Identity & heritage community ranking

Top German communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_042E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	New York, New York	248,273	8,468,353
#2	Chicago, Illinois	202,432	2,694,535
#3	Houston, Texas	156,219	3,320,004
#4	Omaha, Nebraska	154,998	603,279
#5	Los Angeles, California	153,057	3,848,831
#6	San Antonio, Texas	142,676	1,847,231
#7	Phoenix, Arizona	140,342	1,500,198
#8	Austin, Texas	135,619	1,121,713
#9	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	127,661	605,608
#10	San Diego, California	123,804	1,411,139

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin	45.53%	65,337
#2	Bismarck, North Dakota	43.80%	97,322
#3	Wausau, Wisconsin	42.82%	56,642
#4	Oshkosh, Wisconsin	42.63%	81,810
#5	Dubuque, Iowa	42.59%	73,902
#6	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	40.53%	64,960
#7	Appleton, Wisconsin	40.38%	126,671
#8	Waukesha, Wisconsin	39.29%	95,121
#9	La Crosse, Wisconsin	38.07%	64,135
#10	Mankato, Minnesota	37.37%	51,585

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Ancestry: 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_042E) — default ranking lens
Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_017E)

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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