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Largest German population, Pennsylvania counties · 2020

Pennsylvania 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 67 counties in Pennsylvania that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 25,054.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Allegheny County, PAPA1,225,035286,543−18%

02Lancaster County, PAPA563,159170,801−15%

03Montgomery County, PAPA877,643160,857−16%

04York County, PAPA473,197149,937−17%

05Bucks County, PAPA647,828142,761−18%

06Berks County, PAPA440,072116,715−22%

07Chester County, PAPA557,116107,616−7%

08Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,281105,960−14%

09Westmoreland County, PAPA349,32498,533−19%

10Lehigh County, PAPA384,38381,895−16%

11Delaware County, PAPA580,93774,811−16%

12Cumberland County, PAPA277,27072,740−16%

13Northampton County, PAPA324,41171,490−18%

14Erie County, PAPA265,83269,388−22%

15Butler County, PAPA200,16968,592−13%

16Dauphin County, PAPA293,35161,057−29%

17Franklin County, PAPA160,65251,256−12%

18Lebanon County, PAPA146,38049,507−13%

19Luzerne County, PAPA332,12647,463−20%

20Washington County, PAPA210,80246,310−17%

21Beaver County, PAPA166,03245,465−16%

22Cambria County, PAPA128,96843,759−11%

23Blair County, PAPA119,54143,266−21%

24Schuylkill County, PAPA145,08541,767−15%

25Centre County, PAPA157,39338,055−10%

26Lycoming County, PAPA112,58737,066−23%

27Adams County, PAPA107,59434,462−14%

28Lackawanna County, PAPA216,50232,230−19%

29Northumberland County, PAPA89,92029,864−15%

30Monroe County, PAPA167,17929,528−24%

31Fayette County, PAPA123,02127,963−20%

32Mercer County, PAPA107,86027,599−25%

33Somerset County, PAPA72,00425,733−22%

34Crawford County, PAPA81,79225,054−19%

35Lawrence County, PAPA83,91123,984−8%

36Armstrong County, PAPA63,69822,373−23%

37Indiana County, PAPA82,87822,361−22%

38Columbia County, PAPA66,19320,745−16%

39Carbon County, PAPA65,86820,536−7%

40Snyder County, PAPA39,65517,260−11%

41Clearfield County, PAPA78,10016,513−20%

42Perry County, PAPA46,80616,186−24%

43Venango County, PAPA49,34615,472−26%

44Bedford County, PAPA47,48015,446−28%

45Mifflin County, PAPA46,12715,422−16%

46Clarion County, PAPA36,68015,030−15%

47Elk County, PAPA29,92613,244−14%

48Bradford County, PAPA59,60012,881−13%

49Huntingdon County, PAPA43,00112,599−28%

50Pike County, PAPA62,80812,538−13%

51Union County, PAPA42,31312,428−27%

52Jefferson County, PAPA43,25512,319−22%

53Clinton County, PAPA37,87011,628−20%

54Wayne County, PAPA51,70311,575−33%

55Warren County, PAPA37,0389,714−24%

56McKean County, PAPA38,9849,531−28%

57Juniata County, PAPA23,4039,463−20%

58Tioga County, PAPA40,5028,488−28%

59Susquehanna County, PAPA38,2378,200−25%

60Greene County, PAPA33,8857,962−23%

61Montour County, PAPA17,8686,245−5%

62Wyoming County, PAPA25,7906,080−17%

63Fulton County, PAPA14,4834,431−21%

64Potter County, PAPA15,8973,854−28%

65Sullivan County, PAPA5,8561,739−26%

66Forest County, PAPA6,6141,483−40%

67Cameron County, PAPA4,2111,398−22%

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