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NA History Numbers
Key statistics from Native American Civil Rights. A level History OCR.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Size of Native American land in 1887 and in 1900 | 150 million acres in 1887, 78 million acres in 1900 |
| How many Native Americans were on reservations in 1890 and how many received rations | 133,000 on reservations. 35,000 received rations (which were usually insufficient). |
| Number of Native Americans who inhabited the plains in 1860 and 1900 | 240,000 in 1860. 100,000 in 1900. |
| Number of Native American police officers that helped federal agents to run reservations | 770 |
| Number of Congress members with Native American ancestry between 1869 and 1907 | 3 |
| Amount spent on Native American education by the federal government in 1877 | $20,000 |
| Size of Native American land by the 1930s and the amount that was desert/barren | 50 million acres, 20 million acres unfarmable |
| Size of the Native American population in 1941, 1970 and 1990 | 350,000 in 1941. 800,000 in 1970. 1.7 million in 1990. |
| Percentage increase in Native Americans living in cities between 1930 and 1960 | 400% |
| Unemployment rate of Native Americans in 1968 | 42% |
| Median income of Native Americans compared to the wider United States in 1968 | Native Americans earned almost half of the average. |
| Decrease in poverty on reservations in the 1970s | Poverty decreased by 20% |
| Percentage of Native Americans in Oklahoma that had no welfare benefits in 1968 | 50% |
| Life expectancy for Native Americans in 1960 and the national average | 44 years for Native Americans, 64 years for national average |
| Percentage of reservation homes without electricity and without running water in 1970 | 60% without electricity and 80% without running water |
| Native American birth rate compared to the national average in 1970 | 2.5 times the national average |
| Number of Congress members with Native American ancestry between 1961 and 1993 | 4 |
| Average amount of schooling for a Native American in 1970 | 5 years. Native Americans had the lowest literacy rate in the United States. |
| Percentage of Native Americans who graduated from high school in 1970 and 1990 | 16.4% in 1970. 54% in 1990. |
| Percentage of the Native American population with a bachelor's degree in 1990 | 9% |
| Proportion of Native Americans in urban areas in 1990 | 2/3 of the Native American population |
| Percentage of Native Americans who moved to cities that eventually returned to reservations | 40-70% |
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