USA Census Data
| The 1990 US Census shows the Polish ethnic population belt that runs from Northeast Minnesota along the lower Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast line. The heart of the population being the Wisconsin, Michigan, Chicago, IL area, and Buffalo, NY area.
The US Census Table below the 1990 distribution map shows data on individuals living in the US that were born in another country at the time of the census. A percentage figure has been added to the raw numbers to provided a weighted figure for comparison of this group. Some interesting points are: (1) The number of Polish born grew rapidly from 1870 untl 1930 going from 14,436 to 1,268,583 Polish nationals in US.
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US Census Bureau Data - Foreign Born in USA 
Note: This information while accurately record, should be considered relative. Remember the data is derived from what the US Census Bureau was told. A Polish person born at a time when the borders of Poland were different very well might have said I was born in Austria or visa-versa. |
| Year | Polish | %US | %Fgn | All Fgn Born | %US | US Total | % Incr/Yr |
| 1790 | (N/A) | - | - | (N/A) | - | 3,929,254 | - |
| 1800 | (N/A) | - | - | (N/A) | - | 5,308,483 | +35.1% |
| 1810 | (N/A) | - | - | (N/A) | - | 7,239,881 | +36.4% |
| 1820 | (N/A) | - | - | (N/A) | - | 9,638,453 | +33.1% |
| 1830 | (N/A) | - | - | (N/A) | - | 12,860,702 | +33.4% |
| 1840 | (N/A) | - | - | (N/A) | - | 17,063,353 | +32.7% |
| 1850 | (N/A) | - | - | 2,244,602 | 9.7% | 23,191,876 | +35.9% |
| 1860 | 7,298 | 0.00% | 0.02% | 4,138,697 | 13.2% | 31,443,321 | +35.6% |
| 1870 | 14,436 | 0.00% | 0.26% | 5,567,229 | 14.4% | 38,558,371 | +22.6% |
| 1880 | 48,557 | 0.10% | 0.73% | 6,679,943 | 13.3% | 50,189,209 | +30.2% |
| 1890 | 147,440 | 0.23% | 1.59% | 9,249,547 | 14.7% | 62,979,766 | +25.5% |
| 1900 | 383,407 | 0.50% | 3.71% | 10,341,276 | 13.6% | 76,212,168 | +21,0% |
| 1910 | 937,884 | 0.42% | 2.84% | 13,515,886 | 14.7% | 92,228,496 | +21.0% |
| 1920 | 1,139,979 | 1.10% | 8.18% | 13,920,692 | 13.1% | 106,021,537 | +15.0% |
| 1930 | 1,268,583 | 1.03% | 8.93% | 14,204,149 | 11.5% | 123,202,624 | +16.2% |
| 1940 | (N/A) | - | - | (N/A) | - | 132,164,569 | +7.3% |
| 1950 | (N/A) | - | - | (N/A) | - | 151,325,798 | +14.5% |
| 1960 | 747,750 | 0.42% | 7.68% | 9,738,091 | 5.4% | 179,323,175 | +18.5% |
| 1970 | 548,107 | 0.27% | 5.70% | 9,619,302 | 4.7% | 203,302,031 | +13.4% |
| 1980 | 418,128 | 0.18% | 2.97% | 14,079,906 | 6.2% | 226,542,199 | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 388,328 | 0.16% | 1.96% | 19,767,316 | 7.9% | 248,709,199 | +9.8% |
| 2000 | - | -% | -% | - | -% | 281,421,906 | +13.2% |
| For details on all ethnic groups visit this page at the US Census Bureau.Also, their American FactFinder page is a fine tool for other statistics.
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