Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that were American Indian and Alaska Native Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Minnesota counties, in April 2020, among all Minnesota counties, Mahnomen County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (42.95%), followed by Beltrami County (20.37%), and Cass County (11.68%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Minnesota counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Minnesota.

Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were American Indian and Alaska Native Alone from Census 2020
Mahnomen
42.95%
Beltrami
20.37%
Cass
11.68%
Clearwater
8.88%
Cook
8.18%
Becker
7.02%
Traverse
6.46%
Carlton
6.12%
Mille Lacs
5.67%
Redwood
5.49%
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were American Indian and Alaska Native Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
American Indian & Alaska Native % of County Pop.
1 Mahnomen County 42.95
2 Beltrami County 20.37
3 Cass County 11.68
4 Clearwater County 8.88
5 Cook County 8.18
6 Becker County 7.02
7 Traverse County 6.46
8 Carlton County 6.12
9 Mille Lacs County 5.67
10 Redwood County 5.49
11 Pine County 3.46
12 Itasca County 3.45
13 Yellow Medicine County 3.05
14 Hubbard County 2.72
15 Aitkin County 2.52
16 Koochiching County 2.36
17 St. Louis County 2.26
18 Nobles County 2.06
19 Norman County 1.82
20 Clay County 1.76
21 Stevens County 1.76
22 Roseau County 1.57
23 Red Lake County 1.53
24 Wilkin County 1.48
25 Polk County 1.46
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