U.S. Census Bureau

Population, Land area, and Poverty Data for
American Indian and Alaska Native Areas


The information contained in the documents on this site were extracted from the 1990 Summary Tape Files (STF) 1C and 3C. The names of the American Indian Alaska Native Areas reflect those as used in the 1990 census.


The documents providing information on the population, land area, and poverty data are in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF) and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader for veiwing. The reader is available free from the Adobe web site.


1990 American Indian and Alaska Native Areas

American Indian Reservations and Trust Lands PDF Document

American Indian reservations are areas with boundaries established by treaty, statute, and/or executive or court order. Trust lands are real property, held in trust by the Federal Government, that is associated with a specific American Indian reservation or tribe, or, in some cases, individual American Indians.

Tribal Jurisdiction Statistical Areas PDF Document

Tribal jurisdiction statistical areas (TJSAs) are delineated by those Federally recognized tribes in Oklahoma that no longer have a reservation.

Tribal Designated Statistical Areas PDF Document

Tribal designated statistical areas (TDSAs) are geographic entities delineated by Federally and State-recognized tribes without a land base, that is, with no reservation or trust lands.

Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas PDF Document

The census Bureau established Alaska native village statistical areas (ANVSAs) as geographic entities for data tabulation purposes to encompass the settled portion of each Alaska Native village (ANV).


Additional information about American Indian and Alaska Native Areas can be found in Chapter 5 of the Geographic Areas Reference Manual.

Information also is available on American Indian and Alaska Native Programs for Census 2000.


Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
  Last Revised: Friday, 20-Oct-2000 10:43:31 EDT
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