Distribution of American Indian tribes: Sioux People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: American Indian tribes: Sioux

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7.05%
14.1%
21.15%
28.2%
42.3%
56.4%
70.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Buffalo County, South Dakota	84.61%
2	Todd County, South Dakota	82.92%
3	Sioux County, North Dakota	78.45%
4	Dewey County, South Dakota	73.18%
5	Ziebach County, South Dakota	72.67%
6	Corson County, South Dakota	63.6%
7	Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota	59.95%
8	Mellette County, South Dakota	54.06%
9	Jackson County, South Dakota	51.96%
10	Benson County, North Dakota	50.31%
11	Bennett County, South Dakota	39.92%
12	Lyman County, South Dakota	38.33%
13	Roberts County, South Dakota	37.11%
14	Charles Mix County, South Dakota	31.82%
15	Roosevelt County, Montana	21.98%
16	Moody County, South Dakota	12.88%
17	Tripp County, South Dakota	12.23%
18	Day County, South Dakota	11.3%
19	Sheridan County, Nebraska	11.2%
20	Brule County, South Dakota	10.77%

Top Counties by Population of American Indian tribes: Sioux

#	County	Population
1	Pennington County, South Dakota	10,803
2	Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota	8,594
3	Todd County, South Dakota	8,413
4	Dewey County, South Dakota	4,229
5	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	4,191
6	Roberts County, South Dakota	3,817
7	Benson County, North Dakota	3,464
8	Sioux County, North Dakota	3,462
9	Charles Mix County, South Dakota	2,973
10	Corson County, South Dakota	2,651
11	Roosevelt County, Montana	2,468
12	Los Angeles County, California	2,297
13	Ziebach County, South Dakota	2,045
14	Hennepin County, Minnesota	1,923
15	Maricopa County, Arizona	1,838
16	Burleigh County, North Dakota	1,768
17	Hughes County, South Dakota	1,760
18	Buffalo County, South Dakota	1,737
19	Jackson County, South Dakota	1,708
20	Lyman County, South Dakota	1,483

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	South Dakota	8.04%	69,465
2	North Dakota	1.74%	13,113
3	Montana	0.57%	5,985
4	Nebraska	0.39%	7,354
5	Wyoming	0.27%	1,547
6	Minnesota	0.2%	11,120
7	Alaska	0.15%	1,124
8	Colorado	0.14%	7,887
9	Iowa	0.12%	3,612
10	Idaho	0.11%	1,893
11	Oregon	0.1%	3,920
12	Kansas	0.09%	2,665
13	Washington	0.09%	6,524
14	Oklahoma	0.08%	3,062
15	New Mexico	0.07%	1,499
16	Hawaii	0.07%	962
17	Utah	0.06%	1,952
18	Arizona	0.06%	3,825
19	Missouri	0.05%	3,138
20	Nevada	0.04%	1,229
21	California	0.04%	13,727
22	Wisconsin	0.03%	1,811
23	Kentucky	0.03%	1,243
24	Illinois	0.03%	3,316
25	West Virginia	0.03%	470
26	Arkansas	0.03%	747
27	Ohio	0.02%	2,900
28	Tennessee	0.02%	1,645
29	Rhode Island	0.02%	252
30	Texas	0.02%	6,217
31	Virginia	0.02%	1,768
32	Maine	0.02%	274
33	Florida	0.02%	4,200
34	Michigan	0.02%	2,033
35	Indiana	0.02%	1,351
36	North Carolina	0.02%	2,057
37	Vermont	0.02%	124
38	Maryland	0.02%	1,169
39	South Carolina	0.02%	965
40	Delaware	0.02%	178
41	Georgia	0.02%	1,843
42	Pennsylvania	0.02%	2,193
43	Connecticut	0.02%	561
44	District of Columbia	0.01%	94
45	Alabama	0.01%	660
46	New Hampshire	0.01%	179
47	Louisiana	0.01%	496
48	New York	0.01%	1,793
49	Massachusetts	0.01%	579
50	New Jersey	0.01%	693
51	Mississippi	0%	42
52	Puerto Rico	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of American Indian tribes: Sioux

#	State	Population
1	South Dakota	69,465
2	California	13,727
3	North Dakota	13,113
4	Minnesota	11,120
5	Colorado	7,887
6	Nebraska	7,354
7	Washington	6,524
8	Texas	6,217
9	Montana	5,985
10	Florida	4,200
11	Oregon	3,920
12	Arizona	3,825
13	Iowa	3,612
14	Illinois	3,316
15	Missouri	3,138
16	Oklahoma	3,062
17	Ohio	2,900
18	Kansas	2,665
19	Pennsylvania	2,193
20	North Carolina	2,057
21	Michigan	2,033
22	Utah	1,952
23	Idaho	1,893
24	Georgia	1,843
25	Wisconsin	1,811
26	New York	1,793
27	Virginia	1,768
28	Tennessee	1,645
29	Wyoming	1,547
30	New Mexico	1,499
31	Indiana	1,351
32	Kentucky	1,243
33	Nevada	1,229
34	Maryland	1,169
35	Alaska	1,124
36	South Carolina	965
37	Hawaii	962
38	Arkansas	747
39	New Jersey	693
40	Alabama	660
41	Massachusetts	579
42	Connecticut	561
43	Louisiana	496
44	West Virginia	470
45	Maine	274
46	Rhode Island	252
47	New Hampshire	179
48	Delaware	178
49	Vermont	124
50	District of Columbia	94
51	Mississippi	42
52	Puerto Rico	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.