Table 2. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the 25 Largest American Indian Tribes: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Release date: August 1995 (Data are based on a sample) Total Total Tribes United American Canadian States Indian and Latin Characteristics population population Cherokee Navajo Sioux 1/ Chippewa Choctaw Pueblo Apache Iroquois 2/ Lumbee Creek Blackfoot American Total persons.......................248,709,873 1,937,391 369,035 225,298 107,321 105,988 86,231 55,330 53,330 52,557 50,888 45,872 37,992 27,179 Percent.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Northeast..................................... 20.4 6.3 4.8 0.5 2.3 1.4 0.9 1.1 3.0 44.8 1.0 1.4 11.2 15.8 Midwest....................................... 24.0 17.9 15.5 1.2 64.7 77.5 4.7 1.7 7.1 25.4 2.7 5.1 16.5 14.3 South......................................... 34.4 30.2 55.0 2.2 7.3 4.7 76.1 4.6 15.2 16.3 94.7 80.6 15.0 18.9 West.......................................... 21.2 45.6 24.8 96.1 25.6 16.4 18.4 92.5 74.7 13.6 1.6 12.9 57.3 51.0 AGE AND SEX Percent under 5 years......................... 7.3 9.7 6.3 13.6 12.3 10.3 8.2 10.3 10.2 8.1 8.3 8.5 8.2 9.7 Percent 18 years and over..................... 74.4 65.8 73.3 57.7 60.0 64.0 68.8 64.2 64.7 71.1 66.2 66.0 70.3 65.3 Percent 65 years and over..................... 12.5 5.9 7.2 4.6 4.4 4.7 8.0 5.8 3.4 6.7 5.6 7.0 3.9 4.7 Median age.................................... 33.0 27.0 31.6 22.0 23.6 25.9 29.4 25.9 26.0 29.7 27.1 28.0 29.2 26.0 Males per 100 females......................... 95.0 98.0 96.5 94.1 98.5 96.1 94.7 97.1 103.3 98.6 97.2 96.7 101.5 109.3 TYPE OF FAMILY Families................................. 65,049,428 449,281 98,610 44,845 22,669 25,077 21,856 11,825 12,314 12,988 12,650 11,214 9,862 5,138 Percent................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Married-couple families....................... 79.5 65.8 73.1 61.1 54.2 58.4 75.2 61.2 66.9 67.5 68.5 75.4 64.4 63.8 Female householder, no husband present........ 16.0 26.2 20.8 28.6 36.0 33.1 20.0 29.2 24.7 25.5 23.9 20.1 26.0 25.8 Male householder, no wife present............. 4.5 8.0 6.1 10.3 9.8 8.5 4.8 9.6 8.4 7.0 7.6 4.5 9.6 10.4 Subfamilies.............................. 2,572,170 35,361 4,675 5,535 2,629 1,512 1,335 2,309 1,075 634 902 678 572 483 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH Persons 5 years and over...........230,445,777 1,749,558 345,731 194,758 94,169 95,120 79,108 49,605 47,882 48,277 46,680 41,951 34,895 24,550 Speak a language other than English........... 31,844,979 403,139 24,668 145,696 17,183 7,440 9,493 30,537 18,937 4,969 1,324 4,074 2,992 11,549 Percent..................................... 13.8 23.0 7.1 74.8 18.2 7.8 12.0 61.6 39.5 10.3 2.8 9.7 8.6 47.0 Do not speak English "very well".......... 43.9 38.6 27.0 44.6 25.0 20.7 42.7 37.3 39.4 21.6 40.9 31.4 20.2 50.7 Table 2. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the 25 Largest American Indian Tribes: 1990--Con. (Data are based on a sample) Total Total Tribes United American Canadian States Indian and Latin Characteristics population population Cherokee Navajo Sioux 1/ Chippewa Choctaw Pueblo Apache Iroquois 2/ Lumbee Creek Blackfoot American EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Persons 18 to 24 years.................. 26,234,893 234,611 41,411 29,501 13,431 13,030 9,357 6,950 6,790 6,468 6,369 5,082 4,369 3,598 Percent high school graduates or higher................................... 76.5 63.2 65.5 59.8 60.1 64.0 68.4 71.3 60.5 70.8 60.9 74.4 63.6 56.3 Percent Bachelor's degree or higher........... 7.6 2.1 2.3 0.9 1.9 1.5 3.4 1.7 1.2 3.4 3.6 1.8 1.7 1.2 Persons 25 years and over.................158,868,436 1,040,955 229,231 100,594 51,014 54,804 49,128 28,597 27,717 30,882 27,343 25,182 22,345 14,157 Percent high school graduates or higher................................... 75.2 65.6 68.2 51.0 69.7 69.7 70.3 71.5 63.8 71.9 51.6 73.2 71.4 59.0 Percent 4 or more years of college............ 20.3 9.4 11.1 4.5 8.9 8.2 13.3 7.3 6.9 11.3 9.4 12.7 9.5 10.5 Females 25 years and over................. 83,654,171 543,444 120,496 54,331 26,500 28,918 26,468 14,992 13,722 16,220 14,521 13,309 11,491 7,064 Percent high school graduates or higher................................... 74.8 65.4 67.8 50.3 69.4 70.6 69.3 70.6 63.1 72.5 54.3 73.8 71.8 60.3 Percent 4 or more years of college............ 17.6 8.7 9.9 4.7 8.9 8.0 11.8 6.9 5.4 11.5 10.6 11.6 8.9 10.0 VETERAN STATUS Male civilian veterans................... 26,330,011 176,602 45,369 8,925 10,311 10,432 8,826 4,402 4,960 6,085 2,866 4,868 4,787 1,622 Percent of civilian males 16 years and over... 29.1 27.5 33.9 13.9 31.5 30.8 31.0 24.5 27.3 32.5 16.9 32.6 35.1 17.1 Female civilian veterans................. 1,151,044 11,810 2,700 565 968 873 451 218 360 479 144 320 356 143 Percent of civilian females 16 years and over. 1.2 1.7 1.9 0.8 2.7 2.4 1.4 1.1 2.0 2.4 0.8 1.9 2.6 1.6 PERIOD OF SERVICE Civilian veterans 16 years and over.... 27,481,055 188,412 48,069 9,490 11,279 11,305 9,277 4,620 5,320 6,564 3,010 5,188 5,143 1,765 Percent............................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 May 1975 or later service only................ 12.2 19.3 17.6 25.7 22.9 21.2 14.2 22.6 24.6 20.7 24.3 15.0 23.4 20.0 September 1980 or later service only........ 56.7 55.0 54.8 52.0 59.9 51.5 54.1 56.3 53.3 55.8 61.7 58.3 52.0 54.7 Served 2 or more years.................... 84.4 82.0 82.7 85.7 81.0 81.7 79.5 93.2 83.4 77.8 84.3 77.1 85.3 82.4 Vietnam era, no Korean conflict............... 27.8 37.4 39.4 40.0 36.4 37.0 35.3 35.4 36.8 33.5 37.5 38.4 43.8 37.9 Vietnam era and Korean conflict............... 2.1 1.9 2.1 0.3 1.6 1.3 2.7 1.1 2.3 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.1 2.4 February 1955 to July 1964 only............... 10.7 10.4 10.6 6.8 9.3 11.7 11.2 9.4 9.0 10.3 10.7 8.4 11.0 8.8 Korean conflict, no World War II.............. 13.5 11.9 11.8 9.2 12.8 12.4 12.2 11.9 10.4 11.9 6.1 13.3 8.9 14.2 Korean conflict and World War II.............. 2.3 2.0 2.2 0.8 2.2 1.4 2.9 0.7 1.9 2.3 1.2 4.3 2.2 2.2 World War II, no Korean conflict.............. 30.4 16.5 15.4 16.7 14.4 14.8 20.9 17.9 14.3 18.9 17.3 18.0 9.1 14.6 World War I................................... 0.2 0.1 0.1 - - 0.1 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.1 - - Other service................................. 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.4 - Table 2. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the 25 Largest American Indian Tribes: 1990--Con. (Data are based on a sample) Total Total Tribes United American Canadian States Indian and Latin Characteristics population population Cherokee Navajo Sioux 1/ Chippewa Choctaw Pueblo Apache Iroquois 2/ Lumbee Creek Blackfoot American OCCUPATION Employed persons 16 years and over........115,681,202 705,518 161,904 56,099 32,367 37,473 34,015 19,741 17,880 22,726 21,744 18,957 15,560 10,716 Percent................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.3 8.6 9.4 6.2 9.2 9.5 9.1 7.7 8.4 8.9 5.4 9.8 9.0 6.7 Professional specialty occupations............ 14.1 9.7 9.9 9.9 10.4 9.6 11.8 11.9 8.1 10.7 7.8 11.1 9.9 8.5 Technicians and related support occupations... 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.1 2.7 3.8 3.8 3.1 3.6 2.1 4.0 3.6 2.4 Sales occupations............................. 11.8 8.7 10.1 8.1 6.9 7.9 9.9 6.5 8.8 8.6 6.0 8.8 8.6 8.1 Administrative support occupations, including clerical.......................... 16.3 14.8 13.7 14.8 15.5 15.4 14.3 18.6 15.3 16.8 8.4 15.6 13.7 12.5 Private household occupations................. 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.8 2.3 Protective service occupations................ 1.7 2.4 2.3 1.8 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.7 3.4 2.0 1.5 2.4 3.3 1.9 Service occupations, except protective and household............................... 11.0 15.5 14.0 17.8 18.1 18.2 12.3 14.7 17.6 14.8 8.7 13.8 15.8 18.8 Farming, forestry, and fishing occupations.... 2.5 3.4 2.8 2.2 3.8 2.9 3.7 1.8 3.6 1.8 4.9 2.7 2.8 5.5 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations.......................... 11.3 13.8 14.7 16.4 12.4 11.8 12.9 18.2 11.8 12.5 21.1 13.0 14.3 12.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.............................. 6.8 8.4 8.3 7.4 6.8 8.9 8.9 5.0 6.0 8.5 21.7 8.4 7.2 9.2 Transportation and material moving occupations................................. 4.1 5.4 6.0 4.7 4.5 4.7 5.5 3.6 6.8 5.3 5.7 5.5 6.4 4.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................ 3.9 5.7 5.1 7.2 5.9 5.5 5.1 4.6 6.3 5.8 6.3 4.8 4.6 7.1 WORKERS IN FAMILY IN 1989 Families.................................. 65,049,428 449,281 98,610 44,845 22,669 25,077 21,856 11,825 12,314 12,988 12,650 11,214 9,862 5,138 Percent................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 No workers.................................... 13.0 14.6 12.0 22.0 18.2 17.4 13.1 9.8 13.0 12.6 10.2 11.1 12.5 12.6 1 worker...................................... 28.0 33.2 31.8 36.2 35.4 32.7 32.5 33.2 35.6 30.6 27.8 30.2 34.1 29.5 2 workers..................................... 45.6 40.5 44.4 30.7 36.7 38.5 43.3 38.8 40.2 43.5 47.3 46.3 43.3 41.1 3 or more workers............................. 13.4 11.7 11.8 11.0 9.7 11.3 11.2 18.2 11.2 13.4 14.7 12.3 10.2 16.7 Table 2. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the 25 Largest American Indian Tribes: 1990--Con. (Data are based on a sample) Total Total Tribes United American Canadian States Indian and Latin Characteristics population population Cherokee Navajo Sioux 1/ Chippewa Choctaw Pueblo Apache Iroquois 2/ Lumbee Creek Blackfoot American INCOME IN 1989 Median family......................(dollars).. 35,225 21,619 24,907 13,940 16,525 20,249 24,467 19,845 19,690 27,025 23,934 25,388 22,496 26,374 Median household...................(dollars).. 30,056 19,900 21,922 12,817 15,611 18,801 21,640 19,097 18,484 23,460 21,708 21,913 20,860 24,502 Per capita.........................(dollars).. 14,420 8,284 10,469 4,788 6,508 7,777 9,463 6,679 7,271 10,568 8,625 9,334 9,825 8,313 INCOME IN 1989 BELOW POVERTY LEVEL Families in poverty........................... 6,487,515 122,237 19,100 21,204 8,939 7,814 4,347 3,691 3,913 2,249 2,554 2,136 2,723 1,025 Percent..................................... 10.0 27.2 19.4 47.3 39.4 31.2 19.9 31.2 31.8 17.3 20.2 19.0 27.6 19.9 Persons in poverty............................ 31,742,864 585,273 79,271 107,526 45,658 35,231 19,453 17,981 19,246 10,253 10,966 10,517 11,286 5,914 Percent..................................... 13.1 31.2 22.0 48.8 44.4 34.3 23.0 33.2 37.5 20.1 22.1 23.4 30.9 23.1 1 Any entry with the spelling "Siouan" was miscoded to Sioux in North Carolina. 2 Reporting and/or processing problems have affected the data for this tribe. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population, "Characteristics of American Indians by Tribe and Language," 1990 CP-3-7. Table 2. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the 25 Largest American Indian Tribes: 1990--Con. (Data are based on a sample) Tribes Puget Tohono Alaskan Sound Characteristics Chickasaw O'Odham Potawatomi Seminole Pima Tlingit Athabaskans Cheyenne Comanche Paiute Osage Salish Yaqui Total persons....................... 21,522 16,876 16,719 15,564 15,074 14,417 14,198 11,809 11,437 11,369 10,430 10,384 9,838 Percent.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Northeast..................................... 0.7 0.4 1.5 6.3 0.3 1.0 1.3 2.2 2.3 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.2 Midwest....................................... 3.7 1.1 39.7 7.0 1.0 1.9 2.5 10.1 8.2 1.9 10.6 1.7 1.3 South......................................... 75.1 1.1 37.6 69.2 2.0 2.0 2.6 29.3 66.1 2.4 62.5 2.8 2.4 West.......................................... 20.4 97.4 21.2 17.5 96.7 95.2 93.6 58.5 23.3 95.2 25.9 94.7 96.1 AGE AND SEX Percent under 5 years......................... 7.4 11.6 7.5 9.1 13.8 12.3 11.2 11.5 9.0 11.3 9.0 10.9 12.1 Percent 18 years and over..................... 69.6 59.8 67.2 66.5 56.8 62.7 62.1 59.5 69.1 63.3 68.7 60.8 59.5 Percent 65 years and over..................... 9.5 5.0 6.8 6.4 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.2 5.5 5.6 7.1 5.4 4.4 Median age.................................... 30.5 23.5 28.7 27.3 21.7 25.6 24.8 23.3 28.8 25.4 30.3 25.4 23.8 Males per 100 females......................... 95.6 88.3 93.5 96.2 89.7 90.4 93.0 105.4 115.9 94.9 104.5 93.4 108.4 TYPE OF FAMILY Families................................. 5,757 3,415 4,230 3,778 3,066 2,708 2,672 2,547 3,001 2,604 2,838 2,437 2,131 Percent................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Married-couple families....................... 77.2 38.9 76.1 64.3 44.7 59.9 46.8 67.0 70.2 53.8 78.7 62.0 62.4 Female householder, no husband present........ 18.8 45.6 19.2 27.7 42.5 32.1 37.4 26.9 21.0 35.1 16.9 28.6 26.8 Male householder, no wife present............. 4.0 15.5 4.7 8.0 12.8 8.1 15.8 6.1 8.8 11.1 4.4 9.4 10.7 Subfamilies.............................. 301 577 188 332 487 250 203 171 228 193 106 212 322 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH Persons 5 years and over........... 19,919 14,917 15,466 14,151 12,991 12,647 12,608 10,448 10,412 10,081 9,494 9,250 8,644 Speak a language other than English........... 1,108 8,708 546 2,674 4,280 1,280 2,135 2,028 1,347 1,756 452 425 6,261 Percent..................................... 5.6 58.4 3.5 18.9 32.9 10.1 16.9 19.4 12.9 17.4 4.8 4.6 72.4 Do not speak English "very well"........ 27.2 44.7 28.6 33.5 35.7 23.8 34.3 31.8 16.6 28.4 19.2 18.4 42.3 Table 2. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the 25 Largest American Indian Tribes: 1990--Con. (Data are based on a sample) Tribes Puget Tohono Alaskan Sound Characteristics Chickasaw O'Odham Potawatomi Seminole Pima Tlingit Athabaskans Cheyenne Comanche Paiute Osage Salish Yaqui EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Persons 18 to 24 years.................. 2,347 2,044 1,802 2,036 1,940 1,655 1,765 1,552 1,347 1,419 953 1,045 1,109 Percent high school graduate or higher........ 71.5 46.1 63.4 66.2 47.8 63.6 71.5 63.5 71.3 56.4 75.7 56.5 44.2 Percent Bachelor's degree or higher........... 2.9 0.3 3.6 2.2 0.7 1.8 1.4 - 1.2 1.9 4.3 0.4 2.9 Persons 25 years and over................. 12,631 8,043 9,428 8,319 6,621 7,382 7,048 5,480 6,560 5,773 6,212 5,266 4,746 Percent high school graduate or higher........ 74.2 53.4 76.5 70.5 47.5 73.3 65.1 69.5 74.2 66.2 86.7 69.1 48.5 Percent Bachelor's degree or higher........... 14.6 1.2 14.4 11.1 2.8 6.7 5.1 6.9 14.2 5.4 22.1 7.7 4.3 Females 25 years and over................. 6,870 4,518 5,031 4,233 3,725 3,963 3,779 2,626 3,001 3,110 3,060 2,826 2,237 Percent high school graduate or higher........ 74.5 52.5 79.4 70.7 49.0 72.6 65.0 64.4 72.3 67.0 84.8 73.6 44.7 Percent Bachelor's degree or higher........... 13.1 1.5 13.1 9.4 3.5 6.9 4.4 5.9 13.3 6.2 20.4 7.5 3.2 VETERAN STATUS Male civilian veterans................... 2,447 769 1,832 1,604 709 1,141 749 1,354 1,500 784 1,261 919 697 Percent of civilian males 16 years and over... 33.3 15.9 33.4 31.4 17.3 26.4 17.7 35.8 34.3 22.0 32.5 29.4 21.8 Female civilian veterans................. 131 64 144 133 38 63 42 77 103 26 65 44 43 Percent of civilian females 16 years and over. 1.6 1.1 2.3 2.4 0.7 1.2 0.8 2.1 2.7 0.6 1.8 1.2 1.5 PERIOD OF SERVICE Civilian veterans 16 years and over.... 2,578 833 1,976 1,737 747 1,204 791 1,431 1,603 810 1,326 963 740 Percent............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 May 1975 or later service only................ 12.3 21.1 14.8 15.6 21.3 14.2 17.7 11.9 15.0 14.7 14.3 14.2 33.2 September 1980 or later service only........ 54.9 71.0 51.5 49.8 59.7 78.4 60.7 62.4 47.9 68.1 60.3 45.3 50.4 Served 2 or more years.................... 76.4 76.8 68.9 91.9 83.2 85.1 61.2 82.1 85.2 92.6 64.9 77.4 87.1 Vietnam era, no Korean conflict............... 33.3 39.3 33.2 39.3 29.2 36.9 41.7 44.5 39.7 35.1 38.2 37.2 33.9 Vietnam era and Korean conflict............... 2.8 3.6 2.6 1.3 0.5 1.0 1.5 3.8 4.0 1.0 2.3 2.8 - February 1955 to July 1964 only............... 10.8 7.0 13.0 11.2 8.2 14.7 13.9 11.5 9.7 8.0 7.1 15.2 8.1 Korean conflict, no World War II.............. 14.8 9.7 13.5 13.4 16.7 13.2 10.7 11.7 12.9 14.0 16.4 18.1 6.6 Korean conflict and World War II.............. 3.5 0.6 1.8 2.4 0.8 1.2 0.0 4.2 2.2 3.8 3.4 2.9 0.9 World War II, no Korean conflict.............. 22.0 17.5 21.1 16.8 22.1 18.7 14.4 12.4 16.0 22.2 17.6 9.4 17.2 World War I................................... - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - Other service................................. 0.5 1.2 - - 1.2 0.1 - - 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.2 - Table 2. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the 25 Largest American Indian Tribes: 1990--Con. (Data are based on a sample) Tribes Puget Tohono Alaskan Sound Characteristics Chickasaw O'Odham Potawatomi Seminole Pima Tlingit Athabaskans Cheyenne Comanche Paiute Osage Salish Yaqui OCCUPATION Employed persons 16 years and over........... 8,873 4,178 6,920 6,174 3,724 5,036 3,702 3,510 4,384 4,051 4,661 3,601 2,905 Percent................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 10.5 4.9 10.6 9.1 3.7 8.8 9.9 9.9 10.5 9.4 14.2 11.7 5.3 Professional specialty occupations............ 10.8 5.9 10.7 9.8 7.1 7.4 10.6 8.0 10.2 6.9 15.4 7.5 8.3 Technicians and related support occupations... 4.0 1.8 3.2 4.8 2.5 2.6 1.6 4.2 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.1 Sales occupations............................. 8.3 7.0 10.4 10.4 5.5 8.0 7.8 6.1 10.9 7.5 12.1 9.2 3.9 Administrative support occupations, including clerical.......................... 15.8 18.3 16.1 15.1 18.4 21.3 22.4 17.3 14.2 16.9 12.5 17.2 12.4 Private household occupations................. 0.2 1.8 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.9 - 0.1 0.7 - 0.6 Protective service occupations................ 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.6 2.0 1.6 1.7 3.1 3.8 2.5 2.3 2.4 3.2 Service occupations, except protective and household............................... 15.8 18.7 14.8 13.8 20.2 17.2 20.4 16.2 16.9 16.8 9.9 16.3 17.0 Farming, forestry, and fishing occupations.... 2.9 11.3 1.9 2.8 8.4 7.1 2.1 3.8 2.0 5.4 4.0 6.8 8.2 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations.......................... 14.3 8.4 12.6 12.9 9.4 10.0 10.3 11.7 11.7 9.0 11.7 11.0 17.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.............................. 6.5 4.8 7.6 9.6 6.1 4.8 3.4 6.7 6.9 10.5 6.4 5.2 8.4 Transportation and material moving occupations................................. 4.7 5.7 4.6 3.8 7.5 4.7 3.4 7.0 4.7 5.5 3.2 3.8 5.3 Handlers, equipment clearners, helpers, and laborers................................ 4.2 9.4 5.1 5.0 8.6 6.3 6.1 5.1 3.9 5.8 3.8 5.5 7.3 WORKERS IN FAMILY IN 1989 Families.................................. 5,757 3,415 4,230 3,778 3,066 2,708 2,672 2,547 3,001 2,604 2,838 2,437 2,131 Percent................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 No workers.................................... 14.2 26.2 12.6 10.4 24.0 11.0 13.3 15.1 11.5 16.8 8.6 17.8 16.6 1 worker...................................... 30.4 45.7 29.7 33.2 37.0 34.6 41.5 33.1 31.9 37.1 27.0 38.2 34.8 2 workers..................................... 42.0 21.6 47.8 44.3 32.5 38.5 33.6 39.2 46.1 35.8 51.4 35.2 37.1 3 or more workers............................. 13.5 6.6 9.9 12.2 6.5 16.0 11.6 12.6 10.6 10.3 13.0 8.8 11.5 Table 2. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the 25 Largest American Indian Tribes: 1990--Con. (Data are based on a sample) Tribes Puget Tohono Alaskan Sound Characteristics Chickasaw O'Odham Potawatomi Seminole Pima Tlingit Athabaskans Cheyenne Comanche Paiute Osage Salish Yaqui INCOME IN 1989 Median family......................(dollars).. 26,967 10,693 27,661 24,162 11,738 33,702 18,776 17,425 25,367 19,656 31,512 19,469 17,762 Median household...................(dollars).. 23,325 11,402 23,722 21,633 12,063 28,703 17,348 16,371 22,958 19,154 29,211 19,191 18,667 Per capita.........................(dollars).. 10,427 4,144 10,068 9,103 4,249 10,800 8,035 6,795 9,999 7,460 12,795 8,335 5,864 INCOME IN 1989 BELOW POVERTY LEVEL Families in poverty........................... 977 1,848 733 854 1,644 403 763 913 628 707 466 703 788 Percent..................................... 17.0 54.1 17.3 22.6 53.6 14.9 28.6 35.8 20.9 27.2 16.4 28.8 37.0 Persons in poverty............................ 4,524 9,242 3,455 4,151 7,787 2,209 3,826 4,808 3,030 3,158 1,633 3,031 3,928 Percent..................................... 21.4 55.8 21.1 27.6 53.3 15.8 28.1 42.3 27.5 28.9 15.9 30.0 40.9 1 Any entry with the spelling "Siouan" was miscoded to Sioux in North Carolina. 2 Reporting and/or processing problems have affected the data for this tribe. - Represents or rounds to zero. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population, "Characteristics of American Indians by Tribe and Language," 1990 CP-3-7.