Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Nebraska counties, Thurston County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (58.87%), followed by Sheridan County (10.91%), and Knox County (10.12%).

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 2017
Thurston
Sheridan
Knox
Cherry
Box Butte
Dakota
Dawes
Scotts Bluff
Colfax
Richardson
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Thurston County 58.87
2 Sheridan County 10.91
3 Knox County 10.12
4 Cherry County 6.5
5 Box Butte County 4.59
6 Dakota County 4.55
7 Dawes County 4.2
8 Scotts Bluff County 3.72
9 Colfax County 3.22
10 Richardson County 3.01
11 Burt County 2.27
12 Hall County 2.1
13 Madison County 2.08
14 Kimball County 2.05
15 Dawson County 2.03
16 Morrill County 1.96
17 Thomas County 1.81
18 Platte County 1.77
19 Deuel County 1.72
20 Sioux County 1.68
21 Saline County 1.55
22 Dodge County 1.46
23 Boyd County 1.43
23 Johnson County 1.43
24 Garden County 1.37
25 Dundy County 1.29
26 Douglas County 1.28
27 Adams County 1.27
28 Clay County 1.26
29 Lincoln County 1.18
30 Logan County 1.17
31 Dixon County 1.06
32 Lancaster County 0.96
33 Cheyenne County 0.94
34 Wayne County 0.89
35 Jefferson County 0.85
35 Rock County 0.85
36 Brown County 0.83
36 Keith County 0.83
37 Merrick County 0.77
37 Red Willow County 0.77
37 Stanton County 0.77
37 York County 0.77
38 Sarpy County 0.75
39 Fillmore County 0.74
39 Wheeler County 0.74
40 Holt County 0.72
41 Hitchcock County 0.71
41 Phelps County 0.71
42 Furnas County 0.69
43 Gage County 0.66
44 Cuming County 0.64
45 Keya Paha County 0.63
46 Harlan County 0.62
47 Buffalo County 0.6
48 Cass County 0.57
48 Otoe County 0.57
49 Custer County 0.56
49 Seward County 0.56
50 Kearney County 0.55
51 Frontier County 0.53
51 Nance County 0.53
51 Nemaha County 0.53
52 Howard County 0.52
53 Polk County 0.51
54 Gosper County 0.49
54 Nuckolls County 0.49
55 Cedar County 0.47
56 Saunders County 0.46
57 Hooker County 0.45
58 Arthur County 0.44
58 Franklin County 0.44
58 Pierce County 0.44
59 Butler County 0.39
60 Perkins County 0.38
61 Hamilton County 0.37
61 Washington County 0.37
62 Sherman County 0.36
62 Thayer County 0.36
63 Antelope County 0.33
64 Pawnee County 0.31
64 Webster County 0.31
65 Banner County 0.27
66 Chase County 0.26
67 Boone County 0.24
68 Hayes County 0.22
69 Loup County 0.17
70 Grant County 0.15
71 Valley County 0.14
72 Greeley County 0.13
73 Garfield County 0.05
74 Blaine County 0
74 McPherson County 0