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They are sovereign tribal nations who have control over their land and its people, and whose authority\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predates the establishment of the United States<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We use the official term\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bia.gov\/faqs\/who-american-indian-or-alaska-native\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Indian or Alaska Native<\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>(AIAN) in this snapshot. A person who identifies as AIAN is either categorized as such by blood or by way of a federally recognized tribe or village by the United States. However, in government surveys, people can choose to identify themselves as AIAN without satisfying either of these requirements.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US Census has two broad definitions of race. Individuals can either identify exclusively as one race (&#8220;alone&#8221;) or alongside one or more races (&#8220;in combination&#8221;). When referencing race\/ethnicity statistics in this snapshot, we will specify which definition is being used.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-830f645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"830f645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"dem\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3936a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a3936a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Demographics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef49cf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef49cf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"WordSection1\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/facts-for-features\/2025\/aian-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In 2025<\/a>, there were 575 federally recognized tribes, 325 American Indian reservations and 221 Alaska Native villages. However, accurate estimates of the total number of AIAN Americans vary widely. This is in part due to their low share of the total population, which translates into lower representation in surveys.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the 2020 US Census, 3.7 million Americans identified as AIAN alone while 9.7 million identified as AIAN alone or in combination with another race. In 2024, 4.3 million individuals identified as AIAN alone, while 7.1 million identified as AIAN alone or in combination with another race.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has been a dramatic increase in the AIAN population in the last two decades. Because of the ability for respondents to write-in their race and ancestry, the number of people who identify as AIAN in combination with another race increased\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2021\/08\/improved-race-ethnicity-measures-reveal-united-states-population-much-more-multiracial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">160% between 2010 and 2020<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As shown in the chart below, the largest self-identified tribal affiliation is Cherokee, followed by Aztec, Navajo Nation and Maya.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c723cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c723cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"Largest Self-reported Tribal Affiliation\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-GcxMQ\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/GcxMQ\/1\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"295\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})();<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4662391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4662391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"WordSection1\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tribal area is land that is governed by a Native American tribe. They exercise sovereign authority over the laws and commerce on the land, which is typically held in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/about-tribal-nations-united-states-treaties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a trust by the United States government<\/a>. Most people who identify as AIAN alone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.census.gov\/geo\/maps\/DC2020\/AIANWall2020\/2020_AIAN_US.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live outside of a tribal area<\/a>, with only 24% living on reservations or other tribal lands. For those who identify as AIAN in combination, 95% live outside of tribal lands.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over half (50.9%) of the American Indian alone population live in five states, with Oklahoma having the largest American Indian alone population (14.2%), followed by Arizona (12.9%), California (9.9%), New Mexico (9.1%) and Texas (4.8%).<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7e1357 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"c7e1357\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Wealth\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-896afb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"896afb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wealth<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-361b6f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"361b6f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"WordSection1\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to their small share of the population, those categorized as AIAN are typically excluded from surveys that measure wealth, such as the Survey of Consumer Finances. Because of this, the data on wealth held by AIAN individuals and tribes themselves is sparse. One report using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth found that the wealth of Native American communities held at about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5c50b84131d4df5265e7392d\/t\/5c5c7801ec212d4fd499ba39\/1549563907681\/Lifting_As_We_Climb_InsightCCED_2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8.7%<\/a>\u00a0of the wealth of the median household (<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5c50b84131d4df5265e7392d\/t\/5c5c7801ec212d4fd499ba39\/1549563907681\/Lifting_As_We_Climb_InsightCCED_2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$5,700 for AIAN<\/a>\u00a0versus $65,500 for the median household).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measuring the wealth of tribal nations themselves is also difficult, though some tribes have greater resources than others. For example, some tribal nations have benefited from the proliferation of casinos. About 523 tribal casinos, operated by 251 tribes,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americangaming.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tribal-Gaming-One-Pager.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">produce $39 billion<\/a>\u00a0in revenue annually, which constitutes 42% of all annual gaming revenue.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tribal areas\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/redlining-the-reservation-the-brutal-cost-of-financial-services-inaccessibility-in-native-communities\/\">face challenges in accessing credit<\/a>. While homeownership is the main method most Americans use to generate wealth, none of the three largest home lenders in the US issue federally-guaranteed mortgages for the construction of new permanent homes within tribal lands. Additionally, because of the small size of some tribal communities, certain lenders can dominate the market and establish monopoly power in lending.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02ec7ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"02ec7ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"income\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393b62e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"393b62e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Income and Poverty<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619c7a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"619c7a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"WordSection1\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2024, those categorized American Indian and Alaskan Natives alone had a median household income of $59,050. Persons who identified as AIAN who lived on native or tribal lands\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minneapolisfed.org\/article\/2023\/the-geographic-divide-in-native-incomes-and-earnings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earned less<\/a>\u00a0than those who lived outside of native or tribal lands. The former earned about 66% of the median household income, while the latter earned a slightly higher percentage at 75%.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chart below shows that the income level for AIAN individuals is similar to that of African Americans and among the lowest of all racial groups:<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df950e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"df950e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"Median Household Income by Race, 2002-2024\" aria-label=\"Line chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-FyTvC\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/FyTvC\/4\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"416\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})();<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d4ab11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d4ab11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"WordSection1\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Indian and Alaska Natives have the highest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/publications\/2025\/demo\/p60-287.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poverty rate<\/a>\u00a0of all racial groups in the United States. The family poverty rate for AIAN alone individuals is 17.7%. This aggregate figure masks the full extent to which AIAN families living on tribal lands are grappling with poverty. 22% of Native Americans living on reservations have incomes below the poverty line. In addition to differences between on and off-reservation poverty levels, disparities exist between Native tribal nations.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Navajo Nation Reservation is by far the largest in the United States by land mass, while the Cherokee Nation is the largest reservation by population. The difference in poverty levels between these two nations illustrates the shortcomings of lumping all AIAN communities into one. According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/tribal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 American Community Survey\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/tribal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5-year<\/a>\u00a0estimates, 32% of Navajo Nation families have incomes below the poverty level. For the Cherokee Nation, one of the wealthier Native nations, only 12% of families live in poverty. Other smaller nations have even higher levels of poverty. For example, 48% of families on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota live in poverty.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc987c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"cc987c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"work\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c337849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c337849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Work and Labor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc5c178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc5c178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"WordSection1\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Indian and Alaska Natives work across a diverse range of occupations. While they are less likely to work in management\/professional roles compared to the general population, they are more likely to work blue-collar jobs in industries such as natural resources, construction\u00a0\u00a0logistics and service occupations. AIANs are distributed among industries similarly to the overall population, with healthcare and education (22.2%), retail trade (11.4%) and professional services (11%) industries comprising the largest employers.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chart below shows the distribution of occupations and industries that individuals classified as AIAN alone and in combination are employed in:<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba51e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1ba51e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"The Labor Market and American Indian and Alaska Natives\" aria-label=\"Donut Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-Be0xa\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Be0xa\/3\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"597\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})();<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ecb27f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ecb27f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"WordSection1\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One unique labor force characteristic of AIAN individuals is that they are substantially\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/opub\/mlr\/2023\/article\/a-profile-of-american-indians-and-alaska-natives-in-the-us-labor-force.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more likely to work in the public sector<\/a>. Because tribal governments are sovereign entities, they can employ their own citizens to operate services. Additionally, some federal agencies have specific mandates to hire Native Americans. Because of these reasons, AIANs are more likely to work for a public sector employer than non-AIAN workers.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19% of AIANs work in federal, state, local or tribal governments compared to 15% of the overall population. AIANs who live in a tribal area are even more likely to work for the public sector, with 38% working for a governmental entity in some capacity.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be9ac49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"be9ac49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"ed\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0167c7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0167c7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education Attainment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4ffc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b4ffc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"WordSection1\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/digest\/d23\/tables\/dt23_302.60.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College enrollment<\/a>\u00a0among AIANs is significantly lower than in the overall population. In 2022, only 26% of the 18 to 24-year-old AIAN alone population was enrolled in college compared to 39% of the total population. Like most groups, the college enrollment rate has remained unchanged from 2012 to 2022.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, American Indians and Alaska Natives lag behind other Americans in college attainment as indicated in the chart below:<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dce295 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"4dce295\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"American Indian and Alaska Natives Lag Behind Other Groups in Educational Attainment\" aria-label=\"Grouped column chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-3I1uJ\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/3I1uJ\/1\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"481\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})();<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701cec3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"701cec3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"WordSection1\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among those 25 years and older who were categorized as AIAN alone, 16.4% held a bachelor&#8217;s degree compared to 35% of the overall population. For AIANs who live on reservations, the figure is even lower at 10.3%. While 10.3% is a low rate, it is a 125% increase since 1990, indicating substantial progress has been made for AIANs who live in tribal and native areas.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-737ef4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"737ef4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f976d elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17f976d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:100,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-172f51e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"172f51e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contents<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6daa7ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6daa7ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#def\">Introduction<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e39aa09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e39aa09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#dem\">Demographics<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775aa1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"775aa1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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