Most Populous Indian Reservations, 2000
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
Below is a list of Indian Reservations in the United States with the largest populations. As of October 2011, the 2010 U.S. Census data has not been published.
| Reservation | Population1 |
|---|---|
| Navajo Nation (Ariz.-N.M.-Utah) | 175,228 |
| Cherokee (Okla.) | 104,482 |
| Creek (Okla.) | 77,253 |
| Lumbee (N.C.) | 62,327 |
| Choctaw (Okla.) | 39,984 |
| Cook Inlet (Alaska) | 35,972 |
| Chickasaw (Okla.) | 32,372 |
| Calista (Alaska) | 20,353 |
| United Houma Nation (La.) | 15,305 |
| Sealaska (Alaska) | 15,059 |
| Pine Ridge (S.D.-Neb.) | 14,484 |
| Doyon (Alaska) | 14,128 |
| Kiowa-Comanche-Apache–Fort Sill Apache (Okla.) | 13,045 |
| Fort Apache (Ariz.) | 11,854 |
| Citizen Band Potawatomi Nation–Absentee Shawnee (Okla.) | 10,617 |
| Gila River (Ariz.) | 10,578 |
| Cheyenne/Arapaho (Okla.) | 10,310 |
| Tohono O'odham (Ariz.) | 9,794 |
| Osage (Okla.) | 9,209 |
| Rosebud (S.D.) | 9,165 |
| San Carlos (Ariz.) | 9,065 |
| Blackfeet (Mont.) | 8,684 |
| Yakama (Wash.) | 8,193 |
| Turtle Mountain (N.D.) | 8,043 |
| Flathead (Mont.) | 7,883 |
1. Population listed includes only the American Indian and Alaska Native population alone or in combination with one or more races. Total population of reservation, which includes non-Indians, is not given. A reservation's total population is sometimes significantly larger than Indian population.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics.
| Ten Largest American Indian Tribes, 2010 | American Indians | Facts About American Indians Today |
.com/ipa/0/9/2/2/2/3/A0922239.html
Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
