Boston's Polish Triangle

Change is inevitable in ethnic neighborhoods. New York's Little Italy is a fraction of what it used to be. Even Harlem, the spiritual heart of Black America, is experiencing broad demographic shifts that leave some wondering what the future holds.

Boston's Polish Triangle is no exception. The neighborhood is situated in a triangle between Boston Street and Dorchester Avenue, hence the name.

It once teemed with Polish immigrants. But younger Polish-Americans are moving to the suburbs, and new immigrants from Asia and Latin America are moving in their place. The neighborhood's population is now barely half Polish, and locals wonder about the future of the struggling Polish American Citizen Club.

We can't stop the impact of immigration, gentrification, and suburbanization. Each generation strives to do better than the one before it. Certainly the children of Polish immigrants worked hard to get an education, earn a decent living, and afford a nicer house with a yard in the suburbs. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Most people don't strive to remain in a multi family triple decker without a driveway if they can afford better.


It's possible for the ethnic flavor that made the Polish Triangle special to remain even if the identity of those moving in is different. Polish-Americans can continue to support the neighborhood's businesses, its' social club, and its Polish Catholic parish, even if they now live in places like Quincy and Braintree. The Polish Triangle remains the symbolic heart of a community that can't be duplicated in a suburban strip mall.

 Home of the Polish American Citizen Club

 Euromart, specializes in Polish and European groceries.

 DJ's Super Market, specializing in Polish food products

Storefront of the closed Boston Street Deli & Market, damaged from a fire in 2010.

The Egyptian American Population

As political unrest develops in Egypt, we take a look at the largest Egyptian communities in the United States:

 

		Egyptian Population			Egyptians, as a Percent of Total Population
	United States	190,078	1	New Jersey	0.34%
1	California	39,436	2	New York	0.13%
2	New Jersey	29,889	3	Virginia	0.11%
3	New York	25,978	4	California	0.11%
4	Florida	11,616	5	Maryland	0.08%
5	Pennsylvania	9,298	6	Tennessee	0.08%
6	Virginia	8,827	7	Pennsylvania	0.07%
7	Texas	7,244	8	Massachusetts	0.07%
8	Illinois	7,219	9	Florida	0.06%
9	Tennessee	4,829		United States	0.06%
10	North Carolina	4,792	10	Illinois	0.06%
11	Maryland	4,713	11	District of Columbia	0.06%
12	Massachusetts	4,713	12	Minnesota	0.05%
13	Ohio	4,383	13	North Carolina	0.05%
14	Michigan	3,008	14	South Carolina	0.04%
15	Minnesota	2,919	15	West Virginia	0.04%
16	Washington	2,790	16	Washington	0.04%
17	Georgia	2,490	17	Rhode Island	0.04%
18	South Carolina	2,044	18	Connecticut	0.04%
19	Indiana	1,513	19	Ohio	0.04%
20	Arizona	1,425	20	Oregon	0.03%
21	Connecticut	1,361	21	Michigan	0.03%
22	Oregon	1,280	22	Texas	0.03%
23	West Virginia	807	23	Nevada	0.03%
24	Iowa	790	24	Iowa	0.03%
25	Colorado	728	25	Georgia	0.03%
26	Missouri	719	26	Indiana	0.02%
27	Nevada	710	27	Arizona	0.02%
28	Wisconsin	701	28	New Hampshire	0.02%
29	Kansas	472	29	Kansas	0.02%
30	Rhode Island	409	30	Colorado	0.01%
31	Alabama	342	31	Wisconsin	0.01%
32	District of Columbia	334	32	Missouri	0.01%
33	Arkansas	312	33	Arkansas	0.01%
34	New Hampshire	280	34	New Mexico	0.01%
35	Louisiana	221	35	Alabama	0.01%
36	Oklahoma	220	36	Alaska	0.01%
37	New Mexico	209	37	Oklahoma	0.01%
38	Kentucky	91	38	Delaware	0.01%
39	Utah	53	39	Louisiana	0.00%
40	Delaware	52	40	Maine	0.00%
41	Alaska	49	41	Kentucky	0.00%
42	Maine	38	42	Utah	0.00%
43	Nebraska	28	43	Nebraska	0.00%
44	Idaho	0	44	Hawaii	0.00%
45	Hawaii	NA	45	Idaho	0.00%
46	Mississippi	NA	46	Mississippi	0.00%
47	Montana	NA	47	Montana	0.00%
48	North Dakota	NA	48	North Dakota	0.00%
49	South Dakota	NA	49	South Dakota	0.00%
50	Vermont	NA	50	Vermont	0.00%
51	Wyoming	NA	51	Wyoming	0.00%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates

C04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates