The Top Ten: Largest Native American Reservations in the U.S.

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Largest Native American Reservations in the U.S.

(2000 Census figures)

Rank	Name	Population
1.	Navajo Nation (Ariz.-N.M.-Utah)	175,228
2.	Cherokee (Okla.)	104,482
3.	Creek (Okla.)	77,253
4.	Lumbee (N.C.)	62,327
5.	Choctaw (Okla.)	39,984
6.	Cook Inlet (Alaska)	35,972
7.	Chickasaw (Okla.)	32,372
8.	Calista (Alaska)	20,353
9.	United Houma Nation (La.)	15,305
10.	Sealaska (Alaska)	15,059

Note: Population listed includes only the American Indian and Alaska Native population alone or in combination with one or more races. Total population of reservation, which includes non-Indians, is not given. A reservation's total population is sometimes significantly larger than Indian population.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Profiles of General demographic Characteristics.