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Native American Percentage per County in the US. Indigenous peoples have lived in the area now known as the state of Utah for thousands of years. Today they are divided into five main groups: Utes, Goshutes, Paiutes, Shoshone, and Navajo.
Distribution of Native Americans by county. The following is a list of United States counties in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Native American (American Indian or Alaska Native), according to data from the 2020 Census. [1] There are 33 counties in 11 states with Native American majority populations.
Utah County: 049: Provo: Jan 31, 1850: Original county of State of Deseret: Yuta, the Spanish name for the Ute tribe [46] 719,174: 2,003 sq mi (5,188 km 2) Wasatch County: 051: Heber City: Jan 17, 1862: Part of Great Salt Lake, Green River, Sanpete, Summit, and Utah counties [47] A Native American word meaning "mountain pass", also the name of ...
Multnomah County named after the Multnomah people. Tillamook County, named after the Tillamook people. Umatilla County, Sahaptin word, possibly meaning "laughing waters". Wallowa County, from the Nez Perce word "wallowa" to designate a tripod of poles used to support fish nets. Wasco County, named after the Wasco people.
States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
The county name reportedly derived from a Native American word meaning thirsty valley, or possibly only valley. The county's boundaries were altered in 1854, 1855, and 1856. Also, in 1856 the Territory legislature, acknowledging the upcoming establishment of Nevada Territory , removed from the boundary description of Juab county all territories ...
Via French Aiouez, and named after the Iowa tribe. This demonym has no further known etymology, [38] [39] though some give it the meaning 'sleepy ones'. [40] Kansas: May 12, 1832: Kansa via French: kką:ze via Cansez [41] Named after the Kansas River, [42] [43] which in turn was named after the Kaw or Kansas tribe. [9]
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies.Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area (Washoe County, Nevada), cities located within the county, and land or water features (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat Hill ...