Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Nebraska counties, Thurston County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (54.83%), followed by Sheridan County (9.25%), and Knox County (8.69%).

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 Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2015
Thurston
Sheridan
Knox
Cherry
Dawes
Richardson
Box Butte
Dakota
Burt
Scotts Bluff
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Thurston County 54.83
2 Sheridan County 9.25
3 Knox County 8.69
4 Cherry County 4.63
5 Dawes County 3.39
6 Richardson County 2.84
7 Box Butte County 2.63
8 Dakota County 2.4
9 Burt County 1.82
10 Scotts Bluff County 1.45
11 Hooker County 1.26
12 Kimball County 1.21
13 Logan County 1.14
14 Johnson County 1.13
15 Boyd County 1.05
15 Madison County 1.05
16 Garden County 1.04
17 Deuel County 0.89
18 Sioux County 0.87
19 Morrill County 0.75
20 Hitchcock County 0.7
21 Cheyenne County 0.69
21 Merrick County 0.69
22 Rock County 0.64
23 Keya Paha County 0.63
24 Brown County 0.57
24 Lancaster County 0.57
25 Dundy County 0.56
26 York County 0.54
27 Gage County 0.51
28 Dixon County 0.49
29 Douglas County 0.48
29 Lincoln County 0.48
30 Stanton County 0.47
31 Frontier County 0.46
31 Furnas County 0.46
32 Fillmore County 0.45
32 Seward County 0.45
32 Wayne County 0.45
33 Adams County 0.44
33 Arthur County 0.44
33 Dodge County 0.44
33 Keith County 0.44
33 Red Willow County 0.44
34 Jefferson County 0.43
34 Thomas County 0.43
35 Saline County 0.41
36 Custer County 0.4
37 Hall County 0.39
38 Harlan County 0.38
38 Sarpy County 0.38
39 Otoe County 0.37
40 Cass County 0.36
41 Clay County 0.35
41 Colfax County 0.35
41 Dawson County 0.35
41 Thayer County 0.35
42 Nance County 0.34
42 Platte County 0.34
43 Cedar County 0.33
44 Holt County 0.32
45 Pierce County 0.31
46 Saunders County 0.29
47 Banner County 0.28
47 Nemaha County 0.28
47 Nuckolls County 0.28
47 Phelps County 0.28
48 Franklin County 0.27
48 Kearney County 0.27
49 Buffalo County 0.26
50 Butler County 0.25
50 Gosper County 0.25
50 Polk County 0.25
51 Cuming County 0.24
51 Howard County 0.24
52 Boone County 0.23
52 Hamilton County 0.23
52 Washington County 0.23
53 Pawnee County 0.19
54 Chase County 0.18
55 Loup County 0.17
55 Webster County 0.17
56 Antelope County 0.16
57 Grant County 0.15
58 Perkins County 0.14
59 Sherman County 0.13
59 Wheeler County 0.13
60 Greeley County 0.12
60 Valley County 0.12
61 Hayes County 0.11
62 Blaine County 0
62 Garfield County 0
62 McPherson County 0