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Which present-day states contain most Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest?

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Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples and their lands in the American Southwest, with labeled areas for groups such as the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Apache, Pima, Yuma, Mojave, and others, along with major rivers and reservation boundaries.
Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest

The majority of Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest reside in the present-day states of Arizona and New Mexico.12

Collectively, this region is home to more than 20 percent of all Native Americans in the United States. While these two states contain the primary population centers for these groups, the region itself is geographically defined by the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Mexican Sierra Madre.12