Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, 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 (92.05%), followed by Oglala Lakota, SD (90.29%), and Todd, SD (84.05%).

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 2017
Kusilvak, AK
Oglala Lakota, SD
Todd, SD
Bethel, AK
Sioux, ND
Northwest Arctic, AK
Buffalo, SD
Menominee, WI
Rolette, ND
Nome, AK
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Kusilvak Borough, AK 92.05
2 Oglala Lakota County, SD 90.29
3 Todd County, SD 84.05
4 Bethel Borough, AK 82.93
5 Sioux County, ND 79.42
6 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 79.08
7 Buffalo County, SD 78.5
8 Menominee County, WI 78.12
9 Rolette County, ND 76.6
10 Nome Borough, AK 75.44
11 McKinley County, NM 74
12 Apache County, AZ 73.15
13 Dewey County, SD 71.8
14 Dillingham Borough, AK 71.46
15 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 69.41
16 Ziebach County, SD 67.49
17 Big Horn County, MT 63.86
18 Glacier County, MT 62.77
19 Corson County, SD 62.53
20 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 61.52
21 Roosevelt County, MT 58.49
22 Bennett County, SD 57.62
23 Thurston County, NE 54.74
24 Benson County, ND 54.05
25 North Slope Borough, AK 53.45
26 Mellette County, SD 52.86
27 Jackson County, SD 51.21
28 Blaine County, MT 48.81
29 San Juan County, UT 47.36
30 Navajo County, AZ 43.64
31 Adair County, OK 42.58
32 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 41.31
33 Mahnomen County, MN 40.72
34 Robeson County, NC 39.6
35 Cibola County, NM 39.54
36 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 38.85
37 San Juan County, NM 37.95
38 Lyman County, SD 37.71
39 Rosebud County, MT 36.25
40 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 36.16
41 Roberts County, SD 35.84
42 Cherokee County, OK 34.64
43 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 31.76
44 Charles Mix County, SD 30.09
45 Mountrail County, ND 27
46 Swain County, NC 26.91
47 Coconino County, AZ 26.06
48 Delaware County, OK 23.28
49 Lake County, MT 22.83
50 Hill County, MT 22.65
51 Latimer County, OK 22.13
52 Sequoyah County, OK 21.86
53 Mayes County, OK 21.85
54 Caddo County, OK 21.8
55 Beltrami County, MN 21.19
56 Craig County, OK 20.97
57 Okfuskee County, OK 20.76
58 Ottawa County, OK 20.02
59 Aleutians East Borough, AK 20
60 Fremont County, WY 19.7
61 Hughes County, OK 19.09
62 Pontotoc County, OK 18.93
63 Seminole County, OK 18.9
64 Nowata County, OK 18.84
65 Alpine County, CA 18.82
66 Muskogee County, OK 18.74
67 McIntosh County, OK 18.66
68 Pushmataha County, OK 18.57
69 Copper River Borough, AK 18.32
70 Coal County, OK 18.19
71 Chouteau County, MT 18.07
72 Choctaw County, OK 17.65
73 Haskell County, OK 17.37
74 Sawyer County, WI 16.79
75 Okmulgee County, OK 16.55
76 Mackinac County, MI 16.35
77 Neshoba County, MS 16.31
78 Gila County, AZ 16.18
79 Chippewa County, MI 16.14
80 McCurtain County, OK 16.03
81 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 16.02
82 Ferry County, WA 15.71
83 Jefferson County, OR 15.38
84 Mineral County, NV 15.19
85 Pittsburg County, OK 14.92
86 Johnston County, OK 14.68
87 Sitka City and Borough, AK 14.61
88 Osage County, OK 14.5
89 Rio Arriba County, NM 14.25
90 Atoka County, OK 14.04
91 Bryan County, OK 13.85
92 Forest County, WI 13.83
93 Walworth County, SD 13.72
94 Tripp County, SD 13.55
95 Pondera County, MT 13.5
96 Le Flore County, OK 13.39
96 Pawnee County, OK 13.39
97 Murray County, OK 13.21
98 Baraga County, MI 13.2
99 Rogers County, OK 13.18
100 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 12.83
101 Pottawatomie County, OK 12.73
102 Graham County, AZ 12.68
103 Moody County, SD 12.48
104 Sandoval County, NM 12.03
105 Montezuma County, CO 11.78
106 Socorro County, NM 11.77
107 Cass County, MN 11.68
108 Scotland County, NC 11.6
109 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 11.48
110 La Paz County, AZ 11.33
111 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 11.26
112 Juneau City and Borough, AK 10.97
113 Aleutians West Borough, AK 10.94
114 Chugach Borough, AK 10.92
115 Hughes County, SD 10.64
116 Okanogan County, WA 10.61
117 Inyo County, CA 10.41
118 Ashland County, WI 10.4
119 Washington County, OK 10.35
120 Creek County, OK 10.31
121 Haines Borough, AK 10.17
121 Petersburg Borough, AK 10.17
121 Vilas County, WI 10.17
122 Wagoner County, OK 10.12
123 Marshall County, OK 9.87
124 Kay County, OK 9.66
125 Brule County, SD 9.6
126 Bayfield County, WI 9.44
127 Ramsey County, ND 9.15
128 Carter County, OK 9.12
129 Knox County, NE 9.06
130 McKenzie County, ND 9.04
131 Valley County, MT 9.03
132 Schoolcraft County, MI 9.01
133 Dunn County, ND 9
134 Phillips County, MT 8.99
135 Day County, SD 8.97
136 Sheridan County, NE 8.88
137 Pennington County, SD 8.76
138 Clearwater County, MN 8.62
138 Hyde County, SD 8.62
139 Noble County, OK 8.58
140 Blaine County, OK 8.5
141 Garvin County, OK 8.44
142 Cotton County, OK 8.42
143 Sabine Parish, LA 8.2
144 Jackson County, NC 8.18
145 Hoke County, NC 8.12
146 Cook County, MN 7.98
147 Brown County, KS 7.89
148 Anchorage Borough, AK 7.81
149 Bon Homme County, SD 7.75
150 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 7.5
150 Shawano County, WI 7.5
151 Washington County, AL 7.43
152 Del Norte County, CA 7.42
153 Franklin County, NY 7.28
154 Becker County, MN 7.23
155 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 7.21
156 Benewah County, ID 7.1
157 Jackson County, KS 6.91
158 Lincoln County, OK 6.9
159 Graham County, NC 6.85
160 Gregory County, SD 6.77
161 Uintah County, UT 6.75
162 Marshall County, SD 6.7
163 Stanley County, SD 6.66
164 Charles City County, VA 6.55
165 McClain County, OK 6.37
166 Love County, OK 6.36
167 McLean County, ND 6.31
168 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 6.29
169 Custer County, OK 6.25
170 Jackson County, WI 6.21
171 Kiowa County, OK 6.2
172 Tama County, IA 6.15
173 Tulsa County, OK 6.08
174 Fall River County, SD 5.87
175 Otero County, NM 5.82
176 Terrebonne Parish, LA 5.72
177 Mille Lacs County, MN 5.65
178 Roger Mills County, OK 5.64
179 Grady County, OK 5.56
180 Lawrence County, AL 5.54
181 Bingham County, ID 5.52
181 Jefferson County, OK 5.52
182 Lewis County, ID 5.51
182 Carlton County, MN 5.51
183 Dewey County, OK 5.48
184 La Plata County, CO 5.44
185 Comanche County, OK 5.42
186 Leake County, MS 5.39
187 Stephens County, OK 5.38
188 Esmeralda County, NV 5.36
189 Traverse County, MN 5.29
190 Nez Perce County, ID 5.28
191 Stevens County, WA 5.26
192 Humboldt County, CA 5.25
193 Luce County, MI 5.18