American Indian dancers. Photo by LeeTravathan via Pixabay.com.
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.
| 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
