Ranking of Washington Cities and Places 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 1.16M people in Washington with German ancestry (15.29% of Washington population). Among all Washington cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Liberty Lake city had the highest percentage of its population with German ancestry (23.92%), followed by Battle Ground city (23.73%), and Maltby CDP (23.60%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having German ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Washington.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Washington Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
Liberty Lake city
Battle Ground city
Maltby CDP
Prairie Ridge CDP
Gig Harbor city
Port Townsend city
Yelm city
Spokane Valley city
Edgewood city
Snohomish city
Ranking of Washington Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Liberty Lake city 23.92
2 Battle Ground city 23.73
3 Maltby CDP 23.60
4 Prairie Ridge CDP 22.34
5 Gig Harbor city 21.63
6 Port Townsend city 21.50
7 Yelm city 20.70
8 Spokane Valley city 20.61
9 Edgewood city 20.56
10 Snohomish city 20.53
11 Richland city 20.38
12 Vashon CDP 20.07
13 Spokane city 19.92
14 East Wenatchee city 19.56
15 Bremerton city 19.38
16 West Richland city 19.33
17 Washougal city 18.77
18 Snoqualmie city 18.74
19 Poulsbo city 18.73
20 Enumclaw city 18.58
21 Felida CDP 18.57
22 Cheney city 18.39
23 Cottage Lake CDP 18.36
24 Silverdale CDP 18.35
25 Pullman city 18.28
26 Centralia city 18.16
27 Bonney Lake city 18.15
28 Camano CDP 18.13
29 Ferndale city 18.03
30 Lynden city 17.93
31 Edmonds city 17.85
32 Tumwater city 17.75
33 Port Orchard city 17.72
34 Bainbridge Island city 17.68
35 Walla Walla city 17.53
36 Anacortes city 17.50
36 Puyallup city 17.50
37 Monroe city 17.43
38 Camas city 17.30
39 Lake Morton-Berrydale CDP 17.27
40 Longview city 17.14
40 Salmon Creek CDP 17.14
41 Lake Tapps CDP 17.08
42 East Renton Highlands CDP 17.05
43 Mountlake Terrace city 16.89
44 Olympia city 16.75
45 Kelso city 16.70
45 Maple Valley city 16.70
46 Wenatchee city 16.54
47 Bellingham city 16.51
48 Sedro-Woolley city 16.45
49 Sumner city 16.43
50 Lake Stickney CDP 16.41
51 Eastmont CDP 16.29
52 Vancouver city 16.12
53 Fairwood CDP (Spokane County) 16.10
54 Ellensburg city 15.93
55 Hazel Dell CDP 15.87
56 Marysville city 15.85
57 Kenmore city 15.70
58 Lacey city 15.68
59 Five Corners CDP 15.67
60 South Hill CDP 15.64
61 Lake Forest Park city 15.55
62 Graham CDP 15.53
62 Mukilteo city 15.53
63 Minnehaha CDP 15.26
63 Port Angeles city 15.26
64 Artondale CDP 15.23
65 Elk Plain CDP 14.98
66 Kirkland city 14.87
67 Oak Harbor city 14.81
68 Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP 14.61
69 Seattle city 14.43
70 Lake Stevens city 14.35
71 Shoreline city 14.22
72 Woodinville city 13.92
73 Kennewick city 13.90
74 Tacoma city 13.84
75 Airway Heights city 13.83
76 Silver Firs CDP 13.79
77 Bothell city 13.66
78 University Place city 13.61
79 Orchards CDP 13.46
80 Martha Lake CDP 13.35
81 Covington city 13.31
82 Alderwood Manor CDP 13.00
83 Mercer Island city 12.86
84 Parkland CDP 12.79
85 Everett city 12.72
86 Arlington city 12.57
87 Sammamish city 12.42
88 Bothell West CDP 12.18
89 Shelton city 12.11
90 Yakima city 11.98
91 Fairwood CDP (King County) 11.90
92 Frederickson CDP 11.86
93 Lakewood city 11.68
94 Des Moines city 11.62
95 Mount Vernon city 11.56
96 Federal Way city 11.48
97 Issaquah city 11.37
98 Auburn city 11.29
99 Mill Creek East CDP 11.23
100 Spanaway CDP 11.16
101 Aberdeen city 11.13
102 Burien city 11.02
103 Moses Lake city 10.77
104 Newcastle city 10.67
105 Mill Creek city 10.62
106 Lynnwood city 10.26
107 North Lynnwood CDP 9.97
108 Lakeland North CDP 9.77
109 Fort Lewis CDP 9.75
110 Ridgefield city 9.70
111 Pasco city 9.68
112 Lakeland South CDP 9.65
113 Bothell East CDP 9.62
114 Fife city 9.54
115 Renton city 9.46
116 Birch Bay CDP 9.44
117 SeaTac city 9.19
118 Bellevue city 8.91
119 Kent city 8.63
120 White Center CDP 8.04
121 Redmond city 7.65
122 Tukwila city 6.00
123 Bryn Mawr-Skyway CDP 4.94
124 Grandview city 3.15
125 Sunnyside city 2.56