German Americans and those Germans who settled in the U.S. This list also includes people of German Jewish descent.Īmericans of German descent live in nearly every American county, from the East Coast, where the first German settlers arrived in the 17th century, to the West Coast and in all the states in between. More than 50 million people in the United States identify German as their ancestry it is often mixed with other Northern European ethnicities. California and Pennsylvania have the largest populations of German origin, with more than six million German Americans residing in the two states alone. Some arrived seeking religious or political freedom, others for economic opportunities greater than those in Europe, and others for the chance to start afresh in the New World. Immigration continued in substantial numbers during the 19th century the largest number of arrivals moved 1840–1900, when Germans formed the largest group of immigrants coming to the U.S., outnumbering the Irish and English. Some eight million German immigrants have entered the United States since that point. The first significant numbers arrived in the 1680s in New York and Pennsylvania. German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States who are of German ancestry they form the largest ethnic ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of U.S. Dominican Americans (Dominican Republic).( Learn how and when to remove this message) Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably.

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