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The photo displays a map showing the percentage of Americans with only indigenous ancestry by county across the United States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, based on 2020 Census data.
Native Americans in 2021 (file photo). Photo: Abbasi786786 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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