Table 2-7: Selected Characteristics of the American Indian or Alaska N

Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Qu

Table 2-7. Selected Characteristics of the American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) Population in the United States

AIAN Tribal Groupings	Number^a (in millions)	Percent of U.S. AIAN	Percent of U.S. Population	Speak a Language Other Than English at Home and Speak English Less Than "Very Well" (%)	Less Than High School Graduation^b (%)	Poverty Rate (%)
AI, one tribe	2.88		1.02	9.9	27.4	25.8
Apache	(0.10)		0.04	12.4	31.0	33.9
Cherokee	(0.88)		0.31	2.0	23.4^c	18.1
Chippewa	(0.16)		0.06	1.6	22.1	23.7
Choctaw	(0.17)		0.06	4.3	20.4	18.5
Creek	(0.08)		0.03	2.4	18.1	18.0
Iroquois	(0.09)		0.03	2.0	20.4	19.0
Lumbee	(0.06)		0.02	0.8	35.3	18.2
Navajo	(0.31)		0.11	24.5	37.3	37.0
Pueblo	(0.07)		0.03	17.5	23.7	29.1
Sioux	(0.17)		0.06	3.4	23.8	38.9
AN, one tribe	0.12		0.04	9.3	25.4	19.5
Alaskan Athabascan	(0.02)		0.01	3.8	24.6	22.9
Aleut	(0.02)		0.01	3.0	22.5	15.0
Eskimo	(0.06)		0.02	15.7	29.7	21.3
Tlingit-Haida	(0.02)		0.01	1.7	17.6	15.2
One or more other specified tribe	1.78		0.45
Unspecified tribal grouping	10.1		0.36
Total AIAN	4.32		NA	10.3	29.1	25.7
Total U.S. Population	281.41	NA	1.53	8.1	19.6	12.4

^a AIAN alone and in combination.
^b Population 25 and older.

Source: Ogunwole, 2006.

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