The graph below ranks each state by American Indian population according to the 2012 census estimates.
American Indian US population by state - 2012 estimate
| State | Population in Millions |
| California |  645,998 |
| Arizona | 347,211 |
| Oklahoma | 343,420 |
| Texas | 260,608 |
| New Mexico | 212,521 |
| New York | 195,761 |
| North Carolina | 146,225 |
| Washington | 124,116 |
| Alaska | 108,085 |
| Florida | 96,604 |
| Colorado | 83,031 |
| Illinois | 77,209 |
| South Dakota | 74,230 |
| Oregon | 70,196 |
| Minnesota | 69,935 |
| Michigan | 69,178 |
| Montana | 65,357 |
| Wisconsin | 62,970 |
| New Jersey | 53,206 |
| Georgia | 49,578 |
| Nevada | 44,070 |
| Utah | 42,823 |
| Virginia | 40,933 |
| North Dakota | 38,574 |
| Pennsylvania | 38,293 |
| Ohio | 34,659 |
| Kansas | 34,625 |
| Alabama | 33,723 |
| Massachusetts | 33,227 |
| Louisiana | 32,215 |
| Missouri | 30,123 |
| Maryland | 29,424 |
| Idaho | 27,125 |
| Arkansas | 26,548 |
| Indiana | 26,151 |
| Tennessee | 25,820 |
| Nebraska | 24,120 |
| South Carolina | 23,617 |
| Connecticut | 17,959 |
| Mississippi | 17,919 |
| Iowa | 15,375 |
| Wyoming | 14,992 |
| Kentucky | 13,139 |
| Rhode Island | 9,453 |
| Maine | 9,300 |
| Delaware | 6,419 |
| Hawaii | 5,560 |
| New Hampshire | 3,965 |
| District of Columbia | 3,801 |
| West Virginia | 3,713 |
| Vermont | 2,504 |