Selected ancestries by state

Name: Selected ancestries by state (United States)
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
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Share of the total population reporting each ancestry, as published. People can report up to two ancestries, so shares overlap and do not sum to 100%; Hispanic origin and race are asked separately (see the table Hispanic origin and race by state) and are not included here.

Reference period: 2025
Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

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German (%), 2025, sorted high to low. 51 areas ranked by German (%). Highest: Wisconsin (33.4); lowest: Rhode Island (4.9); national value 11.2. Full data in the table below.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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United States	11.2	9	8.7	5.8	4.5	2.3	1.7	1.8	0.5	1.1	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.6
Alabama	6.3	8.2	12.1	11.4	2	0.6	1.2	2.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.2
Alaska	10.7	8.1	7.2	7	2.2	1.7	1.7	2.8	0.6	3	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.1
Arizona	11.4	8.3	9	4.5	3.8	1.9	1.7	2	0.4	1.4	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.5
Arkansas	8.5	8.4	11.6	8.1	1.5	0.8	1	1.8	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.2	0.1
California	5.7	5.4	5.4	3.1	3.1	1	1.1	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.8
Colorado	16	10.7	11.2	4.4	4.5	2.2	1.9	2.6	0.7	1.8	1.6	0.9	0.2	0.4
Connecticut	7.1	13.2	7.9	4.1	14.3	5.6	3.3	1.5	1	0.4	1	0.9	2.9	0.7
Delaware	11.8	13.9	10.3	5.1	8.4	3.9	1	1.9	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.9	1.5	0.3
District of Columbia	7.5	8	7.2	2.7	4.1	2.2	1.2	1.7	1.1	0.6	0.5	3.8	1	0.6
Florida	8.2	7.8	7.6	7.8	5.5	2	1.6	1.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	3.7	0.6
Georgia	5.6	6.8	9.8	8.3	2.1	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.8	1.5	0.3
Hawaii	5.3	4.6	4.8	1.5	2	0.8	1.2	1.1	0.2	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2
Idaho	14.8	9.4	17.8	6.4	3	0.9	1.7	3.5	0.4	2.3	2.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
Illinois	14.4	10.1	6.4	4.3	5	5.4	1.3	1.3	0.6	0.9	1.4	1.3	0.3	0.8
Indiana	17.7	10	10.6	8.2	2.5	2.6	1.5	1.9	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.6	0.3
Iowa	28.2	11.6	9.3	5.8	1.9	1	1.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	0.2
Kansas	20.9	9.9	11.7	7	2.1	1.1	1.8	2.1	0.4	0.8	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.3
Kentucky	11.8	10.8	14.1	12.1	2	0.9	1	2.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.2	0.3
Louisiana	6.6	6.2	7.4	8.7	4.3	0.4	8.9	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.2	0.3	0.3
Maine	7.4	16.3	20.1	6.6	5	2.2	9.7	4.9	0.4	0.7	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.3
Maryland	10.3	8.9	7.4	4.5	4.1	2.5	1.1	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.5	4.4	1.3	0.5
Massachusetts	5	17.2	8.5	3.7	10.2	3.5	4	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.1	1.9	1.1
Michigan	16.4	9.7	9.8	4.9	4	6.7	2.7	2.3	0.4	0.6	1	0.9	0.2	2.1
Minnesota	26.6	9	5.8	4.2	2	3.5	2.2	1.2	0.4	10.7	5.7	3	0.2	0.4
Mississippi	5.1	6.6	9.7	10.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.1	0.1	0.3
Missouri	19.9	11.3	11.1	7.9	2.9	1.4	1.8	2	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.3
Montana	19.5	12.9	11.9	7.7	2.8	1.6	2.2	3	0.7	5.6	2	0.2	0	0.3
Nebraska	28.3	11	9	4.5	2.3	2.6	1.5	1.4	0.3	1.5	3.1	0.9	0.1	0.4
Nevada	8.1	7.4	7.3	4.2	4.9	1.2	1.3	1.4	0.4	1.2	0.8	1.2	0.3	0.4
New Hampshire	7.6	19.9	16.8	5.4	9.3	3.6	8.7	4.2	0.5	0.7	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.7
New Jersey	7.5	10.9	4.2	3.7	12.5	4.3	0.8	1	1.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	2	1
New Mexico	8.1	6.3	7.5	4.5	2.6	1	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3
New York	7.5	9.8	5	4.3	9.9	3.3	1.4	1.1	1.2	0.3	0.5	1.5	3.4	0.8
North Carolina	8.7	8.3	11.9	8.6	3.1	1.4	1.2	2.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.7	0.4
North Dakota	30.8	6.4	4.6	2.6	1.1	1.7	2.2	1.2	1.6	20.1	2.9	1.9	0.1	0.3
Ohio	19.7	11.8	10.2	6.5	5.5	2.9	1.5	2	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.7	0.4	0.7
Oklahoma	11	9.3	10.6	6.9	1.6	0.7	1.3	2.2	0.2	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2
Oregon	14.5	10.3	12.8	4.9	3.3	1.3	2.1	3.5	0.7	2.6	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.3
Pennsylvania	19.7	14.5	7.7	5.2	10.1	4.8	1.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.6	1	0.7	0.5
Rhode Island	4.9	15.4	9.3	4.3	14.4	2.9	6.1	1.9	0.5	0.3	1	2.2	1.2	0.6
South Carolina	9.2	9.8	11.8	8.8	3.9	1.4	1.5	2.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.2
South Dakota	30.7	9	7	4.7	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.5	0.6	10.3	2.1	0.9	0.1	0.1
Tennessee	8.5	9.5	12.7	11.5	2.4	1.2	1.2	2.5	0.2	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.2	0.6
Texas	7.2	5.4	7.2	5.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	1.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	0.3	0.5
Utah	9.5	6.3	25.9	4.7	2.6	0.7	1.3	3.7	0.3	1.6	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.2
Vermont	8.5	16.5	19.1	7.5	5.9	3.3	7.4	4.9	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.4
Virginia	9.4	9	11.3	7.4	3.6	1.5	1.3	2.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	2.4	0.6	0.9
Washington	12.6	8.9	10.8	4.2	2.9	1.3	1.9	2.7	0.9	3.6	2.1	1.6	0.2	0.3
West Virginia	13.4	11.2	14.7	10.4	3.5	1.3	1	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.3
Wisconsin	33.4	9.9	6	4.2	3.1	7.1	2.3	1.1	0.4	6	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.2
Wyoming	19.7	11.8	15.7	5.7	3	1.5	1.7	3	0.4	3.6	2.2	0.2	0	0

Hispanic origin and race: see Hispanic origin and race by state.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
Dataset: ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02
Table: Selected ancestries by state
Data last updated: 2026-11-04
Page: https://quadranac.com/tables/us-ancestry/

Selected ancestries by state (United States, 2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02. Retrieved 2026-11-04 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-ancestry/