There are just under 10 million persons of Polish ancestry living in the United States. Most settled in the Great Lakes and Northeast. Here's a look at the distribution by state:
|
Rank
|
State |
Polish-American
Population
|
Rank
|
State |
Polish-American
Population, as a Percent of Total Population
|
|
|
United
States |
9,569,207
|
1
|
Wisconsin |
9.25%
|
|
1
|
New
York |
977,847
|
2
|
Michigan |
8.78%
|
|
2
|
Illinois |
970,053
|
3
|
Connecticut |
8.44%
|
|
3
|
Michigan |
867,260
|
4
|
Illinois |
7.55%
|
|
4
|
Pennsylvania |
866,572
|
5
|
Pennsylvania |
6.82%
|
|
5
|
New
Jersey |
539,598
|
6
|
New
Jersey |
6.13%
|
|
6
|
Wisconsin |
526,146
|
7
|
Delaware |
5.68%
|
|
7
|
California |
509,365
|
8
|
New
York |
5.04%
|
|
8
|
Florida |
489,371
|
9
|
Massachusetts |
4.98%
|
|
9
|
Ohio |
442,936
|
10
|
Minnesota |
4.78%
|
|
10
|
Massachusetts |
326,749
|
11
|
New
Hampshire |
4.24%
|
|
11
|
Connecticut |
301,935
|
12
|
Vermont |
3.87%
|
|
12
|
Texas |
271,559
|
13
|
Rhode
Island |
3.86%
|
|
13
|
Minnesota |
253,796
|
14
|
Ohio |
3.84%
|
|
14
|
Maryland |
201,221
|
15
|
Nebraska |
3.49%
|
|
15
|
Indiana |
194,588
|
16
|
Maryland |
3.48%
|
|
16
|
Arizona |
156,964
|
|
United
States |
3.09%
|
|
17
|
Virginia |
151,136
|
17
|
Indiana |
3.00%
|
|
18
|
Washington |
129,037
|
18
|
Alaska |
2.70%
|
|
19
|
Colorado |
125,929
|
19
|
Florida |
2.60%
|
|
20
|
North
Carolina |
123,281
|
20
|
Montana |
2.55%
|
|
21
|
Georgia |
100,954
|
21
|
Colorado |
2.49%
|
|
22
|
Missouri |
100,335
|
22
|
Arizona |
2.45%
|
|
23
|
Nebraska |
63,840
|
23
|
North
Dakota |
2.30%
|
|
24
|
Tennessee |
62,616
|
24
|
Nevada |
2.20%
|
|
25
|
South
Carolina |
62,440
|
25
|
Maine |
2.08%
|
|
26
|
Nevada |
59,371
|
26
|
Washington |
1.91%
|
|
27
|
Oregon |
59,350
|
27
|
Virginia |
1.88%
|
|
28
|
New
Hampshire |
55,815
|
28
|
Wyoming |
1.86%
|
|
29
|
Delaware |
51,065
|
29
|
West
Virginia |
1.85%
|
|
30
|
Rhode
Island |
40,680
|
30
|
South
Dakota |
1.71%
|
|
31
|
Iowa |
38,630
|
31
|
Missouri |
1.67%
|
|
32
|
Kansas |
37,892
|
32
|
District
of Columbia |
1.65%
|
|
33
|
West
Virginia |
34,292
|
33
|
Oregon |
1.55%
|
|
34
|
Oklahoma |
32,024
|
34
|
California |
1.36%
|
|
35
|
Alabama |
32,003
|
35
|
South
Carolina |
1.35%
|
|
36
|
Kentucky |
31,671
|
36
|
Kansas |
1.33%
|
|
37
|
Maine |
27,561
|
37
|
North
Carolina |
1.29%
|
|
38
|
Montana |
25,220
|
38
|
Iowa |
1.27%
|
|
39
|
Utah |
25,146
|
39
|
Texas |
1.08%
|
|
40
|
Vermont |
24,250
|
40
|
Idaho |
1.06%
|
|
41
|
Arkansas |
22,717
|
41
|
New
Mexico |
1.04%
|
|
42
|
New
Mexico |
21,582
|
42
|
Georgia |
1.04%
|
|
43
|
Louisiana |
19,554
|
43
|
Hawaii |
1.01%
|
|
44
|
Alaska |
19,243
|
44
|
Tennessee |
0.99%
|
|
45
|
Idaho |
16,720
|
45
|
Utah |
0.91%
|
|
46
|
North
Dakota |
15,534
|
46
|
Oklahoma |
0.85%
|
|
47
|
Mississippi |
15,130
|
47
|
Arkansas |
0.78%
|
|
48
|
South
Dakota |
13,967
|
48
|
Kentucky |
0.73%
|
|
49
|
Hawaii |
13,750
|
49
|
Alabama |
0.67%
|
|
50
|
Wyoming |
10,515
|
50
|
Mississippi |
0.51%
|
|
51
|
District
of Columbia |
9,997
|
51
|
Louisiana |
0.43%
|
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1
year estimates
