Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.36M people in Indiana with German ancestry (20.19% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Jasper city had the highest percentage of its population with German ancestry (47.05%), followed by New Haven city (34.00%), and Auburn city (30.41%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having German ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Indiana.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
Jasper city
New Haven city
Auburn city
Cedar Lake town
Huntington city
Lowell town
Granger CDP
Greensburg city
Beech Grove city
Zionsville town
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Jasper city 47.05
2 New Haven city 34.00
3 Auburn city 30.41
4 Cedar Lake town 29.14
5 Huntington city 29.01
6 Lowell town 28.83
7 Granger CDP 28.59
8 Greensburg city 27.44
9 Beech Grove city 26.28
10 Zionsville town 25.89
11 Bluffton city 25.61
12 Connersville city 23.67
13 Evansville city 23.58
14 Fishers city 23.51
15 Carmel city 23.23
16 Fort Wayne city 23.11
17 Speedway town 23.08
18 Valparaiso city 22.99
19 St. John town 22.74
20 La Porte city 22.30
21 Westfield city 22.04
22 Noblesville city 21.88
23 Wabash city 21.64
24 Vincennes city 21.52
25 Clarksville town 21.50
26 Greenfield city 21.48
27 Dyer town 21.44
28 West Lafayette city 21.40
29 Crown Point city 21.35
30 Madison city 21.26
31 Goshen city 21.03
32 Mishawaka city 20.77
33 Chesterton town 20.38
34 Yorktown town 20.11
35 Crawfordsville city 20.08
36 New Albany city 20.02
37 Avon town 19.95
38 Lafayette city 19.49
39 Hobart city 19.14
40 Franklin city 18.98
41 Munster town 18.60
42 Peru city 18.58
43 Lebanon city 18.19
43 Schererville town 18.19
44 Richmond city 18.08
45 Greenwood city 18.02
46 Warsaw city 17.94
47 Griffith town 17.69
48 Bedford city 17.62
49 Bloomington city 17.58
50 Highland town 17.54
51 Jeffersonville city 17.39
52 Muncie city 17.10
53 Columbus city 17.09
54 Washington city 17.02
55 New Castle city 16.89
56 Danville town 16.86
57 Terre Haute city 16.67
58 Seymour city 16.65
59 Logansport city 16.60
60 Brownsburg town 16.43
61 Michigan City city 16.19
62 Shelbyville city 16.15
63 Anderson city 16.00
64 Kokomo city 15.77
65 Marion city 15.08
66 Plymouth city 15.03
67 Lake Station city 14.81
68 South Bend city 13.86
69 Elkhart city 13.49
70 Martinsville city 13.33
71 Plainfield town 13.16
72 Indianapolis city (balance) 12.81
73 Frankfort city 12.71
74 Portage city 12.41
75 Lawrence city 11.87
76 Merrillville town 10.92
77 Hammond city 7.15
78 Gary city 2.76
79 East Chicago city 1.03