Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Minnesota counties, Mahnomen County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (43.61%), followed by Beltrami County (21.87%), and Cass County (12.61%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Minnesota counties.

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Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015
Mahnomen
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Becker
Mille Lacs
Carlton
Traverse
Redwood
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Mahnomen County 43.61
2 Beltrami County 21.87
3 Cass County 12.61
4 Clearwater County 9.36
5 Cook County 8.31
6 Becker County 7.89
7 Mille Lacs County 6.22
8 Carlton County 5.96
9 Traverse County 5.1
10 Redwood County 4.65
11 Itasca County 3.8
12 Yellow Medicine County 3.62
13 Pine County 3.37
14 Aitkin County 2.75
15 Koochiching County 2.63
16 Hubbard County 2.58
17 Norman County 2.42
18 St. Louis County 2.35
19 Red Lake County 1.91
20 Pipestone County 1.75
21 Clay County 1.72
22 Roseau County 1.7
22 Wilkin County 1.7
23 Pennington County 1.68
24 Polk County 1.63
25 Renville County 1.47
26 Goodhue County 1.42
27 Stevens County 1.4
28 Nobles County 1.29
29 Watonwan County 1.23
30 Chippewa County 1.21
31 Hennepin County 1.15
32 Scott County 1.04
33 Ramsey County 0.97
34 Crow Wing County 0.93
34 Lake of the Woods County 0.93
35 Waseca County 0.88
36 Anoka County 0.85
36 Marshall County 0.85
37 Kanabec County 0.83
38 Faribault County 0.74
38 Otter Tail County 0.74
39 Lyon County 0.73
40 Wadena County 0.72
41 Chisago County 0.67
41 Rice County 0.67
42 Big Stone County 0.62
42 Rock County 0.62
43 Lake County 0.61
43 Swift County 0.61
44 Mower County 0.59
45 Sherburne County 0.56
45 Todd County 0.56
46 Cottonwood County 0.55
46 Dakota County 0.55
47 Washington County 0.53
48 Benton County 0.51
49 Isanti County 0.5
49 Kittson County 0.5
50 Grant County 0.49
51 Freeborn County 0.46
52 Nicollet County 0.44
53 Kandiyohi County 0.43
53 Le Sueur County 0.43
54 McLeod County 0.42
54 Martin County 0.42
54 Steele County 0.42
54 Winona County 0.42
55 Stearns County 0.41
56 Wright County 0.4
57 Douglas County 0.39
57 Sibley County 0.39
58 Dodge County 0.37
58 Jackson County 0.37
58 Morrison County 0.37
58 Olmsted County 0.37
59 Pope County 0.36
60 Blue Earth County 0.34
61 Meeker County 0.3
61 Wabasha County 0.3
62 Murray County 0.29
63 Carver County 0.28
63 Lac qui Parle County 0.28
64 Brown County 0.25
64 Lincoln County 0.25
65 Houston County 0.21
66 Fillmore County 0.2