Ranking of Nebraska 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 Nebraska counties, Thurston County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (58.91%), followed by Sheridan County (10.65%), and Knox County (10.36%).

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 2018
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 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Thurston County 58.91
2 Sheridan County 10.65
3 Knox County 10.36
4 Cherry County 6.52
5 Box Butte County 4.65
6 Dakota County 4.43
7 Dawes County 4.25
8 Scotts Bluff County 3.83
9 Colfax County 3.38
10 Richardson County 3.17
11 Hall County 2.23
11 Kimball County 2.23
12 Burt County 2.19
13 Dawson County 2.09
13 Madison County 2.09
14 Platte County 1.9
15 Morrill County 1.89
16 Thomas County 1.83
17 Saline County 1.72
18 Dodge County 1.7
19 Dundy County 1.67
20 Deuel County 1.59
21 Boyd County 1.49
22 Johnson County 1.45
23 Sioux County 1.44
24 Dixon County 1.37
25 Adams County 1.36
26 Clay County 1.35
27 Garden County 1.32
28 Douglas County 1.3
29 Lincoln County 1.19
30 Cheyenne County 1.02
31 Lancaster County 0.99
32 Wayne County 0.97
33 Brown County 0.95
34 Logan County 0.93
35 Rock County 0.89
36 York County 0.87
37 Fillmore County 0.83
37 Phelps County 0.83
38 Jefferson County 0.82
38 Stanton County 0.82
39 Cuming County 0.8
40 Merrick County 0.79
41 Keith County 0.77
41 Sarpy County 0.77
42 Red Willow County 0.75
43 Nance County 0.72
44 Holt County 0.71
45 Furnas County 0.66
46 Buffalo County 0.65
47 Gage County 0.64
47 Otoe County 0.64
47 Polk County 0.64
48 Custer County 0.63
48 Keya Paha County 0.63
49 Howard County 0.62
50 Franklin County 0.6
50 Nuckolls County 0.6
51 Cass County 0.57
52 Antelope County 0.56
52 Harlan County 0.56
53 Gosper County 0.55
53 Hayes County 0.55
54 Butler County 0.54
55 Kearney County 0.53
56 Seward County 0.52
57 Cedar County 0.51
57 Chase County 0.51
58 Nemaha County 0.49
58 Saunders County 0.49
59 Hitchcock County 0.47
60 Frontier County 0.46
61 Hooker County 0.45
62 Washington County 0.44
63 Arthur County 0.43
64 Sherman County 0.4
64 Thayer County 0.4
64 Webster County 0.4
65 Pierce County 0.38
66 Hamilton County 0.37
67 Perkins County 0.34
68 Banner County 0.28
69 Valley County 0.26
70 Boone County 0.25
71 Garfield County 0.2
72 Pawnee County 0.19
73 Loup County 0.16
74 Grant County 0.15
75 Greeley County 0.13
75 Wheeler County 0.13
76 Blaine County 0
76 McPherson County 0