Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Nebraska counties, Thurston County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (58.83%), followed by Sheridan County (10.79%), and Knox County (10.48%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Nebraska counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2019
Thurston
Sheridan
Knox
Cherry
Box Butte
Dakota
Dawes
Scotts Bluff
Colfax
Richardson
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Thurston County 58.83
2 Sheridan County 10.79
3 Knox County 10.48
4 Cherry County 6.71
5 Box Butte County 4.61
6 Dakota County 4.45
7 Dawes County 4.08
8 Scotts Bluff County 3.88
9 Colfax County 3.69
10 Richardson County 3.25
11 Hall County 2.39
12 Burt County 2.17
13 Dawson County 2.13
14 Madison County 2.12
15 Kimball County 2.11
16 Platte County 2
17 Dodge County 1.8
17 Thomas County 1.8
18 Dundy County 1.78
19 Deuel County 1.65
20 Morrill County 1.62
21 Sioux County 1.55
22 Saline County 1.54
23 Johnson County 1.49
24 Boyd County 1.43
25 Adams County 1.4
26 Clay County 1.35
26 Dixon County 1.35
27 Garden County 1.32
28 Douglas County 1.31
29 Brown County 1.18
30 Lincoln County 1.16
31 Cheyenne County 1
31 Lancaster County 1
32 Rock County 0.95
33 Logan County 0.93
34 Wayne County 0.92
35 Stanton County 0.88
36 Fillmore County 0.86
36 York County 0.86
37 Keith County 0.84
38 Cuming County 0.83
39 Red Willow County 0.82
40 Phelps County 0.81
40 Sarpy County 0.81
41 Jefferson County 0.8
42 Holt County 0.77
43 Custer County 0.76
43 Polk County 0.76
44 Merrick County 0.74
45 Frontier County 0.72
46 Gosper County 0.71
46 Otoe County 0.71
47 Furnas County 0.7
48 Nance County 0.69
49 Buffalo County 0.67
50 Cass County 0.64
50 Gage County 0.64
50 Keya Paha County 0.64
51 Nuckolls County 0.6
52 Antelope County 0.59
52 Howard County 0.59
53 Franklin County 0.58
54 Butler County 0.56
54 Cedar County 0.56
54 Kearney County 0.56
55 Hayes County 0.55
55 Seward County 0.55
55 Webster County 0.55
56 Hitchcock County 0.54
57 Harlan County 0.53
57 Saunders County 0.53
58 Chase County 0.51
58 Wheeler County 0.51
59 Washington County 0.47
60 Nemaha County 0.46
60 Pierce County 0.46
60 Thayer County 0.46
61 Hooker County 0.45
62 Sherman County 0.44
63 Arthur County 0.43
64 Hamilton County 0.33
65 Perkins County 0.31
66 Valley County 0.27
67 Banner County 0.26
68 Boone County 0.23
69 Pawnee County 0.19
70 Grant County 0.16
71 Garfield County 0.15
71 Loup County 0.15
72 Greeley County 0.13
73 Blaine County 0
73 McPherson County 0