Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all US counties, Kusilvak, AK had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (93.38%), followed by Oglala Lakota, SD (89.89%), and Bethel, AK (85.03%).

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 2023
Kusilvak, AK
Oglala Lakota, SD
Bethel, AK
Todd, SD
Sioux, ND
McKinley, NM
Northwest Arctic, AK
Buffalo, SD
Menominee, WI
Rolette, ND
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Kusilvak Borough, AK 93.38
2 Oglala Lakota County, SD 89.89
3 Bethel Borough, AK 85.03
4 Todd County, SD 84.26
5 Sioux County, ND 81.03
6 McKinley County, NM 80.87
7 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 80.66
8 Buffalo County, SD 79.72
9 Menominee County, WI 78.3
10 Rolette County, ND 77.41
11 Nome Borough, AK 75.78
12 Apache County, AZ 73.19
13 Dillingham Borough, AK 72.69
14 Dewey County, SD 72.62
15 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 67.79
16 Ziebach County, SD 67.18
17 Big Horn County, MT 66.62
18 Glacier County, MT 64.96
19 Corson County, SD 64.01
20 Roosevelt County, MT 61.32
21 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 59.5
22 Bennett County, SD 59.24
23 Thurston County, NE 56.98
24 Jackson County, SD 53.31
25 Benson County, ND 52.78
26 Mellette County, SD 52.62
27 North Slope Borough, AK 51.8
28 Blaine County, MT 50.08
29 Cibola County, NM 47.89
30 San Juan County, UT 46.49
31 Adair County, OK 44.68
32 San Juan County, NM 43.85
33 Navajo County, AZ 43.72
34 Mahnomen County, MN 43.03
35 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 41.78
36 Robeson County, NC 41.63
37 Rosebud County, MT 38.24
38 Lyman County, SD 37.46
39 Roberts County, SD 36.8
40 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 36.74
41 Cherokee County, OK 36.73
42 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 35.66
43 Charles Mix County, SD 30.65
44 Mountrail County, ND 30.43
45 Swain County, NC 30.41
46 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 29.27
47 Coconino County, AZ 27.03
48 Hill County, MT 25.36
49 Latimer County, OK 25.15
50 Delaware County, OK 23.84
51 Sequoyah County, OK 23.33
52 Caddo County, OK 23.22
53 Alpine County, CA 23.05
54 Lake County, MT 22.94
55 Mayes County, OK 22.5
56 Rio Arriba County, NM 22.11
57 Coal County, OK 22.07
58 Beltrami County, MN 21.99
59 Okfuskee County, OK 21.8
60 Craig County, OK 21.63
61 Ottawa County, OK 21.4
62 Pontotoc County, OK 21.36
63 Fremont County, WY 21.29
64 Muskogee County, OK 20.63
65 Hughes County, OK 19.98
66 Seminole County, OK 19.92
67 Choctaw County, OK 19.68
68 McIntosh County, OK 19.17
69 Nowata County, OK 19.06
70 Copper River Borough, AK 19
71 Pushmataha County, OK 18.65
72 Haskell County, OK 18.51
73 McCurtain County, OK 18.19
74 Gila County, AZ 18.07
75 Chouteau County, MT 17.87
76 Jefferson County, OR 17.47
77 Neshoba County, MS 17.13
78 La Paz County, AZ 17.1
79 Okmulgee County, OK 16.99
80 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 16.91
81 Mineral County, NV 16.85
82 Ferry County, WA 16.78
83 Pittsburg County, OK 16.75
84 Chippewa County, MI 16.65
85 Sawyer County, WI 16.49
86 Johnston County, OK 16
87 Mackinac County, MI 15.86
88 Atoka County, OK 15.41
89 Pondera County, MT 15.4
90 Tripp County, SD 15.26
91 Bryan County, OK 15.16
91 Murray County, OK 15.16
92 Socorro County, NM 15.12
93 Le Flore County, OK 15.11
94 Sitka City and Borough, AK 15.09
95 Walworth County, SD 15.03
96 Osage County, OK 14.78
97 Forest County, WI 14.45
98 Sandoval County, NM 14.19
99 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 14.13
100 Inyo County, CA 13.98
101 Pottawatomie County, OK 13.93
102 Baraga County, MI 13.92
103 Moody County, SD 13.81
104 Montezuma County, CO 13.58
105 Rogers County, OK 13.41
106 Aleutians East Borough, AK 13.32
107 Pawnee County, OK 13.24
108 Scotland County, NC 13.19
109 Graham County, AZ 13.15
110 Hughes County, SD 12.76
111 Juneau City and Borough, AK 12.46
112 Okanogan County, WA 12.38
113 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 12.32
114 Brule County, SD 12.05
115 Ramsey County, ND 11.78
116 Kay County, OK 11.59
117 Chugach Borough, AK 11.57
118 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 11.5
119 Washington County, OK 11.45
120 Cass County, MN 11.4
121 Hyde County, SD 11.21
121 Ashland County, WI 11.21
122 Marshall County, OK 11.17
123 Cotton County, OK 10.95
124 Creek County, OK 10.85
125 Carter County, OK 10.59
126 Petersburg Borough, AK 10.51
127 Wagoner County, OK 10.2
127 Pennington County, SD 10.2
128 Sheridan County, NE 10.09
129 Knox County, NE 10.06
130 Del Norte County, CA 10.04
131 Noble County, OK 9.97
132 Phillips County, MT 9.91
133 Garvin County, OK 9.75
133 Vilas County, WI 9.75
134 Anchorage Borough, AK 9.69
135 Haines Borough, AK 9.66
136 Schoolcraft County, MI 9.61
137 Bayfield County, WI 9.59
138 Blaine County, OK 9.57
139 Clearwater County, MN 9.39
140 Sabine Parish, LA 9.33
141 Day County, SD 9.32
142 Marshall County, SD 9.27
143 Dunn County, ND 9.18
144 Jackson County, NC 8.78
145 Custer County, OK 8.76
146 Valley County, MT 8.68
147 Shawano County, WI 8.67
148 Hoke County, NC 8.46
149 Kiowa County, OK 8.35
150 Graham County, NC 8.3
151 Brown County, KS 8.27
151 Jackson County, KS 8.27
151 Bon Homme County, SD 8.27
152 McKenzie County, ND 8.26
153 Taos County, NM 8.23
154 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 8.22
155 Cook County, MN 8.21
156 Aleutians West Borough, AK 8.18
157 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 8.14
158 Otero County, NM 8.11
159 Esmeralda County, NV 8.02
160 Love County, OK 7.95
161 Cherry County, NE 7.92
162 Gregory County, SD 7.82
163 Roger Mills County, OK 7.77
164 Tama County, IA 7.75
165 Franklin County, NY 7.7
166 Jefferson County, OK 7.69
167 Dewey County, OK 7.65
168 La Plata County, CO 7.64
169 Washington County, AL 7.6
170 Benewah County, ID 7.47
171 McLean County, ND 7.43
172 Lincoln County, OK 7.38
173 Denali Borough, AK 7.32
174 Leake County, MS 7.28
175 McClain County, OK 7.27
176 Becker County, MN 7.26
177 Uintah County, UT 7.25
178 Valencia County, NM 7.2
179 Tulsa County, OK 7.18
180 Jones County, SD 7.02
181 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 6.97
181 Bernalillo County, NM 6.97
182 Comanche County, OK 6.95
182 Yakima County, WA 6.95
183 Bingham County, ID 6.82
184 Charles City County, VA 6.67
185 Stanley County, SD 6.54
186 Grady County, OK 6.53
187 Mendocino County, CA 6.49
187 Elko County, NV 6.49
188 Humboldt County, CA 6.42
189 Jackson County, WI 6.38
190 Lewis County, ID 6.34
191 Fall River County, SD 6.33