Native American Population 2025. Around 8.75 million people who identify at least partially as american indian or alaska native live in the u.s. In 2020, the american indian and alaska native alone population (3.7 million) accounted for 1.1% of all people living in the united states, compared with 0.9% (2.9 million).
The white and american indian and alaska native population also increased, growing by about 2.5 million people or 177 percent, making it the second largest multiracial. North carolina has a native american population of 208,642, and new york has a slightly lower population of 207,027.