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The above map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Navajo ancestry. Move your mouse over points on the map to see city names and percentages, and to link to in-depth community information.

NAVAJO

According to Census Bureau statistics, the Navajo are the second-largest group among Native American tribes. (Cherokees numbered largest.) In the 2000 census, 269,202 people in the U.S. claimed Navajo ancestry.

ePodunk mapped the top communities by percentage of population. The map and the following list show communities in which 1,000 or more people listed an ancestry group, and in which at least 2 percent of those people said they were Navajo.

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Community	Place type	% Navajo
Navajo, NM	populated place	95.04
Dilkon, AZ	populated place	94.86
Shiprock, NM	populated place	94.16
Tsaile, AZ	populated place	91.65
Window Rock, AZ	populated place	89.34
Chinle, AZ	populated place	88.71
Kayenta, AZ	populated place	87.3
Crownpoint, NM	populated place	83.31
Ganado, AZ	populated place	82.92
Thoreau, NM	populated place	67.74
Gallup, NM	city	31.07
Blanding, UT	city	26.31
Page, AZ	city	25.08
Holbrook, AZ	city	21.8
Winslow, AZ	city	18.76
Farmington, NM	city	15.31
Bloomfield, NM	city	14.6
Milan, NM	village	9.15
Fredonia, AZ	town	8.98
Cortez, CO	city	7.82
Flagstaff, AZ	city	7.69
Aztec, NM	city	6.54
Snowflake, AZ	town	5.7
Monticello, UT	city	5.62
Grants, NM	city	4.93
Dulce, NM	populated place	4.77
Taylor, AZ	town	4.75
Saint Johns, AZ	city	3.92
Moab, UT	city	3.81
Durango, CO	city	2.95
Parker, AZ	town	2.74
Richfield, UT	city	2.44
Springerville, AZ	town	2.43
Whiteriver, AZ	populated place	2.34
Show Low, AZ	city	2.27
Eagar, AZ	town	2.01

Sources: 2000 Census , U.S. Census Bureau; Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, ed. Stephan Thernstrom; Ancestry: 2000, U.S. Census Bureau (June 2004); The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2000, U.S. Census Bureau (February 2002); ePodunk

Mapping by Daniel Shorter

-- November 2005

Other resources:

· Navajo Nation
· Navajo message boards
· Navajo Tourism
· History of the American West - Library of Congress
· Native American genealogy
· Native American records - National Archives

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