Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all US counties, Kusilvak, AK had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (92.4%), followed by Oglala Lakota, SD (90.46%), and Todd, SD (84.71%).

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 Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2016
Kusilvak, AK
Oglala Lakota, SD
Todd, SD
Bethel, AK
Sioux, ND
Northwest Arctic, AK
Buffalo, SD
Menominee, WI
Rolette, ND
Nome, AK
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Kusilvak Borough, AK 92.4
2 Oglala Lakota County, SD 90.46
3 Todd County, SD 84.71
4 Bethel Borough, AK 82.86
5 Sioux County, ND 79.44
6 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 79.17
7 Buffalo County, SD 79.02
8 Menominee County, WI 78.28
9 Rolette County, ND 76.32
10 Nome Borough, AK 75.71
11 McKinley County, NM 73.99
12 Apache County, AZ 73.17
13 Dewey County, SD 71.4
14 Dillingham Borough, AK 70.83
15 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK 70.32
16 Ziebach County, SD 68.29
17 Big Horn County, MT 63.86
18 Glacier County, MT 62.79
19 Corson County, SD 62.15
20 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 61.94
21 Bennett County, SD 57.84
22 Roosevelt County, MT 57.79
23 Thurston County, NE 54.8
24 North Slope Borough, AK 53.93
25 Mellette County, SD 53.55
26 Benson County, ND 53.33
27 Jackson County, SD 51.39
28 Blaine County, MT 48.08
29 San Juan County, UT 47.58
30 Navajo County, AZ 43.96
31 Adair County, OK 42.6
32 Mahnomen County, MN 41.14
33 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, AK 40.93
34 Cibola County, NM 39.33
34 Robeson County, NC 39.33
35 Lyman County, SD 38.05
36 San Juan County, NM 37.65
37 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 37.4
38 Hoonah-Angoon Borough, AK 37.26
39 Rosebud County, MT 36.24
40 Roberts County, SD 35.85
41 Cherokee County, OK 34.41
42 Bristol Bay Borough, AK 32.89
43 Charles Mix County, SD 29.94
44 Swain County, NC 26.73
45 Mountrail County, ND 26.15
46 Coconino County, AZ 25.96
47 Delaware County, OK 23.28
48 Lake County, MT 22.99
49 Caddo County, OK 22.11
50 Hill County, MT 21.91
51 Sequoyah County, OK 21.76
52 Mayes County, OK 21.7
53 Latimer County, OK 21.6
54 Beltrami County, MN 21.1
55 Craig County, OK 20.83
56 Okfuskee County, OK 20.5
57 Aleutians East Borough, AK 20.13
58 Fremont County, WY 19.8
59 Ottawa County, OK 19.79
60 Hughes County, OK 18.92
61 Copper River Borough, AK 18.84
62 Seminole County, OK 18.83
63 Nowata County, OK 18.78
64 Pontotoc County, OK 18.69
65 Muskogee County, OK 18.62
66 McIntosh County, OK 18.54
67 Alpine County, CA 18.42
68 Pushmataha County, OK 18.32
69 Chouteau County, MT 18.3
70 Coal County, OK 17.74
71 Choctaw County, OK 17.16
72 Haskell County, OK 16.87
73 Sawyer County, WI 16.76
74 Okmulgee County, OK 16.48
75 Mackinac County, MI 16.41
76 Wrangell City and Borough, AK 16.2
77 Chippewa County, MI 16.14
78 Neshoba County, MS 16.07
79 Gila County, AZ 16.01
80 McCurtain County, OK 15.77
81 Ferry County, WA 15.58
82 Jefferson County, OR 15.47
83 Mineral County, NV 15.15
84 Johnston County, OK 14.82
85 Pittsburg County, OK 14.74
86 Sitka City and Borough, AK 14.67
87 Osage County, OK 14.52
88 Rio Arriba County, NM 14.27
89 Atoka County, OK 14.05
90 Forest County, WI 13.86
91 Walworth County, SD 13.7
92 Bryan County, OK 13.5
93 Tripp County, SD 13.38
94 Baraga County, MI 13.29
95 Pondera County, MT 13.28
96 Le Flore County, OK 13.2
97 Pawnee County, OK 13.13
98 Rogers County, OK 13.03
99 Murray County, OK 13.02
100 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 12.98
101 Moody County, SD 12.94
102 Graham County, AZ 12.74
103 Pottawatomie County, OK 12.42
104 Sandoval County, NM 12.03
105 Cass County, MN 11.85
106 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 11.73
107 Socorro County, NM 11.7
108 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 11.63
108 Montezuma County, CO 11.63
109 Aleutians West Borough, AK 11.42
110 La Paz County, AZ 11.4
111 Scotland County, NC 11.38
112 Juneau City and Borough, AK 10.95
113 Okanogan County, WA 10.75
114 Chugach Borough, AK 10.65
115 Ashland County, WI 10.64
116 Inyo County, CA 10.49
117 Hughes County, SD 10.34
118 Vilas County, WI 10.33
119 Washington County, OK 10.32
120 McKenzie County, ND 10.29
121 Creek County, OK 10.28
122 Wagoner County, OK 10.08
123 Haines Borough, AK 9.92
124 Marshall County, OK 9.88
125 Petersburg Borough, AK 9.87
126 Bayfield County, WI 9.63
127 Kay County, OK 9.62
128 Sheridan County, NE 9.3
128 Ramsey County, ND 9.3
129 Day County, SD 9.25
130 Valley County, MT 9.13
131 Brule County, SD 9.11
132 Schoolcraft County, MI 9.07
133 Phillips County, MT 8.95
134 Carter County, OK 8.93
135 Pennington County, SD 8.85
136 Clearwater County, MN 8.81
137 Cotton County, OK 8.8
138 Knox County, NE 8.77
139 Dunn County, ND 8.69
140 Blaine County, OK 8.52
141 Noble County, OK 8.45
142 Jackson County, NC 8.35
143 Hoke County, NC 8.24
144 Sabine Parish, LA 8.17
144 Garvin County, OK 8.17
145 Brown County, KS 7.95
146 Cook County, MN 7.89
147 Anchorage Borough, AK 7.78
148 Hyde County, SD 7.67
149 Bon Homme County, SD 7.55
149 Shawano County, WI 7.55
150 Washington County, AL 7.52
151 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 7.41
152 Del Norte County, CA 7.29
153 Benewah County, ID 7.23
153 Franklin County, NY 7.23
154 Becker County, MN 7.21
155 Gregory County, SD 7.19
156 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 7.11
157 Jackson County, KS 7.08
158 Lincoln County, OK 6.91
159 Graham County, NC 6.67
160 Uintah County, UT 6.54
161 Charles City County, VA 6.52
162 Stanley County, SD 6.47
163 Marshall County, SD 6.41
164 Kiowa County, OK 6.35
165 Tama County, IA 6.33
166 Love County, OK 6.29
167 McClain County, OK 6.24
168 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 6.19
168 Custer County, OK 6.19
169 Tulsa County, OK 6.06
169 Jackson County, WI 6.06
170 Fall River County, SD 5.96
171 McLean County, ND 5.95
172 Otero County, NM 5.88
173 Lewis County, ID 5.71
174 Mille Lacs County, MN 5.69
175 Terrebonne Parish, LA 5.63
176 Lawrence County, AL 5.62
176 Grady County, OK 5.62
177 Roger Mills County, OK 5.59
178 Leake County, MS 5.58
179 Bingham County, ID 5.5
179 Jefferson County, OK 5.5
180 La Plata County, CO 5.48
180 Carlton County, MN 5.48
181 Comanche County, OK 5.44
182 Dewey County, OK 5.39
183 Humboldt County, CA 5.28
184 Nez Perce County, ID 5.27
185 Stephens County, OK 5.25
186 Chautauqua County, KS 5.21
186 Taos County, NM 5.21
186 Stevens County, WA 5.21
187 Washington County, ME 5.14