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Largest German population, Indiana counties · 2020

Indiana counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Marion County, ININ992,196130,602−22%

02Allen County, ININ402,32999,260−15%

03Hamilton County, ININ387,03674,157−2%

04Lake County, ININ504,61271,329−10%

05St. Joseph County, ININ272,86155,177−18%

06Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99551,321−11%

07Elkhart County, ININ208,77444,439−20%

08Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45642,067−9%

09Porter County, ININ176,04938,217−19%

10Johnson County, ININ174,26230,550−20%

11Hendricks County, ININ193,51029,698−25%

12LaPorte County, ININ111,29427,302−20%

13Monroe County, ININ143,34526,765−20%

14Clark County, ININ130,45122,660−13%

15Madison County, ININ135,08821,504−24%

16Dubois County, ININ44,01621,257−12%

17Delaware County, ININ113,10620,532−24%

18Kosciusko County, ININ80,89219,176−26%

19Floyd County, ININ82,15318,944−12%

20Warrick County, ININ66,80318,789−9%

21Dearborn County, ININ51,60918,539−20%

22Vigo County, ININ106,51218,522−24%

23Bartholomew County, ININ85,72916,397−24%

24Hancock County, ININ90,96915,839−11%

25Boone County, ININ80,68914,768−7%

26Howard County, ININ83,90414,673−21%

27DeKalb County, ININ44,53513,415−12%

28Wayne County, ININ66,16913,400−21%

29LaGrange County, ININ41,30512,913−3%

30Noble County, ININ47,93712,335−19%

31Morgan County, ININ74,96712,058−30%

32Marshall County, ININ46,59911,085−33%

33Steuben County, ININ34,79911,082−14%

34Huntington County, ININ37,22410,843−23%

35Adams County, ININ36,65010,584−28%

36Whitley County, ININ35,04610,382−18%

37Grant County, ININ66,52410,206−26%

38Jackson County, ININ47,3709,652−20%

39Harrison County, ININ40,4379,549−21%

40Shelby County, ININ45,8829,290−26%

41Gibson County, ININ33,0919,106−4%

42Ripley County, ININ29,4348,864−28%

43Jasper County, ININ33,8948,241−10%

44Knox County, ININ35,6528,184−21%

45Posey County, ININ24,9887,959−30%

46Wells County, ININ28,8837,877−26%

47Franklin County, ININ23,2867,779−17%

48Miami County, ININ34,4877,732−24%

49Decatur County, ININ26,5767,703+1%

50Montgomery County, ININ38,9547,551−12%

51Wabash County, ININ30,7137,502−28%

52Lawrence County, ININ45,5687,443−13%

53Henry County, ININ49,1377,325−25%

54Cass County, ININ37,8367,112−24%

55Daviess County, ININ34,2096,949−29%

56Jefferson County, ININ33,2796,628−13%

57Spencer County, ININ20,0616,555−34%

58Greene County, ININ31,1656,208−26%

59White County, ININ25,1645,920−11%

60Clay County, ININ26,4105,810−26%

61Jay County, ININ20,1185,586−24%

62Clinton County, ININ33,3225,355−28%

63Perry County, ININ19,3895,318−27%

64Putnam County, ININ37,8765,302−41%

65Fulton County, ININ20,0915,096−14%

66Fayette County, ININ23,5334,717−5%

67Jennings County, ININ27,6224,676−37%

68Randolph County, ININ24,4384,359−30%

69Pulaski County, ININ12,4634,331−2%

70Washington County, ININ28,3834,270−40%

71Starke County, ININ23,4254,097−36%

72Owen County, ININ21,8863,760−40%

73Parke County, ININ16,6423,648−11%

74Brown County, ININ15,7773,537−15%

75Newton County, ININ14,1883,386−22%

76Fountain County, ININ17,0133,351−10%

77Scott County, ININ25,0533,330−11%

78Carroll County, ININ20,6553,322−45%

79Sullivan County, ININ20,8313,220−28%

80Tipton County, ININ15,3192,952−36%

81Orange County, ININ19,8342,944−21%

82Rush County, ININ16,7672,924−29%

83Pike County, ININ12,0032,726−16%

84Vermillion County, ININ15,4882,698−16%

85Crawford County, ININ10,5092,481−4%

86Blackford County, ININ11,7302,289−43%

87Benton County, ININ8,8832,233−22%

88Switzerland County, ININ10,0372,206−16%

89Martin County, ININ9,8561,873−35%

90Ohio County, ININ5,9941,712−16%

91Warren County, ININ8,4741,622−32%

92Union County, ININ6,8631,537−21%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS