(ST-98-43) States ranked by American Indian population in 1998 (In this table, American Indian includes Eskimo and Aleut) Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 Internet Release date: September 15, 1999. First released as (ST-98-23). Tables re-numbered effective: October 6, 1999. Contact: Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, 301-457-2422 Estimated revised rank of American Indian pop. 4/1/90 change percent percent percent Rank STATE in 1998 Census since 90 change American Indian Am. Ind. 1 CALIFORNIA 308,571 285,270 23,301 8.2 0.9 16 2 OKLAHOMA 263,360 257,794 5,566 2.2 7.9 4 3 ARIZONA 256,183 214,433 41,750 19.5 5.5 6 4 NEW MEXICO 162,686 137,625 25,061 18.2 9.4 2 5 WASHINGTON 102,940 87,259 15,681 18.0 1.8 9 6 ALASKA 99,603 86,252 13,351 15.5 16.2 1 7 NORTH CAROLINA 97,507 80,825 16,682 20.6 1.3 14 8 TEXAS 95,682 72,343 23,339 32.3 0.5 25 9 NEW YORK 75,886 66,337 9,549 14.4 0.4 28 10 MICHIGAN 59,601 57,654 1,947 3.4 0.6 21 11 SOUTH DAKOTA 59,292 50,870 8,422 16.6 8.0 3 12 FLORIDA 58,070 37,132 20,938 56.4 0.4 29 13 MINNESOTA 57,522 50,921 6,601 13.0 1.2 15 14 MONTANA 55,615 48,121 7,494 15.6 6.3 5 15 WISCONSIN 46,304 40,396 5,908 14.6 0.9 20 16 OREGON 44,998 40,522 4,476 11.0 1.4 12 17 COLORADO 36,740 31,104 5,636 18.1 0.9 17 18 NEVADA 31,206 21,071 10,135 48.1 1.8 10 19 NORTH DAKOTA 30,109 26,046 4,063 15.6 4.7 7 20 UTAH 29,544 25,385 4,159 16.4 1.4 11 21 ILLINOIS 27,293 24,175 3,118 12.9 0.2 45 22 KANSAS 23,333 23,380 -47 -0.2 0.9 19 23 OHIO 22,939 20,864 2,075 9.9 0.2 47 24 NEW JERSEY 22,166 15,905 6,261 39.4 0.3 38 25 MISSOURI 20,644 20,211 433 2.1 0.4 30 26 LOUISIANA 19,467 18,707 760 4.1 0.4 27 27 VIRGINIA 18,646 15,708 2,938 18.7 0.3 37 28 GEORGIA 18,150 13,715 4,435 32.3 0.2 44 29 PENNSYLVANIA 17,727 15,369 2,358 15.3 0.1 50 30 IDAHO 16,667 14,940 1,727 11.6 1.4 13 31 MARYLAND 15,779 13,206 2,573 19.5 0.3 35 32 MASSACHUSETTS 15,046 12,959 2,087 16.1 0.2 41 33 NEBRASKA 14,839 12,855 1,984 15.4 0.9 18 34 ALABAMA 14,803 16,575 -1,772 -10.7 0.3 32 35 INDIANA 14,675 13,050 1,625 12.5 0.2 40 36 ARKANSAS 13,712 12,981 731 5.6 0.5 23 37 TENNESSEE 12,151 10,139 2,012 19.8 0.2 46 38 WYOMING 10,608 9,792 816 8.3 2.2 8 39 MISSISSIPPI 10,129 8,565 1,564 18.3 0.4 31 40 SOUTH CAROLINA 9,291 8,328 963 11.6 0.2 43 41 IOWA 8,456 7,716 740 9.6 0.3 36 42 CONNECTICUT 7,942 6,990 952 13.6 0.2 42 43 HAWAII 6,762 5,470 1,292 23.6 0.6 22 44 KENTUCKY 5,840 5,861 -21 -0.4 0.1 49 45 MAINE 5,617 6,022 -405 -6.7 0.5 26 46 RHODE ISLAND 5,169 4,223 946 22.4 0.5 24 47 WEST VIRGINIA 2,585 2,469 116 4.7 0.1 51 48 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2,423 2,153 270 12.5 0.2 48 49 DELAWARE 2,391 2,072 319 15.4 0.3 34 50 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1,768 1,551 217 14.0 0.3 33 51 VERMONT 1,509 1,703 -194 -11.4 0.3 39