The
American
Indian and Alaska Native
Population:
2000
The question on race was changed in Census 2000
Reproduction of Questionnaire
Two broad categories: Race alone and race in combination
The data collected by Census 2000 on race can be divided into two broad categories: the race alone population and the race in combination population.
American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2000
American Indian population increased faster than the total population between 1990 and 2000
The American Indian population increased faster than the total population between 1990 and 2000.
American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 1990 and 2000
Four out of ten American Indians lived in the West.
Percent Distribution of the American Indian and Alaska Native Population by Region: 2000
Over half of all people who reported American Indian lived in just ten states.
Ten States With the Largest
American Indian Populations: 2000
TX
215,599
NY
171,581
WA
158,940
AZ
292,552
CA
627,562
OK
391,949
NM
191,495
NC
131,736
MI
124,412
AK
119,241
The American Indian population was concentrated in counties in the West and Midwest
The places with the largest American Indian populations were New York and Los Angeles.
Ten Largest Places in Total Population and in American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2000
The highest proportion of American Indians was in Anchorage, Alaska.
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The largest American Indian Tribal Groupings were the Cherokee, Navajo, Latin American Indian, Choctaw, Sioux, and Chippewa.
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Eskimo was the largest Alaska Native tribal grouping alone or in any combination, followed by Tlingit-Haida, Alaska Athabascan, and Aleut.
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The proportion of respondents
reporting a tribe with at least one other race or American Indian tribal grouping varied among the ten largest American Indian tribal groupings.
Proportion of American Indian Tribal Groupings reporting More Than One Race: 2000
Highest
Lowest
Proportion of Alaska Natives or Alaska Native Tribal Groupings Reporting More Than One Race:2000
Highest
Lowest
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