Which is the most Polish state?

**dperucca** · 06-11-2018, 11:25 PM

I love my Polish/Polish Am friends. I live in CT where there are a lot of them and they have their own communities. Statistically I think most of them are in IL.

**Smitty** · 06-12-2018, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by KMack

Illinois, honorable mention to Michigan with Wisconsin coming in 3rd.

Chicago, really. The rest of Illinois is decidedly Anglo-German. The state is really two in one. I imagine the Polish ancestry in Wisconsin, on the other hand, is much more evenly spread out.

**MysteriousWays** · 06-12-2018, 04:42 AM

Smitty, I think Polish ancestry is mostly in Milwaukee metro in Wisconsin, not so much elsewhere in the state. To answer this question, I'd argue Illinois or Michigan, NJ and CT less than the Midwest options.

**Smitty** · 06-12-2018, 04:48 AM

Originally Posted by MysteriousWays

Smitty, I think Polish ancestry is mostly in Milwaukee metro in Wisconsin, not so much elsewhere in the state. To answer this question, I'd argue Illinois or Michigan, NJ and CT less than the Midwest options.

I believe it. That would put Wisconsin in the same basket as Illinois, then. I'm really not that familiar with Wisconsin on a personal level - just the cheese and that dreadful accent.

**~~Uniprix~~** · 06-12-2018, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by MysteriousWays

Smitty, I think Polish ancestry is mostly in Milwaukee metro in Wisconsin, not so much elsewhere in the state. To answer this question, I'd argue Illinois or Michigan, NJ and CT less than the Midwest options.

Whats your opinion on Chicago going from the Polish capital of America to becoming a haven for hipsters and Indian yuppies? And Blacks and Latinos in the Southside.

**~~Bobby Martnen~~** · 06-12-2018, 05:38 AM

Illinois, because of Chicago.

**Peterski** · 06-12-2018, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by Bobby Martnen

Illinois, because of Chicago.

But Michigan has a higher % of Poles I think.

**~~KMack~~** · 06-12-2018, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Uniprix

Whats your opinion on Chicago going from the Polish capital of America to becoming a haven for hipsters and Indian yuppies? And Blacks and Latinos in the Southside.

Chicago has been a Yuppie stronghold since the 80's.

**~~Profileid~~** · 06-16-2018, 12:18 AM

Pennsylvania should get an honorary mention. It has over 7% Polish population. Also foods like Kielbasa and pierogies are commonly ate here even among non-Poles

**~~Heather Duval~~** · 06-16-2018, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by Profileid

Pennsylvania should get an honorary mention. It has over 7% Polish population. Also foods like Kielbasa and pierogies are commonly ate here even among non-Poles

Why Bobby didnt mention it?