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Share reporting German ancestry: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share reporting German ancestry (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Selected ancestries by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 11.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 7.5 %
RI 4.9 %
DE 11.8 %
CT 7.1 %
NJ 7.5 %
MD 10.3 %
MA 5 %
VT 8.5 %
NH 7.6 %

Lowest: 4.9 to 7.4 %
Group 2: 7.4 to 8.5 %
Group 3: 8.5 to 11.8 %
Group 4: 11.8 to 19.7 %
Highest: 19.7 to 33.4 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: People can report up to two ancestries, so shares overlap and do not add to 100%. Hispanic origin and race are asked separately and are not included.


1	Wisconsin	33.4
2	North Dakota	30.8
3	South Dakota	30.7
4	Nebraska	28.3
5	Iowa	28.2
6	Minnesota	26.6
7	Kansas	20.9
8	Missouri	19.9
9	Ohio	19.7
9	Pennsylvania	19.7
9	Wyoming	19.7
12	Montana	19.5
13	Indiana	17.7
14	Michigan	16.4
15	Colorado	16
16	Idaho	14.8
17	Oregon	14.5
18	Illinois	14.4
19	West Virginia	13.4
20	Washington	12.6
21	Delaware	11.8
21	Kentucky	11.8
23	Arizona	11.4
24	Oklahoma	11
25	Alaska	10.7
26	Maryland	10.3
27	Utah	9.5
28	Virginia	9.4
29	South Carolina	9.2
30	North Carolina	8.7
31	Arkansas	8.5
31	Tennessee	8.5
31	Vermont	8.5
34	Florida	8.2
35	Nevada	8.1
35	New Mexico	8.1
37	New Hampshire	7.6
38	District of Columbia	7.5
38	New Jersey	7.5
38	New York	7.5
41	Maine	7.4
42	Texas	7.2
43	Connecticut	7.1
44	Louisiana	6.6
45	Alabama	6.3
46	California	5.7
47	Georgia	5.6
48	Hawaii	5.3
49	Mississippi	5.1
50	Massachusetts	5
51	Rhode Island	4.9

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share reporting German ancestry (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-german/

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