Ranking of New York 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 1.81M people in New York with German ancestry (8.99% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Depew village had the highest percentage of its population with German ancestry (30.74%), followed by Lancaster village (30.11%), and Tonawanda city (29.88%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having German ancestry.
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Related Topics: New York ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | Ciy or Place | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Depew village | 30.74 |
| 2 | Lancaster village | 30.11 |
| 3 | Tonawanda city | 29.88 |
| 4 | West Seneca CDP | 29.48 |
| 5 | North Tonawanda city | 27.62 |
| 6 | Tonawanda Town CDP | 25.41 |
| 7 | Lockport city | 25.24 |
| 8 | Kenmore village | 23.97 |
| 9 | Cheektowaga CDP | 23.13 |
| 10 | Canandaigua city | 22.87 |
| 11 | Rocky Point CDP | 21.90 |
| 12 | Eggertsville CDP | 21.69 |
| 12 | Sayville CDP | 21.69 |
| 13 | Loudonville CDP | 20.60 |
| 14 | Irondequoit CDP | 20.59 |
| 15 | Ridge CDP | 20.52 |
| 16 | East Glenville CDP | 20.42 |
| 17 | Batavia city | 19.93 |
| 18 | Olean city | 18.83 |
| 19 | St. James CDP | 18.58 |
| 20 | Greece CDP | 18.49 |
| 21 | Mastic Beach CDP | 18.39 |
| 22 | Babylon village | 17.81 |
| 23 | Gloversville city | 17.61 |
| 24 | Holtsville CDP | 17.57 |
| 25 | Endwell CDP | 17.51 |
| 26 | East Northport CDP | 17.27 |
| 27 | Bethpage CDP | 16.96 |
| 28 | Wantagh CDP | 16.90 |
| 29 | Fredonia village | 16.78 |
| 30 | South Huntington CDP | 16.68 |
| 31 | Middle Island CDP | 16.63 |
| 32 | East Patchogue CDP | 16.58 |
| 33 | Jamestown city | 16.45 |
| 34 | Saratoga Springs city | 16.41 |
| 35 | Auburn city | 16.02 |
| 36 | North Merrick CDP | 16.00 |
| 37 | Oswego city | 15.88 |
| 38 | Latham CDP | 15.81 |
| 39 | Holbrook CDP | 15.80 |
| 40 | Kings Park CDP | 15.57 |
| 41 | Patchogue village | 15.54 |
| 42 | Miller Place CDP | 15.41 |
| 43 | Mastic CDP | 15.22 |
| 44 | Dunkirk city | 15.13 |
| 45 | Brighton CDP | 15.10 |
| 46 | Massapequa CDP | 15.07 |
| 47 | Oneida city | 15.03 |
| 48 | Massapequa Park village | 15.00 |
| 49 | Huntington CDP | 14.86 |
| 50 | Corning city | 14.81 |
| 51 | Watervliet city | 14.71 |
| 52 | Stony Brook CDP | 14.63 |
| 53 | West Islip CDP | 14.57 |
| 54 | Lindenhurst village | 14.52 |
| 55 | Manorville CDP | 14.44 |
| 56 | Lake Ronkonkoma CDP | 14.39 |
| 57 | Seaford CDP | 14.36 |
| 58 | Smithtown CDP | 14.34 |
| 59 | Mount Sinai CDP | 14.31 |
| 60 | Stony Point CDP | 14.21 |
| 61 | Elwood CDP | 14.19 |
| 62 | Oneonta city | 14.14 |
| 63 | Elmira city | 14.07 |
| 64 | Terryville CDP | 14.06 |
| 65 | East Massapequa CDP | 14.03 |
| 66 | Bellmore CDP | 13.88 |
| 67 | Roessleville CDP | 13.85 |
| 68 | Lackawanna city | 13.81 |
| 69 | North Wantagh CDP | 13.78 |
| 70 | Kingston city | 13.59 |
| 71 | Fairmount CDP | 13.50 |
| 72 | Endicott village | 13.29 |
| 73 | Niskayuna CDP | 13.28 |
| 74 | Rotterdam CDP | 13.24 |
| 75 | Glens Falls city | 13.06 |
| 76 | Niagara Falls city | 12.93 |
| 77 | De Witt CDP | 12.79 |
| 78 | South Farmingdale CDP | 12.76 |
| 79 | Fort Drum CDP | 12.70 |
| 80 | Islip CDP | 12.68 |
| 81 | Medford CDP | 12.67 |
| 82 | North Massapequa CDP | 12.58 |
| 83 | Geneva city | 12.40 |
| 84 | Ronkonkoma CDP | 12.36 |
| 85 | Cohoes city | 12.31 |
| 85 | West Babylon CDP | 12.31 |
| 86 | Rome city | 12.27 |
| 87 | East Islip CDP | 12.23 |
| 88 | Rockville Centre village | 12.21 |
| 89 | Cortland city | 12.16 |
| 90 | Garden City village | 12.09 |
| 91 | Fulton city | 12.03 |
| 92 | Nesconset CDP | 11.97 |
| 93 | Selden CDP | 11.79 |
| 94 | Binghamton city | 11.77 |
| 95 | North Babylon CDP | 11.59 |
| 96 | North Bellmore CDP | 11.56 |
| 97 | Levittown CDP | 11.27 |
| 98 | Shirley CDP | 11.24 |
| 99 | Hauppauge CDP | 11.20 |
| 100 | Rye city | 11.17 |
| 101 | Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP | 11.00 |
| 101 | Watertown city | 11.00 |
| 102 | Beacon city | 10.95 |
| 103 | Myers Corner CDP | 10.91 |
| 104 | North Bellport CDP | 10.90 |
| 105 | Buffalo city | 10.82 |
| 106 | Commack CDP | 10.81 |
| 107 | Johnson City village | 10.76 |
| 108 | Coram CDP | 10.75 |
| 109 | Copiague CDP | 10.66 |
| 110 | Merrick CDP | 10.54 |
| 111 | Centereach CDP | 10.52 |
| 112 | Hampton Bays CDP | 10.49 |
| 113 | Dobbs Ferry village | 10.36 |
| 114 | Woodbury village | 10.16 |
| 115 | Farmingville CDP | 10.14 |
| 116 | Lake Grove village | 10.13 |
| 117 | Greenlawn CDP | 9.94 |
| 118 | Amsterdam city | 9.81 |
| 118 | Mineola village | 9.81 |
| 119 | Pearl River CDP | 9.64 |
| 120 | North Lindenhurst CDP | 9.61 |
| 121 | Oceanside CDP | 9.29 |
| 122 | Long Beach city | 9.28 |
| 123 | Orange Lake CDP | 9.14 |
| 124 | Syracuse city | 8.98 |
| 125 | Floral Park village | 8.83 |
| 126 | Schenectady city | 8.79 |
| 127 | Melville CDP | 8.73 |
| 128 | Poughkeepsie city | 8.72 |
| 128 | Tarrytown village | 8.72 |
| 129 | Troy city | 8.69 |
| 130 | Franklin Square CDP | 8.60 |
| 130 | Scarsdale village | 8.60 |
| 131 | Plattsburgh city | 8.55 |
| 132 | New Hyde Park village | 8.52 |
| 133 | Massena village | 8.50 |
| 134 | Ithaca city | 8.45 |
| 135 | Riverhead CDP | 8.40 |
| 136 | Rochester city | 8.36 |
| 137 | Dix Hills CDP | 8.33 |
| 138 | Huntington Station CDP | 8.32 |
| 139 | Albany city | 8.06 |
| 140 | Utica city | 8.04 |
| 141 | Hicksville CDP | 7.99 |
| 142 | East Rockaway village | 7.89 |
| 143 | Plainview CDP | 7.87 |
| 144 | Deer Park CDP | 7.72 |
| 145 | Lynbrook village | 7.53 |
| 146 | North New Hyde Park CDP | 7.52 |
| 147 | East Meadow CDP | 7.50 |
| 148 | Salisbury CDP | 7.48 |
| 149 | Baldwin CDP | 7.10 |
| 150 | Sleepy Hollow village | 6.97 |
| 151 | West Hempstead CDP | 6.95 |
| 152 | Suffern village | 6.83 |
| 153 | Scotchtown CDP | 6.74 |
| 154 | Eastchester CDP | 6.54 |
| 155 | Port Washington CDP | 6.41 |
| 156 | New City CDP | 6.32 |
| 157 | Bay Shore CDP | 6.22 |
| 158 | Glen Cove city | 6.17 |
| 158 | Ogdensburg city | 6.17 |
| 159 | Chestnut Ridge village | 6.00 |
| 160 | White Plains city | 5.89 |
| 161 | Nanuet CDP | 5.80 |
| 162 | Westbury village | 5.78 |
| 163 | Syosset CDP | 5.71 |
| 164 | Harrison village | 5.43 |
| 165 | Middletown city | 5.06 |
| 166 | Ossining village | 5.04 |
| 167 | Mamaroneck village | 4.90 |
| 168 | Mount Kisco village | 4.78 |
| 169 | Jericho CDP | 4.47 |
| 170 | Peekskill city | 4.39 |
| 171 | New Rochelle city | 3.67 |
| 172 | Haverstraw village | 3.48 |
| 173 | Freeport village | 3.43 |
| 174 | Yonkers city | 3.35 |
| 175 | Valley Stream village | 3.19 |
| 176 | Newburgh city | 3.15 |
| 177 | West Haverstraw village | 3.12 |
| 178 | New York city | 2.89 |
| 179 | Central Islip CDP | 2.88 |
| 180 | North Amityville CDP | 2.64 |
| 181 | North Bay Shore CDP | 2.54 |
| 182 | Woodmere CDP | 2.15 |
| 183 | Brentwood CDP | 2.01 |
| 184 | Port Chester village | 1.99 |
| 185 | Great Neck village | 1.81 |
| 185 | Mount Vernon city | 1.81 |
| 186 | Uniondale CDP | 1.74 |
| 187 | Elmont CDP | 1.71 |
| 188 | Inwood CDP | 1.60 |
| 189 | North Valley Stream CDP | 1.24 |
| 190 | Spring Valley village | 0.98 |
| 191 | Monsey CDP | 0.89 |
| 192 | Hempstead village | 0.84 |