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Census report dives into Indian Country
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2002
PDF: Percent Native American, by locale |
TABLE: Ten Largest Tribal Groupings |
- Cherokee - 729,533; up from 281,069 in 2000
- Navajo - 298,197; up from 269,202
- Latin American Indian - 180,940; up from 104,354
- Choctaw - 158,774; up from 87,349
- Sioux - 153,360; up from 108,272
- Ojibwe - 149,669; up from 105,907
- Apache - 96,833; up from 57,060
- Blackfeet - 85,750; up from 27,104
- Iroquois - 80,822; up from 45,212
- Pueblo - 74,085; up from 59,533
- California - 627,562
- Oklahoma - 391,949
- Arizona - 292,552
- Texas - 215,599
- New Mexico - 191,475
- New York - 171,581
- Washington - 158,940
- North Carolina - 131,736
- Michigan - 124,412
- Alaska - 119,241
- Alaska - 19.0 percent
- Oklahoma - 11.4 percent
- New Mexico - 10.5 percent
- South Dakota - 9.0 percent
- Montana - 7.4 percent
- Arizona - 5.7 percent
- North Dakota - 5.5 percent
- Wyoming - 3.0 percent
- Washington - 2.7 percent
- Oregon - 2.5 percent
- New York City, NY - 87,241 (1.1 percent of total population)
- Los Angeles, CA - 53,092 (1.4 percent)
- Phoenix, AZ - 35,093 (2.7 percent)
- Tulsa, OK - 30,227 (7.7 percent)
- Oklahoma City, OK - 29,001 (5.7 percent)
- Anchorage, AK - 26,995 (10.4 percent)
- Albuquerque, NM - 22,047 (7.7 percent)
- Chicago, IL - 20,898 (0.7 percent)
- San Diego, CA - 16,178 (1.3 percent)
- Houston, TX - 15,743 (0.8 percent)
Census 2002 Brief - The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2000 (2/13) Relevant Links:
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