Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all US counties, Oglala Lakota, SD had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (95.44%), followed by Kusilvak, AK (94.53%), and Todd, SD (88.28%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 200 US counties.

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

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Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2011
Oglala Lakota, SD
Kusilvak, AK
Todd, SD
Menominee, WI
Sioux, ND
Buffalo, SD
Bethel, AK
Northwest Arctic, AK
Rolette, ND
McKinley, NM
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County, SD 95.44
2 Kusilvak Borough, AK 94.53
3 Todd County, SD 88.28
4 Menominee County, WI 86.37
5 Sioux County, ND 84.38
6 Buffalo County, SD 83.22
7 Bethel Borough, AK 82.85
8 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 80.88
9 Rolette County, ND 77.38
10 McKinley County, NM 77.19
11 Nome Borough, AK 75.64
12 Dewey County, SD 75.07
13 Apache County, AZ 73.75
14 Ziebach County, SD 72.75
15 Dillingham Borough, AK 71.98
16 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 71.88
17 Corson County, SD 66.58
18 Big Horn County, MT 65.55
19 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 65.19
20 Glacier County, MT 64.93
21 Bennett County, SD 61.33
22 Roosevelt County, MT 60.23
23 Thurston County, NE 57.57
24 North Slope Borough, AK 56.15
25 Benson County, ND 55.23
26 Mellette County, SD 54.95
27 Jackson County, SD 52.44
28 San Juan County, UT 50.32
29 Blaine County, MT 50.05
30 Adair County, OK 45.04
31 Navajo County, AZ 44.57
32 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 42.26
33 Cibola County, NM 42.02
34 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 41.9
35 Mahnomen County, MN 41.31
36 Robeson County, NC 39.43
37 Lyman County, SD 39.05
38 San Juan County, NM 38.07
39 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 36.53
40 Roberts County, SD 35.49
41 Cherokee County, OK 35.1
42 Rosebud County, MT 34.98
43 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 34.21
44 Charles Mix County, SD 31.99
45 Mountrail County, ND 30.23
46 Coconino County, AZ 28.2
47 Swain County, NC 27.66
48 Caddo County, OK 25.94
49 Aleutians East Borough, AK 24.97
50 Delaware County, OK 23.03
51 Lake County, MT 22.83
52 Hill County, MT 22.18
53 Copper River Borough, AK 22
54 Chouteau County, MT 21.92
55 Mayes County, OK 21.66
56 Fremont County, WY 21.56
57 Sequoyah County, OK 21.19
58 Alpine County, CA 20.95
59 Latimer County, OK 20.9
60 Beltrami County, MN 20.85
61 Okfuskee County, OK 20.61
62 Craig County, OK 20.58
63 McKenzie County, ND 20.56
64 Ottawa County, OK 19.54
65 Nowata County, OK 19.22
66 Hughes County, OK 18.92
67 McIntosh County, OK 18.8
68 Seminole County, OK 18.79
69 Muskogee County, OK 18.54
70 Jefferson County, OR 18.45
71 Rio Arriba County, NM 18.26
72 Pontotoc County, OK 18.21
73 Pushmataha County, OK 17.98
74 Coal County, OK 17.62
75 Mackinac County, MI 17.33
76 Ferry County, WA 16.96
77 Choctaw County, OK 16.9
78 Sawyer County, WI 16.89
79 Sitka City and Borough, AK 16.86
80 La Paz County, AZ 16.8
81 Okmulgee County, OK 16.7
82 Neshoba County, MS 16.36
82 Haskell County, OK 16.36
83 Mineral County, NV 16.12
84 McCurtain County, OK 16.08
85 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 16.02
86 Johnston County, OK 15.95
87 Gila County, AZ 15.67
88 Chippewa County, MI 15.63
89 Aleutians West Borough, AK 15.15
90 Osage County, OK 14.77
91 Pondera County, MT 14.66
92 Graham County, AZ 14.49
93 Pittsburg County, OK 14.47
94 Walworth County, SD 14.44
95 Atoka County, OK 14.22
96 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 14.21
97 Forest County, WI 14.03
98 Moody County, SD 13.8
99 Tripp County, SD 13.77
100 Bryan County, OK 13.59
101 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 13.56
102 Baraga County, MI 13.46
102 Sandoval County, NM 13.46
103 Rogers County, OK 13.41
104 Pottawatomie County, OK 13.18
105 Le Flore County, OK 13.03
106 Murray County, OK 12.98
107 Montezuma County, CO 12.77
108 Inyo County, CA 12.54
109 Pawnee County, OK 12.38
110 Okanogan County, WA 12.24
111 Socorro County, NM 12.15
112 Juneau City and Borough, AK 12.01
113 Dunn County, ND 11.79
114 Cass County, MN 11.57
115 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 11.42
116 Scotland County, NC 11.36
117 Ashland County, WI 11.2
117 Vilas County, WI 11.2
118 Sheridan County, NE 10.97
119 Hughes County, SD 10.72
120 Washington County, OK 10.6
121 Cotton County, OK 10.36
121 Marshall County, OK 10.36
122 Kay County, OK 10.32
123 Creek County, OK 10.3
124 Wagoner County, OK 10.27
125 Chugach Borough, AK 10.04
126 Bayfield County, WI 9.89
127 Jackson County, NC 9.85
128 Marshall County, SD 9.81
129 Pennington County, SD 9.8
130 Hoke County, NC 9.77
131 Valley County, MT 9.74
132 Blaine County, OK 9.72
133 Haines Borough, AK 9.48
134 Carter County, OK 9.42
135 Day County, SD 9.37
136 Knox County, NE 9.24
137 Brown County, KS 9.15
138 Noble County, OK 9.07
139 Benewah County, ID 9.05
140 Clearwater County, MN 9
141 Schoolcraft County, MI 8.98
142 Del Norte County, CA 8.88
143 Brule County, SD 8.84
144 Cook County, MN 8.79
145 Ramsey County, ND 8.76
146 Sabine Parish, LA 8.74
147 Petersburg Borough, AK 8.66
148 Phillips County, MT 8.51
149 Jackson County, KS 8.27
150 Garvin County, OK 8.18
151 Hyde County, SD 8.15
152 Anchorage Borough, AK 8.13
153 Uintah County, UT 7.89
154 Washington County, AL 7.84
155 Tama County, IA 7.79
156 Gregory County, SD 7.77
157 Shawano County, WI 7.74
158 Becker County, MN 7.67
159 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 7.52
160 Franklin County, NY 7.39
161 Kiowa County, OK 7.33
162 Taos County, NM 7.32
163 Love County, OK 7.31
164 Bon Homme County, SD 7.3
165 Bingham County, ID 7.26
166 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 7.23
167 Otero County, NM 7.14
168 Fall River County, SD 7.04
169 Charles City County, VA 7
170 Custer County, OK 6.98
171 McLean County, ND 6.96
172 Stanley County, SD 6.95
173 Leake County, MS 6.79
174 Graham County, NC 6.75
175 Pinal County, AZ 6.72
175 Lincoln County, OK 6.72
176 Jefferson County, OK 6.7
177 Roger Mills County, OK 6.65
178 La Plata County, CO 6.59
179 Tulsa County, OK 6.57
180 McClain County, OK 6.55
181 Jackson County, WI 6.51
182 Dewey County, OK 6.33
183 Humboldt County, CA 6.17
183 Mendocino County, CA 6.17
184 Comanche County, OK 6.13
185 Elko County, NV 6.11
186 Mille Lacs County, MN 6.03
187 Carlton County, MN 5.94
188 Yakima County, WA 5.89
189 Cherry County, NE 5.88
190 Nez Perce County, ID 5.81
191 Grady County, OK 5.79
192 Lawrence County, AL 5.76
193 Terrebonne Parish, LA 5.74
194 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 5.7