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Largest German population, Nebraska counties · 2020

Nebraska counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2023 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 93 counties in Nebraska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2000

01Douglas County, NENE606,460150,347–

02Lancaster County, NENE334,049103,851–

03Sarpy County, NENE208,30354,724–

04Buffalo County, NENE51,17218,167–

05Hall County, NENE63,63317,606–

06Madison County, NENE36,10614,556–

07Platte County, NENE35,64913,317–

08Dodge County, NENE38,05713,213–

09Adams County, NENE31,07112,641–

10Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,58611,806–

11Lincoln County, NENE33,30310,120–

12Cass County, NENE27,6579,641–

13Washington County, NENE21,3028,548–

14Gage County, NENE21,7118,439–

15Saunders County, NENE23,7027,937–

16Seward County, NENE18,0327,208–

17Otoe County, NENE16,5315,826–

18Dawson County, NENE24,4525,797–

19York County, NENE14,5645,309–

20Cedar County, NENE8,3735,029–

21Cuming County, NENE8,8234,974–

22Holt County, NENE10,0674,894–

23Hamilton County, NENE9,6784,429–

24Wayne County, NENE10,0204,283–

25Pierce County, NENE7,3784,167–

26Saline County, NENE14,9964,049–

27Dakota County, NENE21,6873,950–

28Knox County, NENE8,3353,927–

29Red Willow County, NENE10,3073,724–

30Cheyenne County, NENE9,5283,706–

31Custer County, NENE10,5003,579–

32Antelope County, NENE6,3523,295–

33Merrick County, NENE7,9053,289–

34Box Butte County, NENE10,4943,187–

35Richardson County, NENE7,5303,168–

36Kearney County, NENE6,7903,026–

37Nemaha County, NENE7,1023,021–

38Phelps County, NENE8,9942,935–

39Dawes County, NENE7,8582,911–

40Stanton County, NENE5,7442,775–

41Clay County, NENE6,1702,692–

42Boone County, NENE5,3552,685–

43Howard County, NENE6,5382,664–

44Jefferson County, NENE7,0702,553–

45Keith County, NENE8,1002,449–

46Butler County, NENE8,5072,441–

47Fillmore County, NENE5,4582,440–

48Dixon County, NENE5,6022,429–

49Thayer County, NENE4,8422,402–

50Burt County, NENE6,6782,339–

51Colfax County, NENE10,9342,331–

52Cherry County, NENE5,5612,063–

53Johnson County, NENE5,2182,059–

54Polk County, NENE5,2701,807–

55Furnas County, NENE4,5241,801–

56Sheridan County, NENE4,8091,592–

57Webster County, NENE3,3361,560–

58Morrill County, NENE4,4041,556–

59Nuckolls County, NENE4,1001,532–

60Nance County, NENE3,2901,505–

61Valley County, NENE4,0941,429–

62Thurston County, NENE6,7521,382–

63Franklin County, NENE2,7951,239–

64Pawnee County, NENE2,5101,199–

65Harlan County, NENE3,0001,178–

66Sherman County, NENE2,9241,097–

67Frontier County, NENE2,6551,092–

68Brown County, NENE2,8261,074–

69Greeley County, NENE2,1541,040–

70Boyd County, NENE1,674937–

71Kimball County, NENE3,391926–

72Perkins County, NENE2,849916–

73Gosper County, NENE1,803891–

74Chase County, NENE3,718793–

75Garfield County, NENE1,710673–

76Garden County, NENE1,804670–

77Deuel County, NENE1,862664–

78Dundy County, NENE1,568646–

79Hitchcock County, NENE2,467626–

80Keya Paha County, NENE792479–

81Sioux County, NENE1,188460–

82Rock County, NENE1,259437–

83Logan County, NENE669409–

84Wheeler County, NENE789401–

85Hooker County, NENE686319–

86Thomas County, NENE639279–

87Loup County, NENE570245–

88Banner County, NENE686241–

89Blaine County, NENE458217–

90Grant County, NENE561206–

91Hayes County, NENE821206–

92McPherson County, NENE369200–

93Arthur County, NENE396164–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES