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American Indian* & Alaska Native Alone
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Los Angeles County

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2021 & 2020 Census Estimates & 2010 Census

Also see:
-- American Indian & Alaska Native by City and Community
-- 2000 Census Figures


Los Angeles County is home to the largest U.S. population of ethnically indigenous people from Latin America. The county also has the second largest population of persons who claim to be only of American Indian descent. Maricopa County, Arizona, ranks first.

American Indian* & Alaska Native Alone by Tribe

Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
American Indian or Alaska Native 99,324 100.00% 78,132 100.00% 71,471 100.00%
American Indian, Tribe Specified 71,738 72.23% 52,250 66.87% 36,404 50.94%
Apache 2,776 2.79% 2,758 3.53% 2,316 3.24%
Arapaho 87 0.09% 141 0.18% 69 0.10%
Blackfeet 405 0.41% 494 0.63% 420 0.59%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Canadian and French American Indian 157 0.16% 158 0.20% 140 0.20%
Central American Indian 13,837 13.93% 9,047 11.58% 1,349 1.89%
Cherokee 2,746 2.76% 2,922 3.74% 2,608 3.65%
Cheyenne 119 0.12% 134 0.17% 120 0.17%
Chickasaw 284 0.29% 181 0.23% 181 0.25%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Chippewa 439 0.44% 527 0.67% 427 0.60%
Choctaw 572 0.58% 544 0.70% 866 1.21%
Colville 35 0.04% 36 0.05% 42 0.06%
Comanche 268 0.27% 306 0.39% 211 0.30%
Cree 154 0.16% 167 0.21% 44 0.06%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Creek 156 0.16% 171 0.22% 378 0.53%
Crow 0 0.00% 10 0.01% 33 0.05%
Delaware 42 0.04% 56 0.07% 76 0.11%
Hopi 95 0.10% 128 0.16% 295 0.41%
Houma 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.00%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Iroquois 244 0.25% 295 0.38% 288 0.40%
Kiowa 0 0.00% 33 0.04% 93 0.13%
Lumbee 29 0.03% 44 0.06% 81 0.11%
Menominee 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 20 0.03%
Mexican American Indian 35,104 35.34% 19,911 25.48% 13,885 19.43%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Navajo 2,581 2.60% 2,524 3.23% 2,338 3.27%
Osage 61 0.06% 60 0.08% 92 0.13%
Ottawa 16 0.02% 15 0.02% 42 0.06%
Paiute 245 0.25% 193 0.25% 174 0.24%
Pima 66 0.07% 95 0.12% 327 0.46%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Potawatomi 135 0.14% 113 0.14% 141 0.20%
Pueblo 867 0.87% 883 1.13% 746 1.04%
Puget Sound Salish 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 31 0.04%
Seminole 51 0.05% 11 0.01% 114 0.16%
Shoshone 212 0.21% 202 0.26% 173 0.24%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Sioux 682 0.69% 724 0.93% 851 1.19%
South American Indian 960 0.97% 643 0.82% 476 0.67%
Spanish American Indian 1,982 2.00% 1,948 2.49% 929 1.30%
Tohono O'Odham 477 0.48% 597 0.76% 413 0.58%
Ute 45 0.05% 51 0.07% 90 0.13%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Yakama 6 0.01% 8 0.01% 23 0.03%
Yaqui 1,435 1.44% 1,423 1.82% 1,045 1.46%
Yuman 297 0.30% 211 0.27% 209 0.29%
All other American Indian tribes 4,071 4.10% 4,486 5.74% 4,245 5.94%
American Indian, Tribe Not Specified 5,430 5.47% 4,937 6.32% 3,769 5.27%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Alaska Native, Tribe Specified 315 0.32% 278 0.36% 271 0.38%
Alaskan Athabascan 15 0.02% 22 0.03% 59 0.08%
Aleut 34 0.03% 4 0.01% 42 0.06%
Inupiat 213 0.21% 183 0.23% 58 0.08%
Tlingit-Haida 53 0.05% 69 0.09% 79 0.11%
Tribal Origin 2021 Census Estimates 2020 Census Estimates 2010 Census
Population Percent Population Percent Population Percent
Tsimshian 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 14 0.02%
Yup'ik 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 19 0.03%
Alaska Native, Tribe Not Specified 179 0.18% 84 0.11% 37 0.05%
American Indian or Alaska Native, Tribe Not Specified 17,849 17.97% 17,664 22.61% 30,990 43.36%
Two or More American Indian or Alaska Native Tribes 3,813 3.84% 2,919 3.74% --- ---

* The Almanac here uses the term American Indian, versus Native American, because the U.S. Census Bureau refers to most indigenous people of the Americas as such. According to a 1995 Census Bureau study, 50% of people identifying themselves as indigenous preferred the term American Indian, 37% preferred Native American, and the remainder preferred other terms or had no preference. The Census Bureau uses American Indian to include indigenous people of all the Americas (North and South America and the Carribbean) who are not Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian. It should also be noted that indigenous people groups native to Los Angeles County use the term "Indian."

† Census estimates from the American Community Survey based upon data and surveys collected over the previous 5-year period.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau