Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with Pennsylvania German Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 11.43K people in Indiana with Pennsylvania German ancestry (0.17% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana counties, LaGrange County had the highest percentage of its population with Pennsylvania German ancestry (7.68%), followed by Adams County (1.22%), and Fulton County (1.22%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania German Ancestry in 2021
LaGrange County
Adams County
Fulton County
Noble County
Parke County
Elkhart County
Marshall County
Crawford County
Kosciusko County
Wayne County
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with Pennsylvania German Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 LaGrange County 7.68
2 Adams County 1.22
2 Fulton County 1.22
3 Noble County 1.03
4 Parke County 0.90
5 Elkhart County 0.80
6 Marshall County 0.79
7 Crawford County 0.75
8 Kosciusko County 0.68
9 Wayne County 0.50
10 Lawrence County 0.43
11 Jay County 0.36
12 Randolph County 0.30
13 Montgomery County 0.27
14 Greene County 0.25
14 Miami County 0.25
15 Daviess County 0.23
16 Grant County 0.22
17 Cass County 0.21
17 Washington County 0.21
18 DeKalb County 0.20
18 St. Joseph County 0.20
18 Tipton County 0.20
19 Allen County 0.19
20 LaPorte County 0.17
21 Rush County 0.13
22 Whitley County 0.12
23 Huntington County 0.10
23 Jasper County 0.10
24 Jefferson County 0.09
25 Hamilton County 0.08
26 Spencer County 0.07
27 Fountain County 0.06
27 Madison County 0.06
27 Steuben County 0.06
28 Clinton County 0.04
28 Decatur County 0.04
28 Dubois County 0.04
28 Howard County 0.04
28 Jennings County 0.04
28 Marion County 0.04
29 Clay County 0.03
29 Delaware County 0.03
29 Jackson County 0.03
29 Knox County 0.03
29 Lake County 0.03
29 Morgan County 0.03
29 Ripley County 0.03
29 Starke County 0.03
29 Vigo County 0.03
29 Warrick County 0.03
30 Carroll County 0.02
30 Hendricks County 0.02
30 Porter County 0.02
30 Tippecanoe County 0.02
30 White County 0.02
31 Bartholomew County 0.01
31 Boone County 0.01
31 Clark County 0.01
31 Johnson County 0.01
31 Monroe County 0.01
31 Vanderburgh County 0.01
31 Vermillion County 0.01