Map of Hawaii highlighting Kalawao County

The following is a list of

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in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Native American (American Indian or Alaska Native), according to data from the 2000 Census. The list below is organized by

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and the percentage of each county's population that is Native American is listed in parentheses next to the county's name. There are 28 counties in 9 states with Native American majority populations.

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s, 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

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in any U.S. county is

Kalawao County, Hawaii Kalawao County ( haw, Kalana o Kalawao) is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is the smallest county in the 50 states by land area and the second-smallest county by population, after Loving County, Texas. The county encompasses the Kala ...

, with 48%, although it only has 82 inhabitants.

By state

Alaska

Bethel Census Area Bethel Census Area is a census area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population is 18,666, up from 17,013 in 2010. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community is the ci ...

(81.9%) *

Dillingham Census Area Dillingham Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,857, slightly up from 4,847 in 2010. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its l ...

(70.1%) *

Lake and Peninsula Borough Lake and Peninsula Borough (russian: Лейк-энд-Пенинсула, ''Leyk-end-Peninsula'') is a Borough (United States)#Alaska, borough in the U.S. state, state of Alaska. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population wa ...

(73.5%) *

Nome Census Area Nome Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska, mostly overlapping with the Seward Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,046, up from 9,492 in 2010. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore h ...

(75.2%) *

North Slope Borough The North Slope Borough is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as a whole. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,031. The borough seat and largest city i ...

(68.4%) *

Northwest Arctic Borough Northwest Arctic Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,793, up from 7,523 in 2010. The borough seat is Kotzebue. The borough was formed on June 2, 1986. Geography According to t ...

(82.5%) * Kusilvak Census Area (92.5%) * Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (70.9%)

Arizona

Apache County Apache County is in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. Shaped in a long rectangle running north to south, as of the 2020 census, its population was 66,021. The county seat is St. Johns. Most of the county is occupied by part ...

(76.9%)

Montana

* Big Horn County (59.2%) * Glacier County (61.8%) * Roosevelt County (55.8%)

Nebraska

* Thurston County (52.0%)

New Mexico

* McKinley County (74.7%)

North Dakota

* Rolette County (73.0%) * Sioux County (84.6%)

South Dakota

Bennett County Bennett County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 3,381. Its county seat is Martin, South Dakota, Martin. The county lies completely within ...

(52.1%) * Buffalo County (81.6%) * Corson County (60.8%) * Dewey County (74.2%) * Mellette County (52.4%) * Jackson County (52.0%) *

Oglala Lakota County Oglala Lakota County (known as Shannon County until May 2015) is a county in southwestern South Dakota, United States. The population was 13,672 at the 2020 census. Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat; Hot Springs in ne ...

(94.2%) * Todd County (85.6%) *

Ziebach County Ziebach County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,413. Its county seat is Dupree. It is the last county (or county equivalent) in the United States alphabetically. The county's per-capit ...

(72.3%)

Utah

* San Juan County (55.7%)

Wisconsin

* Menominee County (87.3%)

National rankings

(94.20%) * Kusilvak Census Area (92.53%) * Menominee County (87.26%) * Todd County (85.60%)

Gallery

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