Table 1. Top 25 American Indian Tribes for the United States: 1990 and 1980 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Release date: August 1995 (Data are based on a sample) 1990 Census 1980 Census Tribe Number Percent Number Percent All American Indians..... 1,937,391 100.0 1,478,523 100.0 Cherokee...................... 369,035 19.0 232,080 15.7 Navajo........................ 225,298 11.6 158,633 10.7 Sioux 1....................... 107,321 5.5 78,608 5.3 Chippewa...................... 105,988 5.5 73,602 5.0 Choctaw....................... 86,231 4.5 50,220 3.4 Pueblo 2...................... 55,330 2.9 42,552 2.9 Apache........................ 53,330 2.8 35,861 2.4 Iroquois 3.................... 52,557 2.7 38,218 2.6 Lumbee 4...................... 50,888 2.6 28,631 1.9 Creek......................... 45,872 2.4 28,278 1.9 Blackfoot 2................... 37,992 2.0 21,964 1.5 Canadian and Latin American... 27,179 1.4 7,804 0.5 Chickasaw..................... 21,522 1.1 10,317 0.7 Tohono O'Odham................ 16,876 0.9 13,297 0.9 Potawatomi.................... 16,719 0.9 9,715 0.7 Seminole 2.................... 15,564 0.8 10,363 0.7 Pima.......................... 15,074 0.8 11,722 0.8 Tlingit....................... 14,417 0.7 9,509 0.6 Alaskan Athabaskans........... 14,198 0.7 10,136 0.7 Cheyenne...................... 11,809 0.6 9,918 0.7 Comanche...................... 11,437 0.6 9,037 0.6 Paiute 2...................... 11,369 0.6 9,523 0.6 Osage......................... 10,430 0.5 6,884 0.5 Puget Sound Salish............ 10,384 0.5 6,591 0.4 Yaqui......................... 9,838 0.5 5,197 0.4 Table 1. Top 25 American Indian Tribes for the UnitedStates: 1990 and 1980--Con. (Data are based on a sample) Change-- Tribe Number Percent All American Indians..... 458,868 31.0 Cherokee...................... 136,955 59.0 Navajo........................ 66,665 42.0 Sioux 1....................... 28,713 36.5 Chippewa...................... 32,386 44.0 Choctaw....................... 36,011 71.7 Pueblo 2...................... 12,778 30.0 Apache........................ 17,469 48.7 Iroquois 3.................... 14,339 37.5 Lumbee 4...................... 22,257 77.7 Creek......................... 17,594 62.2 Blackfoot 2................... 16,028 73.0 Canadian and Latin American... 19,375 248.3 Chickasaw..................... 11,205 108.6 Tohono O'Odham................ 3,579 26.9 Potawatomi.................... 7,004 72.1 Seminole 2.................... 5,201 50.2 Pima.......................... 3,352 28.6 Tlingit....................... 4,908 51.6 Alaskan Athabaskans........... 4,062 40.1 Cheyenne...................... 1,891 19.1 Comanche...................... 2,400 26.6 Paiute 2...................... 1,846 19.4 Osage......................... 3,546 51.5 Puget Sound Salish............ 3,793 57.5 Yaqui......................... 4,641 89.3 1 Any entry with the spelling "Siouan" in the 1990 census was miscoded to Sioux in North Carolina. 2 Reporting and/or processing problems in the 1980 census have affected the data for this tribe. 3 Reporting and/or processing problems in the 1990 census have affected the data for this tribe. 4 Miscoding of entries in the 1980 census for "Lummee," "Lummi," "Lumbee," or "Lumbi" have affected the data for this tribe. Source: Racial Statistics Branch Population Division Bureau of the Census Washington, DC 20233 The data in this table are consistent with those published in 1990 CP-3-7, 1990 Census of Population, "Characteristics of American Indians by Tribe and Language," issued July 1994. The report is available from the Government Printing Office (GPO) for $51.00. The GPO stock number for the report is 003-024-08700-6. The GPO telephone number is (202) 512-1800. The Subject Summary Tape File (SSTF) 13, "Characteristics of American Indians by Tribe and Language," can be ordered from the Census Bureau's Customer Service Office on (301) 763-INFO(4636) or FAX (301) 457-3842. Also, a CD-ROM presenting these data will be available from the Customer Services Office in Summer 1995.