Distribution of Polish-Americans ca. year 1900

[Peterski]

Polish-Americans originated from several waves of immigration, including some recent ones after the fall of Communism. But most of them are descended from the largest and oldest wave (if not counting small-scale influx prior to that, e.g. Polish craftsmen in Jamestown), which took place between 1854 and ca. 1924:

http://translate.google.com/translat...%26p%3D1549907

That immigration is covered by book "A History of Poles in America until 1908" by Waclaw Kruszka:

https://www.google.pl/search?q=A+His...PMSRsAGmiJDABw

I made a map of the distribution of Polish-Americans ca. year 1900, according to Kruszka's book:

http://s29.postimg.org/7wc62b7br/Poles_USA_1900.png



Detailed estimates:

Pennsylvania - ca. 350,000 (and 112 Polish settlements, and 85 Polish churches)
New York - ca. 340,000 (and 90 Polish settlements, and 46 Polish churches)
Illinois - ca. 300,000 (and 56 Polish settlements, and 49 Polish churches)
New England (3 states below) - ca. 160,000 (70 Polish settlements, 30 Polish churches):
*** Massachussetts - ca. 100,000
*** Connecticut - ca. 50,000
*** Rhode Island - ca. 10,000
Wisconsin - ca. 150,000 (and 101 Polish settlements, and 76 Polish churches)
Michigan - ca. 140,000 (and 73 Polish settlements, and 48 Polish churches)
Minnesota - ca. 80,000 (and 60 Polish settlements, and 47 Polish churches)
Ohio - ca. 80,000 (and 30 Polish settlements, and 15 Polish churches)
New Jersey - ca. 70,000 (and 30 Polish settlements, and 16 Polish churches)
Indiana - ca. 33,800 (and 39 Polish settlements, and 18 Polish churches)
Nebraska - ca. 29,000 (and 29 Polish settlements, and 20 Polish churches)
Missouri - ca. 28,700 (and 12 Polish settlements, and 11 Polish churches)
Maryland - ca. 25,700
Texas - ca. 19,750 (and 34 Polish settlements, and 30 Polish churches)
North Dakota - ca. 16,600 (and 11 Polish settlements and 5 Polish churches)
South Dakota - ca. 9,950
Delaware - ca. 8,000
Kansas - ca. 8,000
California - ca. 6,000
New Hampshire - ca. 5,000
Arkansas - ca. 5,000

All other states - ca. 50,000

Grand total:

1.9 million (out of U.S. population of ca. 76 million), 810 Polish settlements, 517 Polish churches.

Some additional notes:

"Polish settlements" = settlements which were mostly Polish, or had some Polish district, or some large Polish community. Apart from living in such settlements, many families also lived dispersed all over other places.

"Polish churches" = Christian churches with sermons in Polish (or in English, but for Polish communities).

[Al-Meksiki]

I can confirm that Wisconsin is packed with Poles

[Peterski]

I can confirm that Wisconsin is packed with Poles

I do hereby certify to the best of my knowledge, that Wisconsin is packed with Poles.

As for this number in year 1900:

Ohio - ca. 80,000 (and 30 Polish settlements, and 15 Polish churches)

About 14,000 of them lived in Toledo:

[CrazyDaisy]

I think Vancouver has some Poles.

[Rethel]

Jakbym myslał po apryticjanowemu, to bym musiał powiedzieć jak
Długołucznik, parafrazując: my byliśmy/jesteśmy w Marylandzie,
czy jak inni: mój kochany Maryland, ojczyzna najdroższa oraz
jestem Amerykaninem, prawdziwym kowbojem, Polacksy!

Na szczęście nigdy mi to do głowy nie przyszło, dopiero tutaj
pokapowałem się, że jest to w ogóle możliwe w tej irracjonalnej
rzeczywistości arycytjańskiej.

[KMack]

Polish immigration was very much centered around the Great Lakes region of the USA. Wisconsin, N. Illinois, N. Ohio, N. Indiana, Michigan.

[Peterski]

Polish Diasporas around the world, millions of people:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...#Ethnic_groups



Check also my "Subdivisions of Polish people" thread:

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...-Polish-people

[Peterski]

As you know until 1918 Poland was partitioned between Germany (Prussia), Russia and Austria.

How many Polish-Americans originated from each Partition? Kruszka also gives us data about it.

From Kruszka's "Historya Polska w Ameryce" (Polish edition), Vol. I, Milwaukee 1905, page 65:

http://liturgicalcenter.org/media//p...onia/POL_1.pdf

Number of Catholic Polish-Americans in the USA in year 1900:

First generation immigrants:

- 650,000 German-born Poles (Prussian Poles)
- 580,000 Russian-born Poles (Russian Poles)
- 200,000 Austrian-born Poles (Austrian Poles)

American-born Poles (2nd, 3rd, etc. generation immigrants):

- 450,000 to 550,000

Polish-Americans of other and unknown origin:

- 20,000

Grand Total of Catholic Polish-Americans for year 1900:

1,900,000 to 2,000,000

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There is also English language edition of his book:

Kruszka Waclaw (1868-1937), "A history of the Poles in America to 1908".

[Dna8]

I'm a fan of the fabled Polaks of the golden age of American Football.

[Peterski]

I think Vancouver has some Poles.

It was in the news in November 2018 that Vancouver Polish community church was vandalized by some aggressive SJWs.

I think they have not found the perpetrators yet.