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Largest German population, Virginia counties · 2020

Virginia 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 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 133 is 2,554.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,873118,038−14%

02Virginia Beach, VAVA453,73750,002−16%

03Loudoun County, VAVA449,74942,896−7%

04Prince William County, VAVA502,96640,217−19%

05Chesterfield County, VAVA397,14835,589−12%

06Henrico County, VAVA342,77528,460−17%

07Arlington County, VAVA243,93128,005+6%

08Chesapeake, VAVA255,33223,748−4%

09Norfolk, VAVA231,01321,409+1%

10Stafford County, VAVA170,80317,921−7%

11Alexandria, VAVA160,66217,200−1%

12Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,38817,176−13%

13Richmond, VAVA237,25716,514+8%

14Rockingham County, VAVA89,31616,466+4%

15Frederick County, VAVA99,95515,871−9%

16Newport News, VAVA183,23015,249−22%

17Albemarle County, VAVA118,35613,952−10%

18Montgomery County, VAVA98,43412,805−21%

19Augusta County, VAVA78,94012,316−15%

20Roanoke County, VAVA97,15012,143−22%

21Hanover County, VAVA116,42311,570−20%

22Fauquier County, VAVA76,50311,544−6%

23James City County, VAVA83,32611,355+5%

24Shenandoah County, VAVA45,83910,173−2%

25York County, VAVA71,3749,660−8%

26Bedford County, VAVA83,0599,379−4%

27Lynchburg, VAVA81,3478,257−18%

28Hampton, VAVA137,3158,194−29%

29Roanoke, VAVA99,1117,809−32%

30Suffolk, VAVA104,6997,738−2%

31Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8397,703+20%

32Franklin County, VAVA55,5267,623+10%

33Culpeper County, VAVA57,6667,254−12%

34Warren County, VAVA42,7405,505−22%

35Orange County, VAVA40,0835,210−17%

36Louisa County, VAVA42,9244,860+9%

37Washington County, VAVA53,8984,721−38%

38Campbell County, VAVA55,6294,714−31%

39Charlottesville, VAVA44,3884,474−23%

40Tazewell County, VAVA38,6354,403−32%

41Staunton, VAVA26,8014,402+18%

42Page County, VAVA23,7624,336−23%

43Botetourt County, VAVA34,1444,152−15%

44King George County, VAVA29,6463,956−9%

45Manassas, VAVA44,3323,955−17%

46Gloucester County, VAVA40,0973,867−22%

47Portsmouth, VAVA96,7773,807−47%

48Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,4903,785−1%

49Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,3213,750+5%

50Winchester, VAVA28,2723,561−28%

51Powhatan County, VAVA32,5913,532+14%

52Pulaski County, VAVA33,5863,387−29%

53Wythe County, VAVA27,9833,375−37%

54Fluvanna County, VAVA28,9753,373−19%

55Fredericksburg, VAVA30,3933,337+41%

56Salem, VAVA25,8163,184−25%

57Goochland County, VAVA29,1873,162+43%

58Waynesboro, VAVA23,9513,136−7%

59Caroline County, VAVA34,4133,045−5%

60Smyth County, VAVA28,8822,902−19%

61Fairfax, VAVA26,7722,816−24%

62Greene County, VAVA21,9582,812+20%

63Prince George County, VAVA43,9362,770−21%

64Madison County, VAVA14,2372,752−28%

65Carroll County, VAVA29,2992,721−2%

66New Kent County, VAVA28,0222,632+18%

67Giles County, VAVA16,5642,554+10%

68Amherst County, VAVA31,9622,550−27%

69Henry County, VAVA49,2422,455−27%

70Wise County, VAVA34,8242,377−32%

71Williamsburg, VAVA15,8612,234−19%

72Falls Church, VAVA15,1592,220+15%

73Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,8962,185+14%

74Clarke County, VAVA15,6092,097−29%

75Floyd County, VAVA15,7892,046−3%

76Prince Edward County, VAVA22,3912,032−24%

77Rockbridge County, VAVA22,6632,008−38%

78Alleghany County, VAVA14,5461,871−23%

79Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,7471,855−26%

80Lee County, VAVA21,6421,830−22%

81Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7381,809−13%

82King William County, VAVA19,6171,728+15%

83Westmoreland County, VAVA19,7151,629−25%

84Halifax County, VAVA33,4471,526−17%

85Danville, VAVA41,6471,501−36%

86Hopewell, VAVA23,2611,487−7%

87Radford, VAVA17,2431,456−59%

88Scott County, VAVA21,2001,432−33%

89Bristol, VAVA16,4181,420−41%

90Amelia County, VAVA13,6321,397+23%

91Poquoson, VAVA13,2921,384−39%

92Lexington, VAVA7,7691,351−3%

93Accomack County, VAVA33,8591,345−57%

94Southampton County, VAVA18,1101,315+56%

95Patrick County, VAVA17,4241,275−5%

96Lancaster County, VAVA10,9951,241−4%

97Middlesex County, VAVA10,8411,228−37%

98Nelson County, VAVA14,9201,181+6%

99Russell County, VAVA25,3321,177−71%

100Northumberland County, VAVA12,5571,133−29%

101Mathews County, VAVA8,5291,047−36%

102Craig County, VAVA4,8001,046−21%

103Buchanan County, VAVA18,4921,025−16%

104Manassas Park, VAVA16,560986−21%

105Cumberland County, VAVA10,352959+29%

106Grayson County, VAVA15,230959−52%

107Essex County, VAVA10,654894−15%

108Buckingham County, VAVA17,137868−3%

109Rappahannock County, VAVA7,439837−53%

110Appomattox County, VAVA17,172795−29%

111Charlotte County, VAVA11,401769−25%

112Greensville County, VAVA11,181703+120%

113Brunswick County, VAVA15,727687−32%

114Bland County, VAVA6,151673−22%

115Nottoway County, VAVA15,796646−55%

116Galax, VAVA6,670644+22%

117Northampton County, VAVA11,879627−42%

118Covington, VAVA5,680613−31%

119Petersburg, VAVA33,734602−9%

120Dickenson County, VAVA13,236580−65%

121Lunenburg County, VAVA12,058548−17%

122Martinsville, VAVA13,849529−43%

123Sussex County, VAVA10,755475+17%

124Charles City County, VAVA6,623462−13%

125King and Queen County, VAVA6,743456−10%

126Highland County, VAVA2,318421−26%

127Franklin, VAVA8,4784120%

128Buena Vista, VAVA6,672412−46%

129Richmond County, VAVA9,294396−50%

130Norton, VAVA3,477369+48%

131Bath County, VAVA4,076351−45%

132Surry County, VAVA6,603307−19%

133Emporia, VAVA5,447229+86%

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