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American Indian population in the U.S.

Infoplease.com via San Diego Union-Tribune lists the top ten largest Indian reservations in the United States the ten tribes with the highest population. Try to guess before you click below to see for yourself.

These are the largest American Indian reservations in the United States:

  1. Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico and Utah), population 175,228
  2. Cherokee (Oklahoma), population 104,482
  3. Creek (Oklahoma), population 77,253
  4. Lumbee (North Carolina), population 62,327
  5. Choctaw (Oklahoma), population 39,984
  6. Cook Inlet (Alaska), population 35,972
  7. Chickasaw (Oklahoma), population 32,372
  8. Calista (Alaska), population 20,353
  9. United Houma Nation (Louisiana), population 15,305
  10. Sealaska (Alaska), population 15,059

These are the largest American Indian tribes:

  1. Cherokee: 729,533
  2. Navajo: 298,197
  3. Latin American Indian: 180,940
  4. Choctaw: 158,774
  5. Sioux: 153,360
  6. Chippewa: 149,669
  7. Apache: 96,833
  8. Blackfeet: 85,750
  9. Iroquois: 80,822
  10. Pueblo: 74,085

SOURCE: INFOPLEASE.COM

© Copyright 2007 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.

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