Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Minnesota counties, Mahnomen County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (43.08%), followed by Beltrami County (22.18%), and Cass County (12.57%).

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

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

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Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2018
Mahnomen
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Becker
Traverse
Mille Lacs
Carlton
Redwood
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Mahnomen County 43.08
2 Beltrami County 22.18
3 Cass County 12.57
4 Clearwater County 9.26
5 Cook County 8.61
6 Becker County 8.01
7 Traverse County 6.63
8 Mille Lacs County 6.34
9 Carlton County 5.84
10 Redwood County 4.85
11 Yellow Medicine County 3.82
12 Itasca County 3.79
13 Pine County 3.42
14 Hubbard County 2.69
15 Aitkin County 2.6
16 Koochiching County 2.56
17 St. Louis County 2.37
18 Pipestone County 2.14
19 Red Lake County 2.12
20 Norman County 2.07
21 Pennington County 2.04
22 Roseau County 1.97
23 Wilkin County 1.89
24 Clay County 1.85
25 Polk County 1.77
26 Stevens County 1.6
27 Goodhue County 1.54
28 Renville County 1.52
29 Watonwan County 1.41
30 Nobles County 1.39
31 Chippewa County 1.37
32 Hennepin County 1.11
33 Scott County 1.08
34 Crow Wing County 1
35 Ramsey County 0.98
36 Lake of the Woods County 0.97
37 Marshall County 0.91
38 Anoka County 0.86
39 Kanabec County 0.85
40 Rock County 0.82
40 Wadena County 0.82
41 Faribault County 0.81
42 Lyon County 0.8
42 Otter Tail County 0.8
43 Swift County 0.76
44 Cottonwood County 0.75
45 Chisago County 0.74
46 Todd County 0.72
47 Rice County 0.7
48 Waseca County 0.69
49 Big Stone County 0.68
50 Lake County 0.67
50 Mower County 0.67
51 Isanti County 0.63
52 Dakota County 0.62
53 Benton County 0.61
54 Freeborn County 0.57
54 Grant County 0.57
54 Sherburne County 0.57
55 McLeod County 0.56
56 Washington County 0.54
57 Martin County 0.53
58 Kandiyohi County 0.52
58 Nicollet County 0.52
59 Le Sueur County 0.51
60 Pope County 0.5
60 Steele County 0.5
61 Jackson County 0.47
62 Dodge County 0.45
62 Sibley County 0.45
62 Winona County 0.45
63 Lincoln County 0.44
63 Murray County 0.44
64 Olmsted County 0.43
64 Wright County 0.43
65 Kittson County 0.42
65 Stearns County 0.42
66 Douglas County 0.4
67 Blue Earth County 0.39
68 Meeker County 0.35
68 Wabasha County 0.35
69 Morrison County 0.34
70 Lac qui Parle County 0.33
71 Carver County 0.32
72 Brown County 0.27
72 Houston County 0.27
73 Fillmore County 0.2