Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all US counties, Kusilvak, AK had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (93.63%), followed by Oglala Lakota, SD (92.67%), and Todd, SD (85.76%).

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 Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2012
Kusilvak, AK
Oglala Lakota, SD
Todd, SD
Bethel, AK
Sioux, ND
Menominee, WI
Northwest Arctic, AK
Buffalo, SD
Rolette, ND
Nome, AK
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Kusilvak Borough, AK 93.63
2 Oglala Lakota County, SD 92.67
3 Todd County, SD 85.76
4 Bethel Borough, AK 82.29
5 Sioux County, ND 81.83
6 Menominee County, WI 81.32
7 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 80.57
8 Buffalo County, SD 79.96
9 Rolette County, ND 76.5
10 Nome Borough, AK 74.84
11 McKinley County, NM 73.43
12 Apache County, AZ 72.58
13 Dewey County, SD 72.4
14 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 71.22
15 Dillingham Borough, AK 70.23
16 Ziebach County, SD 69.82
17 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 64.14
18 Glacier County, MT 63.32
19 Big Horn County, MT 63.25
20 Corson County, SD 62.9
21 Bennett County, SD 59.72
22 Roosevelt County, MT 58.81
23 Thurston County, NE 55.43
24 North Slope Borough, AK 54.33
25 Benson County, ND 54.25
26 Mellette County, SD 52.92
27 Jackson County, SD 50.19
28 Blaine County, MT 48.35
29 San Juan County, UT 48.18
30 Navajo County, AZ 43.47
31 Adair County, OK 42.33
32 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 41.29
33 Mahnomen County, MN 39.71
34 Cibola County, NM 38.84
35 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 38.35
36 Robeson County, NC 38.33
37 Lyman County, SD 38.17
38 San Juan County, NM 36.62
39 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 36.39
40 Roberts County, SD 35.37
41 Rosebud County, MT 34.37
42 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 33.98
43 Cherokee County, OK 33.74
44 Charles Mix County, SD 30.95
45 Mountrail County, ND 27.57
46 Coconino County, AZ 26.54
47 Swain County, NC 25.88
48 Aleutians East Borough, AK 22.99
49 Delaware County, OK 22.61
50 Caddo County, OK 22.35
51 Lake County, MT 21.97
52 Hill County, MT 21.37
53 Mayes County, OK 21.23
54 Copper River Borough, AK 20.95
55 Sequoyah County, OK 20.68
56 Beltrami County, MN 20.43
57 Alpine County, CA 20.34
58 Latimer County, OK 20.14
59 Craig County, OK 20
60 Okfuskee County, OK 19.86
61 Chouteau County, MT 19.69
62 Fremont County, WY 19.54
63 Ottawa County, OK 18.9
64 Nowata County, OK 18.72
65 McIntosh County, OK 18.16
66 Seminole County, OK 18.14
67 Hughes County, OK 18.13
68 Muskogee County, OK 17.79
69 Pontotoc County, OK 17.53
70 Pushmataha County, OK 17.34
71 Mackinac County, MI 17.16
72 Coal County, OK 16.85
73 Choctaw County, OK 16.68
74 McKenzie County, ND 16.62
75 Sawyer County, WI 16.42
76 Haskell County, OK 16.25
77 Neshoba County, MS 16.17
78 Okmulgee County, OK 16.13
79 Ferry County, WA 16.07
80 Jefferson County, OR 15.99
81 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 15.72
82 Chippewa County, MI 15.3
83 Sitka City and Borough, AK 15.17
84 Gila County, AZ 15.06
85 McCurtain County, OK 15.03
86 Johnston County, OK 14.93
87 Pondera County, MT 14.55
88 Osage County, OK 14.24
89 Rio Arriba County, NM 14.04
90 Mineral County, NV 14
91 Pittsburg County, OK 13.87
92 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 13.57
93 Aleutians West Borough, AK 13.52
94 Atoka County, OK 13.44
95 Forest County, WI 13.34
96 Baraga County, MI 13.33
97 Tripp County, SD 13.17
98 Walworth County, SD 13.09
99 Graham County, AZ 13.03
100 Bryan County, OK 12.97
101 Rogers County, OK 12.92
102 Moody County, SD 12.68
103 Le Flore County, OK 12.65
104 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 12.61
105 Pottawatomie County, OK 12.31
106 Pawnee County, OK 12.26
107 Sandoval County, NM 11.98
108 Murray County, OK 11.89
109 Montezuma County, CO 11.52
110 Cass County, MN 11.21
111 Juneau City and Borough, AK 11
112 La Paz County, AZ 10.96
113 Scotland County, NC 10.93
114 Socorro County, NM 10.92
115 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 10.91
116 Vilas County, WI 10.81
117 Okanogan County, WA 10.6
118 Inyo County, CA 10.45
119 Ashland County, WI 10.4
120 Dunn County, ND 10.34
121 Washington County, OK 10.19
122 Creek County, OK 9.97
123 Wagoner County, OK 9.94
124 Chugach Borough, AK 9.76
125 Hughes County, SD 9.73
126 Bayfield County, WI 9.72
127 Marshall County, OK 9.59
128 Kay County, OK 9.52
129 Haines Borough, AK 9.34
130 Valley County, MT 9.26
131 Petersburg Borough, AK 9.13
132 Schoolcraft County, MI 9.07
133 Jackson County, NC 8.98
134 Pennington County, SD 8.89
135 Day County, SD 8.82
136 Blaine County, OK 8.74
137 Sheridan County, NE 8.71
138 Carter County, OK 8.69
139 Knox County, NE 8.62
140 Clearwater County, MN 8.61
141 Hoke County, NC 8.6
142 Noble County, OK 8.51
143 Brown County, KS 8.39
143 Brule County, SD 8.39
144 Cook County, MN 8.32
145 Ramsey County, ND 8.19
146 Cotton County, OK 8.1
147 Sabine Parish, LA 7.92
148 Benewah County, ID 7.89
149 Hyde County, SD 7.84
150 Garvin County, OK 7.83
151 Stanley County, SD 7.82
152 Phillips County, MT 7.81
153 Anchorage Borough, AK 7.56
154 Washington County, AL 7.54
155 Becker County, MN 7.42
156 Jackson County, KS 7.35
157 Shawano County, WI 7.26
158 Franklin County, NY 7.25
159 Bon Homme County, SD 7.23
160 Marshall County, SD 7.22
161 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 7.09
162 Del Norte County, CA 7.03
163 Uintah County, UT 6.94
164 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 6.86
165 Gregory County, SD 6.85
166 Charles City County, VA 6.6
167 Lincoln County, OK 6.51
168 Kiowa County, OK 6.36
169 McClain County, OK 6.35
170 Fall River County, SD 6.34
171 Tama County, IA 6.33
172 Graham County, NC 6.3
173 Jackson County, WI 6.1
174 Custer County, OK 6.07
175 Love County, OK 6.06
176 McLean County, ND 6
177 Jefferson County, OK 5.89
178 Tulsa County, OK 5.88
179 Dewey County, OK 5.79
180 Otero County, NM 5.75
181 Leake County, MS 5.73
182 Carlton County, MN 5.61
182 Mille Lacs County, MN 5.61
183 Lawrence County, AL 5.6
183 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 5.6
184 Terrebonne Parish, LA 5.57
185 Roger Mills County, OK 5.52
186 Bingham County, ID 5.46
187 Nez Perce County, ID 5.31
188 Humboldt County, CA 5.27
188 Taos County, NM 5.27
189 Stevens County, WA 5.26
190 Grady County, OK 5.25
191 Comanche County, OK 5.22
192 Luce County, MI 5.17
193 La Plata County, CO 5.09
193 Cherry County, NE 5.09
194 Stephens County, OK 4.99
195 Warren County, NC 4.97