Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, 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 (41.82%), followed by Beltrami County (20.96%), and Cass County (11.39%).

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 2020
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 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Mahnomen County 41.82
2 Beltrami County 20.96
3 Cass County 11.39
4 Clearwater County 8.95
5 Cook County 7.72
6 Becker County 7.12
7 Mille Lacs County 5.58
8 Carlton County 5.5
9 Traverse County 5.1
10 Redwood County 4.27
11 Itasca County 3.54
12 Yellow Medicine County 3.36
13 Pine County 3.02
14 Aitkin County 2.49
15 Hubbard County 2.48
16 Koochiching County 2.35
17 St. Louis County 2.15
18 Norman County 2.07
19 Roseau County 1.86
20 Red Lake County 1.8
21 Pennington County 1.42
22 Polk County 1.39
23 Stevens County 1.38
24 Clay County 1.34
25 Wilkin County 1.33
26 Pipestone County 1.26
27 Goodhue County 1.16
28 Renville County 1.07
29 Chippewa County 1.01
29 Lake of the Woods County 1.01
30 Crow Wing County 0.87
31 Kanabec County 0.82
32 Scott County 0.8
33 Wadena County 0.77
34 Big Stone County 0.72
35 Lake County 0.7
36 Isanti County 0.68
37 Chisago County 0.66
38 Hennepin County 0.65
39 Marshall County 0.64
40 Anoka County 0.6
41 Waseca County 0.58
42 Grant County 0.56
42 Rock County 0.56
43 Ramsey County 0.55
44 Otter Tail County 0.54
45 Sherburne County 0.49
46 Lincoln County 0.48
47 Swift County 0.47
48 Todd County 0.44
49 Rice County 0.43
50 Benton County 0.41
50 Cottonwood County 0.41
51 Le Sueur County 0.4
51 Martin County 0.4
51 Washington County 0.4
52 Lyon County 0.39
52 Nobles County 0.39
53 Jackson County 0.38
54 Douglas County 0.37
54 McLeod County 0.37
55 Nicollet County 0.36
56 Dakota County 0.35
56 Freeborn County 0.35
56 Pope County 0.35
57 Faribault County 0.34
58 Kandiyohi County 0.33
58 Sibley County 0.33
58 Winona County 0.33
58 Wright County 0.33
59 Blue Earth County 0.29
59 Morrison County 0.29
60 Dodge County 0.28
60 Meeker County 0.28
60 Stearns County 0.28
60 Watonwan County 0.28
61 Houston County 0.27
61 Olmsted County 0.27
61 Steele County 0.27
62 Wabasha County 0.26
63 Murray County 0.25
64 Kittson County 0.24
65 Mower County 0.22
66 Carver County 0.21
67 Lac qui Parle County 0.19
68 Brown County 0.17
69 Fillmore County 0.14