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

POTAWATOMI

The Potawatomi are concentrated in the central states. In the 2000 census, 15,817 people in the U.S. claimed Potawatomi 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 1 percent of those people said they were Potawatomi.

The links at left lead to information on other ethnicities.

Community	Place type	% Potawatomi
Lincoln, KS	township	37.67
Lincoln, WI	town	20.6
Wabeno, WI	town	18.83
Harris, MI	township	16.89
Cedar, KS	township	3.75
Crandon, WI	city	3.11
Hartford, MI	city	3.07
Tecumseh, OK	city	2.85
Rossville, KS	city	2.07
Horton, KS	city	2.03
Maud, OK	city	2.02
Bethel Acres, OK	town	2.01
Holton, KS	city	2
Lexington, OK	town	1.87
Douglas, KS	township	1.73
Dowagiac, MI	city	1.68
Shawnee, OK	city	1.68
Slaughterville, OK	town	1.63
Hominy, OK	city	1.59
Seneca, WI	town	1.58
Nashville, WI	town	1.47
Rossville, KS	township	1.43
Laona, WI	town	1.39
Bark River, MI	township	1.33
Hartford, MI	township	1.27
Lawrence, MI	village	1.13
Pink, OK	town	1.12
Wayne, MI	township	1.08
Silver Creek, MI	township	1.03
Stratford, OK	town	1.02

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:

· Citizen Potawatomi Nation
· Forest County Potawatomi
· Native American message boards
· Native American genealogy
· Native American records - National Archives
· Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

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