Distribution of German People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: German

KEY
9.1%
18.2%
27.3%
36.4%
54.6%
72.8%
91%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	McIntosh County, North Dakota	70.12%
2	Campbell County, South Dakota	67.8%
3	Logan County, North Dakota	67.72%
4	Emmons County, North Dakota	67.63%
5	McPherson County, South Dakota	67.51%
6	Grant County, North Dakota	65.59%
7	Cedar County, Nebraska	63.33%
8	Brown County, Minnesota	62.06%
9	Oliver County, North Dakota	61.62%
10	Pierce County, Nebraska	61.13%
11	Edmunds County, South Dakota	60.81%
12	Hutchinson County, South Dakota	60.3%
13	Carroll County, Iowa	60.22%
14	LaMoure County, North Dakota	60%
15	Kidder County, North Dakota	59.88%
16	Sibley County, Minnesota	59.03%
17	Morton County, North Dakota	56.65%
18	Stanton County, Nebraska	56.21%
19	Keya Paha County, Nebraska	55.93%
20	Putnam County, Ohio	55.84%

Top Counties by Population of German

#	County	Population
1	Maricopa County, Arizona	552,809
2	Cook County, Illinois	509,086
3	Los Angeles County, California	447,674
4	San Diego County, California	325,370
5	Hennepin County, Minnesota	310,827
6	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	305,975
7	King County, Washington	304,405
8	Harris County, Texas	296,727
9	Orange County, California	268,426
10	Franklin County, Ohio	254,152
11	St. Louis County, Missouri	247,531
12	Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	229,941
13	Erie County, New York	219,322
14	Oakland County, Michigan	214,697
15	Hamilton County, Ohio	214,601
16	Suffolk County, New York	201,686
17	Clark County, Nevada	197,588
18	Cuyahoga County, Ohio	195,607
19	Dane County, Wisconsin	194,788
20	Tarrant County, Texas	192,293

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	North Dakota	39.48%	297,000
2	Wisconsin	39.16%	2,263,091
3	South Dakota	37.32%	322,546
4	Nebraska	34.11%	649,691
5	Iowa	33.58%	1,051,791
6	Minnesota	32.6%	1,801,733
7	Kansas	25.49%	741,400
8	Montana	24.79%	258,215
9	Ohio	24.44%	2,845,698
10	Pennsylvania	23.9%	3,057,494
11	Missouri	23.23%	1,414,924
12	Wyoming	22.41%	130,369
13	Indiana	21.97%	1,458,426
14	Michigan	19.42%	1,933,730
15	Colorado	19.16%	1,059,973
16	Oregon	18.09%	738,439
17	Illinois	17.81%	2,283,588
18	Idaho	16.95%	286,048
19	Washington	16.92%	1,233,843
20	West Virginia	16.52%	302,147
21	Alaska	14.92%	110,209
22	Kentucky	13.71%	608,889
23	Arizona	13%	902,898
24	Maryland	12.94%	776,631
25	Oklahoma	12.87%	504,109
26	Delaware	12.15%	115,370
27	Virginia	11%	925,756
28	Utah	10.75%	327,289
29	Nevada	10.73%	313,734
30	New Jersey	10.21%	906,811
31	North Carolina	10.05%	1,021,009
32	Vermont	10%	62,494
33	Arkansas	9.91%	296,338
34	South Carolina	9.69%	480,028
35	New York	9.61%	1,884,355
36	Florida	9.46%	1,948,364
37	Tennessee	9.29%	617,583
38	Texas	8.97%	2,500,865
39	New Hampshire	8.94%	120,174
40	Connecticut	8.82%	315,711
41	Maine	8.08%	107,674
42	New Mexico	7.98%	166,960
43	California	7.58%	2,966,459
44	Louisiana	7.04%	328,509
45	District of Columbia	7.03%	48,115
46	Georgia	6.68%	688,117
47	Alabama	6.45%	313,530
48	Massachusetts	5.78%	394,909
49	Hawaii	5.71%	81,130
50	Rhode Island	5.05%	53,359
51	Mississippi	4.93%	147,233
52	Puerto Rico	0.06%	2,161

Top States and Territories by Population of German

#	State	Population
1	Pennsylvania	3,057,494
2	California	2,966,459
3	Ohio	2,845,698
4	Texas	2,500,865
5	Illinois	2,283,588
6	Wisconsin	2,263,091
7	Florida	1,948,364
8	Michigan	1,933,730
9	New York	1,884,355
10	Minnesota	1,801,733
11	Indiana	1,458,426
12	Missouri	1,414,924
13	Washington	1,233,843
14	Colorado	1,059,973
15	Iowa	1,051,791
16	North Carolina	1,021,009
17	Virginia	925,756
18	New Jersey	906,811
19	Arizona	902,898
20	Maryland	776,631
21	Kansas	741,400
22	Oregon	738,439
23	Georgia	688,117
24	Nebraska	649,691
25	Tennessee	617,583
26	Kentucky	608,889
27	Oklahoma	504,109
28	South Carolina	480,028
29	Massachusetts	394,909
30	Louisiana	328,509
31	Utah	327,289
32	South Dakota	322,546
33	Connecticut	315,711
34	Nevada	313,734
35	Alabama	313,530
36	West Virginia	302,147
37	North Dakota	297,000
38	Arkansas	296,338
39	Idaho	286,048
40	Montana	258,215
41	New Mexico	166,960
42	Mississippi	147,233
43	Wyoming	130,369
44	New Hampshire	120,174
45	Delaware	115,370
46	Alaska	110,209
47	Maine	107,674
48	Hawaii	81,130
49	Vermont	62,494
50	Rhode Island	53,359
51	District of Columbia	48,115
52	Puerto Rico	2,161

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.