Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Minnesota counties, Mahnomen County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (41.14%), followed by Beltrami County (21.1%), and Cass County (11.85%).

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

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Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2016
Mahnomen
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Becker
Mille Lacs
Carlton
Traverse
Redwood
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Mahnomen County 41.14
2 Beltrami County 21.1
3 Cass County 11.85
4 Clearwater County 8.81
5 Cook County 7.89
6 Becker County 7.21
7 Mille Lacs County 5.69
8 Carlton County 5.48
9 Traverse County 4.87
10 Redwood County 3.96
11 Itasca County 3.55
12 Yellow Medicine County 3.37
13 Pine County 3.23
14 Koochiching County 2.55
15 Aitkin County 2.51
16 Hubbard County 2.18
17 St. Louis County 2.15
18 Norman County 1.82
19 Roseau County 1.65
20 Red Lake County 1.51
21 Pennington County 1.38
22 Clay County 1.37
23 Wilkin County 1.36
24 Polk County 1.31
25 Pipestone County 1.18
26 Goodhue County 1.13
26 Stevens County 1.13
27 Lake of the Woods County 1.11
28 Renville County 1.01
29 Chippewa County 0.96
30 Crow Wing County 0.84
31 Scott County 0.78
32 Kanabec County 0.74
33 Hennepin County 0.7
34 Anoka County 0.63
35 Lake County 0.62
36 Waseca County 0.61
37 Wadena County 0.6
38 Chisago County 0.59
39 Big Stone County 0.56
39 Otter Tail County 0.56
39 Ramsey County 0.56
40 Marshall County 0.5
41 Sherburne County 0.49
42 Swift County 0.47
43 Isanti County 0.46
43 Rock County 0.46
44 Benton County 0.45
45 Todd County 0.43
46 Lyon County 0.41
46 Washington County 0.41
47 Rice County 0.4
48 Cottonwood County 0.37
49 Dakota County 0.35
49 Faribault County 0.35
50 Grant County 0.34
50 Nobles County 0.34
51 Le Sueur County 0.33
51 Martin County 0.33
51 Nicollet County 0.33
52 McLeod County 0.32
52 Pope County 0.32
52 Wright County 0.32
53 Winona County 0.31
54 Douglas County 0.3
54 Kandiyohi County 0.3
55 Dodge County 0.29
55 Morrison County 0.29
55 Watonwan County 0.29
56 Sibley County 0.26
57 Freeborn County 0.25
58 Meeker County 0.24
58 Olmsted County 0.24
59 Blue Earth County 0.23
59 Jackson County 0.23
59 Lincoln County 0.23
59 Stearns County 0.23
59 Steele County 0.23
59 Wabasha County 0.23
60 Mower County 0.22
61 Carver County 0.19
61 Houston County 0.19
61 Kittson County 0.19
62 Murray County 0.16
63 Lac qui Parle County 0.15
64 Brown County 0.14
64 Fillmore County 0.14