Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all US counties, Kusilvak, AK had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (93.18%), followed by Oglala Lakota, SD (90.05%), and Bethel, AK (84.84%).

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 2022
Kusilvak, AK
Oglala Lakota, SD
Bethel, AK
Todd, SD
Sioux, ND
McKinley, NM
Northwest Arctic, AK
Buffalo, SD
Menominee, WI
Rolette, ND
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Kusilvak Borough, AK 93.18
2 Oglala Lakota County, SD 90.05
3 Bethel Borough, AK 84.84
4 Todd County, SD 84.37
5 Sioux County, ND 81.5
6 McKinley County, NM 81.04
7 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 80.69
8 Buffalo County, SD 79.56
9 Menominee County, WI 79.2
10 Rolette County, ND 77.24
11 Nome Borough, AK 76.07
12 Apache County, AZ 73.82
13 Dewey County, SD 73.01
14 Dillingham Borough, AK 72.57
15 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 68.12
16 Ziebach County, SD 67.84
17 Big Horn County, MT 66.75
18 Glacier County, MT 65.14
19 Corson County, SD 64.45
20 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 60.86
21 Roosevelt County, MT 60.74
22 Bennett County, SD 58.84
23 Thurston County, NE 57.79
24 Mellette County, SD 53.87
25 Jackson County, SD 53.04
26 Benson County, ND 52.86
27 North Slope Borough, AK 51.77
28 Blaine County, MT 50.6
29 Cibola County, NM 48.19
30 San Juan County, UT 47.19
31 Adair County, OK 45.11
32 Navajo County, AZ 43.98
33 San Juan County, NM 43.62
34 Mahnomen County, MN 43.14
35 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 42.39
36 Robeson County, NC 41.78
37 Rosebud County, MT 38.41
38 Lyman County, SD 37.76
39 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 37.21
40 Roberts County, SD 37.05
41 Cherokee County, OK 36.72
42 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 35.77
43 Mountrail County, ND 30.74
44 Charles Mix County, SD 30.64
45 Swain County, NC 30.08
46 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 30
47 Coconino County, AZ 27.17
48 Latimer County, OK 25.07
49 Hill County, MT 24.78
50 Delaware County, OK 23.87
51 Lake County, MT 23.31
52 Sequoyah County, OK 23.29
53 Caddo County, OK 23.24
54 Alpine County, CA 22.94
55 Mayes County, OK 22.64
56 Okfuskee County, OK 22.13
57 Beltrami County, MN 22.09
58 Rio Arriba County, NM 21.95
59 Craig County, OK 21.83
60 Coal County, OK 21.68
61 Fremont County, WY 21.42
62 Pontotoc County, OK 21.24
63 Ottawa County, OK 21.18
64 Muskogee County, OK 20.45
65 Seminole County, OK 20.09
66 Hughes County, OK 20.01
67 Choctaw County, OK 19.41
68 Copper River Borough, AK 19.36
69 McIntosh County, OK 19.29
70 Nowata County, OK 19.11
71 Pushmataha County, OK 18.85
72 Haskell County, OK 18.39
73 Gila County, AZ 18.08
74 McCurtain County, OK 17.96
75 Chouteau County, MT 17.86
76 Jefferson County, OR 17.73
77 La Paz County, AZ 17.39
78 Mineral County, NV 17.19
79 Okmulgee County, OK 17.14
80 Neshoba County, MS 17.11
81 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 17.05
82 Chippewa County, MI 16.65
83 Pittsburg County, OK 16.64
84 Sawyer County, WI 16.53
85 Johnston County, OK 16.3
86 Ferry County, WA 16.24
87 Mackinac County, MI 15.96
88 Tripp County, SD 15.36
89 Atoka County, OK 15.29
90 Pondera County, MT 15.25
91 Sitka City and Borough, AK 15.2
92 Bryan County, OK 15.12
93 Socorro County, NM 15.06
94 Le Flore County, OK 14.93
95 Murray County, OK 14.79
95 Osage County, OK 14.79
96 Walworth County, SD 14.66
97 Forest County, WI 14.41
98 Sandoval County, NM 14.25
99 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 14.23
100 Pottawatomie County, OK 14.1
101 Baraga County, MI 14.08
102 Inyo County, CA 13.89
103 Moody County, SD 13.77
104 Montezuma County, CO 13.57
105 Graham County, AZ 13.47
105 Rogers County, OK 13.47
106 Pawnee County, OK 13.32
107 Aleutians East Borough, AK 13.15
108 Scotland County, NC 13.05
109 Okanogan County, WA 12.48
110 Juneau City and Borough, AK 12.45
111 Hughes County, SD 12.4
112 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 12.32
113 Chugach Borough, AK 12.09
114 Brule County, SD 11.85
115 Kay County, OK 11.65
116 Cass County, MN 11.48
117 Washington County, OK 11.45
118 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 11.42
119 Ashland County, WI 11.31
120 Ramsey County, ND 11.26
121 Marshall County, OK 11.07
122 Creek County, OK 10.9
123 Hyde County, SD 10.68
124 Cotton County, OK 10.66
125 Petersburg Borough, AK 10.59
126 Carter County, OK 10.58
127 Wagoner County, OK 10.34
128 Sheridan County, NE 10.25
129 Knox County, NE 10.14
130 Pennington County, SD 10.08
131 Haines Borough, AK 10.05
132 Vilas County, WI 9.95
133 Phillips County, MT 9.93
134 Del Norte County, CA 9.79
135 Dunn County, ND 9.69
135 Blaine County, OK 9.69
136 Noble County, OK 9.65
137 Bayfield County, WI 9.59
138 Garvin County, OK 9.56
139 Anchorage Borough, AK 9.53
140 Clearwater County, MN 9.44
141 Schoolcraft County, MI 9.43
142 Day County, SD 9.37
143 Sabine Parish, LA 9.28
143 Marshall County, SD 9.28
144 Valley County, MT 8.94
145 Jackson County, NC 8.86
146 McKenzie County, ND 8.77
147 Shawano County, WI 8.67
148 Custer County, OK 8.66
149 Brown County, KS 8.6
150 Aleutians West Borough, AK 8.53
151 Hoke County, NC 8.45
152 Taos County, NM 8.43
153 Jackson County, KS 8.34
154 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 8.26
154 Kiowa County, OK 8.26
155 Bon Homme County, SD 8.18
156 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 8.15
157 Graham County, NC 8.13
158 Tama County, IA 8.09
159 Otero County, NM 8.08
160 Love County, OK 7.98
161 Cook County, MN 7.95
162 Gregory County, SD 7.93
163 Cherry County, NE 7.8
163 Franklin County, NY 7.8
164 Roger Mills County, OK 7.79
165 Washington County, AL 7.67
166 La Plata County, CO 7.58
167 Jefferson County, OK 7.53
168 Benewah County, ID 7.47
169 Uintah County, UT 7.43
170 Dewey County, OK 7.36
171 Lincoln County, OK 7.35
172 Becker County, MN 7.31
173 McClain County, OK 7.3
174 Leake County, MS 7.29
175 McLean County, ND 7.28
176 Esmeralda County, NV 7.23
177 Tulsa County, OK 7.14
178 Stanley County, SD 7.06
179 Valencia County, NM 7.04
180 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 7.01
181 Jones County, SD 6.97
182 Yakima County, WA 6.9
183 Comanche County, OK 6.88
184 Bingham County, ID 6.87
184 Bernalillo County, NM 6.87
185 Denali Borough, AK 6.86
186 Charles City County, VA 6.78
187 Traverse County, MN 6.72
188 Grady County, OK 6.58
189 Mendocino County, CA 6.55
190 Jackson County, WI 6.53
191 Elko County, NV 6.5
192 Humboldt County, CA 6.4
193 Toole County, MT 6.32