https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Americans#/media/File:Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Americans#/medi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Americans#/media/File:Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Americans#/media/File:C... The light blue counties are the ones with German being the most commonly reported ancestry during the 2000 census. Personal note: Being from the Dakotas originally, it's interesting seeing some of my great-grandparents' backgrounds nearby: Native American, German, Norwegian, Finnish (further away), plus a few others that aren't nearby.