Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Minnesota counties, Mahnomen County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (43.84%), followed by Beltrami County (21.95%), and Cass County (12.64%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Minnesota counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahnomen County | 43.84 |
| 2 | Beltrami County | 21.95 |
| 3 | Cass County | 12.64 |
| 4 | Clearwater County | 9.36 |
| 5 | Cook County | 8.31 |
| 6 | Becker County | 7.77 |
| 7 | Mille Lacs County | 6.24 |
| 8 | Carlton County | 5.81 |
| 9 | Traverse County | 5.59 |
| 10 | Redwood County | 4.57 |
| 11 | Yellow Medicine County | 3.77 |
| 12 | Itasca County | 3.74 |
| 13 | Pine County | 3.47 |
| 14 | Koochiching County | 2.73 |
| 15 | Aitkin County | 2.67 |
| 16 | Hubbard County | 2.46 |
| 17 | St. Louis County | 2.35 |
| 18 | Norman County | 2.2 |
| 19 | Red Lake County | 1.91 |
| 20 | Pipestone County | 1.88 |
| 21 | Pennington County | 1.74 |
| 22 | Clay County | 1.73 |
| 23 | Roseau County | 1.72 |
| 24 | Polk County | 1.69 |
| 25 | Wilkin County | 1.64 |
| 26 | Stevens County | 1.52 |
| 27 | Renville County | 1.47 |
| 28 | Goodhue County | 1.44 |
| 29 | Nobles County | 1.3 |
| 30 | Watonwan County | 1.24 |
| 31 | Chippewa County | 1.2 |
| 32 | Hennepin County | 1.14 |
| 33 | Lake of the Woods County | 1.13 |
| 34 | Scott County | 1.05 |
| 35 | Ramsey County | 0.98 |
| 36 | Crow Wing County | 0.96 |
| 37 | Marshall County | 0.88 |
| 38 | Anoka County | 0.85 |
| 39 | Kanabec County | 0.82 |
| 40 | Waseca County | 0.78 |
| 41 | Otter Tail County | 0.77 |
| 42 | Faribault County | 0.75 |
| 42 | Lyon County | 0.75 |
| 43 | Rock County | 0.72 |
| 44 | Chisago County | 0.68 |
| 45 | Mower County | 0.67 |
| 45 | Wadena County | 0.67 |
| 46 | Cottonwood County | 0.66 |
| 47 | Big Stone County | 0.64 |
| 47 | Rice County | 0.64 |
| 48 | Lake County | 0.63 |
| 48 | Swift County | 0.63 |
| 48 | Todd County | 0.63 |
| 49 | Benton County | 0.59 |
| 49 | Sherburne County | 0.59 |
| 50 | Dakota County | 0.57 |
| 51 | Isanti County | 0.53 |
| 51 | Washington County | 0.53 |
| 52 | Nicollet County | 0.51 |
| 53 | Freeborn County | 0.5 |
| 53 | Kandiyohi County | 0.5 |
| 54 | Grant County | 0.49 |
| 55 | Martin County | 0.47 |
| 56 | Le Sueur County | 0.45 |
| 56 | McLeod County | 0.45 |
| 57 | Dodge County | 0.44 |
| 58 | Pope County | 0.42 |
| 59 | Steele County | 0.41 |
| 59 | Wright County | 0.41 |
| 60 | Douglas County | 0.4 |
| 60 | Winona County | 0.4 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 0.39 |
| 62 | Sibley County | 0.38 |
| 62 | Stearns County | 0.38 |
| 63 | Kittson County | 0.37 |
| 63 | Olmsted County | 0.37 |
| 64 | Blue Earth County | 0.36 |
| 65 | Morrison County | 0.35 |
| 66 | Meeker County | 0.34 |
| 67 | Lincoln County | 0.33 |
| 68 | Wabasha County | 0.32 |
| 69 | Carver County | 0.31 |
| 70 | Murray County | 0.29 |
| 71 | Brown County | 0.25 |
| 71 | Lac qui Parle County | 0.25 |
| 72 | Houston County | 0.22 |
| 73 | Fillmore County | 0.2 |