Ranking of US States By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of people who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (649.69K), followed by Oklahoma (370.00K), and Arizona (369.73K).

On the other hand, Vermont had the lowest number of people that identified as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (2.38K), followed by New Hampshire (3.89K), and District of Columbia (4.18K).

The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all US states and DC. The information can also be found in the table below.

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

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Ranking of US States By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2016
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Ranking of US States By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2016
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Rank State American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population
1 California 649694
2 Oklahoma 369999
3 Arizona 369731
4 Texas 282819
5 New Mexico 227527
6 New York 194338
7 North Carolina 159928
8 Washington 140443
9 Alaska 112656
10 Florida 102715
11 Colorado 88793
12 South Dakota 78898
13 Illinois 75251
14 Minnesota 74283
15 Oregon 73667
16 Michigan 71619
17 Montana 69180
18 Wisconsin 66365
19 New Jersey 55097
20 Georgia 52941
21 Nevada 48243
22 Pennsylvania 47646
23 Utah 46321
24 Virginia 45309
25 North Dakota 41784
26 Louisiana 36182
27 Maryland 35066
28 Kansas 34355
29 Missouri 33691
30 Alabama 33361
31 Massachusetts 33308
32 Ohio 32220
33 Tennessee 30271
34 Idaho 29360
35 Arkansas 29233
36 Nebraska 28348
37 South Carolina 26847
38 Indiana 26631
39 Connecticut 19763
40 Mississippi 17875
41 Iowa 16145
42 Wyoming 16119
43 Kentucky 13098
44 Rhode Island 11055
45 Maine 9243
46 Delaware 6140
47 Hawaii 5440
48 West Virginia 4452
49 District of Columbia 4177
50 New Hampshire 3891
51 Vermont 2383