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Largest German population, Michigan counties · 2020

Michigan 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 83 counties in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 83 is 8,878.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Oakland County, MIMI1,288,337207,041−13%

02Wayne County, MIMI1,769,038163,162−26%

03Macomb County, MIMI886,221160,773−17%

04Kent County, MIMI675,232118,802−10%

05Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21469,185−10%

06Genesee County, MIMI401,09364,705−17%

07Ottawa County, MIMI308,45955,414−5%

08Ingham County, MIMI289,70954,377−16%

09Saginaw County, MIMI187,68850,072−23%

10Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,79549,147−19%

11Livingston County, MIMI197,31545,746−11%

12St. Clair County, MIMI160,48643,434−21%

13Monroe County, MIMI156,00441,435−22%

14Berrien County, MIMI152,44434,806−32%

15Jackson County, MIMI159,55234,095−18%

16Muskegon County, MIMI177,90128,859−24%

17Bay County, MIMI102,12327,805−20%

18Lenawee County, MIMI97,77925,279−22%

19Eaton County, MIMI109,58125,127−22%

20Clinton County, MIMI80,43225,061−9%

21Calhoun County, MIMI133,40824,581−21%

22Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,72924,468−9%

23Allegan County, MIMI123,18822,414−14%

24Lapeer County, MIMI89,51621,984−14%

25Midland County, MIMI83,75421,360−21%

26Shiawassee County, MIMI67,68118,574−10%

27Ionia County, MIMI66,55717,695−10%

28Isabella County, MIMI64,69116,562−25%

29Van Buren County, MIMI76,07116,090−21%

30St. Joseph County, MIMI60,96815,377−24%

31Tuscola County, MIMI52,68014,907−25%

32Barry County, MIMI63,99114,047−3%

33Montcalm County, MIMI69,40613,134−29%

34Huron County, MIMI30,53012,416−19%

35Cass County, MIMI51,67712,068−25%

36Marquette County, MIMI68,06411,804−10%

37Hillsdale County, MIMI45,73811,275−28%

38Branch County, MIMI45,99311,155−22%

39Sanilac County, MIMI40,08310,667−20%

40Mecosta County, MIMI42,32010,113−20%

41Newaygo County, MIMI51,6229,887−22%

42Gratiot County, MIMI41,1908,878−30%

43Emmet County, MIMI33,7758,324−17%

44Mason County, MIMI29,0407,515−15%

45Alpena County, MIMI28,8537,409−27%

46Wexford County, MIMI34,4456,854−24%

47Delta County, MIMI36,5826,821−23%

48Iosco County, MIMI25,2666,751−20%

49Clare County, MIMI31,5436,719−24%

50Otsego County, MIMI26,0806,625−20%

51Gladwin County, MIMI26,0776,501−17%

52Houghton County, MIMI37,8426,474−12%

53Charlevoix County, MIMI26,0366,424−14%

54Manistee County, MIMI25,6566,338−16%

55Menominee County, MIMI22,9416,066−31%

56Roscommon County, MIMI23,9146,036−17%

57Antrim County, MIMI24,6985,808−12%

58Cheboygan County, MIMI25,7935,726−21%

59Leelanau County, MIMI22,9825,713−12%

60Oceana County, MIMI27,1775,561−20%

61Chippewa County, MIMI36,0815,421−32%

62Osceola County, MIMI23,5165,371−26%

63Dickinson County, MIMI25,8275,355−24%

64Ogemaw County, MIMI21,1215,191−27%

65Kalkaska County, MIMI18,6934,289−16%

66Benzie County, MIMI18,5684,049−21%

67Presque Isle County, MIMI13,1283,947−31%

68Crawford County, MIMI13,7223,883+1%

69Arenac County, MIMI15,0683,678−20%

70Missaukee County, MIMI15,2743,422−11%

71Montmorency County, MIMI9,8423,007−2%

72Oscoda County, MIMI8,7232,890−13%

73Alcona County, MIMI10,5562,561−15%

74Gogebic County, MIMI14,2852,327−18%

75Lake County, MIMI13,1822,109−21%

76Iron County, MIMI11,7571,962−30%

77Mackinac County, MIMI11,2361,920−32%

78Luce County, MIMI6,3391,451+14%

79Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,1871,418−34%

80Alger County, MIMI8,6411,266−34%

81Ontonagon County, MIMI5,8231,190−15%

82Baraga County, MIMI8,1691,078−19%

83Keweenaw County, MIMI2,186405+3%

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