Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, 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 (93.62%), followed by Kusilvak, AK (92.78%), and Todd, SD (87.98%).

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 2015
Oglala Lakota, SD
Kusilvak, AK
Todd, SD
Menominee, WI
Bethel, AK
Sioux, ND
Buffalo, SD
Northwest Arctic, AK
McKinley, NM
Rolette, ND
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County, SD 93.62
2 Kusilvak Borough, AK 92.78
3 Todd County, SD 87.98
4 Menominee County, WI 83.61
5 Bethel Borough, AK 83.36
6 Sioux County, ND 82.97
7 Buffalo County, SD 82.71
8 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 79.95
9 McKinley County, NM 78.64
10 Rolette County, ND 77.77
11 Nome Borough, AK 76.29
12 Apache County, AZ 74.94
13 Dewey County, SD 74.47
14 Ziebach County, SD 72.52
15 Dillingham Borough, AK 71.79
16 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 71.47
17 Big Horn County, MT 66.78
18 Corson County, SD 65.8
19 Glacier County, MT 64.39
20 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 62.99
21 Bennett County, SD 61.14
22 Roosevelt County, MT 58.58
23 Thurston County, NE 58.27
24 North Slope Borough, AK 55.38
25 Benson County, ND 55.16
26 Mellette County, SD 54.61
27 Jackson County, SD 52.94
28 Blaine County, MT 49.72
29 San Juan County, UT 49.34
30 Navajo County, AZ 46.01
31 Adair County, OK 45.69
32 Mahnomen County, MN 43.61
33 Cibola County, NM 42.96
34 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 42.79
35 Robeson County, NC 40.61
36 San Juan County, NM 40.22
37 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 39.75
38 Lyman County, SD 38.79
39 Rosebud County, MT 37.79
40 Roberts County, SD 37.47
41 Cherokee County, OK 36.32
42 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 36.26
43 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 33.89
44 Charles Mix County, SD 32.49
45 Swain County, NC 28.98
46 Coconino County, AZ 27.62
47 Mountrail County, ND 26.96
48 Caddo County, OK 26.24
49 Lake County, MT 24.58
50 Delaware County, OK 24.12
51 Alpine County, CA 22.96
52 Hill County, MT 22.78
53 Latimer County, OK 22.55
54 Sequoyah County, OK 22.54
55 Mayes County, OK 22.37
56 Fremont County, WY 22.06
57 Beltrami County, MN 21.87
58 Aleutians East Borough, AK 21.44
58 Okfuskee County, OK 21.44
59 Craig County, OK 21.32
60 Ottawa County, OK 20.54
61 Copper River Borough, AK 20.13
62 Seminole County, OK 19.95
63 Muskogee County, OK 19.72
64 Chouteau County, MT 19.68
65 Nowata County, OK 19.57
65 Pontotoc County, OK 19.57
66 Hughes County, OK 19.42
67 Jefferson County, OR 19.37
68 McIntosh County, OK 19.17
69 Rio Arriba County, NM 18.95
70 Coal County, OK 18.73
71 Pushmataha County, OK 18.42
72 Choctaw County, OK 18.04
73 Sawyer County, WI 17.79
74 Mineral County, NV 17.73
75 La Paz County, AZ 17.72
76 Okmulgee County, OK 17.29
77 Haskell County, OK 17.23
78 McCurtain County, OK 17.2
79 Gila County, AZ 17.19
80 Mackinac County, MI 17.01
81 Neshoba County, MS 16.59
82 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 16.56
83 Ferry County, WA 16.48
84 Chippewa County, MI 16.19
85 Sitka City and Borough, AK 16
86 Johnston County, OK 15.9
87 Pittsburg County, OK 15.69
88 Osage County, OK 15.1
89 Atoka County, OK 14.74
90 Forest County, WI 14.73
91 Bryan County, OK 14.38
92 Tripp County, SD 14.37
93 Pondera County, MT 14.2
94 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 13.91
94 Sandoval County, NM 13.91
94 Socorro County, NM 13.91
95 Le Flore County, OK 13.9
96 Moody County, SD 13.87
97 Graham County, AZ 13.84
98 Baraga County, MI 13.78
98 Pottawatomie County, OK 13.78
99 Murray County, OK 13.75
100 Pawnee County, OK 13.71
101 Rogers County, OK 13.56
102 Walworth County, SD 13.45
103 Montezuma County, CO 13.44
104 Inyo County, CA 13.23
105 Aleutians West Borough, AK 13.08
106 Okanogan County, WA 12.89
107 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 12.86
108 Cass County, MN 12.61
109 Juneau City and Borough, AK 12.23
110 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 12.11
111 Scotland County, NC 11.98
112 McKenzie County, ND 11.63
113 Ashland County, WI 11.53
114 Vilas County, WI 11.43
115 Chugach Borough, AK 11.19
116 Hughes County, SD 11.01
117 Marshall County, OK 10.97
118 Sheridan County, NE 10.88
119 Cotton County, OK 10.85
119 Kay County, OK 10.85
120 Washington County, OK 10.77
121 Creek County, OK 10.73
122 Wagoner County, OK 10.52
123 Blaine County, OK 10.42
124 Haines Borough, AK 10.36
125 Bayfield County, WI 10.24
126 Pennington County, SD 10.2
127 Petersburg Borough, AK 10.12
128 Carter County, OK 10.02
129 Dunn County, ND 9.9
130 Knox County, NE 9.87
131 Ramsey County, ND 9.74
132 Brule County, SD 9.62
133 Valley County, MT 9.57
133 Jackson County, NC 9.57
134 Day County, SD 9.5
135 Del Norte County, CA 9.47
136 Clearwater County, MN 9.36
137 Brown County, KS 9.33
138 Schoolcraft County, MI 9.26
138 Marshall County, SD 9.26
139 Hoke County, NC 9.24
140 Noble County, OK 9.2
141 Hyde County, SD 9.08
142 Sabine Parish, LA 9.06
143 Phillips County, MT 9.04
144 Benewah County, ID 8.98
145 Jackson County, KS 8.87
145 Garvin County, OK 8.87
146 Anchorage Borough, AK 8.46
147 Cook County, MN 8.31
148 Tama County, IA 8.28
149 Otero County, NM 8.1
150 Shawano County, WI 8.02
151 Kiowa County, OK 7.99
152 Becker County, MN 7.89
152 Gregory County, SD 7.89
153 Washington County, AL 7.83
154 Bingham County, ID 7.77
155 Love County, OK 7.76
156 Bon Homme County, SD 7.74
157 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 7.7
158 Taos County, NM 7.65
159 Franklin County, NY 7.56
160 Custer County, OK 7.53
161 Uintah County, UT 7.49
162 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 7.45
163 Graham County, NC 7.41
164 Lincoln County, OK 7.31
165 Roger Mills County, OK 7.19
166 La Plata County, CO 7.15
167 Stanley County, SD 7.05
168 Leake County, MS 6.97
169 Charles City County, VA 6.94
170 McClain County, OK 6.93
171 McLean County, ND 6.9
172 Tulsa County, OK 6.86
173 Fall River County, SD 6.84
174 Pinal County, AZ 6.83
175 Jackson County, WI 6.71
176 Jefferson County, OK 6.66
177 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 6.61
178 Lewis County, ID 6.54
178 Comanche County, OK 6.54
179 Yakima County, WA 6.49
180 Mendocino County, CA 6.4
181 Humboldt County, CA 6.37
182 Elko County, NV 6.28
183 Grady County, OK 6.24
184 Mille Lacs County, MN 6.22
185 Nez Perce County, ID 6.11
186 Dewey County, OK 6.1
187 Bernalillo County, NM 6.07
188 Carlton County, MN 5.96
189 Terrebonne Parish, LA 5.89