Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, 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 (93.02%), followed by Kusilvak, AK (92.39%), and Todd, SD (86.88%).

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.

You can also see links at the bottom of the page for the ranking of counties for each state.

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Ranking of US Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2017

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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).

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Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2017

Oglala Lakota, SD

Kusilvak, AK

Todd, SD

Bethel, AK

Menominee, WI

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 2017

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Oglala Lakota County, SD	93.02
2	Kusilvak Borough, AK	92.39
3	Todd County, SD	86.88
4	Bethel Borough, AK	83.79
5	Menominee County, WI	83.4
6	Sioux County, ND	82.88
7	Buffalo County, SD	81.78
8	Northwest Arctic Borough, AK	79.71
9	McKinley County, NM	79.05
10	Rolette County, ND	78.28
11	Nome Borough, AK	76.06
12	Apache County, AZ	74.95
13	Dewey County, SD	74.75
14	Dillingham Borough, AK	72.66
15	Ziebach County, SD	70.69
16	Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK	70.28
17	Big Horn County, MT	66.95
18	Corson County, SD	65.94
19	Glacier County, MT	64.27
20	Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK	62.77
21	Bennett County, SD	60.52
22	Roosevelt County, MT	60.28
23	Thurston County, NE	58.87
24	Benson County, ND	56.23
25	Mellette County, SD	55.32
26	North Slope Borough, AK	55.24
27	Jackson County, SD	53.56
28	Blaine County, MT	50.24
29	San Juan County, UT	49.24
30	Adair County, OK	46.25
31	Navajo County, AZ	45.74
32	Cibola County, NM	43.8
33	Mahnomen County, MN	43.59
34	Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK	42.98
35	Robeson County, NC	41.39
36	San Juan County, NM	41.03
37	Yakutat City and Borough, AK	39.51
38	Lyman County, SD	39.21
39	Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK	38.88
40	Rosebud County, MT	38.87
41	Roberts County, SD	37.97
42	Cherokee County, OK	36.93
43	Bristol Bay Borough, AK	33.26
44	Charles Mix County, SD	32.19
45	Swain County, NC	29.83
46	Mountrail County, ND	29.43
47	Coconino County, AZ	27.78
48	Caddo County, OK	25.83
49	Lake County, MT	24.58
50	Delaware County, OK	24.29
51	Hill County, MT	23.98
52	Latimer County, OK	23.49
53	Sequoyah County, OK	22.92
54	Mayes County, OK	22.69
55	Alpine County, CA	22.49
56	Fremont County, WY	22.29
57	Beltrami County, MN	22.11
58	Craig County, OK	21.87
59	Okfuskee County, OK	21.72
60	Ottawa County, OK	21.07
61	Aleutians East Borough, AK	20.58
62	Seminole County, OK	20.46
63	Hughes County, OK	20.43
64	Pontotoc County, OK	20.24
65	Muskogee County, OK	20.18
66	Coal County, OK	19.62
66	Nowata County, OK	19.62
67	Pushmataha County, OK	19.48
68	Rio Arriba County, NM	19.44
68	Jefferson County, OR	19.44
69	McIntosh County, OK	19.34
70	Copper River Borough, AK	19.19
71	Chouteau County, MT	18.98
72	Choctaw County, OK	18.66
73	Mineral County, NV	18.35
74	Haskell County, OK	18.28
75	La Paz County, AZ	18.03
76	Sawyer County, WI	18.01
77	Gila County, AZ	17.72
77	McCurtain County, OK	17.72
78	Okmulgee County, OK	17.36
79	Ferry County, WA	17.16
80	Neshoba County, MS	17.13
81	Mackinac County, MI	16.7
82	Chippewa County, MI	16.54
83	Wrangell City and Borough, AK	16.3
84	Sitka City and Borough, AK	16.26
85	Pittsburg County, OK	16.17
86	Johnston County, OK	15.79
87	Osage County, OK	15.11
87	Forest County, WI	15.11
88	Atoka County, OK	15
89	Bryan County, OK	14.89
90	Tripp County, SD	14.5
91	Walworth County, SD	14.43
92	Le Flore County, OK	14.35
93	Murray County, OK	14.33
94	Socorro County, NM	14.31
95	Sandoval County, NM	14.09
96	Pottawatomie County, OK	14.02
97	Pondera County, MT	14.01
98	Baraga County, MI	13.96
99	Pawnee County, OK	13.93
100	Graham County, AZ	13.9
101	Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK	13.87
102	Moody County, SD	13.82
103	Rogers County, OK	13.75
104	Montezuma County, CO	13.68
105	Inyo County, CA	13.37
106	Okanogan County, WA	13.07
107	Kodiak Island Borough, AK	12.55
108	Cass County, MN	12.54
109	Scotland County, NC	12.35
110	Juneau City and Borough, AK	12
111	Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK	11.95
112	Aleutians West Borough, AK	11.84
113	Hughes County, SD	11.73
114	Chugach Borough, AK	11.71
115	Ashland County, WI	11.49
116	Marshall County, OK	11.44
117	Vilas County, WI	11.14
118	Kay County, OK	11.09
119	Washington County, OK	10.94
120	Petersburg Borough, AK	10.93
121	Sheridan County, NE	10.91
122	Creek County, OK	10.87
123	Cotton County, OK	10.79
124	Wagoner County, OK	10.69
125	Haines Borough, AK	10.53
126	McKenzie County, ND	10.45
127	Brule County, SD	10.42
128	Blaine County, OK	10.34
129	Carter County, OK	10.3
130	Bayfield County, WI	10.15
131	Knox County, NE	10.12
131	Pennington County, SD	10.12
132	Dunn County, ND	9.96
133	Del Norte County, CA	9.93
134	Ramsey County, ND	9.83
135	Marshall County, SD	9.54
136	Phillips County, MT	9.5
137	Brown County, KS	9.48
137	Day County, SD	9.48
138	Valley County, MT	9.4
139	Noble County, OK	9.36
140	Jackson County, NC	9.34
141	Hyde County, SD	9.32
142	Schoolcraft County, MI	9.3
143	Garvin County, OK	9.28
144	Sabine Parish, LA	9.25
145	Hoke County, NC	9.2
146	Clearwater County, MN	9.18
147	Anchorage Borough, AK	8.64
148	Benewah County, ID	8.61
149	Jackson County, KS	8.56
150	Cook County, MN	8.46
151	Tama County, IA	8.33
152	Shawano County, WI	8.32
153	Bon Homme County, SD	8.14
154	Otero County, NM	8.12
155	Custer County, OK	8.03
156	Love County, OK	7.99
157	Uintah County, UT	7.94
158	Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	7.93
159	Becker County, MN	7.85
160	Kiowa County, OK	7.84
161	Bingham County, ID	7.75
162	Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	7.71
163	Graham County, NC	7.66
164	Taos County, NM	7.64
165	Washington County, AL	7.62
166	Franklin County, NY	7.54
167	La Plata County, CO	7.5
168	Lincoln County, OK	7.41
169	Gregory County, SD	7.27
170	McLean County, ND	7.21
171	Tulsa County, OK	7
172	McClain County, OK	6.99
173	Roger Mills County, OK	6.92
174	Jackson County, WI	6.91
175	Stanley County, SD	6.9
176	Jefferson County, OK	6.87
177	Charles City County, VA	6.86
178	Fall River County, SD	6.84
179	Pinal County, AZ	6.79
180	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	6.77
181	Yakima County, WA	6.7
182	Comanche County, OK	6.66
183	Leake County, MS	6.54
184	Mendocino County, CA	6.5
184	Cherry County, NE	6.5
185	Dewey County, OK	6.4
186	Humboldt County, CA	6.39
187	Lewis County, ID	6.36
188	Elko County, NV	6.35
189	Bernalillo County, NM	6.3
190	Mille Lacs County, MN	6.21
190	Grady County, OK	6.21
191	Nez Perce County, ID	6.16
192	Traverse County, MN	6.11

Ranking of Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population Percentage in 2017 for each US State

Use the following links to see the ranking of counties by the percentage of population that were American Indian and Alaska Native Alone for each of the following US states.