The above map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Sioux ancestry. Move your mouse over points on the map to see city names and percentages, and to link to in-depth community information.
SIOUX
The Sioux remain concentrated in the Northern Plains states.
In the 2000 census, 108,272 people in the U.S. claimed Sioux 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 Sioux.
The links at left lead to information on other ethnicities.
| Community |
Place type | % Sioux |
| Rosebud, SD | populated place | 90.3 |
| Pine Ridge, SD | populated place | 83.03 |
| Mission, ND | township | 72.42 |
| Martin, SD | city | 40.87 |
| Sisseton, SD | city | 37.83 |
| Wagner, SD | city | 31.94 |
| Flandreau, SD | city | 19.91 |
| Wolf Point, MT | city | 15.4 |
| Mobridge, SD | city | 15.19 |
| Gordon, NE | city | 14.07 |
| Rapid City, SD | city | 8.82 |
| Winner, SD | city | 8.77 |
| Chamberlain, SD | city | 7.53 |
| Hot Springs, SD | city | 7.19 |
| Pierre, SD | city | 7.18 |
| Winnebago, NE | township | 5.62 |
| Box Elder, SD | city | 5.46 |
| Omaha, NE | township | 5.29 |
| Fort Pierre, SD | city | 4.97 |
| Valentine, NE | city | 4.89 |
| Granite Falls, MN | city | 4.69 |
| Devils Lake, ND | city | 3.79 |
| Aberdeen, SD | township | 3.46 |
| New Town, ND | city | 3.44 |
| Redwood Falls, MN | city | 3.41 |
| Chadron, NE | city | 3.09 |
| Vermillion, SD | city | 2.92 |
| Blackbird, NE | township | 2.81 |
| Gregory, SD | city | 2.76 |
| Alliance, NE | city | 2.7 |
| Lame Deer, MT | populated place | 2.68 |
| Scottsbluff, NE | city | 2.66 |
| Crawford, NE | city | 2.62 |
| Pipestone, MN | city | 2.57 |
| Hankinson, ND | city | 2.55 |
| Lincoln, SD | township | 2.51 |
| Ethete, WY | populated place | 2.41 |
| Sturgis, SD | city | 2.31 |
| Aberdeen, SD | city | 2.3 |
| Arapahoe, WY | populated place | 2.27 |
| Redfield, SD | city | 2.24 |
| Lemmon, SD | city | 2.15 |
| Pablo, MT | populated place | 2.09 |
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
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·
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·
History of the American West -
Library of Congress
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Native American records -
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