Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, 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 (55.12%), followed by Knox County (9.01%), and Sheridan County (8.68%).

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 2021
Thurston
Knox
Sheridan
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 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Thurston County 55.12
2 Knox County 9.01
3 Sheridan County 8.68
4 Cherry County 5.97
5 Dawes County 3.56
6 Richardson County 3.12
7 Box Butte County 2.66
8 Dakota County 2.27
9 Burt County 1.82
10 Thomas County 1.63
11 Scotts Bluff County 1.44
12 Boyd County 1.4
13 Keya Paha County 1.38
14 Kimball County 1.35
15 Brown County 1.3
16 Johnson County 1.26
17 Garden County 1.09
18 Dundy County 1.04
18 Madison County 1.04
19 Logan County 1.02
20 Sioux County 0.96
21 Arthur County 0.93
22 Morrill County 0.88
23 Hitchcock County 0.73
24 Rock County 0.71
25 Cheyenne County 0.68
26 York County 0.65
27 Wheeler County 0.64
28 Furnas County 0.61
28 Gage County 0.61
29 Deuel County 0.6
30 Webster County 0.59
31 Adams County 0.58
32 Lancaster County 0.56
32 Stanton County 0.56
33 Custer County 0.55
33 Merrick County 0.55
34 Jefferson County 0.52
34 Phelps County 0.52
35 Dixon County 0.5
35 Fillmore County 0.5
35 Nance County 0.5
36 Gosper County 0.49
37 Cedar County 0.48
38 Frontier County 0.47
38 Hayes County 0.47
38 Lincoln County 0.47
39 Dodge County 0.46
39 Douglas County 0.46
39 Keith County 0.46
39 Red Willow County 0.46
40 Clay County 0.45
40 Harlan County 0.45
41 Otoe County 0.44
42 Blaine County 0.43
42 Cass County 0.43
43 Colfax County 0.42
43 Seward County 0.42
44 Hall County 0.41
44 Hooker County 0.41
44 Wayne County 0.41
45 Polk County 0.39
45 Saline County 0.39
46 Dawson County 0.37
46 Sarpy County 0.37
46 Saunders County 0.37
46 Thayer County 0.37
47 Cuming County 0.36
47 Pawnee County 0.36
47 Pierce County 0.36
47 Platte County 0.36
48 Buffalo County 0.35
49 Sherman County 0.34
49 Washington County 0.34
50 Butler County 0.33
50 Nemaha County 0.33
51 Holt County 0.31
51 Howard County 0.31
52 Nuckolls County 0.3
53 Banner County 0.29
54 Franklin County 0.28
54 Kearney County 0.28
55 Antelope County 0.27
56 Hamilton County 0.25
57 Boone County 0.22
57 Valley County 0.22
58 Perkins County 0.21
59 Grant County 0.17
59 Loup County 0.17
60 Greeley County 0.14
61 Chase County 0.13
62 Garfield County 0.06
63 McPherson County 0