Ranking of Texas 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 2.42M people in Texas with German ancestry (8.37% of Texas population). Among all Texas counties, Mason County had the highest percentage of its population with German ancestry (41.59%), followed by Gillespie County (33.72%), and Lavaca County (31.23%).

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 Texas.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
Mason County
Gillespie County
Lavaca County
Fayette County
Kimble County
Washington County
DeWitt County
Blanco County
Colorado County
Lee County
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Mason County 41.59
2 Gillespie County 33.72
3 Lavaca County 31.23
4 Fayette County 28.85
5 Kimble County 27.57
6 Washington County 27.16
7 DeWitt County 26.80
8 Blanco County 24.95
9 Colorado County 23.77
10 Lee County 23.44
11 Real County 22.02
12 Llano County 20.99
13 Bandera County 20.80
14 Live Oak County 20.25
15 Lampasas County 19.97
16 Comal County 19.89
17 Kendall County 19.84
18 Goliad County 19.79
19 Runnels County 19.73
20 Aransas County 19.68
21 Glasscock County 19.57
22 Austin County 18.92
23 Wilson County 18.51
24 Menard County 18.38
25 Roberts County 17.82
26 Dallam County 17.81
27 Bosque County 17.75
28 Coke County 17.58
29 Kerr County 17.47
30 Milam County 16.92
31 Jackson County 16.81
32 Armstrong County 16.47
32 Shackelford County 16.47
33 Guadalupe County 16.44
34 Lipscomb County 16.38
35 Coryell County 16.09
36 Falls County 15.97
37 Bastrop County 15.60
38 Burleson County 15.55
39 Hamilton County 15.54
40 Hartley County 15.50
41 Hemphill County 15.45
42 Victoria County 15.34
43 Burnet County 15.21
44 McCulloch County 15.15
45 Carson County 15.13
46 Williamson County 14.91
47 Archer County 14.87
48 Eastland County 14.86
49 Medina County 14.80
50 San Saba County 14.77
51 Throckmorton County 14.73
52 Concho County 14.62
53 Cooke County 14.50
54 Gonzales County 14.48
55 Oldham County 14.39
56 Refugio County 14.37
57 Mills County 14.25
58 Mitchell County 14.03
59 Grimes County 13.96
60 Gaines County 13.91
61 Foard County 13.89
62 Brazos County 13.70
63 Calhoun County 13.69
64 Montgomery County 13.60
65 Donley County 13.53
66 McLennan County 13.44
67 Parker County 13.43
68 Irion County 13.31
69 Motley County 13.08
70 Callahan County 12.86
71 Hays County 12.83
72 Leon County 12.82
73 Galveston County 12.71
74 Chambers County 12.68
75 Clay County 12.60
76 Trinity County 12.42
77 Grayson County 12.40
78 Brown County 12.39
79 Edwards County 12.37
80 Sherman County 12.30
81 Wichita County 12.26
82 Denton County 12.15
83 Erath County 12.14
84 Gray County 11.98
85 Orange County 11.77
86 Rockwall County 11.76
87 Randall County 11.75
88 Hutchinson County 11.67
89 Tom Green County 11.65
90 Brewster County 11.61
91 Hunt County 11.46
92 Henderson County 11.40
93 Coleman County 11.39
94 Franklin County 11.27
95 Madison County 11.19
96 Hood County 11.01
97 Matagorda County 10.89
98 Wharton County 10.83
99 Karnes County 10.79
100 Hardin County 10.78
100 Upshur County 10.78
101 Travis County 10.72
102 McMullen County 10.70
103 Bell County 10.69
103 Tyler County 10.69
104 Hill County 10.66
105 Fannin County 10.55
106 Collin County 10.54
107 Panola County 10.48
108 Walker County 10.46
109 Jones County 10.45
109 Wilbarger County 10.45
110 Wood County 10.44
111 Collingsworth County 10.41
112 Caldwell County 10.31
113 Wise County 10.25
114 Baylor County 10.23
115 Waller County 10.22
116 Hall County 10.19
117 Castro County 10.13
118 Stephens County 9.95
119 Haskell County 9.82
120 Palo Pinto County 9.79
121 Hockley County 9.66
122 Lynn County 9.65
123 Atascosa County 9.62
124 Montague County 9.51
125 Ellis County 9.36
126 Taylor County 9.22
127 Brazoria County 9.16
128 Polk County 9.02
129 Briscoe County 9.01
130 Robertson County 8.96
131 Childress County 8.95
131 Knox County 8.95
132 Freestone County 8.92
133 Smith County 8.89
134 Sabine County 8.87
135 Lamb County 8.85
136 Liberty County 8.81
137 Bee County 8.79
138 San Patricio County 8.76
138 Somervell County 8.76
139 Houston County 8.69
140 San Augustine County 8.64
141 Rusk County 8.59
142 Wheeler County 8.56
143 Borden County 8.55
144 Tarrant County 8.49
145 Gregg County 8.48
146 Hopkins County 8.47
147 Sterling County 8.41
148 Limestone County 8.40
149 Fisher County 8.36
150 Lubbock County 8.32
151 Rains County 8.28
152 Comanche County 8.18
153 Terrell County 8.17
154 San Jacinto County 8.12
155 Johnson County 8.08
156 Van Zandt County 8.01
157 Bexar County 7.99
158 Angelina County 7.96
159 Nolan County 7.88
160 Potter County 7.87
161 Kaufman County 7.78
162 Ochiltree County 7.63
163 Jeff Davis County 7.62
164 Anderson County 7.52
165 Cherokee County 7.46
166 Nacogdoches County 7.43
167 Nueces County 7.37
168 Hale County 7.30
169 Harrison County 7.09
169 Shelby County 7.09
170 Hardeman County 7.07
171 Cottle County 7.05
172 Brooks County 7.03
173 Culberson County 7.02
174 Hansford County 7.01
175 Swisher County 6.86
176 Crosby County 6.69
177 Andrews County 6.59
178 Moore County 6.52
179 Navarro County 6.48
179 Uvalde County 6.48
180 Fort Bend County 6.40
181 Cochran County 6.39
182 Dickens County 6.37
183 Kinney County 6.28
184 Camp County 6.27
185 Howard County 6.21
186 Floyd County 6.10
187 Jefferson County 6.08
187 Midland County 6.08
188 Kleberg County 5.98
189 Young County 5.96
190 Harris County 5.86
191 Stonewall County 5.67