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Wikipedia: German Americans are Americans of German descent. They form the largest self-reported ancestry group in the United States, outnumbering the Irish and English. They account for 50 million people, or 17% of the U.S. population.
![["From the Old to the New World" shows German emigrants boarding a steamer in Hamburg, to New York]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Germans_emigrate_1874_s.jpg "\"From the Old to the New World\" shows German emigrants boarding a steamer in Hamburg, to New York")
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![[temporary quarters for Volga Germans in central Kansas, 1875]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Volga_Germans_US_s.jpg "temporary quarters for Volga Germans in central Kansas, 1875")
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![[The Wahrenberger House in Austin, which served as a German]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WahrenbergerHouseAustinTX_s.jpg "The Wahrenberger House in Austin, which served as a German")
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![[The German vote in 1900 was in doubt]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Germans1900_s.jpg "The German vote in 1900 was in doubt")
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![[German population density in the United States, 1872.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/German_population_1872_s.jpg "German population density in the United States, 1872.")
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![[1850 census map shows Lutheran population]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/US_census_map_of_Lutheran_churches_1850_s.jpg "1850 census map shows Lutheran population")
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![[Marlene Dietrich]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Touch_of_Evil_Marlene_Dietrich2_c_s.jpg "Marlene Dietrich")
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![[Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben_by_CW_Peale_modified_s.jpg "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben")
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![[Meryl Streep]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Streep_san_sebastian_2008_2_s.jpg "Meryl Streep")
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![[John Jacob Astor, detail of an oil painting by Gilbert Stuart, 1794]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/John_Jacob_Astor_s.jpg "John Jacob Astor, detail of an oil painting by Gilbert Stuart, 1794")
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![[John D. Rockefeller]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/John_D_Rockefeller_1885_s.jpg "John D. Rockefeller")
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