Race - Native/Pacific Islander

The most Native county in the United States is Shannon County, South Dakota. Of it's 13,228 inhabitants, 12,349 are Native American or Pacific Islander (13 Pacific Islanders). Of all the counties in the United States, 26 have a majority Navtive population. Nationwide, there are 3.3 million such persons, representing 1% of the nation's population.

One trend which has emerged in the data so far is that generally speaking, the greater the concentration of one ethnic group in a county, the higher the rate of turnout. Multi-ethnic counties tend to have the lowest turnout rates. The one exception to this rule is predominantly Native American counties, where the turnout rate as a proportion of population declines steadily as the proportion of Native Americans increases.

90-100% Native 2 counties; average Bush margin (-33.2%); average 2004 unemployment (20.4%); average 2000 unemployment (12.3%); average population, 2000 (9,747); total population (20,485); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (20.4%)

80-90% Native 6 counties; average Bush margin (-27.3%); average 2004 unemployment (11.1%); average 2000 unemployment (8.3%); average population, 2000 (7,150); total population (44,498); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (22.2%)

70-80% Native 9 counties; average Bush margin (-1.9%); average 2004 unemployment (10.2%); average 2000 unemployment (10.1%); average population, 2000 (21,079); total population (187,582); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (27.7%)

60-70% Native 4 counties; average Bush margin (-0.4%); average 2004 unemployment (11.8%); average 2000 unemployment (13.4%); average population, 2000 (9,163); total population (36,723); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (35.5%)

50-60% Native 5 counties; average Bush margin (+16.3%); average 2004 unemployment (7.3%); average 2000 unemployment (7.1%); average population, 2000 (7,572); total population (36,948); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (31.7%)

40-50% Native 8 counties; average Bush margin (+12.6%); average 2004 unemployment (7.5%); average 2000 unemployment (8.4%); average population, 2000 (20,384); total population (168,360); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (33.0%)

30-40% Native 12 counties; average Bush margin (+6.3%); average 2004 unemployment (5.6%); average 2000 unemployment (6.4%); average population, 2000 (51,509); total population (638,244); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (35.1%)

20-30% Native 10 counties; average Bush margin (+15.5%); average 2004 unemployment (5.4%); average 2000 unemployment (6.5%); average population, 2000 (17,873); total population (181,191); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (34.1%)

10-20% Native 68 counties; average Bush margin (+14.5%); average 2004 unemployment (6.4%); average 2000 unemployment (5.8%); average population, 2000 (25,280); total population (1,741,802); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (37.0%)

0-10% Native 3015 counties; average Bush margin (+18.1%); average 2004 unemployment (5.0%); average 2000 unemployment (4.6%); average population, 2000 (92,342); total population (285,271,918); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (38.8%)