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In 2023, Polish Americans are most heavily concentrated in the Upper Midwest and Northeast regions of the United States. As the second most Polish populated state, Michigan follows closely behind Wisconsin with 784,200 people identifying as Polish, or 7.82% of the state's population, identifying as Polish.
Poletown is sometimes used inclusively as slang for Hamtramck, Michigan [citation needed], probably due to Hamtramck's strong identification with Polish-Americans. "Poletown" proper is the section immediately south of Hamtramck within the city of Detroit, but at one time had a strong and vibrant Polish neighborhood.
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]
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Polish Americans in Metro Detroit, Michigan. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
As of 2001, the Metro Detroit area had the U.S.'s second largest Polish ethnic concentration after Chicago. [28] By the 21st century, the Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties formed the center of Michigan's Polish populations. Many Poles had moved from Hamtramck, and Troy became the center of the Polish-American community. [29]
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 ...
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The history of Polish immigration to the United States can be divided into three stages, beginning with the first stage in the colonial era down to 1870, small numbers of Poles and Polish subjects came to America as individuals or in small family groups, and they quickly assimilated and did not form separate communities, with the exception of Panna Maria, Texas founded in the 1850s.