(ST-99-46) States Ranked by American Indian and Alaska Native Population, July 1, 1999

Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233

Internet Release Date: August 30, 2000

Contact: Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau (301-457-2422)

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Estimated |-----7/1/99-----|

American Percent Rank of

Indian & American Percent

Alaska 4/1/90 Indian American

Native Population |--4/1/90 to 7/1/99--| and Indian &

Population, Estimates Numeric Percent Alaska Alaska

Rank STATE 7/1/99 Base Change Change Native Native

1 CALIFORNIA 313,642 286,611 27,031 9.4 0.9 16

2 OKLAHOMA 262,581 257,794 4,787 1.9 7.8 4

3 ARIZONA 261,168 214,427 46,741 21.8 5.5 6

4 NEW MEXICO 165,944 137,625 28,319 20.6 9.5 2

5 WASHINGTON 104,819 87,259 17,560 20.1 1.8 9

6 ALASKA 101,352 86,252 15,100 17.5 16.4 1

7 NORTH CAROLINA 99,277 80,825 18,452 22.8 1.3 14

8 TEXAS 97,412 72,343 25,069 34.7 0.5 25

9 NEW YORK 76,755 66,337 10,418 15.7 0.4 28

10 FLORIDA 60,358 37,132 23,226 62.5 0.4 29

11 SOUTH DAKOTA 60,335 50,870 9,465 18.6 8.2 3

12 MICHIGAN 59,897 57,654 2,243 3.9 0.6 21

13 MINNESOTA 58,575 50,921 7,654 15.0 1.2 15

14 MONTANA 57,225 48,121 9,104 18.9 6.5 5

15 WISCONSIN 46,830 40,588 6,242 15.4 0.9 19

16 OREGON 45,633 40,522 5,111 12.6 1.4 12

17 COLORADO 37,548 31,104 6,444 20.7 0.9 17

18 NEVADA 32,871 21,071 11,800 56.0 1.8 10

19 NORTH DAKOTA 30,522 26,046 4,476 17.2 4.8 7

20 UTAH 30,045 25,385 4,660 18.4 1.4 11

21 ILLINOIS 27,987 24,175 3,812 15.8 0.2 45

22 KANSAS 23,554 23,380 174 0.7 0.9 20

23 OHIO 23,337 20,864 2,473 11.9 0.2 48

24 NEW JERSEY 22,625 15,905 6,720 42.3 0.3 38

25 MISSOURI 20,701 20,211 490 2.4 0.4 30

26 LOUISIANA 19,407 18,707 700 3.7 0.4 27

27 VIRGINIA 19,396 15,708 3,688 23.5 0.3 37

28 GEORGIA 18,717 13,715 5,002 36.5 0.2 44

29 PENNSYLVANIA 18,054 15,369 2,685 17.5 0.2 49

30 IDAHO 16,656 14,940 1,716 11.5 1.3 13

31 MARYLAND 16,044 13,206 2,838 21.5 0.3 35

32 MASSACHUSETTS 15,229 12,959 2,270 17.5 0.2 41

33 NEBRASKA 15,216 12,855 2,361 18.4 0.9 18

34 INDIANA 15,075 13,050 2,025 15.5 0.3 39

35 ALABAMA 14,599 16,575 -1,976 -11.9 0.3 33

36 ARKANSAS 13,965 12,981 984 7.6 0.5 23

37 TENNESSEE 12,231 10,139 2,092 20.6 0.2 46

38 WYOMING 10,867 9,792 1,075 11.0 2.3 8

39 MISSISSIPPI 10,282 8,565 1,717 20.0 0.4 31

40 SOUTH CAROLINA 9,601 8,328 1,273 15.3 0.2 40

41 IOWA 8,760 7,716 1,044 13.5 0.3 36

42 CONNECTICUT 8,093 6,990 1,103 15.8 0.2 42

43 HAWAII 6,565 5,470 1,095 20.0 0.6 22

44 KENTUCKY 5,936 5,861 75 1.3 0.1 50

45 MAINE 5,752 6,022 -270 -4.5 0.5 26

46 RHODE ISLAND 5,286 4,223 1,063 25.2 0.5 24

47 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2,597 2,153 444 20.6 0.2 47

48 WEST VIRGINIA 2,472 2,469 3 0.1 0.1 51

49 DELAWARE 2,389 2,072 317 15.3 0.3 34

50 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1,785 1,551 234 15.1 0.3 32

51 VERMONT 1,459 1,703 -244 -14.3 0.2 43