3,411 The number of American Indian and Alaska Natives in Woodbury County in 2022, making it largest population of American Indian and Alaska Natives in any Iowa county.

 

51.3%  The growth in Iowa’s Native American population from 2000 2022 occurred in ten counties: Black Hawk, Crawford, Dallas, Johnson, Marshall, Polk, Pottawattamie, Tama, Wapello, and Woodbury.

 

35.4%  In 2022, a third of the total American Indian and Alaska Native population live in Woodbury, Polk, and Tama counties.

 

8.4%  The percent of total population in Tama County who are American Indian and Alaska Natives in 2021. The next county with a high percentage of American Indian and Alaska Natives is Woodbury with 3.2%.

 

1,865  The population of American Indian and Alaska Natives in Sioux City making it largest population of American Indian and Alaska Natives in any city in Iowa.

 

18.1%  The percentage of Iowa’s total American Indian and Alaska Natives population living in five cities: Sioux City, Des Moines, , Marshalltown, Davenport, and Council Bluffs. 2017-2021 American Community Survey.

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2021 Annual Population Estimates                                                 Native Americans in Iowa: 2023 :: Iowa State Data Center (iowadatacenter.org)