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Changing Numbers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public Health (1996)
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National Research Council. "9 The Demography of American Indian Families." Changing Numbers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1996. 1. Print.

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TABLE 9-1 Selected Characteristics of the American Indian Population, 1990

Population

Population Size

Median Age

Sex Ratio 25-34

Family Size

Poverty Rate

Unemp. Rate

Female LFP Ratea

Total U.S.

248,710,000

33.0

100.1

3.2

13.1

6.3

56.8

U.S. Indian

1,959,234

26.9

103.4

3.6

31.0

14.4

55.1

Reservation

437,358

22.4

94.5

4.2

50.7

25.6

45.1

Oklahoma TJSA

200,789

26.4

94.7

3.4

29.8

12.4

51.9

Alaska NVSA

47,244

23.1

111.2

4.3

26.8

24.5

48.3

Navajo

123,944

22.0

92.6

4.6

56.5

29.9

38.5

Pine Ridge

10,455

18.9

103.5

4.9

66.0

32.6

42.7

Fort Apache

9,825

21.3

96.5

4.6

52.7

35.3

45.7

Gila River

9,116

22.7

87.7

4.1

64.4

30.6

35.5

Papago

8,480

24.2

97.1

4.0

65.7

23.4

32.7

San Carlos

7,110

21.4

92.7

4.6

62.5

31.0

29.4

Zuni Pueblo

7,073

24.1

100.1

5.0

52.5

13.8

65.2

Hopi

7,061

25.9

110.1

4.4

49.4

26.8

44.8

Blackfoot

7,025

22.8

89.1

4.0

50.1

31.1

53.2

Rosebud

6,883

18.6

98.1

4.4

56.6

27.3

44.6

a LFP = labor force participation.

SOURCES: U.S. Bureau of the Census (1992a:Tables 1, 3, 5, and 6; 1992b:Tables 16, 23, and 40; 1993a:Tables 4, 5, and 9; 1993b:Tables 2, 3, and 44).
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