Editing Texas German language (section)

== Current distribution and population ==
As of the U.S. 2000 Census, some 1,035 people report speaking German at home in [[Fredericksburg, Texas|Fredericksburg]],<ref>[http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=48&place_id=27348&cty_id= MLA Language Map Data Center results, Fredericksburg, Texas, all languages]</ref> the town with the largest community of Texas German speakers, representing 12.48% of the total population, 840 in [[New Braunfels, Texas|New Braunfels]],<ref name="mla1">{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |title=MLA Language Map Data Center results, Fredericksburg, Texas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815140430/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-date=August 15, 2013}}</ref> 150 in [[Schulenburg]],<ref name="mla1" /> 85 in [[Stonewall, Texas|Stonewall]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=48&place_id=70460&cty_id= |title=MLA Language Map Data Center results, Stonewall, Texas}}</ref> 70 in [[Boerne]],<ref name="mla1" /> 65 in [[Harper, Texas|Harper]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=48&place_id=32456&cty_id= |title=MLA Language Map Data Center results, Harper, Texas}}</ref> 45 in [[Comfort, Texas|Comfort]]<ref>[http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=48&place_id=16228&cty_id= MLA Language Map Data Center results, Comfort, Texas]</ref> and 19 in [[Weimar, Texas|Weimar]],<ref name="mla1" /> all of which except for Schulenburg and Weimar, lie in the traditional Texas German heartland of the Hill Country. [[Gillespie County]], with the communities of Fredericksburg, [[Harper, Texas|Harper]], [[Stonewall, Texas|Stonewall]], and [[Luckenbach, Texas|Luckenbach]], has a German-speaking population of 2,270, 11.51% of the county's total. In all, 82,100 German-speakers reside in the state of Texas,<ref name="mla1" /> including European German speakers.