Distribution of Alaska Native tribes: Inupiat People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Alaska Native tribes: Inupiat

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6.85%
13.7%
20.55%
27.4%
41.1%
54.8%
68.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	82.34%
2	North Slope Borough, Alaska	50.47%
3	Nome Census Area, Alaska	50.29%
4	Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska	8.37%
5	Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska	3.6%
6	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska	3.03%
7	Bethel Census Area, Alaska	2.59%
8	Anchorage Municipality, Alaska	2.54%
9	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska	2.45%
10	Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska	2.27%
11	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska	2.2%
12	Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska	1.89%
13	Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska	1.73%
14	Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska	1.69%
15	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska	1.41%
16	Echols County, Georgia	1.33%
17	Juneau City and Borough, Alaska	1.12%
18	Daggett County, Utah	0.98%
19	Sitka City and Borough, Alaska	0.94%
20	Dillingham Census Area, Alaska	0.88%

Top Counties by Population of Alaska Native tribes: Inupiat

#	County	Population
1	Anchorage Municipality, Alaska	7,509
2	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	6,368
3	Nome Census Area, Alaska	4,991
4	North Slope Borough, Alaska	4,945
5	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska	2,538
6	Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska	1,689
7	Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska	1,007
8	Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska	686
9	King County, Washington	517
10	Bethel Census Area, Alaska	468
11	Los Angeles County, California	366
12	Juneau City and Borough, Alaska	362
13	Maricopa County, Arizona	355
14	Broward County, Florida	301
15	Honolulu County, Hawaii	268
16	Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska	211
17	Hawaii County, Hawaii	197
18	Jefferson County, Alabama	181
19	Pierce County, Washington	180
20	Multnomah County, Oregon	168

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Alaska	4.26%	31,426
2	Hawaii	0.03%	487
3	Washington	0.02%	1,666
4	North Dakota	0.02%	123
5	Montana	0.02%	169
6	Utah	0.01%	444
7	Wyoming	0.01%	84
8	Oregon	0.01%	519
9	Nevada	0.01%	334
10	Arizona	0.01%	693
11	Colorado	0.01%	546
12	Idaho	0.01%	163
13	Maine	0.01%	125
14	Iowa	0.01%	244
15	Alabama	0.01%	339
16	Oklahoma	0.01%	217
17	New Mexico	0.01%	116
18	Kansas	0.01%	152
19	Maryland	0%	295
20	Arkansas	0%	131
21	California	0%	1,689
22	Florida	0%	874
23	Virginia	0%	330
24	Tennessee	0%	250
25	Wisconsin	0%	216
26	Ohio	0%	388
27	Connecticut	0%	118
28	Vermont	0%	20
29	Minnesota	0%	149
30	New Hampshire	0%	33
31	New York	0%	483
32	West Virginia	0%	45
33	South Dakota	0%	20
34	Texas	0%	655
35	New Jersey	0%	202
36	Massachusetts	0%	155
37	Kentucky	0%	96
38	Missouri	0%	132
39	Georgia	0%	207
40	Rhode Island	0%	21
41	North Carolina	0%	207
42	Delaware	0%	18
43	Michigan	0%	179
44	Illinois	0%	203
45	Mississippi	0%	41
46	Pennsylvania	0%	176
47	Nebraska	0%	27
48	Indiana	0%	87
49	South Carolina	0%	53
50	Louisiana	0%	38
51	Puerto Rico	0%	15
52	District of Columbia	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Alaska Native tribes: Inupiat

#	State	Population
1	Alaska	31,426
2	California	1,689
3	Washington	1,666
4	Florida	874
5	Arizona	693
6	Texas	655
7	Colorado	546
8	Oregon	519
9	Hawaii	487
10	New York	483
11	Utah	444
12	Ohio	388
13	Alabama	339
14	Nevada	334
15	Virginia	330
16	Maryland	295
17	Tennessee	250
18	Iowa	244
19	Oklahoma	217
20	Wisconsin	216
21	Georgia	207
22	North Carolina	207
23	Illinois	203
24	New Jersey	202
25	Michigan	179
26	Pennsylvania	176
27	Montana	169
28	Idaho	163
29	Massachusetts	155
30	Kansas	152
31	Minnesota	149
32	Missouri	132
33	Arkansas	131
34	Maine	125
35	North Dakota	123
36	Connecticut	118
37	New Mexico	116
38	Kentucky	96
39	Indiana	87
40	Wyoming	84
41	South Carolina	53
42	West Virginia	45
43	Mississippi	41
44	Louisiana	38
45	New Hampshire	33
46	Nebraska	27
47	Rhode Island	21
48	South Dakota	20
49	Vermont	20
50	Delaware	18
51	Puerto Rico	15
52	District of Columbia	0

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.