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Population
In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that about 0.8% of the U.S. population was of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. This population is unevenly distributed across the country. Below, all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, are listed by the proportion of residents citing American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry, based on 2006 estimates:
- Alaska – 13.1% 101,352
- New Mexico – 9.7% 165,944
- South Dakota – 8.6% 60,358
- Oklahoma – 6.8% 262,581
- Montana – 6.3% 57,225
- North Dakota – 5.2% 30,552
- Arizona – 4.5% 261,168
- Wyoming – 2.2% 10,867
- Oregon – 1.8% 45,633
- Washington – 1.5% 104,819
- Nevada – 1.2%
- Idaho – 1.1%
- North Carolina – 1.1%
- Utah – 1.1%
- Minnesota – 1.0%
- Colorado – 0.9%
- Kansas – 0.9%
- Nebraska – 0.9%
- Wisconsin – 0.9%
- Arkansas – 0.8%
- California – 0.7%
- Louisiana – 0.6%
- Maine – 0.5%
- Michigan – 0.5%
- Texas – 0.5%
- Alabama – 0.4%
- Mississippi – 0.4%
- Missouri – 0.4%
- Rhode Island – 0.4%
- Vermont – 0.4%
- Florida – 0.3%
- Delaware – 0.3%
- Hawaii – 0.3%
- Iowa – 0.3%
- New York – 0.3%
- South Carolina – 0.3%
- Tennessee – 0.3%
- Georgia – 0.2%
- Virginia – 0.2%
- Connecticut – 0.2%
- Illinois – 0.2%
- Indiana – 0.2%
- Kentucky – 0.2%
- Maryland – 0.2%
- Massachusetts – 0.2%
- New Hampshire – 0.2%
- New Jersey – 0.2%
- Ohio – 0.2%
- West Virginia – 0.2%
- Pennsylvania – 0.1%
- District of Columbia – 0.3%
- Puerto Rico – 0.2%
In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that about less than 1.0% of the U.S. population was of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander descent. This population is unevenly distributed across 26 states. Below, are the 26 states that had at least 0.1%. They are listed by the proportion of residents citing Native Hawaiian orPacific Islander ancestry, based on 2006 estimates:
- Hawaii – 8.7
- Utah – 0.7
- Alaska – 0.6
- California – 0.4
- Nevada – 0.4
- Washington – 0.4
- Arizona – 0.2
- Oregon – 0.2
- Alabama – 0.1
- Arkansas – 0.1
- Colorado – 0.1
- Florida – 0.1
- Idaho – 0.1
- Kentucky – 0.1
- Maryland – 0.1
- Massachusetts – 0.1
- Missouri – 0.1
- Montana – 0.1
- New Mexico – 0.1
- North Carolina – 0.1
- Oklahoma – 0.1
- South Carolina – 0.1
- Texas – 0.1
- Virginia – 0.1
- West Virginia – 0.1
- Wyoming – 0.1
Population distribution
Below are numbers for US citizens self-identifying to selected tribal grouping, according to the 2000 US census.
| Tribal grouping | American and Alaska Native alone | American and Alaska Native alone | American Indian and Alaska Native in combination with one or more races | American Indian and Alaska Native in combination with one or more races | American Indian and Alaska Native tribal grouping alone or in any combination |
| Tribal grouping | One tribal grouping reported | More than one tribal grouping reported | One tribal grouping reported | More than one tribal grouping reported | One tribal grouping reported |
| Total | 2,423,531 | 52,425 | 1,585,396 | 57,949 | 4,119,301 |
| Apache | 57,060 | 7,917 | 24,947 | 6,909 | 96,833 |
| Blackfeet | 27,104 | 4,358 | 41,389 | 12,899 | 85,750 |
| Cherokee | 281,069 | 18,793 | 390,902 | 38,769 | 729,533 |
| Cheyenne | 11,191 | 1,365 | 4,655 | 993 | 18,204 |
| Chickasaw | 20,887 | 3,014 | 12,025 | 2,425 | 38,351 |
| Chippewa | 105,907 | 2,730 | 38,635 | 2,397 | 149,669 |
| Choctaw | 87,349 | 9,552 | 50,123 | 11,750 | 158,774 |
| Colville | 7,833 | 193 | 1,308 | 59 | 9,393 |
| Comanche | 10,120 | 1,568 | 6,120 | 1,568 | 19,376 |
| Cree | 2,488 | 724 | 3,577 | 945 | 7,734 |
| Creek | 40,223 | 5,495 | 21,652 | 3,940 | 71,310 |
| Crow | 9,117 | 574 | 2,812 | 891 | 13,394 |
| Delaware | 8,304 | 602 | 6,866 | 569 | 16,341 |
| Houma | 6,798 | 79 | 1,794 | 42 | 8,713 |
| Iroquois | 45,212 | 2,318 | 29,763 | 3,529 | 80,822 |
| Kiowa | 8,559 | 1,130 | 2,119 | 434 | 12,242 |
| Latin American Indian | 104,354 | 1,850 | 73,042 | 1,694 | 180,940 |
| Lumbee | 51,913 | 642 | 4,934 | 379 | 57,868 |
| Menominee | 7,883 | 258 | 1,551 | 148 | 9,840 |
| Navajo | 269,202 | 6,789 | 19,491 | 2,715 | 298,197 |
| Osage | 7,658 | 1,354 | 5,491 | 1,394 | 15,897 |
| Ottawa | 6,432 | 623 | 3,174 | 448 | 10,677 |
| Paiute | 9,705 | 1,163 | 2,315 | 349 | 13,532 |
| Pima | 8,519 | 999 | 1,741 | 234 | 11,493 |
| Potawatomi | 15,817 | 592 | 8,602 | 584 | 25,595 |
| Pueblo | 59,533 | 3,527 | 9,943 | 1,082 | 74,085 |
| Puget Sound Salish | 11,034 | 226 | 3,212 | 159 | 14,631 |
| Seminole | 12,431 | 2,982 | 9,505 | 2,513 | 27,431 |
| Shoshone | 7,739 | 714 | 3,039 | 534 | 12,026 |
| Sioux | 108,272 | 4,794 | 35,179 | 5,115 | 153,360 |
| Tohono O’odham | 17,466 | 714 | 1,748 | 159 | 20,087 |
| Ute | 7,309 | 715 | 1,944 | 417 | 10,385 |
| Yakama | 8,481 | 561 | 1,619 | 190 | 10,851 |
| Yaqui | 15,224 | 1,245 | 5,184 | 759 | 22,412 |
| Yuman | 7,295 | 526 | 1,051 | 104 | 8,976 |
| Other specified American Indian tribes | 240,521 | 9,468 | 100,346 | 7,323 | 357,658 |
| American Indian tribe, not specified2 | 109,644 | 57 | 86,173 | 28 | 195,902 |
| Alaska Athabascan | 14,520 | 815 | 3,218 | 285 | 18,838 |
| Aleut | 11,941 | 832 | 3,850 | 355 | 16,978 |
| Eskimo | 45,919 | 1,418 | 6,919 | 505 | 54,761 |
| Tlingit-Haida | 14,825 | 1,059 | 6,047 | 434 | 22,365 |
| Other specified Alaska Native tribes | 2,552 | 435 | 841 | 145 | 3,973 |
| Alaska Native tribe, not specified | 6,161 | 370 | 2,053 | 118 | 8,702 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native tribes, not specified3 | 511,960 | (X) | 544,497 | (X) | 1,056,457 |
