How many Native Americans are in the US?

Answer 1

If every native American living today were 100% pure blood native American the answer would be extremely simple to calculate from census returns. But life isn't simple and there are people living in Canada and the USA today who may have 1/384 part of their ancestry (or even less) as native American and 383 parts White, some who are not even aware they have part-native ancestry, some who claim to be native American or First Nation and are not; and there are a huge number of other complications.

There are people who are of equal native American/Chinese or native American/Polish background - do they count as onlybeing ethnically native American? On what grounds?

So the real question is "how do you define who exactly is or isn't a Native American?". Good luck with finding an answer to that one . . .

Answer 2

In the 2010 census 2.9 million people identified as Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native alone.

5.2 million people identified as Native Americans, either alone or in combination with one or more ethnicity or other races.

1.8 million are recognized as registered tribal members. Different tribes set the definition of how you can be a enrolled tribal member in different ways.

The numbers of people who have some native ancestry is much, much higher. In past times, the social pressure against minorities in this country was so great that anyone who could hide their origins or pass, did so. Many people have lost the knowledge that they had Native, Black or Asian ancestry.

Answer 3

According to Census.gov, American Indian and Alaska Native persons make up 8.6% of people in Oklahoma in 2010.

Answer 4

About 9% of today's US population is Native American. That is 2.9 million.

Answer 5

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