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German Americans made up 7.3% of the population, and numbered at 199,789; Irish Americans also made up 7.3% of the population, and numbered at 199,294. Polish Americans now made up 6.7% of Chicago's population, and numbered at 182,064. [5] Polish is the fourth most widely spoken language in Chicago behind English, Spanish, and Mandarin. [6]
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]
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.
It's Polka Time is an American musical television series broadcast by ABC from July 13, 1956, to September 24, 1957. [1] Also known as simply Polka Time, the program featured authentic polka music, performed in Chicago, Illinois, [2] primarily by authentic Polish-Americans. [citation needed] Chief among the regular performers seen were:
Polish Downtown was the political, cultural and social capital of Poles in Chicago and of other Polish Americans throughout North America. [1] Centered on Polonia Triangle at the intersection of Division , Ashland and Milwaukee Avenue , the headquarters for almost every major Polish organization in the United States was clustered within its ...
These are articles on Polish Americans in Chicago and Polish American history of Chicago. Pages in category "Polish-American culture in Chicago" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total.
Polish-American culture in Chicago (86 P) Pages in category "Polish-American culture in Illinois" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The film’s creators present economical and historical reasons for the Polish migration to the United States. The film starts in 1608, at the Jamestown colony, when the first Poles arrive. From there, it talks about the first large Polish settlement in Panna Maria, Texas, and Chicago, as the center for Polish culture in America.