Ranking of Nebraska 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 Nebraska counties, Thurston County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (54.8%), followed by Sheridan County (9.3%), and Knox County (8.77%).

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 Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2016
Thurston
Sheridan
Knox
Cherry
Dawes
Richardson
Box Butte
Dakota
Burt
Thomas
Ranking of Nebraska 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 Thurston County 54.8
2 Sheridan County 9.3
3 Knox County 8.77
4 Cherry County 4.86
5 Dawes County 3.33
6 Richardson County 2.67
7 Box Butte County 2.62
8 Dakota County 2.42
9 Burt County 1.85
10 Thomas County 1.81
11 Scotts Bluff County 1.42
12 Kimball County 1.25
13 Johnson County 1.15
14 Logan County 1.13
15 Sioux County 1.12
16 Madison County 1.06
17 Boyd County 1.01
18 Garden County 1
19 Deuel County 0.97
20 Morrill County 0.82
21 Rock County 0.71
22 Brown County 0.7
22 Cheyenne County 0.7
23 Merrick County 0.66
24 Keya Paha County 0.63
25 Dundy County 0.61
26 Hitchcock County 0.57
27 Lancaster County 0.56
27 York County 0.56
28 Gage County 0.55
29 Furnas County 0.53
30 Lincoln County 0.52
30 Red Willow County 0.52
30 Seward County 0.52
31 Wheeler County 0.5
32 Stanton County 0.49
33 Douglas County 0.48
33 Wayne County 0.48
34 Adams County 0.47
34 Jefferson County 0.47
35 Fillmore County 0.46
35 Keith County 0.46
35 Saline County 0.46
36 Hooker County 0.44
37 Arthur County 0.43
37 Dodge County 0.43
38 Dixon County 0.42
38 Frontier County 0.42
39 Custer County 0.41
39 Harlan County 0.41
39 Pierce County 0.41
40 Cass County 0.38
40 Clay County 0.38
40 Otoe County 0.38
41 Hall County 0.37
41 Sarpy County 0.37
42 Colfax County 0.36
43 Dawson County 0.35
44 Holt County 0.34
44 Nance County 0.34
44 Nemaha County 0.34
45 Phelps County 0.33
46 Cedar County 0.31
46 Hamilton County 0.31
46 Saunders County 0.31
47 Gosper County 0.3
47 Platte County 0.3
48 Polk County 0.29
49 Banner County 0.28
49 Thayer County 0.28
49 Washington County 0.28
50 Kearney County 0.27
51 Cuming County 0.26
51 Nuckolls County 0.26
52 Buffalo County 0.25
52 Butler County 0.25
53 Antelope County 0.24
53 Howard County 0.24
54 Franklin County 0.23
55 Boone County 0.21
56 Webster County 0.2
57 Pawnee County 0.19
58 Perkins County 0.17
59 Loup County 0.16
60 Grant County 0.15
61 Greeley County 0.13
61 Sherman County 0.13
62 Valley County 0.12
63 Hayes County 0.11
64 Chase County 0.05
64 Garfield County 0.05
65 Blaine County 0
65 McPherson County 0