Americans in Germany

"American Germans" redirects here. For American people of German ancestry, see German Americans.
Americans in Germany
Distribution of US American citizens in Germany (2021)
Total population
324,000 (with American ancestry) [1] 111,529 (American citizens)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Kaiserslautern, Berlin, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Mainz, Wiesbaden, Rosenheim
Languages
American English, German and Spanish
Religion
Christianity · Irreligion

Americans in Germany or American Germans (German: Amerikanische Deutsche or Amerika-Deutsche[3]) refers to the American population in Germany and their German-born descendants. According to Destatis, 300,000 - 400,000 Americans live in Germany. 200,000 of them in Rhineland-Palatinate.[4]

At the same time, more than 40,000 members of the US military and 15,000 civilian employees of American citizenship are permanently in Germany, with a strong presence in Kaiserslautern, which in the 1950s became the largest US military community outside of the United States.[5] In addition, there are significant numbers of American expatriates in Germany, especially professionals sent abroad by their companies and an increasing number of college students and graduates (also due to the affordable higher education system and the favorable quality of life). As of December 2013, the largest American diasporas in Germany were in Rhineland-Palatinate with over 50,000 people, Berlin with over 16,000 people, and the area around Darmstadt with about 13,000 people.[6]

  1. ^ "BiB - Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung - Pressemitteilungen - Zuwanderung aus außereuropäischen Ländern fast verdoppelt". Archived from the original on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  2. ^ publisher. "Pressemitteilungen - Ausländische Bevölkerung - Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
  3. ^ Barack Obama gilt als Favorit der Amerika-Deutschen, Westdeutsche Zeitung, 4 November 2012
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "158 700 US citizens vote for their President". Märkische Online Zeitung. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. ^ Europe Online Magazine, 25 June 2014