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St. Albertus Roman Catholic Church in Detroit. In the 1880s Polish immigration to Detroit started. [2] In 1904 the City of Detroit had 13,000 Polish people. By 1925 the number of Polish people increased to 115,000. [3] In the 1910 count of Detroit's population, the Polish population was not distinguished because Poland was not yet independent.
In the 1870s, Polish immigrants began settling on the west side of Detroit. [2] As the population grew, several Polish Catholic parishes were established, including St. Casimir (in 1882), St. Francis of Assisi (in 1889), St. Hedwig (in 1903), Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (in 1911), and Our Lady Queen of Angels (in 1915). [2]
Homes in the Polish district, Detroit. 1942. Polish Americans settled in Detroit's east side. The name "Poletown" was first used to describe the community in 1872, where there was a high number of Polish residents and businesses. [192] During the 1960s, the black population of Detroit increased by 98,000, while 386,000 whites had left the city ...
Detroit's population increased from under 500,000 in 1910 to over 1.8 million at the city's peak in 1950, making Detroit the fourth-most populous city in the United States at that time. [9] The population grew largely because of an influx of European immigrants, in addition to the migration of both black and white Americans to Detroit. [ 10 ]
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] Pulawski Township, Michigan 65.7%; Posen Township, Michigan 65.4%
The county cap rule reduced Detroit’s population estimate by 7,192 people for 2021 and by 13,407 for 2022, according to the lawsuit. Dana Afana is the Detroit city hall reporter for the Free Press.
Houses in a Polish neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan. Michigan's Polish population of more than 850,000 is the third-largest among U.S. states, behind that of New York and Illinois. Polish Americans make up 8.6% of Michigan's total population.
A 2013 report by the Global Detroit and Data Driven Detroit stated that of the immigrant ethnic groups to Metro Detroit, the largest segment is the Indian population. [57] As of 2012, the Indian populations of Farmington Hills and Troy are among the twenty largest Indian communities in the United States.