Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Nebraska counties, Thurston County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (58.72%), followed by Sheridan County (11.02%), and Knox County (9.91%).

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 2016
Thurston
Sheridan
Knox
Cherry
Dakota
Box Butte
Dawes
Scotts Bluff
Colfax
Richardson
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Thurston County 58.72
2 Sheridan County 11.02
3 Knox County 9.91
4 Cherry County 6.24
5 Dakota County 4.5
6 Box Butte County 4.41
7 Dawes County 4.13
8 Scotts Bluff County 3.64
9 Colfax County 3.23
10 Richardson County 3.01
11 Burt County 2.24
12 Madison County 1.99
13 Hall County 1.97
14 Dawson County 1.92
15 Kimball County 1.91
16 Morrill County 1.81
16 Thomas County 1.81
17 Deuel County 1.72
18 Platte County 1.69
19 Saline County 1.59
19 Sioux County 1.59
20 Garden County 1.47
21 Johnson County 1.4
22 Dodge County 1.37
23 Clay County 1.27
23 Dundy County 1.27
24 Boyd County 1.26
24 Douglas County 1.26
25 Lincoln County 1.18
26 Adams County 1.14
27 Logan County 1.13
28 Cheyenne County 1.03
29 Lancaster County 0.95
30 Dixon County 0.91
31 Keith County 0.9
32 Rock County 0.85
33 Merrick County 0.83
34 Wayne County 0.81
35 Red Willow County 0.79
36 York County 0.77
37 Jefferson County 0.75
37 Stanton County 0.75
38 Fillmore County 0.73
39 Sarpy County 0.72
40 Brown County 0.7
41 Gage County 0.68
41 Holt County 0.68
42 Phelps County 0.65
43 Hitchcock County 0.64
44 Furnas County 0.63
44 Keya Paha County 0.63
45 Otoe County 0.61
46 Seward County 0.6
47 Cuming County 0.59
47 Kearney County 0.59
48 Buffalo County 0.58
49 Cass County 0.56
50 Custer County 0.55
50 Harlan County 0.55
51 Frontier County 0.53
52 Nance County 0.51
53 Nemaha County 0.5
53 Wheeler County 0.5
54 Howard County 0.49
54 Pierce County 0.49
55 Nuckolls County 0.45
56 Hooker County 0.44
56 Polk County 0.44
57 Arthur County 0.43
57 Franklin County 0.43
58 Saunders County 0.42
59 Gosper County 0.4
60 Cedar County 0.38
61 Antelope County 0.36
61 Butler County 0.36
62 Perkins County 0.35
62 Washington County 0.35
63 Hamilton County 0.34
64 Thayer County 0.3
65 Banner County 0.28
66 Chase County 0.26
67 Boone County 0.23
68 Hayes County 0.22
69 Sherman County 0.2
69 Webster County 0.2
70 Pawnee County 0.19
71 Loup County 0.16
72 Grant County 0.15
73 Valley County 0.14
74 Greeley County 0.13
75 Garfield County 0.05
76 Blaine County 0
76 McPherson County 0