Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all US counties, Kusilvak, AK had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (92.96%), followed by Oglala Lakota, SD (90.23%), and Todd, SD (84.95%).

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 2021
Kusilvak, AK
Oglala Lakota, SD
Todd, SD
Bethel, AK
Sioux, ND
Menominee, WI
McKinley, NM
Northwest Arctic, AK
Buffalo, SD
Rolette, ND
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Kusilvak Borough, AK 92.96
2 Oglala Lakota County, SD 90.23
3 Todd County, SD 84.95
4 Bethel Borough, AK 84.61
5 Sioux County, ND 81.96
6 Menominee County, WI 81.15
7 McKinley County, NM 81.11
8 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 80.3
9 Buffalo County, SD 79.94
10 Rolette County, ND 77.24
11 Nome Borough, AK 75.72
12 Apache County, AZ 74.45
13 Dewey County, SD 73.16
14 Dillingham Borough, AK 72.89
15 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 68.85
16 Ziebach County, SD 67.59
17 Big Horn County, MT 66.64
18 Glacier County, MT 65.19
19 Corson County, SD 65
20 Roosevelt County, MT 60.76
21 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 59.76
22 Bennett County, SD 58.54
23 Thurston County, NE 57.77
24 Mellette County, SD 55.11
25 Jackson County, SD 53.95
26 Benson County, ND 53.8
27 North Slope Borough, AK 52.05
28 Blaine County, MT 51.42
29 Cibola County, NM 48.11
30 San Juan County, UT 47.43
31 Adair County, OK 45.56
32 Navajo County, AZ 44.64
33 San Juan County, NM 43.23
34 Mahnomen County, MN 43.05
35 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 42.01
36 Robeson County, NC 41.92
37 Rosebud County, MT 39.15
38 Lyman County, SD 37.87
39 Roberts County, SD 37.43
40 Cherokee County, OK 36.86
41 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 36.65
42 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 36.34
43 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 33.02
44 Mountrail County, ND 31.66
45 Charles Mix County, SD 30.7
46 Swain County, NC 29.57
47 Coconino County, AZ 27.35
48 Hill County, MT 24.48
49 Latimer County, OK 24.42
50 Delaware County, OK 24.15
51 Lake County, MT 23.7
52 Caddo County, OK 23.57
53 Sequoyah County, OK 23.25
54 Mayes County, OK 22.85
55 Alpine County, CA 22.38
56 Beltrami County, MN 22.07
57 Okfuskee County, OK 22.02
58 Craig County, OK 21.89
59 Rio Arriba County, NM 21.76
60 Fremont County, WY 21.57
61 Coal County, OK 21.19
62 Pontotoc County, OK 20.96
63 Ottawa County, OK 20.88
64 Muskogee County, OK 20.38
65 Seminole County, OK 20.27
66 Hughes County, OK 20.01
67 Copper River Borough, AK 19.46
68 Pushmataha County, OK 19.36
69 Nowata County, OK 19.25
70 McIntosh County, OK 19.12
71 Choctaw County, OK 19.01
72 Chouteau County, MT 18.22
73 Gila County, AZ 18.21
74 Haskell County, OK 18.11
75 Jefferson County, OR 17.95
76 McCurtain County, OK 17.93
77 La Paz County, AZ 17.83
78 Mineral County, NV 17.76
79 Okmulgee County, OK 17.26
80 Neshoba County, MS 17.02
81 Chippewa County, MI 16.79
82 Sawyer County, WI 16.75
83 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 16.7
84 Ferry County, WA 16.57
85 Pittsburg County, OK 16.55
86 Johnston County, OK 16.32
87 Mackinac County, MI 16.15
88 Sitka City and Borough, AK 15.54
89 Atoka County, OK 15.34
90 Pondera County, MT 15.16
91 Tripp County, SD 15.05
92 Bryan County, OK 15.02
93 Murray County, OK 14.92
94 Osage County, OK 14.91
95 Le Flore County, OK 14.87
96 Socorro County, NM 14.74
97 Moody County, SD 14.54
98 Forest County, WI 14.36
99 Sandoval County, NM 14.29
100 Walworth County, SD 14.14
101 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 14.13
102 Baraga County, MI 14.1
103 Pottawatomie County, OK 14.07
104 Montezuma County, CO 13.86
105 Inyo County, CA 13.73
106 Rogers County, OK 13.53
107 Aleutians East Borough, AK 13.43
108 Graham County, AZ 13.42
109 Pawnee County, OK 13.41
110 Scotland County, NC 12.78
111 Okanogan County, WA 12.58
112 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 12.42
113 Hughes County, SD 12.37
114 Juneau City and Borough, AK 12.2
115 Chugach Borough, AK 12.15
116 Cass County, MN 11.8
117 Kay County, OK 11.65
118 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 11.56
119 Ashland County, WI 11.45
120 Washington County, OK 11.33
121 Brule County, SD 11.23
122 Marshall County, OK 11.14
123 Ramsey County, ND 10.96
124 Creek County, OK 10.94
125 Petersburg Borough, AK 10.65
126 Cotton County, OK 10.64
127 Wagoner County, OK 10.6
128 Carter County, OK 10.58
129 Sheridan County, NE 10.47
130 Pennington County, SD 10.14
131 Vilas County, WI 10.06
132 Hyde County, SD 10
133 Haines Borough, AK 9.98
133 Knox County, NE 9.98
134 Del Norte County, CA 9.82
134 Bayfield County, WI 9.82
135 Marshall County, SD 9.67
136 Noble County, OK 9.66
137 Blaine County, OK 9.5
138 Phillips County, MT 9.41
138 Garvin County, OK 9.41
139 Anchorage Borough, AK 9.3
140 Schoolcraft County, MI 9.29
140 Clearwater County, MN 9.29
141 Dunn County, ND 9.28
142 Sabine Parish, LA 9.27
142 Day County, SD 9.27
143 Aleutians West Borough, AK 9.25
144 Jackson County, NC 9.08
145 Brown County, KS 8.79
146 McKenzie County, ND 8.75
147 Valley County, MT 8.74
148 Hoke County, NC 8.65
149 Shawano County, WI 8.62
150 Jackson County, KS 8.61
151 Custer County, OK 8.51
152 Taos County, NM 8.33
153 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 8.28
154 Tama County, IA 8.27
154 Graham County, NC 8.27
154 Kiowa County, OK 8.27
155 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 8.23
156 Otero County, NM 8.15
157 Love County, OK 8.1
158 Gregory County, SD 7.94
159 Bon Homme County, SD 7.83
160 Benewah County, ID 7.77
161 Franklin County, NY 7.72
162 Cook County, MN 7.69
163 Washington County, AL 7.65
164 Jefferson County, OK 7.61
165 Uintah County, UT 7.56
166 Becker County, MN 7.54
167 Dewey County, OK 7.47
168 La Plata County, CO 7.44
169 Lincoln County, OK 7.36
170 Esmeralda County, NV 7.35
171 McClain County, OK 7.34
172 Cherry County, NE 7.22
172 Roger Mills County, OK 7.22
173 McLean County, ND 7.19
174 Leake County, MS 7.15
175 Tulsa County, OK 7.08
175 Stanley County, SD 7.08
176 Bingham County, ID 7.02
177 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 6.98
178 Comanche County, OK 6.9
179 Traverse County, MN 6.88
179 Valencia County, NM 6.88
180 Yakima County, WA 6.84
181 Bernalillo County, NM 6.73
182 Denali Borough, AK 6.65
182 Jackson County, WI 6.65
183 Charles City County, VA 6.61
184 Elko County, NV 6.56
185 Mendocino County, CA 6.53
185 Grady County, OK 6.53
186 Jones County, SD 6.49
187 Humboldt County, CA 6.45
188 Pinal County, AZ 6.39