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Alaska
19.98%
Oklahoma
13.1%
New Mexico
10.83%
South Dakota
9.82%
Montana
7.66%
North Dakota
6.46%
Arizona
5.41%
Wyoming
3.48%
Oregon
3.09%
Washington
2.85%
Hawaii
2.26%
Idaho
2.19%
Kansas
2.14%
Colorado
2.11%
Nevada
2.1%
California
2.07%
Arkansas
1.98%
Minnesota
1.92%
North Carolina
1.9%
Nebraska
1.7%
Maine
1.67%
Utah
1.64%
Wisconsin
1.57%
Michigan
1.47%
Louisiana
1.33%
Missouri
1.32%
Rhode Island
1.26%
Vermont
1.25%
District of Columbia
1.2%
Alabama
1.2%
Texas
1.2%
New York
1.06%
Maryland
1.04%
Virginia
1.02%
Connecticut
0.99%
Georgia
0.97%
Delaware
0.94%
South Carolina
0.89%
Iowa
0.88%
Tennessee
0.87%
Ohio
0.84%
Illinois
0.83%
Mississippi
0.82%
Florida
0.78%
New Hampshire
0.76%
Indiana
0.76%
West Virginia
0.76%
Massachusetts
0.74%
Pennsylvania
0.72%
Kentucky
0.71%
New Jersey
0.7%

Native American Population by State 2024

Native American Population by State 2024

The nation's indigenous people had a population of nearly 10 million before European settlers explored America. Their numbers began to fall rapidly shortly after that due to war and diseases brought by the settlers. Native Americans faced centuries of persecution and discrimination, losing their land and resources and being forced onto reservations that lacked the soil and natural resources needed to build and sustain their communities.

Today, Native Americans still face threats from federal and state governments related to land-use and resource extraction. Native Americans have the highest poverty rate of any major racial group, with one in four people living below the poverty line.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the current total population of Native Americans in the United States is 6.79 million, which is about 2.09% of the entire population. There are about 574 federally recognized Native American tribes in the U.S.

Fifteen states have Native American populations of over 100,000. Additionally, 15 states have relative Native American populations below 1.00%.

State
American Indian
Alaska19.98%
Oklahoma13.1%
New Mexico10.83%
South Dakota9.82%
Montana7.66%
North Dakota6.46%
Arizona5.41%
Wyoming3.48%
Oregon3.09%
Washington2.85%

California has the highest number of Native Americans, with a population of 757,628, comprising about 1.94% of its total population. Oklahoma follows with 523,360 Native Americans (13.36%)and Arizona with 391,620 (5.64%).

Alaska has the highest relative population of Native Americans, who make up 19.74% of the state's total population, about 145,816 people. Oklahoma has the second-highest relative population at 13.36% of the state's total population.

Vermont has the lowest total number of Native Americans of any state with 8,169, and New Jersey has the lowest relative population of Native Americans, 0.67% (59,511).

Los Angeles County in California has the highest number of Native Americans, with a total of 233,000. Oglala Lakota County in South Dakota has the highest percentage of Native Americans of any county at 93.9%.

Native American Population by State 2024

* American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination with one or more other races

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State
American Indian (Total)
American Indian
Population
Alaska146,55719.98%733,536
Oklahoma535,67513.1%4,088,377
New Mexico229,07110.83%2,115,266
South Dakota91,2219.82%928,767
Montana87,5637.66%1,142,746
North Dakota50,9396.46%788,940
Arizona405,2815.41%7,497,004
Wyoming20,4143.48%586,485
Oregon130,4463.09%4,227,337
Washington223,3182.85%7,841,283
Hawaii32,3912.26%1,430,877
Idaho43,6422.19%1,990,456
Kansas62,9552.14%2,944,376
Colorado125,0392.11%5,914,181
Nevada67,3772.1%3,210,931
California806,8742.07%38,889,770
Arkansas61,2801.98%3,089,060
Minnesota110,7831.92%5,761,530
North Carolina208,6421.9%10,975,017
Nebraska33,7361.7%1,988,698
Maine23,3491.67%1,402,106
Utah56,6401.64%3,454,232
Wisconsin93,2881.57%5,931,367
Michigan148,0801.47%10,041,241
Louisiana60,7051.33%4,559,475
Missouri82,2671.32%6,215,144
Rhode Island13,8511.26%1,098,082
Vermont8,0961.25%647,818
District of Columbia8,2581.2%686,995
Alabama61,6551.2%5,143,033
Texas370,6971.2%30,976,754
New York207,0271.06%19,469,232
Maryland64,1461.04%6,196,525
Virginia89,4971.02%8,752,297
Connecticut35,9730.99%3,625,646
Georgia107,9950.97%11,145,304
Delaware9,8100.94%1,044,321
South Carolina48,9040.89%5,464,155
Iowa28,2770.88%3,214,315
Tennessee62,8890.87%7,204,002
Ohio99,6620.84%11,812,173
Illinois104,3860.83%12,516,863
Mississippi24,2300.82%2,940,452
Florida178,1200.78%22,975,931
New Hampshire10,7340.76%1,405,105
Indiana52,4480.76%6,892,124
West Virginia13,3910.76%1,766,107
Massachusetts52,1680.74%7,020,058
Pennsylvania92,9520.72%12,951,275
Kentucky32,2700.71%4,540,745
New Jersey64,8490.7%9,320,865
United States5,779,8181.72%
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Native American Population by State 2024

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