POPULATION RANKINGS

NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES
POPULATION RANKINGS
of the 30 largest tribes in the U.S.
according to the 1990 census report
(U.S. Department of Commerce)
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Native American Population:
1,878,285 = 100.0 %
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Rank     Tribe    Population    Percent
1    Cherokee    308,132    16.4
2    Navajo    219,198    11.7
3    Chippewa    103,826    5.5
4    Sioux    103,255    5.5
5    Choctaw    82,299    4.4
6    Pueblo    52,939    2.8
7    Apache    50,051    2.7
8    Iroquois    49,038    2.6
9    Lumbee    48,444    2.6
10    Creek    43,550    2,6
11    Blackfoot    32,234    1.7
12    Canadian & Latin Americ.    22.379    1.2
13    Chickasaw    20,631    1.1
14    Potawatomi    16,763    0.9
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    Alaskan Athabaskans    13,738    0.7
20    Cheyenne    11,456    0.6
21    Comanche    11,322    0.6
22    Paiute    11,142    0.6
23    Puget Sound Salish    10,246    0.5
24    Yaqui    9,931    0.5
25    Osage    9,527    0.5
26    Kiowa    9,421    0.5
27    Delaware    9,321    0.5
28    Shoshone    9,215    0.5
29    Crow    8,588    0.5
30    Cree    8,290    0.4
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If you need information about the other 86 tribes with a
population over 1,000 people, or if you need a breakdown of the
numbers by regions, divisions and states, then please call
Population Division of the Bureau of the Census, Washington,
DC 20233, tel. (301) 457-2402. They will send you the complete
report for the asking.