By the Numbers: Tribal trajectories
A century after full citizenship, the count of Native Americans has grown sharply
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100
The number of years since Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, granting birthright citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. The law, enacted June 2, 1924, gave citizenship to about 125,000 American Indians (out of an estimated 300,000) who had not yet obtained it by other means.
6.4 million
The number of Americans claiming whole or partial American Indian ancestry in the 2020 census. Only 3.2 million claimed the status in 2010, before the U.S. Census Bureau asked citizens who marked “White” as their primary race to elaborate further.
390.4%
The increase in the number of Americans in the 2020 census who claimed whole or partial Latin American Indian status, including those citing newly highlighted classifications like Aztec or Mayan.
574
The number of federally recognized Indian tribes according to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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