[5] The State of Texas recognized German as having equal status to Spanish from 1846[6] up until World War I.

Due to the assimilation of these communities and strong anti-German sentiment during both World War I and World War II, Texas German speakers decided to stop transmitting the language to their children, and shifted towards speaking only English.

[10] A short documentary project named "All Güt Things" was produced about Texas German in 2016.

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 Schulenburg and Weimar, lie in the traditional Texas German heartland of the Hill Country.

In all, 82,100 German-speakers reside in the state of Texas,[12] including European German speakers.