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Largest German population, Pennsylvania counties

Pennsylvania counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 67 counties in Pennsylvania that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 21,630.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Allegheny County, PAPA1,225,035275,981−21%

02Lancaster County, PAPA563,159171,149−14%

03Montgomery County, PAPA877,643161,855−15%

04York County, PAPA473,197146,209−19%

05Bucks County, PAPA647,828129,350−26%

06Berks County, PAPA440,072120,786−19%

07▲1Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,281109,851−11%

08▼1Chester County, PAPA557,116103,020−11%

09Westmoreland County, PAPA349,32495,916−21%

10Lehigh County, PAPA384,38381,154−17%

11▲1Cumberland County, PAPA277,27076,025−13%

12▼1Delaware County, PAPA580,93768,523−23%

13▲2Butler County, PAPA200,16965,316−17%

14▼1Northampton County, PAPA324,41164,873−25%

15▲1Dauphin County, PAPA293,35163,085−26%

16▼2Erie County, PAPA265,83260,402−32%

17Franklin County, PAPA160,65247,086−19%

18Lebanon County, PAPA146,38045,377−21%

19Luzerne County, PAPA332,12645,037−24%

20▲1Beaver County, PAPA166,03244,206−18%

21▼1Washington County, PAPA210,80243,743−21%

22▲2Schuylkill County, PAPA145,08542,356−14%

23Blair County, PAPA119,54142,144−23%

24▼2Cambria County, PAPA128,96841,659−16%

25Centre County, PAPA157,39339,646−6%

26Lycoming County, PAPA112,58736,106−25%

27Adams County, PAPA107,59434,977−12%

28Lackawanna County, PAPA216,50228,961−27%

29▲1Monroe County, PAPA167,17927,801−29%

30▼1Northumberland County, PAPA89,92027,527−21%

31Fayette County, PAPA123,02125,207−28%

32▲1Somerset County, PAPA72,00424,800−25%

33▼1Mercer County, PAPA107,86024,249−34%

34▲1Lawrence County, PAPA83,91121,630−17%

35▼1Crawford County, PAPA81,79221,573−30%

36▲3Carbon County, PAPA65,86821,165−4%

37▼1Armstrong County, PAPA63,69820,909−28%

38▼1Indiana County, PAPA82,87820,060−30%

39▼1Columbia County, PAPA66,19318,263−26%

40▲1Clearfield County, PAPA78,10016,249−21%

41▼1Snyder County, PAPA39,65516,168−17%

42Perry County, PAPA46,80616,087−25%

43Venango County, PAPA49,34615,368−27%

44Bedford County, PAPA47,48014,402−32%

45Mifflin County, PAPA46,12714,087−24%

46▲1Elk County, PAPA29,92612,950−15%

47▲4Union County, PAPA42,31312,675−26%

48▼2Clarion County, PAPA36,68012,486−30%

49▲1Pike County, PAPA62,80812,410−14%

50▼2Bradford County, PAPA59,60012,384−16%

51▼2Huntingdon County, PAPA43,00112,360−30%

52Jefferson County, PAPA43,25512,202−23%

53Clinton County, PAPA37,87011,216−23%

54Wayne County, PAPA51,70310,815−37%

55▲2Juniata County, PAPA23,4038,608−27%

56McKean County, PAPA38,9848,595−35%

57▼2Warren County, PAPA37,0388,593−33%

58Tioga County, PAPA40,5027,939−33%

59▲1Greene County, PAPA33,8856,613−36%

60▼1Susquehanna County, PAPA38,2376,141−44%

61Montour County, PAPA17,8685,618−14%

62Wyoming County, PAPA25,7905,591−24%

63Fulton County, PAPA14,4834,396−22%

64Potter County, PAPA15,8974,030−25%

65▲1Forest County, PAPA6,6141,438−42%

66▼1Sullivan County, PAPA5,8561,414−40%

67Cameron County, PAPA4,2111,031−43%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES