Table 1.3. Largest American Indian and Alaska Native tribes according to number of self- identified members, by tribe: 2000
Tribe
Total
American Indian/Alaska Native in combination with one or more other races
American Indian/Alaska Native alone
Total
4,119,301
1,643,345
2,475,956
American Indian tribes
Cherokee
729,533
429,671
299,862
Navajo
298,197
22,206
275,991
Latin American Indian1
180,940
74,736
106,204
Choctaw
158,774
61,873
96,901
Sioux
153,360
40,294
113,066
Chippewa
149,669
41,032
108,637
Apache
96,833
31,856
64,977
Blackfeet
85,750
54,288
31,462
Iroquois2
80,822
33,292
47,530
Pueblo
74,085
11,025
63,060
Alaska Native tribes
Eskimo
54,761
7,424
47,337
Tlingit-Haida
22,365
6,481
15,884
Alaska Athabascan
18,838
3,503
15,335
Aleut
16,978
4,205
12,773
1Latin American Indian refers to respondents listing any one of a number of Latin American tribes (e.g., the Maya or Yanomamo).
2 Iroquois is a language group which includes 6 federally recognized tribes in its confederacy.
NOTE: "Alone" refers to respondents who selected American Indian/Alaska Native and not any other race category. "In combination with one or more other races" refers to respondents who selected American Indian/Alaska Native and one or more other race categories. Includes American Indian/Alaska Natives of Hispanic origin. Tribal groupings compiled by the Census Bureau do not necessarily correspond with federally recognized tribes. Self-identified membership does not necessarily correspond with official membership in a federally recognized tribe. Tribal populations do not sum to totals because totals include American Indian/Alaska Native populations from many additional tribes. In addition, the numbers by American Indian and Alaska Native tribal groupings do not sum to the total population because tribal groupings are tallies of the number of American Indian and Alaska Native responses rather than the number of American Indian and Alaska Native respondents. Respondents reporting several American Indian and Alaska Native tribes are counted several times. For example, a respondent reporting "Apache and Blackfeet" would be included in the Apache as well as Blackfeet numbers.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Census 2000 Brief: The American Indian and Alaska Native Population, 2000, 2002.
