Ten Largest American Indian Tribes for States with 1000 or more of the specified Tribe: 1990

1/ Any entry with the spelling Souan was miscoded to Sioux in North Carolina
2/ Reporting and/or processing problems have affected the data for this tribe.

*This information was obtained from the US Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Washington, D.C. 20233

Tribe	State	Number	Percent
Cherokee	Untied States	308,132	100.0
	Oklahoma	94,460	30.7
	California	44,215	14.3
	Texas	15,980	5.2
	North Carolina	13,074	4.2
	Florida	10,143	3.3
	Michigan	9,024	2.9
	Missouri	8,520	2.8
	Alabama	8,152	2.6
	Ohio	7,628	2.5
	Arkansas	6,661	2.2
	Washington	6,376	2.1
	Kansas	6,252	2.0
	New York	5,545	1.8
	Oregon	5,538	1.8
	Georgia	5,493	1.8
	Tennessee	5,053	1.6
	Illinois	4,970	1.6
	Colorado	4,458	1.4
	Virginia	4,144	1.3
	Indiana	3,656	1.2
	Pennsylvania	3,387	1.1
	Maryland	3,342	1.1
	Arizona	3,280	1.1
	New Jersey	2,542	0.8
	Kentucky	2,471	0.8
	South Carolina	2,425	0.8
	Louisiana	2,186	0.7
	Nevada	2,,105	0.7
	New Mexico	1,538	0.5
	Massachusetts	1,473	0.5
	Hawaii	1,354	0.4
	Idaho	1,212	0.4
	Alaska	1,183	0.4
	Wisconsin	1,163	0.4
	Iowa	1,067	0.3
Navajo	Untied States	219,198	100.0
	Arizona	104,682	47.8
	New Mexico	77,927	35.6
	Utah	12,861	5.9
	California	8,538	3.9
	Colorado	3,604	1.6
	Texas	1,512	0.7
Chippewa	Untied States	103,826	100.0
	Minnesota	31,995	30.8
	Michigan	19,884	19.2
	Wisconsin	12,566	12.1
	North Dakota	12,235	11.8
	California	4,541	4.4
	Washington	3,610	3.5
	Montana	3,167	3.1
	Illinois	1,781	1.7
	Oregon	1,621	1.6
Sioux 1/	Untied States	103,255	100.0
	South Dakota	44,188	42.8
	California	7,544	7.3
	North Dakota	6,984	6.8
	Minnesota	5,519	5.3
	Montana	4,815	4.7
	Nebraska	4,226	4.1
	Washington	3,084	3.0
	Colorado	3,031	2.9
	Oregon	1,932	1.9
	Texas	1,545	1.5
	Arizona	1,541	1.5
	Iowa	1,539	1.5
	Oklahoma	1,156	1.1
	Michigan	1,042	1.0
	Illinois	1,008	1.0
Choctaw	United States	82,299	100.0
	Oklahoma	43,062	52.3
	California	8,888	10.8
	Texas	7,967	9.7
	Mississippi	5,339	6.5
	Alabama	2,013	2.4
	Louisiana	1,627	2.0
	Arkansas	1,366	1.7
Pueblo	United States	52,939	100.0
	New Mexico	32,746	61.9
	Arizona	9,831	18.6
	California	4,047	7.6
	Texas	1,277	2.4
Apache	United States	50,051	100.0
	Arizona	19,080	38.1
	California	9,089	18.2
	New Mexico	5,593	11.2
	Texas	2,181	4.4
	Oklahoma	1,760	3.5
	Colorado	1,389	2.8
Iroquois 2/	United States	49,038	100.0
	New York	18,531	37.8
	Wisconsin	7,423	15.1
	California	3,208	6.5
	Michigan	2,080	4.2
	Oklahoma	1,830	3.7
	North Carolina	1,792	3.7
	Florida	1,326	2.7
	Pennsylvania	1,156	2.4
Lumbee	United States	48,444	100.0
	North Carolina	42,397	87.5
	Maryland	1,038	2.1
Creek	United States	43,550	100.0
	Oklahoma	23,955	55.0
	Florida	3,942	9.1
	California	3,284	7.5
	Alabama	2,639	6.1
	Texas	2,134	4.9

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