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American Indian & Alaska Native Ethnic Origin
Los Angeles County

By City & Unincorporated Community
2021 Census Estimates*

Native American, American Indian, Spirit Catcher

Native American "spirit catcher." Photo by Artem Beliaikin via Pexels.com.


Also see:
-- Recent Census, American Indian & Alaska Native & Tribes, Los Angeles County
-- 2020 Census Estimates, American Indian & Alaska Native by Community
-- 2010 Census, American Indian & Alaska Native by Community
-- 2000 Census, American Indian & Alaska Native by Community


NOTE: The Almanac here uses the term American Indian, versus Native American, because the U.S. Census Bureau refers to most indigenous people of the Americas as such. According to a 1995 Census Bureau study, 50% of people identifying themselves as indigenous preferred the term American Indian, 37% preferred Native American, and the remainder preferred other terms or had no preference. The Census Bureau uses American Indian to include indigenous people of all the Americas (North and South America and the Carribbean) who are not Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian. It should also be noted that indigenous people groups native to Los Angeles County use the term "Indian."


Specific tribal affiliation data for cities and unincorporated communities within Los Angeles County may be obtained from the U.S. Census at data.census.gov.



City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Los Angeles County 99,324 77,168 494 21,662 See American Indian & Alaska Native by Tribe - L.A. County
Acton‡ 61 26 0 35 No significant single tribe affiliation
Agoura Hills 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Agua Dulce‡ 105 103 0 2 Mexican American Indian (75)
Alhambra 555 497 0 58 Cherokee (130), Chippewa (64), Mexican American Indian (65), Pueblo (42), South American Indian (59)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Alondra Park‡ 463 307 0 156 Central American Indian (207)
Altadena‡ 414 343 0 71 Mexican American Indian (264)
Arcadia 100 41 0 59 No significant single tribe affiliation
Artesia 127 117 0 10 Cheyenne (48), Spanish American Indian (62)
Avalon 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Avocado Heights‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Azusa 540 471 7 62 Mexican American Indian (83), Spanish American Indian (269)
Baldwin Park 2,264 1,849 0 415 Central American Indian (120), Mexican American Indian (1), 144), Spanish American Indian (471)
Bell 341 110 0 231 Mexican American Indian (56)
Bell Gardens 191 154 0 37 Central American Indian (83), Mexican American Indian (47)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Bellflower 620 543 0 77 Central American Indian (140), Mexican American Indian (242), Tohono O'Odham (58)
Beverly Hills 27 27 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Bradbury 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Burbank 785 742 0 43 Cherokee (105), Mexican American Indian (148), Navajo (179), Pueblo (44), Shoshone (52)
Calabasas 118 0 13 105 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Carson 339 319 0 20 Cherokee (114), Mexican American Indian (162)
Castaic‡ 223 156 3 64 Mexican American Indian (80)
Cerritos 116 116 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Charter Oak‡ 344 120 0 224 Apache (92)
Citrus‡ 65 54 0 11 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Claremont 190 188 0 2 No significant single tribe affiliation
Commerce 688 274 94 320 Central American Indian (69), Inupiat (94), Mexican American Indian (190)
Compton 378 293 0 85 Central American Indian (40), Mexican American Indian (100)
Covina 805 607 8 190 Mexican American Indian (133), Navajo (229), South American Indian (43)
Cudahy 96 96 0 0 Mexican American Indian (51)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Culver City 48 33 0 15 No significant single tribe affiliation
Del Aire‡ 105 97 0 8 No significant single tribe affiliation
Desert View Highlands‡ 57 57 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Diamond Bar 218 218 0 0 Mexican American Indian (86)
Downey 1,213 776 0 437 Central American Indian (172), Choctaw (93), Mexican American Indian (313), Navajo (52)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Duarte 371 371 0 0 Mexican American Indian (195)
East Los Angeles‡ 2,304 1,957 41 306 Apache (83), Central American Indian (223), Inupiat (32), Mexican American Indian (1), 324), Pueblo (83)
East Pasadena‡ 49 40 0 9 No significant single tribe affiliation
East Rancho Dominguez‡ 143 129 0 14 Mexican American Indian (103)
East San Gabriel‡ 42 42 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
East Whittier‡ 74 50 0 24 No significant single tribe affiliation
El Monte 2,403 2,277 0 126 Central American Indian (437), Mexican American Indian (1), 228), Spanish American Indian (474)
El Segundo 20 20 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Elizabeth Lake‡ 57 57 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Florence-Graham‡ 1,032 856 0 176 Central American Indian (260), Mexican American Indian (489)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Gardena 573 420 0 153 Mexican American Indian (334)
Glendale 869 785 6 78 Apache (53), Central American Indian (72), Mexican American Indian (416), Sioux (118)
Glendora 418 344 0 74 Cherokee (51), Mexican American Indian (146)
Green Valley‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Hacienda Heights‡ 567 369 0 198 Central American Indian (71), Mexican American Indian (49), Yaqui (88)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Hasley Canyon‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Hawaiian Gardens 350 350 0 0 Mexican American Indian (265), Pueblo (49)
Hawthorne 1,441 1,438 0 3 Central American Indian (207), Mexican American Indian (1), 102), Tohono O'Odham (80)
Hermosa Beach 20 19 0 1 No significant single tribe affiliation
Hidden Hills 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Huntington Park 809 729 0 80 Central American Indian (234), Mexican American Indian (381), Pueblo (52)
Industry 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Inglewood 1,147 854 24 269 Central American Indian (43), Inupiat (24), Mexican American Indian (484), Sioux (40)
Irwindale 10 10 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
La Cañada Flintridge 12 12 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
La Crescenta-Montrose‡ 61 40 0 21 No significant single tribe affiliation
La Habra Heights 107 107 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
La Mirada 296 291 0 5 Mexican American Indian (228)
La Puente 1,103 740 0 363 Central American Indian (55), Mexican American Indian (258), Navajo (274)
La Verne 270 214 20 36 Apache (53), Choctaw (59)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Ladera Heights‡ 40 40 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Lake Hughes‡ 7 7 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Lake Los Angeles‡ 6 6 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Lakewood 521 381 0 140 Arapaho (57), Central American Indian (65), Mexican American Indian (110), Navajo (42)
Lancaster 1,859 1,443 0 416 Apache (54), Central American Indian (293), Cherokee (122), Mexican American Indian (623), Navajo (71)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Lawndale 467 467 0 0 Central American Indian (214), Mexican American Indian (233)
Lennox‡ 234 227 0 7 Mexican American Indian (126)
Leona Valley‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Littlerock‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Lomita 154 88 0 66 Mexican American Indian (55)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Long Beach 4,713 3,500 9 1,204 Apache (174), Central American Indian (415), Cherokee (204), Chickasaw (120), Choctaw (66), Cree (46), 95), Mexican American Indian (1), 372), Navajo (145), Tohono O'Odham (43)
Los Angeles 35,661 27,703 191 7,767 Aleut (31), Apache (680), Alaska Native not specified (100), Blackfeet (101), Central American Indian (7), 268), Cherokee (814), Chickasaw (97), Chippewa (49), Choctaw (81), Comanche (40), Inupiat (35), Iroquois (70), Mexican American Indian (12), 813), Navajo (864), Paiute (40), Potawatomi (87), Pueblo (78), Seminole (41), Shoshone (56), Sioux (154), South American Indian (305), Spanish American Indian (184), Tohono O'Odham (116), Yaqui (610), Yuman (66)
Lynwood 961 858 0 103 Apache (52), Central American Indian (164), Mexican American Indian (489)
Malibu 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Manhattan Beach 109 104 0 5 South American Indian (46)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Marina del Rey‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Mayflower Village‡ 14 14 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Maywood 483 426 0 57 Central American Indian (44), Mexican American Indian (376)
Monrovia 244 148 0 96 Mexican American Indian (62), Spanish American Indian (63)
Montebello 838 554 40 244 Alaska Native not specified (40), Mexican American Indian (314), Yaqui (53)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Monterey Park 368 93 0 275 No significant single tribe affiliation
North El Monte‡ 6 2 0 4 No significant single tribe affiliation
Norwalk 1,598 1,410 0 188 Central American Indian (183), Mexican American Indian (816)
Palmdale 2,681 1,670 0 1,011 Apache (367), Blackfeet (165), Central American Indian (319), Mexican American Indian (252), Pueblo (130), Yaqui (119)
Palos Verdes Estates 2 0 0 2 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Paramount 687 412 0 275 Central American Indian (44), Mexican American Indian (347)
Pasadena 603 473 23 107 Central American Indian (82), Mexican American Indian (205)
Pico Rivera 1,078 851 0 227 Apache (69), Mexican American Indian (589)
Pomona 3,745 2,567 0 1,178 Central American Indian (289), Cherokee (87), Mexican American Indian (1), 689), Pueblo (57)
Quartz Hill‡ 233 218 0 15 Cherokee (134)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Rancho Palos Verdes 131 54 0 77 No significant single tribe affiliation
Redondo Beach 171 145 0 26 Cree (41)
Rolling Hills 3 3 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Rolling Hills Estates 6 6 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Rose Hills‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Rosemead 483 313 0 170 Apache (141), Spanish American Indian (146)
Rowland Heights‡ 508 496 1 11 Comanche (121), Mexican American Indian (332)
San Dimas 236 218 0 18 Central American Indian (105), Mexican American Indian (71)
San Fernando 321 321 0 0 Mexican American Indian (186)
San Gabriel 171 73 0 98 Mexican American Indian (43)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
San Marino 10 10 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
San Pasqual‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Santa Clarita 1,852 1,028 0 824 Apache (148), Central American Indian (295), Cherokee (68), Choctaw (96), Cree (53), Mexican American Indian (80)
Santa Fe Springs 553 430 0 123 Central American Indian (124), Mexican American Indian (230)
Santa Monica 489 415 14 60 Mexican American Indian (185), Paiute (60), Sioux (45)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Sierra Madre 25 25 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Signal Hill 33 33 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
South El Monte 215 89 0 126 Mexican American Indian (69)
South Gate 1,536 1,282 0 254 Central American Indian (376), Mexican American Indian (669)
South Monrovia Island‡ 60 60 0 0 South American Indian (60)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
South Pasadena 84 78 0 6 Mexican American Indian (65)
South San Gabriel‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
South San Jose Hills‡ 101 0 0 101 No significant single tribe affiliation
South Whittier‡ 958 787 0 171 Apache (100), Cherokee (270), Mexican American Indian (145), Yuman (62)
Stevenson Ranch‡ 170 152 0 18 South American Indian (55)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Sun Village‡ 151 63 0 88 Cherokee (53)
Temple City 191 157 0 34 Mexican American Indian (72)
Topanga‡ 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Torrance 671 561 0 110 Central American Indian (42), Tohono O'Odham (53), Yuman (95)
Val Verde‡ 80 80 0 0 Pueblo (80)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Valinda‡ 296 232 0 64 No significant single tribe affiliation
Vernon 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
View Park-Windsor Hills‡ 160 160 0 0 Mexican American Indian (94), Sioux (45)
Vincent‡ 69 61 0 8 Mexican American Indian (44)
Walnut 164 164 0 0 Mexican American Indian (79), Yaqui (85)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Walnut Park‡ 278 232 0 46 Mexican American Indian (216)
West Athens‡ 173 172 0 1 Mexican American Indian (129)
West Carson‡ 94 89 0 5 Mexican American Indian (70)
West Covina 1,169 867 0 302 Apache (53), Canadian/French American Indian (104), Chippewa (146), Mexican American Indian (162)
West Hollywood 103 103 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
West Puente Valley‡ 232 213 0 19 Mexican American Indian (134), Pueblo (66)
West Rancho Dominguez‡ 672 617 0 55 Central American Indian (291), Mexican American Indian (326)
West Whittier-Los Nietos‡ 339 327 0 12 Mexican American Indian (106), Navajo (45), South American Indian (81)
Westlake Village 31 31 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Westmont‡ 202 143 0 59 Mexican American Indian (58)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian of One Tribe Only Alaska Native of One Tribe Only Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)†
Whittier 1,222 879 0 343 Central American Indian (222), Mexican American Indian (200), Navajo (65)
Willowbrook‡ 80 80 0 0 Tohono O'Odham (74)

* U.S. Census estimates based upon data and surveys collected by the American Community Survey over the preceding five-year period. These estimates are issued annually between full Decennial Census counts conducted each decade.
† Does not include those who reported to be "Spanish American Indian."
‡ Unincorporated Community

Source: U.S. Census Bureau