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[10] After the Civil War, reports indicate Black Texas German communities in every county of the German belt, also known as the Texas German Country, running from Houston to the Hills Region. [11] [12] For Black Texans, speaking Texas German was a means of social mimicry and protection. [10] Doris Williams, an African American in Bastrop County ...
Texas had about 20,000 German Americans in the 1850s. They did not form a uniform bloc, but were highly diverse and drew from geographic areas and all sectors of European society, except that very few aristocrats or upper middle class businessmen arrived. In this regard, Texas Germania was a microcosm of the Germania nationwide.
As of the U.S. 2000 Census, some 1,035 people report speaking German at home in Fredericksburg, [11] the town with the largest community of Texas German speakers, representing 12.48% of the total population, 840 in New Braunfels, [12] 150 in Schulenburg, [12] 85 in Stonewall, [13] 70 in Boerne, [12] 65 in Harper, [14] 45 in Comfort [15] and 19 in Weimar, [12] all of which except for ...
Between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, the population increased in 47 states and the District of Columbia, with Texas reporting the largest numeric increase in the country, adding 563,000 people.
Johann Friedrich Ernst – "Father of German Immigration to Texas", arriving in 1831 [462] [463] Bobby Fischer – chess prodigy, grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion [464] Henry Francis Fisher – German Texan in Houston, Texas, where he was consul for the Hanseatic League, became acting treasurer of the San Saba Company [465]
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 .
Here are some takeaways about population growth in Fort Worth and North Texas. This city leads Texas in population gain as Dallas-Fort Worth’s total tops 8 million Skip to main content
Texans of German birth or descent have, since the mid-19th century, made up one of the largest ethnic groups in the state. By 1850, they numbered 5% of the total population—a conservative count. The 1990 census listed more than 17% of the population, nearly three million individuals, claiming German heritage.