Native Hawaiians; in any case, there are no counties with majorities. The highest percentage of Pacific Islanders in any U.S. county is Kalawao County, Hawaii, with 48%.

By state

Alaska

• Bethel Census Area (81.9%)
• Dillingham Census Area (70.1%)
• Lake and Peninsula Borough (73.5%)
• Nome Census Area (75.2%)
• North Slope Borough (68.4%)
• Northwest Arctic Borough (82.5%)
• Kusilvak Census Area (92.5%)
• Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (70.9%)

Arizona

• Apache County (76.9%)

Montana

• Big Horn County (59.2%)
• Glacier County (61.8%)
• Roosevelt County (55.8%)

Nebraska

• Thurston County (52.0%)

New Mexico

• McKinley County (74.7%)

North Dakota

• Rolette County (73.0%)
• Sioux County (84.6%)

South Dakota

• Bennett County (52.1%)
• Buffalo County (81.6%)
• Corson County (60.8%)
• Dewey County (74.2%)
• Mellette County (52.4%)
• Oglala Lakota County (94.2%)
• Todd County (85.6%)
• Ziebach County (72.3%)

Utah

• San Juan County (55.7%)

Wisconsin

• Menominee County (87.3%)

National rankings

• Oglala Lakota County (94.20%)
• Kusilvak Census Area (92.53%)
• Menominee County (87.26%)
• Todd County (85.60%)

Gallery

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  Alaska
  NA majority in red
  NA plurality in orange
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  Arizona
  NA majority in red
  NA plurality in orange
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  Montana
  NA majority in red
  NA plurality in orange
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  Nebraska
  NA majority in red
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  New Mexico
  NA majority in red
  NA plurality in orange
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  North Dakota
  NA majority in red
  NA plurality in orange
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  South Dakota
  NA majority in red
  NA plurality in orange
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  Utah
  NA majority in red
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  Wisconsin
  NA majority in red

See also

• List of U.S. communities with Native American majority populations
• Lists of U.S. cities with non-white majority populations