Polish Americans
A Polish American is a citizen of the United States with ancestors from Poland. There have been Polish people living in North America since the earlier 1600s.[3] Many live in the city of Chicago, which has more Polish people than any city in the world other than Warsaw, Poland.[4]
| File:Polish America map.jpg Polish Americans and Polish Canadians, % of population by state | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 9,152,819 U.S. Estimate, 2018, self-reported[1] Around 2.83% of the U.S. population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Northeast (New York · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Maryland · Connecticut · Massachusetts) Midwest (Michigan · Illinois · Wisconsin · Ohio · Minnesota · Indiana · North Dakota) | |
| Languages | |
| English (American English dialects), Polish | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism · Lutheranism · Judaism[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Polish diaspora, Polish Canadians, Polish Jews, other West Slavic Americans (Czech Americans, Kashubian Americans, Silesian Americans, Slovak Americans and Sorbian Americans) |
Polish Americans Media
- 1922 Detroit store.jpg
Polish-American grocery, 1922, Detroit, Michigan
- Distribution of Americans claiming Polish Ancestry by county in 2018.png
Distribution of Americans claiming Polish Ancestry by county in 2018
- Coal miner (Polish). Capels, West Virginia.jpg
A Polish coal miner in Capels, McDowell County, West Virginia, 1938
- Polish Village.jpg
Polish shops at Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago, Illinois
- The main and side altars of the Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus.JPG
Inside view of St. Stanislaus Church in Slavic Village in Cleveland, Ohio
- Polish American recruitment WWI.jpg
Polish American recruitment WWI
- PolishimmigrationmarkerIndianolaTX.jpg
Marker of immigration from Silesia into Texas, located in Indianola, Texas
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church Chicago.jpg
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Chicago, Illinois, the city's first Polish parish
References
- ↑ "PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY 2018: ACS 5-Year Estimates Detailed Tables". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ↑ One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society, p. 120
- ↑ "First Polish Settlers". polishamericancenter.org. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ↑ "Chicago's Polish Community Reels From Plane Crash : NPR". npr.org. Retrieved February 14, 2011.