Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all US counties, Oglala Lakota, SD had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (94.99%), followed by Kusilvak, AK (93.76%), and Todd, SD (88.31%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 200 US counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2012
Oglala Lakota, SD
Kusilvak, AK
Todd, SD
Menominee, WI
Sioux, ND
Bethel, AK
Buffalo, SD
Northwest Arctic, AK
Rolette, ND
McKinley, NM
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County, SD 94.99
2 Kusilvak Borough, AK 93.76
3 Todd County, SD 88.31
4 Menominee County, WI 86.09
5 Sioux County, ND 84
6 Bethel Borough, AK 82.74
7 Buffalo County, SD 82.04
8 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 81.02
9 Rolette County, ND 77.59
10 McKinley County, NM 77.47
11 Nome Borough, AK 75.31
12 Dewey County, SD 74.31
13 Apache County, AZ 74.1
14 Ziebach County, SD 72.6
15 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 71.71
16 Dillingham Borough, AK 71.3
17 Corson County, SD 66.12
18 Big Horn County, MT 65.67
19 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 65.54
20 Glacier County, MT 64.78
21 Bennett County, SD 61.78
22 Roosevelt County, MT 60.05
23 Thurston County, NE 58.25
24 North Slope Borough, AK 55.64
25 Benson County, ND 55.24
26 Mellette County, SD 53.95
27 Jackson County, SD 51.48
28 Blaine County, MT 49.72
29 San Juan County, UT 49.44
30 Adair County, OK 45.29
31 Navajo County, AZ 45.14
32 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 42.44
33 Cibola County, NM 42.07
34 Mahnomen County, MN 41.65
35 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 40.77
36 Robeson County, NC 39.7
37 Lyman County, SD 39.23
38 San Juan County, NM 38.83
39 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 36.84
40 Roberts County, SD 36.33
41 Rosebud County, MT 36.2
42 Cherokee County, OK 35.46
43 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 34.18
44 Charles Mix County, SD 32.2
45 Mountrail County, ND 29.5
46 Swain County, NC 28.13
47 Coconino County, AZ 27.99
48 Caddo County, OK 25.85
49 Aleutians East Borough, AK 23.45
50 Lake County, MT 23.38
51 Delaware County, OK 23.33
52 Alpine County, CA 23.22
53 Hill County, MT 22.29
54 Mayes County, OK 21.81
55 Copper River Borough, AK 21.55
56 Fremont County, WY 21.47
57 Sequoyah County, OK 21.42
58 Latimer County, OK 21.24
59 Beltrami County, MN 21.08
60 Okfuskee County, OK 20.73
61 Chouteau County, MT 20.66
62 Craig County, OK 20.58
63 Ottawa County, OK 19.6
64 Nowata County, OK 19.29
65 Seminole County, OK 19.2
66 Hughes County, OK 19.01
66 Jefferson County, OR 19.01
67 Muskogee County, OK 18.88
68 McIntosh County, OK 18.58
69 Rio Arriba County, NM 18.44
70 Pontotoc County, OK 18.4
71 Pushmataha County, OK 17.86
72 Coal County, OK 17.8
73 McKenzie County, ND 17.67
74 Choctaw County, OK 17.42
75 Mackinac County, MI 17.38
76 Sawyer County, WI 17.21
77 La Paz County, AZ 17.07
78 Ferry County, WA 16.94
79 Haskell County, OK 16.77
80 Okmulgee County, OK 16.73
81 Neshoba County, MS 16.64
82 Sitka City and Borough, AK 16.49
83 McCurtain County, OK 16.21
84 Mineral County, NV 16.19
85 Gila County, AZ 16.08
86 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 15.88
87 Johnston County, OK 15.85
88 Chippewa County, MI 15.53
89 Pondera County, MT 14.87
90 Osage County, OK 14.81
91 Pittsburg County, OK 14.79
92 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 14.48
93 Atoka County, OK 14.34
94 Aleutians West Borough, AK 14.29
95 Graham County, AZ 14.16
96 Forest County, WI 14.08
97 Baraga County, MI 13.83
98 Tripp County, SD 13.77
99 Bryan County, OK 13.74
100 Sandoval County, NM 13.5
101 Walworth County, SD 13.47
102 Rogers County, OK 13.38
103 Le Flore County, OK 13.37
103 Pottawatomie County, OK 13.37
104 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 13.32
105 Moody County, SD 13.2
106 Montezuma County, CO 12.96
107 Inyo County, CA 12.89
107 Murray County, OK 12.89
108 Socorro County, NM 12.74
109 Okanogan County, WA 12.53
110 Pawnee County, OK 12.52
111 Cass County, MN 11.87
112 Juneau City and Borough, AK 11.81
113 Scotland County, NC 11.51
114 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 11.42
115 Vilas County, WI 11.3
116 Ashland County, WI 11.22
117 Washington County, OK 10.72
118 Dunn County, ND 10.67
119 Kay County, OK 10.49
120 Creek County, OK 10.46
121 Marshall County, OK 10.45
121 Wagoner County, OK 10.45
122 Hughes County, SD 10.36
123 Chugach Borough, AK 10.31
124 Bayfield County, WI 10.23
125 Sheridan County, NE 10.06
126 Cotton County, OK 9.99
126 Pennington County, SD 9.99
127 Blaine County, OK 9.95
128 Jackson County, NC 9.82
129 Haines Borough, AK 9.69
130 Knox County, NE 9.65
131 Brown County, KS 9.55
132 Hoke County, NC 9.53
133 Petersburg Borough, AK 9.49
134 Marshall County, SD 9.48
135 Valley County, MT 9.47
135 Carter County, OK 9.47
136 Schoolcraft County, MI 9.19
137 Day County, SD 9.18
138 Noble County, OK 9.16
139 Clearwater County, MN 9.08
140 Del Norte County, CA 9.06
141 Brule County, SD 8.96
142 Sabine Parish, LA 8.86
143 Benewah County, ID 8.84
144 Ramsey County, ND 8.67
145 Cook County, MN 8.63
146 Jackson County, KS 8.6
147 Garvin County, OK 8.42
148 Hyde County, SD 8.4
149 Anchorage Borough, AK 8.22
150 Phillips County, MT 8.13
151 Tama County, IA 7.98
152 Shawano County, WI 7.87
153 Stanley County, SD 7.86
154 Uintah County, UT 7.8
155 Becker County, MN 7.79
156 Washington County, AL 7.72
157 Franklin County, NY 7.42
158 Taos County, NM 7.41
158 Bon Homme County, SD 7.41
159 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 7.4
160 Kiowa County, OK 7.37
161 Bingham County, ID 7.35
162 Love County, OK 7.34
163 Custer County, OK 7.28
164 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 7.22
165 Otero County, NM 7.18
165 Gregory County, SD 7.18
166 Graham County, NC 7
167 Charles City County, VA 6.91
168 Lincoln County, OK 6.83
168 Fall River County, SD 6.83
169 Pinal County, AZ 6.82
170 McClain County, OK 6.78
171 Leake County, MS 6.76
172 La Plata County, CO 6.7
173 McLean County, ND 6.68
174 Tulsa County, OK 6.65
174 Jackson County, WI 6.65
175 Jefferson County, OK 6.61
176 Roger Mills County, OK 6.53
177 Dewey County, OK 6.33
178 Humboldt County, CA 6.27
178 Mendocino County, CA 6.27
179 Comanche County, OK 6.25
180 Elko County, NV 6.11
181 Yakima County, WA 6.06
182 Mille Lacs County, MN 5.98
183 Carlton County, MN 5.94
184 Nez Perce County, ID 5.91
185 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 5.89
186 Terrebonne Parish, LA 5.79
186 Grady County, OK 5.79
187 Lawrence County, AL 5.78
188 Stevens County, WA 5.72