U.S. cities and communities with large Polish American

Polish American

A Polish American , is a citizen of the United States of Polish descent. There are an estimated 10 million Polish Americans, representing about 3.2% of the population of the United States...

 populations are largely concentrated in the Upper Midwestern United States

Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....

, Chicago metropolitan area and the New York metropolitan area

New York metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area, also known as Greater New York, or the Tri-State area, is the region that composes of New York City and the surrounding region...

, with Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 accounting for the largest number of communities with large Polish populations.

Ranked by population

The following cities and municipalities are among those that have 10,000 or more residents who are of Polish ancestry (in descending order by Polish population):

• New York City, New York - 213,447 (2.7%).
• Chicago, Illinois - 210,421 (7.3%).
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
  
   - 65,508 (4.3%).
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
  
   - 57,485 (9.6%).
• Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
  
   - 56,670 (1.5%).
• Cheektowaga (town), New York
  Cheektowaga (town), New York
  Cheektowaga is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 94,019. The name comes from the Iroquoian word Ji-ik-do-wa-gah, meaning the place of the crab apple tree...
  
   - 37,560 (39.9%).
• Buffalo, New York
  Buffalo, New York
  Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
  
   - 34,254 (11.7%).
• Phoenix, Arizona
  Phoenix, Arizona
  Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
  
   - 32,050 (2.4%).
• Toledo, Ohio
  Toledo, Ohio
  Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
  
   - 31,792 (10.1%).
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
  
   - 28,178 (8.4%).
• San Diego, California
  San Diego, California
  San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
  
   - 25,201 (2.1%).
• Cleveland, Ohio
  Cleveland, Ohio
  Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
  
   - 22,978 (4.8%).
• Houston, Texas
  Houston, Texas
  Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
  
   - 19,290 (1%).
• Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
  
   - 18,992 (2.0%).
• Omaha, Nebraska
  Omaha, Nebraska
  Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
  
   - 18,447.
• Baltimore, Maryland - 18,400 (2.8%).
• Grand Rapids, Michigan
  Grand Rapids, Michigan
  Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
  
   - 15,442 (7.8%).
• Amherst, New York
  Amherst, New York
  Amherst is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 122,366. This represents an increase of 5.0% from the 2000 census. The town is named for Jeffrey Amherst, a British Army officer of the colonial period...
  
   - 15,136 (13%).
• Erie, Pennsylvania
  Erie, Pennsylvania
  Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...
  
   - 14,718 (14.2%).
• San Antonio, Texas
  San Antonio, Texas
  San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
  
   - 14,475 (1.3%).
• San Francisco, California
  San Francisco, California
  San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
  
   - 14,332 (1.8%).
• New Britain, Connecticut
  New Britain, Connecticut
  New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately 9 miles southwest of Hartford. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 71,254....
  
   - 14,257 (19.9%).
• West Seneca, New York
  West Seneca, New York
  West Seneca is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 44,711 at the 2010 census. West Seneca is a centrally-located interior town of the county, and a suburb of Buffalo...
  
   - 14,236 (31%).
• Boston, Massachusetts - 13,704 (2.3%).
• Seattle, Washington
  Seattle, Washington
  Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
  
   - 12,622 (2.2%).
• Las Vegas, Nevada
  Las Vegas, Nevada
  Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
  
   - 12,188 (2.5%).
• South Bend, Indiana
  South Bend, Indiana
  The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...
  
   - 11,417 (10.7%).
• Scranton, Pennsylvania
  Scranton, Pennsylvania
  Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...
  
   - 11,311 (14.8%).
• Jacksonville, Florida
  Jacksonville, Florida
  Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
  
   - 10,500 (1.4%).

Ranked by percentage

The following communities have more than 30% of the population as being of Polish ancestry, based on data extracted from the United States Census, 2000

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, for communities with more than 1,000 individuals identifying their ancestry (in descending order by percentage of population):

• Posen, Michigan
  Posen, Michigan
  Posen is a village in Presque Isle County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 292. The village is located within Posen Township....
  
   61.3%
• Sharon, Wisconsin
  Sharon, Wisconsin
  Sharon is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,549 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Sharon.-Notable people:* Walter Samuel Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin, was born in Sharon....
  
   53.7%
• Bevent, Wisconsin
  Bevent, Wisconsin
  Bevent is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,126 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Shantytown is located in the town...
  
   52.7%
• Sloan, New York
  Sloan, New York
  Sloan is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 3,775 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
   46.8%
• Dupont, Pennsylvania
  Dupont, Pennsylvania
  Dupont is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania which neighbors the city of Wilkes-Barre. The population was 2,719 at the 2000 census. Dupont name was originally called Smithville after its first group of settlers. It was a small Polish town where most of the jobs...
  
   46.6%
• Dewey, Wisconsin
  Dewey, Wisconsin
  Dewey is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:*Dewey, Burnett County, Wisconsin, a town*Dewey, Portage County, Wisconsin, a town*Dewey, Rusk County, Wisconsin, a town*Dewey , Wisconsin, an unincorporated community...
  
  46.1%
• Wallington, New Jersey
  Wallington, New Jersey
  Wallington is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 11,335.Wallington was created as a borough on January 2, 1895 , at the height of the "Boroughitis" fever then sweeping through Bergen County...
  
   45.5%
• Alban, Wisconsin
  Alban, Wisconsin
  Alban is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 897 at the 2000 Census. The unincorporated community of Alban is located within the town.-Geography:...
  
   44.7%
• Independence, Wisconsin
  Independence, Wisconsin
  Independence is a city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,336 at the 2010 census. It is located at the confluence of Elk Creek and the Trempealeau River.-History:...
  
   43.7%
• Linwood, Wisconsin
  Linwood, Wisconsin
  Linwood is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,111 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.8 square miles , of which, 31.9 square miles of it is land and 1.8 square miles of it ...
  
   43.1%
• Stockton, Wisconsin
  Stockton, Wisconsin
  Stockton is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,896 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Arnott, Custer, Fancher, Esker, and Stockton are located in Stockton.-Geography:...
  
   42.9%
• Swan River, Minnesota 41.5%
• Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
  Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
  Nanticoke is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,465 at the 2010 census.-History:The name Nanticoke was derived from Nantego, the Indian tidewater people who moved here when their Maryland lands were spoiled for hunting by the colonial settlement in...
  
   41.2%
• Alberta, Minnesota
  Alberta, Minnesota
  Alberta is a city in Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 103 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
  
   39.8%
• Newport, Pennsylvania
  Newport, Pennsylvania
  Newport is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,506 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Newport is located at ....
  
   37.1%
• Reid, Wisconsin
  Reid, Wisconsin
  Reid is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,191 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Little Eau Claire and Pike Lake are located in the town...
  
   37.0%
• Arcadia, Wisconsin
  Arcadia, Wisconsin
  Arcadia is a city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, along the Trempealeau River. The population was 2,925 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city in Trempealeau county.-History:...
  
   36.7%
• Lincoln, Michigan
  Lincoln, Michigan
  Lincoln is a village in Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 364 at the 2000 census. The village is situated on the boundary between Gustin Township on the south and Hawes Township on the north and is approximately evenly divided between them...
  
   36.2%
• Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania
  Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania
  Glen Lyon is a census-designated place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,881 at the 2000 census. it is part of Newport Township, Pennsylvania.-Geography:Glen Lyon is located at ....
  
   35.1%
• Hull, Wisconsin
  Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin
  Hull is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,493 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Casimir and Jordan are located in the town.-Geography:...
  
   34.4%
• Bingham, Michigan 34.1%
• Maple Grove, Wisconsin
  Maple Grove, Wisconsin
  Maple Grove is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:*Maple Grove, Barron County, Wisconsin, a town*Maple Grove, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, a town*Maple Grove , Wisconsin, in Manitowoc County, an unincorporated community...
  
  33.8%
• Carson, Wisconsin
  Carson, Wisconsin
  Carson is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,299 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Mill Creek Community and Rocky Run are located in the town.-Geography:...
  
   33.7%
• Duryea, Pennsylvania
  Duryea, Pennsylvania
  Duryea is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA, nine miles south of Scranton on the Lackawanna River. Duryea was incorporated as a borough in 1891. Coal mining and the manufacture of silk were the chief industries in the early years of its existence. The...
  
   32.8%
• Dickson City, Pennsylvania
  Dickson City, Pennsylvania
  Dickson City is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, north of Scranton. Coal mining had been an important industry in the past. Some of the population totals follow: in 1900, 4,948; in 1910, 9,331; in 1920, 11,049; and in 1940, 11,548...
  
   32.6%
• Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
  Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
  Shenandoah is a small town located in the lower part of the anthracite Coal Region, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It is northwest of Philadelphia. The Greater Shenandoah area includes Shenandoah Heights, which is part of West Mahanoy Township and is located just north of Shenandoah.-History:The...
  
   32.6%
• Harwood Heights, Illinois
  Harwood Heights, Illinois
  Harwood Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,297 at the 2000 census. The current Mayor is Arlene Jezierny...
  
   32.5%
• Dwight, Michigan 32.1%
• Kulpmont, Pennsylvania
  Kulpmont, Pennsylvania
  Kulpmont is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,924 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Kulpmont is located at ....
  
   32.1%
• Loup City, Nebraska
  Loup City, Nebraska
  Loup City is a city in Sherman County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 996 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sherman County...
  
   31.8%
• Pulaski, Wisconsin
  Pulaski, Wisconsin
  Pulaski is a village in Brown, Oconto, and Shawano Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,060 at the 2000 census.The Brown and Oconto County portions of Pulaski are part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
   31.7%
• Cheektowaga, New York 31.6%
• Depew, New York
  Depew, New York
  Depew is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 16,629 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   31.2%
• Holding, Minnesota 30.9%
• Filer, Michigan 30.8%
• Angelica, Wisconsin
  Angelica, Wisconsin
  Angelica is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,635 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Angelica, Frazer Corners, Krakow, and Zachow are located partially in the town.-Geography:...
  
   30.7%
• Whiting, Wisconsin
  Whiting, Wisconsin
  Whiting is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States and is a suburb of Stevens Point. It is included in the Stevens Point Micropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   30.7%
• Pike Creek, Minnesota 30.6%
• Buena Vista, Wisconsin 30.3%
• Burbank, Illinois
  Burbank, Illinois
  Burbank is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,902 at the 2000 census. It is located at the southwest edge of the city of Chicago; the Chicago city limit – specifically that of the Ashburn neighborhood – is in common with Burbank's eastern city limit...
  
   30.3%
• New York Mills, New York
  New York Mills, New York
  New York Mills is a village in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 3,327 at the 2010 census.The Village of New York Mills is partly in the Town of Whitestown and partly in the Town of New Hartford. It is a western suburb of the City of Utica.-History:There were three mills which gave...
  
  30.3%
• Rietbrock, Wisconsin
  Rietbrock, Wisconsin
  Rietbrock is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 927 at the 2000 census...
  
   30.2%
• Arcadia, Wisconsin
  Arcadia, Wisconsin
  Arcadia is a city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, along the Trempealeau River. The population was 2,925 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city in Trempealeau county.-History:...
  
  30.0%