RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 83 SHOWN OF 83

Largest German population, Michigan counties · 2010

Michigan counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2010 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. The median across all 83 is 12,610.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS –

01Oakland County, MIMI1,288,337237,928–

02Wayne County, MIMI1,769,038219,510–

03Macomb County, MIMI886,221193,371–

04Kent County, MIMI675,232131,340–

05Genesee County, MIMI401,09377,993–

06Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21476,537–

07Saginaw County, MIMI187,68864,869–

08Ingham County, MIMI289,70964,422–

09Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,79561,050–

10Ottawa County, MIMI308,45958,514–

11St. Clair County, MIMI160,48655,010–

12Monroe County, MIMI156,00452,973–

13Livingston County, MIMI197,31551,505–

14Berrien County, MIMI152,44451,419–

15Jackson County, MIMI159,55241,461–

16Muskegon County, MIMI177,90138,055–

17Bay County, MIMI102,12334,848–

18Lenawee County, MIMI97,77932,371–

19Eaton County, MIMI109,58132,093–

20Calhoun County, MIMI133,40831,303–

21Clinton County, MIMI80,43227,439–

22Midland County, MIMI83,75427,017–

23Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,72927,008–

24Allegan County, MIMI123,18826,100–

25Lapeer County, MIMI89,51625,506–

26Isabella County, MIMI64,69121,954–

27Shiawassee County, MIMI67,68120,683–

28Van Buren County, MIMI76,07120,470–

29St. Joseph County, MIMI60,96820,289–

30Tuscola County, MIMI52,68019,785–

31Ionia County, MIMI66,55719,615–

32Montcalm County, MIMI69,40618,547–

33Cass County, MIMI51,67716,139–

34Hillsdale County, MIMI45,73815,564–

35Huron County, MIMI30,53015,319–

36Barry County, MIMI63,99114,469–

37Branch County, MIMI45,99314,364–

38Sanilac County, MIMI40,08313,292–

39Marquette County, MIMI68,06413,180–

40Newaygo County, MIMI51,62212,680–

41Mecosta County, MIMI42,32012,639–

42Gratiot County, MIMI41,19012,610–

43Alpena County, MIMI28,85310,214–

44Emmet County, MIMI33,77510,082–

45Wexford County, MIMI34,4459,045–

46Mason County, MIMI29,0408,878–

47Delta County, MIMI36,5828,858–

48Clare County, MIMI31,5438,835–

49Menominee County, MIMI22,9418,782–

50Iosco County, MIMI25,2668,406–

51Otsego County, MIMI26,0808,263–

52Chippewa County, MIMI36,0818,030–

53Gladwin County, MIMI26,0777,788–

54Manistee County, MIMI25,6567,556–

55Charlevoix County, MIMI26,0367,484–

56Houghton County, MIMI37,8427,361–

57Osceola County, MIMI23,5167,275–

58Roscommon County, MIMI23,9147,255–

59Cheboygan County, MIMI25,7937,225–

60Ogemaw County, MIMI21,1217,101–

61Dickinson County, MIMI25,8277,057–

62Oceana County, MIMI27,1776,964–

63Antrim County, MIMI24,6986,624–

64Leelanau County, MIMI22,9826,494–

65Presque Isle County, MIMI13,1285,711–

66Benzie County, MIMI18,5685,146–

67Kalkaska County, MIMI18,6935,081–

68Arenac County, MIMI15,0684,608–

69Missaukee County, MIMI15,2743,852–

70Crawford County, MIMI13,7223,826–

71Oscoda County, MIMI8,7233,304–

72Montmorency County, MIMI9,8423,083–

73Alcona County, MIMI10,5563,023–

74Mackinac County, MIMI11,2362,835–

75Gogebic County, MIMI14,2852,821–

76Iron County, MIMI11,7572,804–

77Lake County, MIMI13,1822,656–

78Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,1872,158–

79Alger County, MIMI8,6411,918–

80Ontonagon County, MIMI5,8231,399–

81Baraga County, MIMI8,1691,326–

82Luce County, MIMI6,3391,271–

83Keweenaw County, MIMI2,186393–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS