| state | total population | Total German ancestry number (1,000) | % of total state population |
| Vermont | 521,521 | 465 | 89% |
| Wisconsin | 4,531,134 | 2,631 | 58% |
| South Dakota | 641,226 | 355 | 55% |
| North Dakota | 590,839 | 325 | 55% |
| Nebraska | 1,458,904 | 795 | 54% |
| Iowa | 2,583,526 | 1,395 | 54% |
| Minnesota | 4,038,861 | 2,021 | 50% |
| Kansas | 2,289,615 | 986 | 43% |
| Indiana | 5,146,160 | 2,085 | 41% |
| Ohio | 10,063,212 | 4,068 | 40% |
| Pennsylvania | 11,085,170 | 4,315 | 39% |
| Missouri | 4,748,704 | 1,843 | 39% |
| Montana | 740,218 | 285 | 39% |
| Wyoming | 418,713 | 158 | 38% |
| Colorado | 3,042,986 | 1,064 | 35% |
| Oregon | 2,640,482 | 879 | 33% |
| Illinois | 10,585,838 | 3,326 | 31% |
| Michigan | 8,594,737 | 2,666 | 31% |
| Washington | 4,501,879 | 1,390 | 31% |
| Idaho | 926,703 | 279 | 30% |
| West Virginia | 1,686,932 | 469 | 28% |
| Maryland | 4,425,285 | 1,218 | 28% |
| Arizona | 3,374,806 | 878 | 26% |
| Alaska | 495,425 | 127 | 26% |
| Nevada | 1,110,450 | 280 | 25% |
| US Total | 230,445,777 | 57,947 | 25% |
| Oklahoma | 2,921,755 | 714 | 24% |
| Kentucky | 3,434,955 | 798 | 23% |
| Delaware | 617,720 | 138 | 22% |
| New Hampshire | 1,024,621 | 225 | 22% |
| Virginia | 5,746,419 | 1,186 | 21% |
| Florida | 12,095,284 | 2,410 | 20% |
| New Jersey | 7,200,696 | 1,408 | 20% |
| Utah | 1,553,351 | 299 | 19% |
| Texas | 15,605,822 | 2,950 | 19% |
| Arkansas | 2,186,665 | 400 | 18% |
| California | 27,283,547 | 4,935 | 18% |
| North Carolina | 6,172,301 | 1,111 | 18% |
| Mississippi | 2,378,805 | 424 | 18% |
| Maine | 1,142,122 | 203 | 18% |
| New York | 16,743,048 | 2,899 | 17% |
| Alabama | 3,759,802 | 635 | 17% |
| New Mexico | 1,390,048 | 234 | 17% |
| Tennessee | 4,544,743 | 724 | 16% |
| South Carolina | 3,231,539 | 500 | 15% |
| Georgia | 5,984,188 | 811 | 14% |
| Louisiana | 3,886,353 | 508 | 13% |
| Hawaii | 1,026,209 | 102 | 10% |
| Rhode Island | 936,423 | 88 | 9% |
| District of Columbia | 570,284 | 39 | 7% |
| Connecticut | 3,060,000 | 195 | 6% |
| Massachussets | 5,605,751 | 131 | 2% |
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