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Largest German population, North Dakota counties · 2020

North Dakota 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 53 counties in North Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cass County, NDND201,79467,506+3%

02Burleigh County, NDND103,25145,979−4%

03Ward County, NDND68,23321,069−20%

04Grand Forks County, NDND74,50120,499−10%

05Morton County, NDND34,60116,992−4%

06Stark County, NDND34,01312,796−8%

07Stutsman County, NDND21,4149,997−16%

08Williams County, NDND41,7677,838+3%

09Richland County, NDND16,7317,333−16%

10Barnes County, NDND10,5734,140−23%

11Mercer County, NDND8,4414,071−25%

12Ramsey County, NDND11,5303,907−18%

13McKenzie County, NDND15,1923,141+71%

14McLean County, NDND9,7403,135−35%

15McHenry County, NDND5,1302,574−14%

16Dickey County, NDND4,8952,368−21%

17Bottineau County, NDND6,2842,362−2%

18LaMoure County, NDND4,1352,297−14%

19Ransom County, NDND5,6172,176−29%

20Emmons County, NDND3,2152,118−15%

21Traill County, NDND7,9202,102−33%

22Walsh County, NDND10,1792,042−16%

23Pierce County, NDND3,8381,904−17%

24Pembina County, NDND6,5681,710−33%

25Mountrail County, NDND9,3951,679−5%

26McIntosh County, NDND2,4511,636−27%

27Sargent County, NDND3,7111,565−23%

28Wells County, NDND3,7291,516−46%

29Dunn County, NDND4,0581,491−26%

30Grant County, NDND2,2061,409−15%

31Kidder County, NDND2,3931,383−17%

32Oliver County, NDND1,8981,341+11%

33Cavalier County, NDND3,4971,339−26%

34Foster County, NDND3,2121,336−28%

35Benson County, NDND5,7591,318+10%

36Hettinger County, NDND2,4921,304−27%

37Rolette County, NDND11,6881,220+27%

38Bowman County, NDND2,7621,209−18%

39Logan County, NDND1,8591,144−25%

40Eddy County, NDND2,3291,062−18%

41Adams County, NDND2,2751,006−17%

42Renville County, NDND2,331958−1%

43Nelson County, NDND2,963954−12%

44Golden Valley County, NDND1,808866−18%

45Towner County, NDND2,040853−20%

46Sheridan County, NDND1,296692−24%

47Griggs County, NDND2,239645−28%

48Burke County, NDND2,132578−15%

49Steele County, NDND1,797566−19%

50Divide County, NDND2,110479−23%

51Sioux County, NDND3,667459−17%

52Billings County, NDND1,071386+6%

53Slope County, NDND628384−2%

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