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Largest German population, Ohio counties · 2020

Ohio 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 88 counties in Ohio that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 88 is 16,152.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Franklin County, OHOH1,361,536239,174−13%

02Hamilton County, OHOH838,418208,662−16%

03Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,925186,818−17%

04Summit County, OHOH538,376114,712−15%

05Montgomery County, OHOH539,598109,392−18%

06Lucas County, OHOH423,347106,448−20%

07Stark County, OHOH373,771104,143−18%

08Butler County, OHOH400,12892,681−6%

09Lorain County, OHOH323,21970,056−12%

10Warren County, OHOH257,18159,3600%

11Clermont County, OHOH216,97756,030−16%

12Delaware County, OHOH242,03255,458−2%

13Lake County, OHOH232,21753,846−11%

14Medina County, OHOH185,02552,571−5%

15Portage County, OHOH163,40446,393−6%

16Wood County, OHOH134,17645,329−11%

17Licking County, OHOH185,56443,322−10%

18Mahoning County, OHOH224,70643,151−16%

19Greene County, OHOH174,32241,539−2%

20Fairfield County, OHOH169,75239,137−13%

21Wayne County, OHOH116,75833,816−13%

22Allen County, OHOH100,88131,661−14%

23Trumbull County, OHOH198,97231,402−32%

24Miami County, OHOH112,63431,271−11%

25Richland County, OHOH124,89330,069−22%

26Clark County, OHOH135,34027,910−21%

27Tuscarawas County, OHOH92,37327,340−22%

28Hancock County, OHOH75,03426,343−18%

29Columbiana County, OHOH99,37724,804−22%

30Erie County, OHOH73,29624,405−19%

31Geauga County, OHOH95,67623,553−8%

32Sandusky County, OHOH58,65522,993−10%

33Seneca County, OHOH54,52222,696−16%

34Mercer County, OHOH42,73722,092−8%

35Auglaize County, OHOH45,90921,462−12%

36Ashtabula County, OHOH96,71319,966−21%

37Huron County, OHOH58,25019,453−11%

38Putnam County, OHOH34,38018,477−19%

39Shelby County, OHOH48,06518,078−8%

40Muskingum County, OHOH87,01417,723−18%

41Fulton County, OHOH41,85316,720−14%

42Darke County, OHOH51,52016,638−19%

43Union County, OHOH73,44616,609−4%

44Ottawa County, OHOH39,48116,152−13%

45Ashland County, OHOH52,52315,941−9%

46Knox County, OHOH64,00215,208−17%

47Crawford County, OHOH41,89614,789−23%

48Ross County, OHOH76,42914,340−32%

49Washington County, OHOH58,38913,924−23%

50Defiance County, OHOH38,29213,762−17%

51Marion County, OHOH65,11513,617−31%

52Athens County, OHOH63,19713,612−5%

53Belmont County, OHOH64,43413,304−27%

54Pickaway County, OHOH62,97813,272−11%

55Williams County, OHOH36,54912,887−27%

56Madison County, OHOH46,98511,926−13%

57Jefferson County, OHOH63,59711,782−16%

58Henry County, OHOH27,59811,739−23%

59Scioto County, OHOH71,36511,430−37%

60Logan County, OHOH46,30211,171−21%

61Holmes County, OHOH44,97010,651−33%

62Preble County, OHOH40,66410,567−28%

63Coshocton County, OHOH37,18810,331−5%

64Van Wert County, OHOH29,01310,163−20%

65Morrow County, OHOH36,3059,587−11%

66Clinton County, OHOH42,3019,206−18%

67Perry County, OHOH35,9189,027−1%

68Brown County, OHOH44,3978,717−28%

69Champaign County, OHOH38,8208,673−22%

70Carroll County, OHOH26,4758,143−4%

71Wyandot County, OHOH21,5678,073−18%

72Highland County, OHOH43,8237,758−25%

73Guernsey County, OHOH38,3797,753−14%

74Hardin County, OHOH30,0727,152−32%

75Lawrence County, OHOH55,7106,745−30%

76Paulding County, OHOH18,7276,583−17%

77Hocking County, OHOH27,5126,033−19%

78Jackson County, OHOH32,8175,3380%

79Fayette County, OHOH28,5525,064−20%

80Gallia County, OHOH29,0724,806−2%

81Pike County, OHOH27,0614,378−21%

82Adams County, OHOH27,8654,317−14%

83Meigs County, OHOH21,5874,254−28%

84Monroe County, OHOH12,9943,580−30%

85Noble County, OHOH14,2763,464−9%

86Harrison County, OHOH14,0703,258−2%

87Morgan County, OHOH13,6262,256−30%

88Vinton County, OHOH12,6452,181−5%

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