What is German Americans?
{{multiple image |direction = vertical |header = German Americans |align = right |total_width = 200 |image1 = Flag of the United States.svg |caption1 = '''[[Americans|American]]''' |image2 = Flag of Germany.svg |caption2 = '''[[Germans|German]]''' }} '''German Americans''' is a ethnic group of [[Americans|American citizens]] of [[Germans|German]] ancestry.<ref name=Economist>{{cite web |url=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21642222-americas-largest-ethnic-group-has-assimilated-so-well-people-barely-notice-it |title=German-Americans: The silent minority |date=February 7, 2015 |publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited |access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], in 2013 there were 46 [[million]] Americans who claimed some German ancestry.<ref name=Economist/> In parts of the [[Northern United States]] they outnumber any other [[Ethnic groups of the United States|ethnic groups]].<ref name=Economist/> In [[Wisconsin]], for [[example]], 41% of the population is German-American.<ref name=Economist/> They are the largest ethnic group in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/opinion/whatever-happened-to-german-america.html?_r=0 |title=Whatever Happened to German America? |author=Erik Kirschbaum |date=September 23, 2015 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> There are also Germans Americans of [[Danube Swabians]] Background <ref>{{cite web | url=https://hrastovac.net/historical-information-2/danube-swabian-emigration-to-the-united-states-of-america/ | title=Danube-Swabian Emigration to the United States of America – Hrastovac-Eichendorf }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{European Americans}} {{Demographics of the United States}} [[Category:Ethnic groups in the United States]]