List of U.S. cities with large Polish-American populations

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U.S. cities and communities with large Polish American populations are largely concentrated in the Upper Midwestern United States, Chicago metropolitan area and the New York metropolitan area, with Wisconsin accounting for the largest number of communities with large Polish populations.

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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):

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, for communities with more than 1,000 individuals identifying their ancestry (in descending order by percentage of population): [31]

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