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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Americans | Idaho | 13,780 | 1.40% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Illinois | 21,836 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Illinois: Chicago | 15,758 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census.; "Chicago, IL - into IN & WI "; Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | Indiana | 12,720 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Iowa | 7,349 | 0.30% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Kansas | 21,965 | 0.90% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Kentucky | 5,769 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Louisiana | 18,541 | 0.40% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Maine | 5,998 | 0.50% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Maryland | 12,972 | 0.30% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Massachusetts | 12,241 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Michigan | 55,638 | 0.60% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Michigan: Detroit | 17,961 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census. Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | Minnesota | 49,909 | 1.10% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Minnesota: Minneapolis-St. Paul | 23,956 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census.; "Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN - into WI "; Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | Mississippi | 8,525 | 0.30% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Missouri | 19,835 | 0.40% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Montana | 47,679 | 6.00% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Nebraska | 12,410 | 0.80% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Nevada | 19,637 | 1.60% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | New Hampshire | 2,134 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | New Jersey | 14,970 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | New Mexico | 134,355 | - | - | - | 1990 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 316. | "The state of Oklahoma has the largest concentration of Native North Americans in the US (252,420), followed by California (242,164), Arizona (203,527), and New Mexico (134,355). " [NOTE: This is a measure of ethnic/tribal affiliation, NOT a measure of how many practice Native American religion.] |
| Native Americans | New Mexico | 134,355 | 8.90% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | New Mexico: Albuquerque | 16,296 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census. Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | New York | 62,651 | 0.30% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | New York: New York City | 46,191 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census.; "New York, NY-into Long Island, NJ & CT "; Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | North America | 1,000,000 | 100.00% | - | - | 1492 C.E. | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 526. | "At the time of European discovery, North America was inhabited by over a million people who spoke a variety of langauges and dialects, who were organized into a large number of tribes ranging from small bands to confederacies and states of considerable size, and who engaged in diverse forms of environmental adaptation... " |
| Native Americans | North America | 25,000,000 | - | - | - | 1492 C.E. | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 315. | "Historians and archaeologists guess that the Native North American population was in the tens of millions when Europeans first arrived on the continent. By 1900, the Native population in the US had reached an all-time low of 237,196. The Canadian Native population bottomed out in 1911 at less than 110,000. " |
| Native Americans | North America | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | 1500 C.E. | Marty, Martin E. Pilgrims in Their Own Land: 500 Years of Religion in America. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. (1984); pg. 4. | "Although we cannot reconstruct the very gradual process by which it happened, we do know that... by the year 1500 consisted of perhaps a million people in North America alone. " |
| Native Americans | North America | 2,975,569 | - | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 312, 315. | "Native North Americans: Alternate Names: Indians: Location: United States; Canada; Population: 1,959,234 (US); 1,016,335 (Canada) "; Pg. 315: "According the 1990 Census, the total population of Native North Americans in the US was 1,959,234. The Canadian Census of 1991 counted a total of 1,016,335 Native North Americans, including about 500,000 North American Indians; 480,000 Metis and nonstatus Indians; and approximatley 35,000 Inuit. [NOTE: This is an ethnic statistic, NOT a measure of how many people practice traditional Native American religion.] |
| Native Americans | North America | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 317-318. | "Modern Native North American religious movements and sacred ways tend to be pan-tribal (crossing tribal boundaries), rather than specific to one tribe. Though sacred ways are continually changing, adapting to the realities of life in a changing world, to new experiences and new wisdom, certain core beliefs remain fundamentally unchanged because the basic realities of life remain the same... Peyotism has a long history with [them]... By the late 19th century, peyotism had become a pan-tribal religion, eventually incorporated as the Native American Church. Sometimes blending aspects of Christianity (such as belief in the Trinity) with traditional... sacred ways... Peyotism has enabled Native North Americans to assimilate some elements of the dominant European Christian culture as well as to maintain a separate cultural identity and connetion with traditional sacred ways... " |
| Native Americans | North America - Central Prairies and Woodlands | 74,200 | - | - | - | 1700 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 240. | Table: "Central Prairies and Woodlands: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Total for groups in table. |
| Native Americans | North America - Eastern Woodlands | 105,950 | - | - | - | 1600 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 200. | Table: "Eastern Woodlands: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Total for groups in table. |
| Native Americans | North America - Great Basin | 16,300 | - | - | - | 1845 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 389. | Table: "The Great Basin: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Total for groups in table. |
| Native Americans | North America - Gulf Coasts and Tidal Swamps | 72,740 | - | - | - | 1680 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 93. | Table: "Gulf Coasts and Tidal Swamps: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Total for groups in table. |
| Native Americans | North America - Northern Great Plains | 75,100 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 288. | Table: "Northern Great Plains: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Total for groups in table. |
| Native Americans | North America - Pacific Coast | 196,300 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Total for groups in table. |
| Native Americans | North America - Southeastern Woodlands | 119,000 | - | - | - | 1650 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 133. | Table: "Southeastern Woodlands: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Total for groups in table. |
| Native Americans | North America - Southern Great Plains | 22,710 | - | - | - | 1700 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 333. | Table: "Southern Great Plains: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Total for groups in table. |
| Native Americans | North America - Southwestern Deserts and Mesa Lands | 98,100 | - | - | - | 1680 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 27. | Table: "Southwestern Deserts and Mesa Lands: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Total for groups in table. |
| Native Americans | North Carolina | 80,155 | 1.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | North Dakota | 25,917 | 4.10% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Ohio | 20,358 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Ohio: Cleveland | - | - | - | - | 2000 | *LINK* Religion News Service. "Protest in Cleveland " in Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Mar 2000. | "The United Church of Christ has joined the American Civil Liberties Union in spearheading a move to allow people around Cleveland's Jacobs Field to protest the use of the Cleveland Indians name and its mascot, Chief Wahoo. Leaders of the 1.4 million-member church, which is based in Cleveland, say the team's name and mascot are offensive to Americans Indians and team efforts to bar protesters around the park violate the First Amendment. Team officials say the 6-year-old complex is private property. |
| Native Americans | Oklahoma | 252,420 | - | - | - | 1990 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 316. | "The state of Oklahoma has the largest concentration of Native North Americans in the US (252,420), followed by California (242,164), Arizona (203,527), and New Mexico (134,355). " [NOTE: This is a measure of ethnic/tribal affiliation, NOT a measure of how many practice Native American religion.] |
| Native Americans | Oklahoma | 252,420 | 8.00% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Oklahoma: Oklahoma City | 45,720 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census. Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | Oklahoma: Tulsa | 48,196 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census. Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | Oregon | 38,496 | 1.40% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Oregon: Portland | 13,603 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census.; "Portland, OR - into Vancouver, WA "; Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | Pennsylvania | 14,733 | 0.10% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Pennsylvania: Philadelphia | 11,307 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census.; "Philadelphia, PA - into NJ, DE, & MD "; Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | Peru | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1968 | Pinney, Roy. Vanishing Tribes. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1968); pg. 190. | "Of the 3,800,000 souls in Peru and Bolivia, 50 percent are Indian [descendants of Incas], 35 percent are of mixed blood, and 15% are whites. " |
| Native Americans | Peru | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1973 | Bowen, J. David. The Land and People of Peru (series: Portraits of the Nations Series). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. (revised edition 1973); pg. 137. | "The population of Peru is roughly half Indian. " |
| Native Americans | Rhode Island | 4,071 | 0.40% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | South Carolina | 8,246 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | South Dakota | 50,575 | 7.30% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Tennessee | 10,039 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Texas | 65,877 | 0.40% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Native Americans | Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth | 18,972 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census. Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | Texas: Houston | 11,029 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census.; "Houston-Galveston, TX "; Includes Alaska natives. |
| Native Americans | USA | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | 1492 C.E. | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 67. | "...three major stages... and (3) the domestication of nourishing and staple food plants--which may have been achieved as early as nine thousand years ago--permitted the Indian to become a farmer, to live in permanent villages... Authorities estimate that when Columbus made his first New World landfall, between a million and a million and a half Indians were living in the thirrd stage in the region of North America that would become the United States. " |
| Native Americans | USA | 237,196 | - | - | - | 1900 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 315. | "Historians and archaeologists guess that the Native North American population was in the tens of millions when Europeans first arrived on the continent. By 1900, the Native population in the US had reached an all-time low of 237,196. " |
| Native Americans | USA | 250,000 | - | - | - | 1903 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 19. | "Indian population... is definitely on the increase. Ninety years ago the U.S. Indian population hit an all-time low of about 250,000. " |
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