In 2010 the three counties in which Indian reservations exist had the largest proportion of Native American residents. Washington leads with 4.5 percent of the county’s population. Aroostook (1.5%) and Penobscot (.9%) follow. The Native American population statewide is 0.6%.
County | Percent |
Washington | 4.5% |
Aroostook | 1.5% |
Penobscot | 0.9% |
Piscataquis | 0.6% |
Kennebec | 0.5% |
Somerset | 0.5% |
Androscoggin | 0.4% |
Cumberland | 0.4% |
Franklin | 0.4% |
Hancock | 0.4% |
Oxford | 0.4% |
Sagadahoc | 0.4% |
Waldo | 0.4% |
Knox | 0.3% |
Lincoln | 0.3% |
York | 0.3% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Census