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	County	State	% Native↓	Most Common Race	Population
	Oglala Lakota County	South Dakota	91.45%	Native	13,260
	Kusilvak Census Area	Alaska	86.02%	Native	7,908
	Bethel Census Area	Alaska	83.97%	Native	18,417
	Todd County	South Dakota	83.72%	Native	8,813
	Sioux County	North Dakota	82.83%	Native	3,617
	Menominee County	Wisconsin	82.41%	Native	4,168
	Northwest Arctic Borough	Alaska	80.59%	Native	7,040
	Buffalo County	South Dakota	78.98%	Native	1,795
	McKinley County	New Mexico	77.77%	Native	67,607
	Rolette County	North Dakota	76.1%	Native	11,712
	Dewey County	South Dakota	74.2%	Native	5,456
	Nome Census Area	Alaska	74%	Native	9,855
	Apache County	Arizona	71.55%	Native	64,195
	Dillingham Census Area	Alaska	71.15%	Native	4,377
	Ziebach County	South Dakota	69.79%	Native	2,397
	Big Horn County	Montana	66.77%	Native	12,657
	Corson County	South Dakota	66.68%	Native	3,785
	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	Alaska	65.81%	Native	4,956
	Glacier County	Montana	64.62%	Native	13,411
	Jackson County	South Dakota	61.24%	Native	2,616
	Bennett County	South Dakota	58.06%	Native	3,308
	Roosevelt County	Montana	57.31%	Native	10,274
	Mellette County	South Dakota	56.41%	Native	2,225
	Thurston County	Nebraska	54.78%	Native	6,895
	Benson County	North Dakota	50.47%	Native	5,787
	North Slope Borough	Alaska	50.07%	Native	10,546
	Blaine County	Montana	48.22%	Native	6,844
	Cibola County	New Mexico	45.76%	Native	26,859
	Lake and Peninsula Borough	Alaska	44.92%	Native	1,404
	Aleutians East Borough	Alaska	39.96%	Native	3,494
	Adair County	Oklahoma	39.72%	Native	19,952
	Robeson County	North Carolina	38.89%	Native	120,482

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Last Updated: September 25, 2026