Ranking of Indiana Counties 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 counties, Dubois County had the highest percentage of its population with German ancestry (48.93%), followed by Dearborn County (36.14%), and Spencer County (35.00%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having German ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Indiana.
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Related Topics: Indiana ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dubois County | 48.93 |
| 2 | Dearborn County | 36.14 |
| 3 | Spencer County | 35.00 |
| 4 | LaGrange County | 33.14 |
| 5 | Franklin County | 31.78 |
| 6 | Ripley County | 31.28 |
| 7 | Whitley County | 31.18 |
| 8 | Posey County | 30.98 |
| 9 | Ohio County | 30.96 |
| 10 | Steuben County | 30.77 |
| 11 | Warrick County | 30.03 |
| 12 | Pulaski County | 29.83 |
| 13 | Decatur County | 29.65 |
| 14 | Wells County | 29.09 |
| 15 | Adams County | 28.62 |
| 16 | Huntington County | 28.61 |
| 17 | DeKalb County | 28.04 |
| 18 | Gibson County | 27.76 |
| 19 | Jay County | 27.01 |
| 20 | Benton County | 26.95 |
| 21 | Vanderburgh County | 26.86 |
| 22 | Perry County | 26.36 |
| 23 | Allen County | 25.93 |
| 24 | Noble County | 25.27 |
| 25 | Wabash County | 24.85 |
| 26 | Switzerland County | 24.25 |
| 27 | LaPorte County | 24.04 |
| 28 | Fulton County | 23.95 |
| 29 | Kosciusko County | 23.66 |
| 30 | Floyd County | 23.64 |
| 31 | White County | 23.23 |
| 32 | Hamilton County | 23.10 |
| 33 | Harrison County | 22.97 |
| 34 | Crawford County | 22.55 |
| 35 | Marshall County | 22.46 |
| 36 | Newton County | 22.40 |
| 37 | Jasper County | 22.34 |
| 38 | Jackson County | 22.02 |
| 39 | Brown County | 21.67 |
| 40 | Parke County | 21.65 |
| 41 | Clay County | 21.45 |
| 42 | Porter County | 21.42 |
| 43 | Knox County | 21.31 |
| 44 | Elkhart County | 21.14 |
| 45 | Jefferson County | 21.11 |
| 46 | Pike County | 21.05 |
| 47 | Boone County | 21.03 |
| 48 | Hancock County | 21.00 |
| 49 | Daviess County | 20.91 |
| 50 | Miami County | 20.83 |
| 51 | Tippecanoe County | 20.82 |
| 52 | Fayette County | 20.61 |
| 53 | Clark County | 20.60 |
| 54 | Jennings County | 20.19 |
| 55 | Shelby County | 19.92 |
| 56 | St. Joseph County | 19.84 |
| 56 | Wayne County | 19.84 |
| 57 | Montgomery County | 19.69 |
| 58 | Blackford County | 19.42 |
| 59 | Tipton County | 19.19 |
| 59 | Union County | 19.19 |
| 60 | Johnson County | 18.81 |
| 61 | Randolph County | 18.64 |
| 62 | Bartholomew County | 18.61 |
| 63 | Rush County | 18.60 |
| 64 | Carroll County | 18.45 |
| 65 | Martin County | 18.29 |
| 66 | Delaware County | 18.24 |
| 67 | Fountain County | 18.19 |
| 68 | Monroe County | 18.09 |
| 69 | Cass County | 17.89 |
| 70 | Greene County | 17.81 |
| 71 | Starke County | 17.67 |
| 72 | Warren County | 17.63 |
| 73 | Vigo County | 17.53 |
| 74 | Hendricks County | 17.34 |
| 74 | Howard County | 17.34 |
| 75 | Orange County | 16.52 |
| 76 | Clinton County | 16.50 |
| 76 | Madison County | 16.50 |
| 77 | Washington County | 16.42 |
| 78 | Lawrence County | 16.39 |
| 78 | Vermillion County | 16.39 |
| 79 | Owen County | 16.38 |
| 80 | Henry County | 16.27 |
| 81 | Morgan County | 15.84 |
| 82 | Grant County | 15.81 |
| 83 | Sullivan County | 15.05 |
| 84 | Lake County | 14.31 |
| 85 | Putnam County | 13.31 |
| 86 | Marion County | 13.21 |
| 87 | Scott County | 12.49 |