List of U.S. counties with Native American majority populations

The following is a list of United States counties in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Native American (American Indian or Alaska Native), according to data from the 2020 Census. There are 33 counties in 11 states with Native American majority populations. County-equivalents, such as boroughs and census areas in Alaska, are included in this list.

This list does not include Pacific Islanders / Native Hawaiians; in any case, there are no counties with majorities. The highest percentage of Pacific Islanders in any U.S. county is Kalawao County, Hawaii, with 48%, although it only has 82 inhabitants.

List

StateTotalPopulation2020CensusNativeAmericanAlonepopulationNativeAmericanMixedpopulationNativeAmericanAlone & MixedpopulationNativeAmericanAlone & MixedpercentBethel Census Area18,66615,63288416,51688.5%Dillingham Census Area4,8573,4534293,88279.9%Kusilvak Census Area8,3687,9461658,11196.9%Lake and Peninsula Borough1,4769941391,13376.8%Nome Census Area10,0467,5567398,29582.6%North Slope Borough11,0315,7486246,37257.8%Northwest Arctic Borough7,7936,4693996,86888.1%Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5,7532,5845653,14954.7%Yakutat City and Borough6622559234752.4%Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area5,3433,8322944,12677.2%Apache County66,02147,0161,16248,17873.0%Mahnomen County5,4112,3246863,01055.6%Big Horn County13,1248,7944869,28070.7%Blaine County7,0443,7182143,93255.8%Glacier County13,7789,25376510,01872.7%Roosevelt County10,7946,2466556,90163.9%Thurston County6,7733,9801154,09560.5%McKinley County72,90256,9411,90458,84580.7%Benson County5,9643,2161313,34756.1%Rolette County12,1879,2784579,73579.9%Sioux County3,8983,3321523,48489.4%Adair County19,4958,5702,35510,92556.0%Bennett County3,3812,0932382,33168.9%Buffalo County1,9481,585661,65184.8%Corson County3,9022,7341492,88373.9%Dewey County5,2394,1361954,33182.7%Mellette County1,9181,1121151,22764.0%Jackson County2,8061,5481561,70460.7%Oglala Lakota County13,67212,82225013,07295.6%Todd County9,3198,2692368,50591.3%Ziebach County2,4131,925661,99182.5%San Juan County14,5187,2783057,58352.2%Menominee County4,2553,643833,72687.6%

Counties with Native American plurality

StateTotalPopulation2020CensusNativeAmericanAlonepopulationNativeAmericanMixedpopulationNativeAmericanAlone & MixedpopulationNativeAmericanAlone & MixedpercentNavajo County106,71747,4422,57550,01746.9%Cibola County27,17212,24065812,89847.5%San Juan County121,66150,0213,87753,89844.3%Robeson County116,53044,8713,83548,70641.8%

See also List of U.S. communities with Native American majority populations Lists of U.S. cities with non-white majority populations

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