Ranking of Nebraska 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 Nebraska counties, Thurston County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (58.27%), followed by Sheridan County (10.88%), and Knox County (9.87%).

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

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

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Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015
Thurston
Sheridan
Knox
Cherry
Dakota
Box Butte
Dawes
Scotts Bluff
Richardson
Colfax
Ranking of Nebraska 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 Thurston County 58.27
2 Sheridan County 10.88
3 Knox County 9.87
4 Cherry County 5.85
5 Dakota County 4.38
6 Box Butte County 4.34
7 Dawes County 4.19
8 Scotts Bluff County 3.54
9 Richardson County 3.15
10 Colfax County 3.09
11 Burt County 2.2
12 Madison County 1.97
13 Hall County 1.96
14 Kimball County 1.88
15 Dawson County 1.86
16 Morrill County 1.68
17 Deuel County 1.63
18 Platte County 1.57
19 Saline County 1.47
20 Garden County 1.46
21 Johnson County 1.37
22 Sioux County 1.34
23 Boyd County 1.3
23 Dundy County 1.3
24 Hooker County 1.26
25 Dodge County 1.25
26 Douglas County 1.23
27 Clay County 1.21
28 Logan County 1.14
29 Lincoln County 1.09
30 Cheyenne County 1.04
31 Adams County 1
32 Lancaster County 0.94
33 Merrick County 0.85
34 Keith County 0.81
35 Rock County 0.78
36 Hitchcock County 0.76
37 Wayne County 0.75
38 Red Willow County 0.74
39 Dixon County 0.73
40 Fillmore County 0.72
40 Sarpy County 0.72
40 York County 0.72
41 Stanton County 0.71
42 Gage County 0.63
42 Holt County 0.63
42 Keya Paha County 0.63
43 Jefferson County 0.61
44 Brown County 0.57
44 Frontier County 0.57
45 Buffalo County 0.56
45 Furnas County 0.56
46 Otoe County 0.55
46 Phelps County 0.55
47 Cass County 0.53
47 Cuming County 0.53
47 Custer County 0.53
48 Harlan County 0.52
49 Nance County 0.5
50 Howard County 0.49
50 Kearney County 0.49
50 Seward County 0.49
51 Franklin County 0.47
52 Nemaha County 0.46
52 Nuckolls County 0.46
53 Arthur County 0.44
54 Thomas County 0.43
55 Polk County 0.41
56 Cedar County 0.4
56 Saunders County 0.4
57 Thayer County 0.39
58 Chase County 0.38
58 Pierce County 0.38
59 Butler County 0.37
60 Gosper County 0.35
61 Perkins County 0.34
62 Washington County 0.31
63 Banner County 0.28
64 Antelope County 0.25
64 Boone County 0.25
65 Hamilton County 0.24
66 Hayes County 0.22
67 Sherman County 0.2
68 Pawnee County 0.19
69 Loup County 0.17
69 Webster County 0.17
70 Grant County 0.15
71 Valley County 0.14
72 Wheeler County 0.13
73 Greeley County 0.12
74 Blaine County 0
74 Garfield County 0
74 McPherson County 0