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American Indian & Alaska Native Ethnic Origin
Los Angeles County

By City & Unincorporated Community
2020 Census Estimates*


See most recent Census estimates here.


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, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Los Angeles County 78,132 52,250 278 20,583 See American Indian & Alaska Native by Tribe - L.A. County
Acton 35 0 0 35 No significant single tribe affiliation
Agoura Hills 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Agua Dulce 107 99 0 8 No significant single tribe affiliation
Alhambra 568 476 0 63 Cherokee (89); Chippewa (84); Mexican American (60)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Alondra Park 563 222 0 250 No significant single tribe affiliation
Altadena 277 236 0 20 Mexican American (155)
Arcadia 74 74 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Artesia 126 117 0 9 Cheyenne (50)
Avalon 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified 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 565 395 6 129 Mexican American (87)
Baldwin Park 1,811 1,444 0 360 Mexican American (749)
Bell 376 131 0 235 Mexican American (54)
Bell Gardens 121 99 0 22 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Bellflower 316 215 0 96 No significant single tribe affiliation
Beverly Hills 51 51 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Bradbury 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Burbank 764 652 0 112 Cherokee (104); Pueblo (54 ea.)
Calabasas 107 0 13 94 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Carson 339 294 0 15 South American (69); Mexican American (65); Chippewa (52)
Castaic 221 147 4 70 Mexican American (72)
Cerritos 67 47 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Charter Oak 344 109 0 235 Apache (80)
Citrus 31 25 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Claremont 175 122 0 8 No significant single tribe affiliation
Commerce 367 284 9 74 Mexican American (144)
Compton 418 239 0 135 Mexican American (114)
Covina 939 679 9 112 Mexican American (68); South American (46); Pueblo (43)
Cudahy 69 61 8 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Culver City 103 87 0 16 No significant single tribe affiliation
Del Aire 78 75 0 3 Mexican American (75)
Desert View Highlands 72 9 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Diamond Bar 172 172 0 0 Cherokee (44)
Downey 904 331 0 486 Mexican American (127); Choctaw (93)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Duarte 484 416 0 0 Mexican American (316)
East Los Angeles 1,550 1,099 42 307 Mexican American (679); Apache (100); Pueblo (62)
East Pasadena 42 32 0 10 No significant single tribe affiliation
East Rancho Dominguez 83 58 0 25 No significant single tribe affiliation
East San Gabriel 30 21 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
East Whittier 64 24 0 40 No significant single tribe affiliation
El Monte 1,891 1,599 0 247 Mexican American (896); Cherokee (48)
El Segundo 25 12 0 13 No significant single tribe affiliation
Elizabeth Lake 62 62 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Florence-Graham 519 373 0 57 Mexican American (246)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Gardena 361 291 0 70 Mexican American (246)
Glendale 425 276 5 68 Sioux (131); Mexican American (119)
Glendora 270 197 0 48 Cherokee (64); Mexican American (64)
Green Valley 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Hacienda Heights 414 205 0 175 Yaqui (109)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified 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 271 271 0 0 Mexican American (159); Pueblo (87)
Hawthorne 807 690 0 3 Mexican American (570); Tohono O'Odham (74)
Hermosa Beach 91 74 0 17 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, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Huntington Park 689 575 0 85 Mexican American (301); Pueblo (52)
Industry 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Inglewood 1,329 795 22 256 Mexican American (527); Cherokee (70)
Irwindale 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
La Cañada Flintridge 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
La Crescenta-Montrose 64 27 0 37 No significant single tribe affiliation
La Habra Heights 12 12 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
La Mirada 326 190 0 11 Pueblo (63)
La Puente 1,107 644 0 434 Mexican American (258)
La Verne 175 117 0 29 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Ladera Heights 26 26 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Lake Hughes 7 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Lake Los Angeles 6 6 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Lakewood 504 382 0 122 Mexican American (50); Arapaho (116)
Lancaster 998 573 0 417 Cherokee (64); Mexican American (50)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Lawndale 264 234 0 30 Mexican American (68)
Lennox 101 46 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Leona Valley 82 0 0 82 No significant single tribe affiliation
Littlerock 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Lomita 138 101 0 37 South American (48)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Long Beach 3,659 2,000 0 1,255 Mexican American (577); Cherokee (203); Apache (156); Tohono O'Odham (147); Chickasaw (124); Iroquois (91)
Los Angeles 28,732 19,680 118 7,806 Mexican American (7,804); Cherokee (843); Apache (745); Yaqui (609); South American (609); Sioux (301); Sioux (178); Blackfeet (157); Chippewa (141); Iroquois (116); Chocktaw (114); Tohono O'Odham (100); Shoshone (91); Yuman (79); Ootawatomi (61)
Lynwood 721 607 0 47 Mexican American (312); Apache (82)
Malibu 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Manhattan Beach 84 7 0 5 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified 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 13 13 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Maywood 70 18 0 44 No significant single tribe affiliation
Monrovia 199 144 0 55 Mexican American (74)
Montebello 497 324 0 83 Mexican American (155); Yaqui (45)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Monterey Park 417 129 0 288 No significant single tribe affiliation
North El Monte 7 3 0 4 No significant single tribe affiliation
Norwalk 480 317 0 92 Mexican American (99)
Palmdale 2,535 1,416 0 1,078 Apache (304): Blackfeet (162); Mexican American (118); Yaqui (101); Pueblo (85)
Palos Verdes Estates 2 0 0 2 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Paramount 358 148 0 146 Mexican American (102)
Pasadena 543 362 23 131 Mexican American (84)
Pico Rivera 512 274 0 186 Mexican American (111); Apache (64); Pueblo (43)
Pomona 3,923 2,594 0 1,015 Mexican American (2,272); Pueblo (49)
Quartz Hill 192 179 0 13 Cherokee (163)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Rancho Palos Verdes 89 68 0 21 Cherokee (44)
Redondo Beach 231 223 0 8 Cree (58)
Rolling Hills 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Rolling Hills Estates 5 5 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, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Rosemead 481 305 0 176 Apache (161)
Rowland Heights 255 189 1 65 Comanche (153)
San Dimas 176 170 0 6 Mexican American (58)
San Fernando 309 286 0 23 Apache (106); Mexican American (83)
San Gabriel 142 73 0 69 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
San Marino 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
San Pasqual 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Santa Clarita 1,745 835 13 867 Apache (159); Choctaw (81); Cherokee (66); Cree (58); Mexican American (55);
Santa Fe Springs 205 115 0 81 No significant single tribe affiliation
Santa Monica 312 253 5 29 Paiute (71); Sioux (55)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Sierra Madre 23 8 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Signal Hill 7 0 0 7 No significant single tribe affiliation
South El Monte 225 86 0 139 Mexican American (69)
South Gate 904 663 0 155 Mexican American (292); Apache (49); Yaqui (44)
South Monrovia Island 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
South Pasadena 57 57 0 0 Mexican American (45)
South San Gabriel 10 10 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
South San Jose Hills 30 0 0 30 No significant single tribe affiliation
South Whittier 820 660 0 117 Cherokee (356); Apache (81); Yuman (64); Mexican American (43)
Stevenson Ranch 51 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Sun Village 189 93 0 96 Cherokee (78)
Temple City 165 67 0 98 Mexican American (40)
Topanga 21 0 0 21 No significant single tribe affiliation
Torrance 668 447 0 81 Tohono O'Odham (61)
Val Verde 91 91 0 0 Tohono O'Odham (91)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Valinda 123 117 0 6 Mexican American (64)
Vernon 0 0 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
View Park-Windsor Hills 73 73 0 0 Cherokee (54)
Vincent 32 25 0 7 No significant single tribe affiliation
Walnut 149 149 0 0 Mexican American (76); Yaqui (73)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Walnut Park 62 18 0 44 No significant single tribe affiliation
West Athens 55 54 0 1 No significant single tribe affiliation
West Carson 89 71 0 18 Mexican American (48)
West Covina 1,094 731 0 186 Mexican American (202); Canadian/French Indian (116); Chippewa (116); Apache (55)
West Hollywood 156 63 0 19 Cherokee (44)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
West Puente Valley 60 28 0 18 No significant single tribe affiliation
West Rancho Dominguez 238 216 0 22 No significant single tribe affiliation
West Whittier-Los Nietos 330 215 0 38 Cherokee (117)
Westlake Village 43 43 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation
Westmont 216 123 0 93 Mexican American (61)
City / Community Total American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian, One Tribe Specificed Alaska Native, One Tribe Specified Two or More Tribes or No Tribe Specified Significant Tribe Affilliation (Number in Parentheses)
Whittier 899 520 0 171 Mexican American (133); Cherokee (42)
Willowbrook 20 20 0 0 No significant single tribe affiliation

* 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