Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, 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 (92.93%), followed by Kusilvak, AK (92.23%), and Todd, SD (86.67%).

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 2018
Oglala Lakota, SD
Kusilvak, AK
Todd, SD
Bethel, AK
Menominee, WI
Sioux, ND
Buffalo, SD
Northwest Arctic, AK
McKinley, NM
Rolette, ND
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County, SD 92.93
2 Kusilvak Borough, AK 92.23
3 Todd County, SD 86.67
4 Bethel Borough, AK 84.11
5 Menominee County, WI 82.92
6 Sioux County, ND 82.06
7 Buffalo County, SD 80.97
8 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 79.77
9 McKinley County, NM 79.35
10 Rolette County, ND 78.28
11 Nome Borough, AK 76.11
12 Apache County, AZ 74.97
13 Dewey County, SD 74.92
14 Dillingham Borough, AK 72.72
15 Ziebach County, SD 70.68
16 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 69.77
17 Big Horn County, MT 66.73
18 Corson County, SD 66.67
19 Glacier County, MT 64.72
20 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 62.17
21 Bennett County, SD 60.83
22 Roosevelt County, MT 60.81
23 Thurston County, NE 58.91
24 Mellette County, SD 56.35
25 Benson County, ND 55.9
26 North Slope Borough, AK 55.58
27 Jackson County, SD 54.17
28 Blaine County, MT 50.8
29 San Juan County, UT 49.28
30 Adair County, OK 46.56
31 Navajo County, AZ 45.56
32 Cibola County, NM 44.04
33 Mahnomen County, MN 43.08
34 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 42.92
35 Robeson County, NC 41.73
36 San Juan County, NM 41.39
37 Rosebud County, MT 39.27
38 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 39.17
39 Lyman County, SD 38.96
40 Roberts County, SD 38.76
41 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 38.52
42 Cherokee County, OK 37.26
43 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 33.03
44 Charles Mix County, SD 32.33
45 Mountrail County, ND 30.1
46 Swain County, NC 29.94
47 Coconino County, AZ 27.67
48 Caddo County, OK 25.77
49 Delaware County, OK 24.61
50 Lake County, MT 24.4
51 Hill County, MT 24.13
52 Alpine County, CA 23.96
53 Latimer County, OK 23.8
54 Sequoyah County, OK 23.01
55 Mayes County, OK 22.65
56 Fremont County, WY 22.61
57 Okfuskee County, OK 22.55
58 Beltrami County, MN 22.18
59 Craig County, OK 21.89
60 Ottawa County, OK 21.13
61 Aleutians East Borough, AK 20.82
62 Seminole County, OK 20.66
63 Hughes County, OK 20.57
64 Pontotoc County, OK 20.47
65 Muskogee County, OK 20.46
66 Coal County, OK 20.22
67 Pushmataha County, OK 19.87
68 Rio Arriba County, NM 19.83
69 Nowata County, OK 19.78
70 McIntosh County, OK 19.29
71 Jefferson County, OR 19.14
72 Copper River Borough, AK 18.96
73 Choctaw County, OK 18.89
74 Haskell County, OK 18.38
75 Chouteau County, MT 18.37
76 La Paz County, AZ 18.17
77 Mineral County, NV 18.05
78 McCurtain County, OK 17.95
79 Gila County, AZ 17.94
80 Sawyer County, WI 17.92
81 Okmulgee County, OK 17.72
82 Neshoba County, MS 17.22
83 Ferry County, WA 17.17
84 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 16.7
85 Chippewa County, MI 16.63
86 Mackinac County, MI 16.55
87 Pittsburg County, OK 16.48
88 Sitka City and Borough, AK 16.08
89 Johnston County, OK 15.98
90 Bryan County, OK 15.38
91 Forest County, WI 15.3
92 Atoka County, OK 15.08
93 Osage County, OK 15.05
94 Tripp County, SD 14.93
95 Le Flore County, OK 14.76
96 Walworth County, SD 14.75
97 Socorro County, NM 14.66
98 Murray County, OK 14.35
99 Sandoval County, NM 14.25
100 Pondera County, MT 14.19
101 Pottawatomie County, OK 14.17
102 Montezuma County, CO 14.09
102 Pawnee County, OK 14.09
103 Baraga County, MI 14.07
104 Rogers County, OK 13.83
105 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 13.74
105 Moody County, SD 13.74
106 Graham County, AZ 13.73
107 Inyo County, CA 13.65
108 Okanogan County, WA 13.06
109 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 12.93
110 Scotland County, NC 12.61
111 Cass County, MN 12.57
112 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 12.47
113 Chugach Borough, AK 12.01
114 Aleutians West Borough, AK 11.98
114 Hughes County, SD 11.98
115 Juneau City and Borough, AK 11.97
116 Ashland County, WI 11.55
117 Marshall County, OK 11.48
118 Kay County, OK 11.25
119 Creek County, OK 11.06
120 Vilas County, WI 11.01
121 Washington County, OK 10.99
122 Petersburg Borough, AK 10.81
123 Wagoner County, OK 10.78
124 Sheridan County, NE 10.65
125 Carter County, OK 10.52
126 Ramsey County, ND 10.44
127 Knox County, NE 10.36
128 Cotton County, OK 10.33
129 Haines Borough, AK 10.31
129 Blaine County, OK 10.31
129 Bayfield County, WI 10.31
130 McKenzie County, ND 10.29
131 Pennington County, SD 10.2
132 Marshall County, SD 9.99
133 Dunn County, ND 9.97
134 Brule County, SD 9.89
135 Del Norte County, CA 9.8
136 Brown County, KS 9.74
137 Noble County, OK 9.45
138 Garvin County, OK 9.43
139 Sabine Parish, LA 9.4
140 Day County, SD 9.3
141 Clearwater County, MN 9.26
142 Valley County, MT 9.25
143 Phillips County, MT 9.24
144 Jackson County, NC 9.19
145 Schoolcraft County, MI 9.18
146 Hoke County, NC 9.12
147 Anchorage Borough, AK 8.75
148 Jackson County, KS 8.66
149 Hyde County, SD 8.62
150 Cook County, MN 8.61
151 Benewah County, ID 8.48
152 Bon Homme County, SD 8.46
153 Shawano County, WI 8.4
154 Tama County, IA 8.36
155 Otero County, NM 8.3
156 Custer County, OK 8.19
157 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 8.07
158 Love County, OK 8.06
159 Becker County, MN 8.01
159 Kiowa County, OK 8.01
160 Graham County, NC 8
160 Uintah County, UT 8
161 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 7.79
162 Gregory County, SD 7.74
163 Washington County, AL 7.72
164 Taos County, NM 7.66
165 La Plata County, CO 7.61
166 Franklin County, NY 7.58
167 Bingham County, ID 7.55
168 Lincoln County, OK 7.41
169 Jefferson County, OK 7.26
170 McLean County, ND 7.22
171 McClain County, OK 7.19
172 Tulsa County, OK 7
173 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 6.87
174 Stanley County, SD 6.85
175 Comanche County, OK 6.81
176 Pinal County, AZ 6.77
176 Esmeralda County, NV 6.77
176 Charles City County, VA 6.77
176 Yakima County, WA 6.77
177 Dewey County, OK 6.69
177 Jackson County, WI 6.69
178 Roger Mills County, OK 6.65
179 Traverse County, MN 6.63
180 Leake County, MS 6.56
181 Mendocino County, CA 6.54
182 Cherry County, NE 6.52
183 Elko County, NV 6.47
184 Bernalillo County, NM 6.43
185 Fall River County, SD 6.42
186 Humboldt County, CA 6.38
187 Adams County, WA 6.37
188 Mille Lacs County, MN 6.34
189 Valencia County, NM 6.32