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Largest German population, Michigan counties

Michigan counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 83 counties in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Oakland County, MIMI1,288,337201,687−15%

02Wayne County, MIMI1,769,038157,568−28%

03Macomb County, MIMI886,221152,664−21%

04Kent County, MIMI675,232113,592−14%

05Genesee County, MIMI401,09365,218−16%

06Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21463,844−17%

07Ottawa County, MIMI308,45955,607−5%

08Ingham County, MIMI289,70950,306−22%

09Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,79547,801−22%

10Saginaw County, MIMI187,68846,886−28%

11Livingston County, MIMI197,31541,756−19%

12St. Clair County, MIMI160,48640,997−25%

13Monroe County, MIMI156,00438,314−28%

14Jackson County, MIMI159,55234,535−17%

15Berrien County, MIMI152,44434,468−33%

16Muskegon County, MIMI177,90130,528−20%

17Bay County, MIMI102,12328,488−18%

18Clinton County, MIMI80,43224,231−12%

19Allegan County, MIMI123,18823,780−9%

20Lenawee County, MIMI97,77923,730−27%

21Eaton County, MIMI109,58123,495−27%

22Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,72923,472−13%

23Calhoun County, MIMI133,40822,171−29%

24Midland County, MIMI83,75421,376−21%

25Lapeer County, MIMI89,51620,678−19%

26Ionia County, MIMI66,55716,665−15%

27Tuscola County, MIMI52,68016,186−18%

28Isabella County, MIMI64,69115,923−27%

29Shiawassee County, MIMI67,68115,919−23%

30Van Buren County, MIMI76,07115,125−26%

31St. Joseph County, MIMI60,96814,596−28%

32Barry County, MIMI63,99113,159−9%

33Marquette County, MIMI68,06413,157−0%

34Montcalm County, MIMI69,40612,235−34%

35Huron County, MIMI30,53011,764−23%

36Cass County, MIMI51,67710,800−33%

37Sanilac County, MIMI40,08310,282−23%

38Hillsdale County, MIMI45,73810,220−34%

39Branch County, MIMI45,99310,013−30%

40Newaygo County, MIMI51,6229,868−22%

41Gratiot County, MIMI41,1909,139−28%

42Emmet County, MIMI33,7758,762−13%

43Mecosta County, MIMI42,3208,491−33%

44Delta County, MIMI36,5827,352−17%

45Wexford County, MIMI34,4457,345−19%

46Alpena County, MIMI28,8537,095−31%

47Mason County, MIMI29,0407,045−21%

48Iosco County, MIMI25,2666,994−17%

49Clare County, MIMI31,5436,717−24%

50Houghton County, MIMI37,8426,398−13%

51Charlevoix County, MIMI26,0366,302−16%

52Leelanau County, MIMI22,9826,008−7%

53Roscommon County, MIMI23,9146,004−17%

54Otsego County, MIMI26,0805,945−28%

55Menominee County, MIMI22,9415,877−33%

56Antrim County, MIMI24,6985,871−11%

57Cheboygan County, MIMI25,7935,868−19%

58Gladwin County, MIMI26,0775,784−26%

59Oceana County, MIMI27,1775,717−18%

60Ogemaw County, MIMI21,1215,663−20%

61Manistee County, MIMI25,6565,591−26%

62Dickinson County, MIMI25,8275,187−26%

63Chippewa County, MIMI36,0814,921−39%

64Kalkaska County, MIMI18,6934,878−4%

65Osceola County, MIMI23,5164,647−36%

66Presque Isle County, MIMI13,1284,181−27%

67Arenac County, MIMI15,0684,054−12%

68Benzie County, MIMI18,5683,955−23%

69Missaukee County, MIMI15,2743,571−7%

70Crawford County, MIMI13,7223,327−13%

71Montmorency County, MIMI9,8423,093+0%

72Alcona County, MIMI10,5562,774−8%

73Gogebic County, MIMI14,2852,556−9%

74Iron County, MIMI11,7572,435−13%

75Mackinac County, MIMI11,2362,410−15%

76Oscoda County, MIMI8,7232,346−29%

77Lake County, MIMI13,1821,847−30%

78Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,1871,681−22%

79Alger County, MIMI8,6411,565−18%

80Ontonagon County, MIMI5,8231,446+3%

81Baraga County, MIMI8,1691,035−22%

82Luce County, MIMI6,339956−25%

83Keweenaw County, MIMI2,186310−21%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES