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Largest German population, New York counties · 2020

New York 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 62 counties in New York that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Erie County, NYNY946,741212,997−13%

02Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,090189,132−24%

03Monroe County, NYNY750,506126,404−19%

04Nassau County, NYNY1,398,939110,358−23%

05New York County, NYNY1,664,86294,696−12%

06Onondaga County, NYNY466,58470,828−22%

07Kings County, NYNY2,653,96367,729+28%

08Westchester County, NYNY1,015,74356,389−19%

09Queens County, NYNY2,358,18254,582−22%

10Niagara County, NYNY208,91247,987−23%

11Albany County, NYNY321,22542,525−16%

12Orange County, NYNY417,66938,680−30%

13Saratoga County, NYNY241,34337,314+6%

14Dutchess County, NYNY300,70835,619−31%

15Oneida County, NYNY226,39230,756−31%

16Ulster County, NYNY183,33028,201−21%

17Rensselaer County, NYNY160,51026,649−16%

18Chautauqua County, NYNY124,12626,609−21%

19Broome County, NYNY195,73626,253−28%

20Ontario County, NYNY113,13023,505−21%

21Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,39021,424−17%

22Schenectady County, NYNY162,58120,644−8%

23Wayne County, NYNY91,25019,972−17%

24Oswego County, NYNY118,56919,869−22%

25Rockland County, NYNY357,39718,530−25%

26Richmond County, NYNY501,29018,034−29%

27Steuben County, NYNY91,85516,958−26%

28Jefferson County, NYNY111,54015,239−31%

29Genesee County, NYNY58,41614,936−24%

30Livingston County, NYNY61,43814,491−25%

31Chemung County, NYNY80,41514,003−24%

32Cayuga County, NYNY74,36513,943−4%

33Tompkins County, NYNY104,04713,347−17%

34Sullivan County, NYNY80,58613,023−12%

35Columbia County, NYNY60,16812,300−15%

36Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33212,260−26%

37Madison County, NYNY67,12011,697−26%

38Wyoming County, NYNY39,74111,490−22%

39Putnam County, NYNY99,02811,268−36%

40Herkimer County, NYNY59,21910,625−27%

41Allegany County, NYNY46,80010,412−29%

42St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,48810,018−12%

43Otsego County, NYNY60,58910,012−27%

44Delaware County, NYNY44,3059,892−25%

45Orleans County, NYNY39,8259,171−21%

46Tioga County, NYNY47,4538,843−26%

47Fulton County, NYNY52,2168,807−28%

48Warren County, NYNY65,0208,638−7%

49Montgomery County, NYNY50,0468,437−5%

50Chenango County, NYNY45,7158,115−10%

51Greene County, NYNY47,2388,086−7%

52Schoharie County, NYNY30,1767,636−24%

53Washington County, NYNY59,3537,125−7%

54Seneca County, NYNY32,8836,855−14%

55Clinton County, NYNY78,1386,536−9%

56Lewis County, NYNY26,4796,313−25%

57Cortland County, NYNY45,8505,805−31%

58Yates County, NYNY24,5475,257−18%

59Essex County, NYNY36,4384,415−18%

60Franklin County, NYNY46,5004,031−16%

61Schuyler County, NYNY16,9242,946−14%

62Hamilton County, NYNY5,006590−44%

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