American Indian and Alaska Native Languages Spoken at Home by Persons 5 Years and Over in Households: 2006-2010

More than 370,000 people in America speak American Indian or Alaska Native languages at home. This is how the languages break down. The data was published as part of the 2010 U.S. Census.

Number of
Individuals
All American Indian and Alaska Native languages
372,095
Navajo
169,471
Yupik
18,950
Dakota
18,616
Apache
13,063
Keres
12,945
Cherokee
11,610
Choctaw
10,343
Zuni
9,686
Ojibwa
8,371
Pima
7,270
Inupik
7,203
Hopi
6,634
Tewa
5,176
Muskogee
5,064
Crow
3,705
Shoshoni
2,211
Cheyenne
2,156
Eskimo
2,076
Tiwa
2,009
American Indian Language (not specified)
8,298
Other Native North American language
47,238

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census.

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American Indian Languages Spoken at Home by American Indian Persons 5 Years and Over in Households: 1990 American Indians Major Pre-Columbian Indian Cultures in the United States
American Indian and Alaska Native Languages Spoken at Home by American Indian Persons 5 Years and Over in Households: 2006-2010

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