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Largest German population, Nebraska counties · 2020

Nebraska 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 93 counties in Nebraska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Douglas County, NENE606,460150,347−7%

02Lancaster County, NENE334,049103,851−16%

03Sarpy County, NENE208,30354,724−6%

04Buffalo County, NENE51,17218,167−13%

05Hall County, NENE63,63317,606−18%

06Madison County, NENE36,10614,556−20%

07Platte County, NENE35,64913,317−20%

08Dodge County, NENE38,05713,213−29%

09Adams County, NENE31,07112,641−21%

10Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,58611,806−19%

11Lincoln County, NENE33,30310,120−27%

12Cass County, NENE27,6579,641−22%

13Washington County, NENE21,3028,548−4%

14Gage County, NENE21,7118,439−30%

15Saunders County, NENE23,7027,937−9%

16Seward County, NENE18,0327,208−25%

17Otoe County, NENE16,5315,826−32%

18Dawson County, NENE24,4525,797−22%

19York County, NENE14,5645,309−26%

20Cedar County, NENE8,3735,029−16%

21Cuming County, NENE8,8234,974−17%

22Holt County, NENE10,0674,894−9%

23Hamilton County, NENE9,6784,429−6%

24Wayne County, NENE10,0204,283−29%

25Pierce County, NENE7,3784,167−18%

26Saline County, NENE14,9964,049−27%

27Dakota County, NENE21,6873,950−26%

28Knox County, NENE8,3353,927−14%

29Red Willow County, NENE10,3073,724−25%

30Cheyenne County, NENE9,5283,706−24%

31Custer County, NENE10,5003,579−24%

32Antelope County, NENE6,3523,295−20%

33Merrick County, NENE7,9053,289−14%

34Box Butte County, NENE10,4943,187−37%

35Richardson County, NENE7,5303,168−22%

36Kearney County, NENE6,7903,026−2%

37Nemaha County, NENE7,1023,021−10%

38Phelps County, NENE8,9942,935−29%

39Dawes County, NENE7,8582,911−24%

40Stanton County, NENE5,7442,775−27%

41Clay County, NENE6,1702,692−23%

42Boone County, NENE5,3552,685−24%

43Howard County, NENE6,5382,664−15%

44Jefferson County, NENE7,0702,553−41%

45Keith County, NENE8,1002,449−30%

46Butler County, NENE8,5072,441−31%

47Fillmore County, NENE5,4582,440−23%

48Dixon County, NENE5,6022,429−19%

49Thayer County, NENE4,8422,402−21%

50Burt County, NENE6,6782,339−20%

51Colfax County, NENE10,9342,331−27%

52Cherry County, NENE5,5612,063−18%

53Johnson County, NENE5,2182,059−26%

54Polk County, NENE5,2701,807−28%

55Furnas County, NENE4,5241,801−22%

56Sheridan County, NENE4,8091,592−4%

57Webster County, NENE3,3361,560−19%

58Morrill County, NENE4,4041,556−31%

59Nuckolls County, NENE4,1001,532−37%

60Nance County, NENE3,2901,505−9%

61Valley County, NENE4,0941,429−17%

62Thurston County, NENE6,7521,382−17%

63Franklin County, NENE2,7951,239−33%

64Pawnee County, NENE2,5101,199−15%

65Harlan County, NENE3,0001,178−38%

66Sherman County, NENE2,9241,097−17%

67Frontier County, NENE2,6551,092−23%

68Brown County, NENE2,8261,074−21%

69Greeley County, NENE2,1541,040−27%

70Boyd County, NENE1,674937−18%

71Kimball County, NENE3,391926−39%

72Perkins County, NENE2,849916−43%

73Gosper County, NENE1,803891−5%

74Chase County, NENE3,718793−58%

75Garfield County, NENE1,710673−25%

76Garden County, NENE1,804670−11%

77Deuel County, NENE1,862664−23%

78Dundy County, NENE1,568646−26%

79Hitchcock County, NENE2,467626−53%

80Keya Paha County, NENE792479+62%

81Sioux County, NENE1,188460−18%

82Rock County, NENE1,259437−36%

83Logan County, NENE669409+8%

84Wheeler County, NENE789401−15%

85Hooker County, NENE686319+1%

86Thomas County, NENE639279−26%

87Loup County, NENE570245−13%

88Banner County, NENE686241−11%

89Blaine County, NENE458217−16%

90Grant County, NENE561206−29%

91Hayes County, NENE821206−61%

92McPherson County, NENE369200−37%

93Arthur County, NENE396164−8%

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