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.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
Dubois County
Dearborn County
Spencer County
LaGrange County
Franklin County
Ripley County
Whitley County
Posey County
Ohio County
Steuben County
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