NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES POPULATION RANKINGS

Native American Population:
1,878,285 = 100.0 %

1/ Any entry with the spelling "Siouan" was miscoded to Sioux in North Carolina

*This information was obtained from the US Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Washington, D.C. 20233
Rank
Tribe

Population
Percent
1 Cherokee
308,132 16.4
Cherokee 293,074 15.6
Eastern Cherokee 5,546 0.3
Echota Cherokee 3,842 0.2
Western Cherokee 4,687 0.2
2 Navajo
219,198 11.7
3 Chippewa
103,826 5.5
Bad River 1,295 0.1
Chippewa 67,747 3.6
Lac Courte Orielles 2,548 0.1
Leech Lake 1,784 0.1
Minnesota Chippewa 2,861 0.2
Red Lake Chippewa 4,162 0.2
Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa 3,801 0.2
Turtle Mountain 8,713 0.5
White Earth 2,829 0.2
4 Sioux /1
103,255 5.5
Cheyenne River Sioux 7,566 0.4
Crow Creek Sioux 2,123 0.1
Devils Lake Sioux 2,139 0.1
Lower Brule Sioux 1,272 0.1
Oglala Sioux 17,801 0.9
Rosebud Sioux 11,296 0.6
Santee Sioux 2,020 0.1
Sioux 1/ 40,592 2.2
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux 3,499 0.2
Standing Rock Sioux 6,083 0.3
Teton Sioux 1,111 0.1
Yankton Sioux 3,703 0.2
5 Choctaw
82,299 4.4
Choctaw 61,936 3.3
Mississippi Choctaw 2,187 0.1
Oklahoma Choctaw 17,305 0.9
6 Pueblo
52,939 2.8
Acoma 3,677 0.2
Hopi 11,173 0.6
Isleta 3,358 0.2
Jemez 2,249 0.1
Laguna 6,115 0.3
Pueblo 2,338 0.1
San Felipe 1,858 0.1
San Juan 1,352 0.1
Santa Clara 1,044 0.1
Santo Domingo 3,288 0.2
Taos 1,970 0.1
Tewa 1,218 0.1
Tigua 1,242 0.1
Zuni 7,919 0.4
7 Apache
50,051 2.7
Apache 30,625 1.6
Jicarilla Apache 2,615 0.1
Mescalero Apache 3,936 0.2
San Carlos Apache 2,234 0.1
White Mountain Apache 9,265 0.5
8 Iroquois 2/
49,038 2.6
Cayuga 1,048 0.1
Iroquois 4,327 0.2
Mohawk 15,490 0.8
Oneida 11,564 0.6
Onondaga 2/ 1,500 0.1
Seneca 9,167 0.5
Seneca-Cayuga 1,052 0.1
Tuscarora 2/ 2,943 0.2
Wyandotte 1,947 0.1
9 Lumbee
48,444 2.6
10 Creek
43,550 2.3
11 Blackfoot
32,234 1.7
12 Canadian & Latin American
22,379 1.2
Canadian Indian 3,209 0.2
Central American Indian 1,668 0.1
Mexican American Indian 9,974 0.5
South American Indian 3,133 0.2
Spanish American Indian 3,435 0.2
13 Chickasaw
20,631 1.1
14 Potawatomi 2/
16,763 0.9
Citizen Band Potawatomi 2,057 0.1
Potawatomi 13,645 0.7
15 Tohono O'Odham
16,041 0.9
16 Pima
14,431 0.8
17 Tlingit
13,925 0.7
18 Seminole
13,797 0.7
19 Alaska Athabaskans
13,738 0.7
20 Cheyenne
11,456 0.6
Cheyenne 6.676 0.4
Northern Cheyenne 4,423 0.2
21 Comanche
11,322 0.6
22 Paiute
11,142 0.6
23 Puget Sound Salish
10,246 0.5
Puyallup 1,281 0.1
Tulalip 1,929 0.1
24 Yaqui
9,931 0.5
25 Osage
9,527 0.5
26 Kiowa
9421 0.5
27 Delaware
9,321 0.5
Delaware 6,583 0.4
Lenni-Lenape 1,292 0.1
28 Shoshone
9,215 0.5
29 Crow
8,588 0.5
30 Cree
8,290 0.4
31 Yakima
7,850 0.4
32 Houma
7,810 0.4
33 Menominee
7,543 0.4
34 Ottawa
7,522 0.4
35 Ute
7,273 0.4
Ute 5,491 0.3
Ute Mountain Ute 1,285 0.1
36 Colville
7,140 0.4
37 Yuman
7,128 0.4
Hualapai 1,207 0.1
Mohave 1,386 0.1
Quechan 1,972 0.1
38 Winnebago
6,920 0.4
Winnebago 5,416 0.3
Wisconsin Winnebago 1,326 0.1
39 Arapaho
6.350 0.3
Arapaho 5,226 0.3
Northern Arapaho 1,059 0.1
40 Shawnee
6,179 0.3
Absentee Shawnee 1,279 0.1
Shawnee 4,150 0.2
41 Assiniboine
5,274 0.3
42 Pomo
4,766 0.3
43 Sac and Fox
3,093 0.2
Sac and Fox 3,093 0.2
Sac and Fox-Mesquakie 1,121 0.1
44 Miami
4,477 0.2
45 Salish
4,455 0.2
46 Yurok
4,296 0.2
47 Omaha
4,143 0.2
48 Nez Perce
4,113 0.2
49 Eastern Tribes
3,928 0.2
Southeastern Indians 1,768 0.1
Waccamaw-Siouan 1/ 1,023 0.1
50 Kickapoo
3,577 0.2
51 Miwok
3,381 0.2
52 Fort Hall
3,362 0.2
53 Klamath
3,097 0.2
54 Haliwa
2,991 0.2
55 Chumash
2,981 0.2
56 Karok
2,978 0.2
57 Lummi
2,956 0.2
58 Ponca
2,913 0.2
59 Pawnee
2,892 0.2
60 Gros Ventres
2,848 0.2
61 Yokuts
2,802 0.1
62 Micmac
2,765 0.1
63 Warm Springs
2,714 0.1
64 Luiseno
2,694 0.1
65 Cheyenne-Arapaho
2,664 0.1
66 Caddo
2,549 0.1
67 Narragansett
2,456 0.1
68 Hoopa
2,451 0.1
69 Tsimshian
2,432 0.1
70 Quinault
2,412 0.1
71 Passamaquoddy
2,398 0.1
72 Salish and Kootenai
2,319 0.1
73 Diequeno
2,276 0.1
74 Maidu
2,271 0.1
75 Wintu
2,244 0.1
76 Shoshone Paiute
2,217 0.1
77 Wampanoag
2,175 0.1
78 Penobscot
2,173 0.1
79 Mission Indians
2,160 0.1
80 Spokane
2,118 0.1
81 Stockbridge
2,069 0.1
82 Otoe-Missouria
1,840 0.1
83 Mono
1,180 0.1
84 Haida
1,805 0.1
85 Fort Berthold
1,721 0.1
86 Pit River
1,640 0.1
87 Iowa
1,615 0.1
88 Makah
1,597 0.1
89 Arikara
1,583 0.1
90 Hidatsa
1,571 0.1
91 Juaneno
1,565 0.1
92 Siletz
1,554 0.1
93 Algonquian
1,543 0.1
94 Quapaw
1,538 0.1
95 Shinnecock
1,522 0.1
96 Washo
1,520 0.1
97 Klallam
1,505 0.1
98 Nanticoke
1,471 0.1
99 Abenaki
1,469 0.1
100 Colorado River
1,445 0.1
101 Cahuilla
1,418 0.1
102 Peoria
1,365 0.1
103 Alaska Native
1,302 0.1
104 California Tribes
1,278 0.1
105 Wichita
1,275 0.1
106 Coushatta
1,269 0.1
107 Grand Ronde
1,230 0.1
108 Grand River
1,224 0.1
109 Mandan
1,207 0.1
110 Umatilla
1,159 0.1
111 Coharie
1,152 0.1
112 Wailaki
1,090 0.1
113 Catawba
1,078 0.1
114 Kaw
1,073 0.1
115 Coeur d'Alene
1,048 0.1
116 Costanoan
1,023 0.1

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