Most Native American places in Texas research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to research the Texas cities with the highest percentage of Native American residents for 2026. The data comes from the American Community Survey 2020-2024 vintage, which breaks down race by origin.
The city with the highest percentage of Native Americans is Childress. 1.68% of people in Childress are Native Americans.
The city with the lowest percentage of Native Americans is Kermit. 0.00% of people in Kermit are Native American.
The city with the most Native Americans is Houston. 2,541 people in Houston are Native American.
The city with the fewest Native Americans is Kermit. 0 people in Kermit are Native American.
The United States has 1,698,432 Native Americans and is 0.51% Native American.
Which city in Texas had the largest Native American population? The place with the largest Native American population in Texas for 2026 is Childress. 1.68% of Childress identify as Native American.
1.7% Native American · 98 Native American residents
Located in
Childress County, Texas
Childress is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,905 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Childress County.
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1.6% Native American · 201 Native American residents
Located in
Hutchinson County, Texas
Borger is the largest city in Hutchinson County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,251 at the 2010 census. Borger is named for businessman Asa Philip “Ace” Borger, who also established the Hutchinson County seat of Stinnett and several other small towns in Texas and Oklahoma.
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1.5% Native American · 100 Native American residents
Located in
Wichita County, Texas
Iowa Park is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,355 at the 2010 census.
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1.3% Native American · 139 Native American residents
Located in
Brazoria County, Texas
Freeport is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, located on the Gulf of Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,049, down from 12,708 in 2000.
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1.1% Native American · 96 Native American residents
Located in
Tarrant County, Texas
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1.0% Native American · 200 Native American residents
Located in
Galveston County, Texas
La Marque is a city south of Houston, Texas. The city population in 2010 was 14,509. La Marque experienced considerable growth in the 1950s. During this period of growth, La Marque provided a general administrative, trades and crafts workforce helping to support the petrochemical complex in adjoining Texas City. It is the hometown of U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Norman Bulaich.
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1.0% Native American · 64 Native American residents
Located in
Wise County, Texas
Bridgeport is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,976 at the 2010 census.
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0.9% Native American · 80 Native American residents
Located in
Ochiltree County, Texas
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0.9% Native American · 80 Native American residents
Located in
Wharton County, Texas
Wharton is a city in Wharton County, Texas, United States. This city is sixty miles southwest of Houston. The population was 8,832 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wharton County and is located on the Colorado River of Texas just south of U.S. Highway 59.
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0.9% Native American · 82 Native American residents
Located in
Smith County, Texas
Whitehouse is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,660 in the 2010 census. It is part of the Tyler, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Methodology: How We Determined The Cities In Texas With The Largest Native American Population For 2026
We still believe in the accuracy of data — especially from the Census. So that’s where we went to get the race breakdown across Texas.
We used Saturday Night Science to analyze the Census’s most recently available data, the 2020-2024 American Community Survey data.
Specifically, we looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:
- Hispanic or Latino
- White alone
- Black or African American alone
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- Asian alone
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
- Some other race alone
- Two or more races
Our particular column of interest here was the number of people identifying as American Indian and Alaska Native alone.
We limited our analysis to places with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 324 cities.
We then calculated the percentage of residents that are American Indian and Alaska Native. The percentages ranked from 1.68 to 0.00.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of the American Indian and Alaska Native population, with a higher score being more American Indian and Alaska Native than a lower score. Childress took the distinction of being the most American Indian and Alaska Native, while Kermit was the least Native American city.
We updated this article for 2026. This article is our eleventh time ranking the cities in Texas with the largest Native American population.
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Most Native American Places In Texas
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| Rank | City | Population | Native American Population | % Native American |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Childress | 5,834 | 98 | 1.7% |
| 2 | Borger | 12,226 | 201 | 1.6% |
| 3 | Iowa Park | 6,578 | 100 | 1.5% |
| 4 | Freeport | 10,621 | 139 | 1.3% |
| 5 | Richland Hills | 8,493 | 96 | 1.1% |
| 6 | La Marque | 19,268 | 200 | 1.0% |
| 7 | Bridgeport | 6,331 | 64 | 1.0% |
| 8 | Perryton | 8,585 | 80 | 0.9% |
| 9 | Wharton | 8,724 | 80 | 0.9% |
| 10 | Whitehouse | 9,122 | 82 | 0.9% |
| 11 | White Oak | 6,235 | 55 | 0.9% |
| 12 | Lake Dallas | 7,822 | 59 | 0.8% |
| 13 | Horizon City | 23,668 | 174 | 0.7% |
| 14 | Sweetwater | 10,385 | 72 | 0.7% |
| 15 | Commerce | 9,383 | 62 | 0.7% |
| 16 | Universal City | 20,189 | 127 | 0.6% |
| 17 | Hitchcock | 7,563 | 45 | 0.6% |
| 18 | Azle | 14,126 | 82 | 0.6% |
| 19 | Gatesville | 16,228 | 91 | 0.6% |
| 20 | Pampa | 16,659 | 92 | 0.6% |
| 21 | Socorro | 37,123 | 202 | 0.5% |
| 22 | Brownfield | 8,738 | 47 | 0.5% |
| 23 | Stephenville | 21,682 | 109 | 0.5% |
| 24 | Taylor | 17,136 | 85 | 0.5% |
| 25 | Kilgore | 13,470 | 65 | 0.5% |
| 26 | Andrews | 13,468 | 64 | 0.5% |
| 27 | Uvalde | 15,417 | 72 | 0.5% |
| 28 | Hereford | 14,840 | 69 | 0.5% |
| 29 | Denison | 25,778 | 119 | 0.5% |
| 30 | Hempstead | 6,137 | 28 | 0.5% |
| 31 | Eagle Pass | 28,339 | 127 | 0.4% |
| 32 | Lakeway | 19,307 | 86 | 0.4% |
| 33 | Heath | 10,777 | 47 | 0.4% |
| 34 | Sealy | 7,053 | 30 | 0.4% |
| 35 | Monahans | 7,452 | 31 | 0.4% |
| 36 | Bowie | 5,770 | 24 | 0.4% |
| 37 | Anna | 24,330 | 100 | 0.4% |
| 38 | Graham | 8,792 | 36 | 0.4% |
| 39 | Seagoville | 19,352 | 78 | 0.4% |
| 40 | Burkburnett | 11,059 | 44 | 0.4% |
| 41 | Snyder | 11,241 | 44 | 0.4% |
| 42 | Alamo Heights | 7,492 | 29 | 0.4% |
| 43 | Joshua | 8,550 | 33 | 0.4% |
| 44 | Big Spring | 23,975 | 91 | 0.4% |
| 45 | Center | 5,271 | 19 | 0.4% |
| 46 | Colleyville | 26,012 | 93 | 0.4% |
| 47 | Cuero | 8,165 | 29 | 0.4% |
| 48 | Sanger | 9,641 | 33 | 0.3% |
| 49 | Celina | 34,268 | 112 | 0.3% |
| 50 | Alice | 17,707 | 56 | 0.3% |
| 51 | Atlanta | 5,439 | 17 | 0.3% |
| 52 | Dumas | 14,452 | 45 | 0.3% |
| 53 | Gainesville | 17,883 | 55 | 0.3% |
| 54 | Alvin | 28,333 | 86 | 0.3% |
| 55 | River Oaks | 7,584 | 23 | 0.3% |
| 56 | Santa Fe | 12,901 | 39 | 0.3% |
| 57 | Fairview | 10,783 | 32 | 0.3% |
| 58 | Aransas Pass | 8,972 | 25 | 0.3% |
| 59 | Duncanville | 39,683 | 110 | 0.3% |
| 60 | Corinth | 23,385 | 63 | 0.3% |
| 61 | Corsicana | 25,511 | 68 | 0.3% |
| 62 | Edna | 6,027 | 16 | 0.3% |
| 63 | Longview | 82,923 | 218 | 0.3% |
| 64 | Seabrook | 13,768 | 36 | 0.3% |
| 65 | Sachse | 30,491 | 79 | 0.3% |
| 66 | Brenham | 18,641 | 48 | 0.3% |
| 67 | Alton | 20,214 | 52 | 0.3% |
| 68 | Murphy | 21,188 | 52 | 0.2% |
| 69 | Harker Heights | 34,128 | 83 | 0.2% |
| 70 | Grapevine | 51,139 | 124 | 0.2% |
| 71 | Nacogdoches | 32,197 | 78 | 0.2% |
| 72 | Prosper | 37,869 | 91 | 0.2% |
| 73 | La Feria | 6,891 | 16 | 0.2% |
| 74 | Paris | 24,775 | 57 | 0.2% |
| 75 | Haltom City | 45,767 | 104 | 0.2% |
| 76 | University Park | 25,155 | 57 | 0.2% |
| 77 | Mount Pleasant | 16,136 | 36 | 0.2% |
| 78 | Nederland | 18,381 | 41 | 0.2% |
| 79 | Huntsville | 47,864 | 105 | 0.2% |
| 80 | Wichita Falls | 102,581 | 223 | 0.2% |
| 81 | Sherman | 46,397 | 100 | 0.2% |
| 82 | Little Elm | 54,820 | 117 | 0.2% |
| 83 | Gun Barrel City | 6,570 | 14 | 0.2% |
| 84 | Levelland | 12,466 | 26 | 0.2% |
| 85 | El Paso | 680,130 | 1,390 | 0.2% |
| 86 | Harlingen | 72,087 | 146 | 0.2% |
| 87 | Kingsville | 24,994 | 50 | 0.2% |
| 88 | Pleasanton | 11,011 | 22 | 0.2% |
| 89 | Farmers Branch | 36,645 | 72 | 0.2% |
| 90 | Waxahachie | 45,347 | 86 | 0.2% |
| 91 | Greenville | 31,222 | 58 | 0.2% |
| 92 | Odessa | 115,322 | 213 | 0.2% |
| 93 | Marshall | 23,825 | 44 | 0.2% |
| 94 | Weatherford | 35,788 | 66 | 0.2% |
| 95 | Amarillo | 201,885 | 370 | 0.2% |
| 96 | Palestine | 19,136 | 35 | 0.2% |
| 97 | Bellmead | 10,566 | 19 | 0.2% |
| 98 | Midland | 136,640 | 241 | 0.2% |
| 99 | Deer Park | 33,967 | 59 | 0.2% |
| 100 | Waco | 143,570 | 244 | 0.2% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024, table B03002. 324 Texas cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Summary: Native American Populations Across Texas
If you’re looking for a breakdown of Native American populations across Texas according to the most recent data, this is an accurate list.
The most Native American cities in Texas are Childress, Borger, Iowa Park, Freeport, Richland Hills, La Marque, Bridgeport, Perryton, Wharton, and Whitehouse.
