Since this thread has turned, partially, into a "Where are Germans in the United States" I will add some further Texas context which I hope shows that Texas is WAY more German culturally than many above posters seem to give it credit for. In fact, I'd argue that Texan as a regional identity is derived almost as much from Germanic immigration as it is from Spanish settlement (later known as Tejanos and then of course subsequent Mexican immigration), predominantly Anglo and Scots-Irish white migrants to Mexican Texas, Texas, and U.S. and Confederate Texas, and the black slaves and the descendants thereof with whom whites brought. French and Native influence are minor, but nevertheless present along with other more minor regional influences.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/germans
Much of this immigration actually occurred during the Republic period of Texan history, and would not necessarily be captured by all forms of United States data:
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/adelsverein
German is actually spoken as a native tongue and a generally recognized
dialect of German in Texas, of which Alsatian was a large contributor.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-cul...-to-a-dialect/
https://www.thelocal.de/20180927/tex...-dying-dialect
Weimar, Texas, mind you, not the former Weimar Republic. German heritage and culture are so important in Texas that political leaders here have kept pressure on our school systems to still offer German as a language option, whereas in many other places German is dropping off of public education course offerings.
One of the most prosperous communities in San Antonio was founded by German immigrants in the aftermath of Republican independence and was named after Kaiser Wilhelm I. It was re-named King William as a result of anti-German sentiment during WWI (not WWII, as was the case elsewhere in the States with anti-Germanism).
https://www.sanantonio.gov/historic/...ts/KingWilliam
https://sanantoniotourist.net/germanheritage/
https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifesty...st-7044456.php
German influence is also a HUGE reason why Texan political leadership has historically been not quite as racist as the rest of the south:
https://www.uiw.edu/sanantonio/SanAn...Secession.html
LBJ, recall, is from the Texas Hill Country. Although a descendant himself of Anglo/Scots-Irish old stock, he had been exposed to the belief systems of Texas Germans (being a strong majority in the area), which were racially egalitarian and anti-slavery. This is perhaps one of the contributing factors to his relative liberalism on race during his time in the Senate and as President. Other Texans were also some of the only southern Democrats to support racial justice reforms of this era. Some representatives of Tennessee (which also has some local history of anti-slavery sentiment in Appalachia) also voted for racial justice reforms.