Editing Cheyenne (section)

== Population history ==
Indian agent Thomas S. Twiss in Indian Affairs 1856 estimated the Cheyenne at 2,000 warriors (therefore around 10,000 people) and 1,000 lodges. Indian Affairs 1875 reported them as 4,228 people. Indian Affairs 1900 counted 3,446 (2,037 Southern Cheyenne in Oklahoma and 1,409 Northern Cheyenne in Montana and South Dakota). The 1910 census counted 3,055. In 1921 they numbered 3,281.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Krzywicki |first=Ludwik |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4381154&view=1up&seq=346&skin=2021 |title=Primitive society and its vital statistics |publisher=Macmillan |year=1934 |series=Publications of the Polish Sociological Institute |location=London |page=451}}</ref>

Cheyenne population has rebounded in the 20th and 21st centuries. The U.S. census of 2020 counted 22,979.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Distribution of American Indian tribes: Cheyenne People in the US |url=https://www.statimetric.com/us-ethnicity/American_Indian_tribes_Cheyenne}}</ref>