2,744,941 (0.8%) Polish alone
72-539: Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a comprehensive-care hospital on Mayfield Road in Mayfield Heights , Ohio , United States . It is part of the Cleveland Clinic Health System. The hospital currently has 500 registered beds, and serves as a level II trauma center for eastern Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Portage counties. Hillcrest Hospital has its roots with Doctors Hospital. Doctors Hospital
144-720: A dialect of Polish, or a distinct language. Cestohowa , Kosciusko , Falls City , Polonia , New Waverly , Brenham , Marlin , Bremond , Anderson , Bryan , and Chappell Hill were either founded or populated by the Poles. Other industrial cities with major Polish communities include Buffalo, New York ; Boston ; Baltimore ; New Britain , Connecticut ; Dallas , Houston , Portland, Oregon ; Minneapolis ; Philadelphia ; Columbus, Ohio ; Erie, Pennsylvania ; Rochester, New York ; Syracuse, New York ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco ; Seattle ; Pittsburgh ; South Bend, Indiana ; central / western Massachusetts ; and Duluth, Minnesota . There
216-562: A different type of settlement with significant Polish communities having been established in rural areas. Historian John Radzilowski estimates that up to a third of Poles in Minnesota settled in rural areas, where they established 40 communities, that were often centered around a Catholic church. Most of these settlers came from the Polish lands that had been taken by Prussia during the Partitions, with
288-463: A figure of Americans who have some Polish ancestry at 19–20 million. In 2000, 667,414 Americans over five years old reported Polish as the language spoken at home, which is about 1.4% of the census groups who speak a language other than English or 0.25% of the U.S. population. The history of Polish immigration to the United States can be divided into three stages, beginning with the first stage in
360-643: A high school in Orchard Lake with historically Polish roots, sponsors a popular annual Polish County Fair that bills itself as "America's Largest High School Fair." Outside of Metro Detroit, Polish Americans retain a strong presence in Northern Michigan . The town of Cedar in Leelanau County retains a large Polish presence, and is home to a Polish Art Center, as well as an annual polka festival. The counties of Alpena , Presque Isle , and Huron also have
432-553: A large community of Italian Americans , including newly-arrived immigrants and those who migrated eastward along Mayfield Road from Little Italy on Cleveland's East Side. Since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, they have been joined by a significant number of immigrants from Russia and other former Soviet republics . Mayfield Heights is located at 41°31′03″N 81°27′21″W / 41.517402°N 81.455889°W / 41.517402; -81.455889 . According to
504-486: A large percentage and population of families of Polish immigrants. Ohio is home to more than 440,000 people of Polish descent, their presence felt most strongly in the Greater Cleveland area, where half of Ohio's Polish population resides. The city of Cleveland, Ohio has a large Polish community, especially in historic Slavic Village , as part of its Warszawa Section. Poles from this part of Cleveland migrated to
576-611: A separatist Catholic church, the Mariavite Church , which greatly expanded the veneration of the Virgin Mary in its doctrine. In Poland, the Virgin Mary was believed to serve as a mother of mercy and salvation for Catholics, and throughout the Middle Ages, Polish knights prayed to her before battle. Polish American churches featured replicas of the Lady of Częstochowa , which was on feature at
648-510: A sub-group coming from Silesia. The Kaszub minority, from Poland's Baltic coast, was also strongly represented among Polish immigrants to Minnesota, most notably in Winona. Despite relative isolation from Poland and larger urban Polonian communities, due to strong community integration these communities continued speaking Polish into the 1970s in some cases and continue to have a strong Polish identity. Michigan 's Polish population of more than 850,000
720-437: Is a direct line to Manhattan. St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church offers masses in Polish. In the early part of the 20th century, up to and immediately following the second World War, Newark, New Jersey and Elizabeth, New Jersey were the primary, historic centers of 'Polonia' as Polish-Americans of that era thought of themselves. Castle Garden and Ellis Island generation immigrants and those that followed them found employment in
792-471: Is a relatively large Polish population in Kansas City and Saint Louis, Missouri in addition to the area's many German-Americans. Luzerne County , in northeastern Pennsylvania , is the only county in the United States where a plurality of residents state their ancestry as Polish. (See: Maps of American ancestries ) This includes the cities of Wilkes-Barre , Pittston , Hazleton , and Nanticoke . Many of
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#1733085403686864-650: Is also a Polish community in Las Vegas . As of the 2021 American Community Survey , the distribution of Polish Americans across the 50 states and DC is as presented in the following table: As in Poland, the majority of Polish immigrants are Roman Catholic . Historically, less than 5% of Americans who identified as Polish would state any other religion but Roman Catholic. Jewish immigrants from Poland, largely without exception, self identified as " Jewish ," " German Jewish ," " Russian Jewish ," or " Austrian Jewish " when inside
936-634: Is helping to bolster the parish community of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and a host of Polish American civic organizations, located within the city of Wyandotte. Also, the Detroit suburb of Troy is home to the American Polish Cultural Center, where the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame has over 200 artifacts on display from over 100 inductees, including Stan Musial and Mike Krzyzewski . St. Mary's Preparatory ,
1008-694: Is home to the Polka Hall of Fame . Poles in Cleveland were instrumental in forming the Third Federal Savings and Loan in 1938. After seeing fellow Poles discriminated against by Cleveland's banks, Ben Stefanski formed Third Federal. Today the Stefanski family still controls the bank. Unlike Cleveland's KeyBank and National City Corp. , which have their headquarters in Downtown Cleveland , Third Federal
1080-629: Is home to the second-largest community of Polish Americans in the nation, and is now closely behind the Chicago metropolitan area 's Polish population. Greenpoint , New York in Brooklyn is home to the Little Poland of New York City, while Williamsburg , Maspeth and Ridgewood also contain vibrant Polish communities. In 2014, the New York metropolitan area surpassed Chicago as the metropolitan area attracting
1152-553: Is in Tremont , located on Cleveland's west side. The home parishes are St. John Cantius and St. John Kanty. Other Polish language churches in Cleveland city include St. Casimir , St. Barbara , and Immaculate Heart of Mary . Outside of annual church festivals, other major city celebrations include Dyngus Day and the Slavic Village Harvest Festival, celebrating with Polish food, customer, and Polka music. Cleveland
1224-518: Is on Broadway Avenue in the Slavic Village neighborhood. Third Federal Savings and Loan is in the top 25 saving and loan institutions in the United States. In 2003, they acquired a Florida banking company and have branches in Florida and Ohio. Panna Maria, Texas , was founded by Upper Silesian settlers on Christmas Eve in 1854. Some people still speak Texas Silesian . Silesian is regarded as either
1296-500: Is that many immigrants with agricultural backgrounds were eager to migrate because they were finally freed from the local plots of land they had owned in Poland. Others ventured into business and entrepreneurship, and the majority of them opened small retail shops such as bakeries, butcher shops, saloons, and print shops. Polish American Heritage Month is an event in October by Polish American communities, first celebrated in 1981. One of
1368-535: Is the third-largest among U.S. states , behind that of New York and Illinois . Polish Americans make up 8.6% of Michigan's total population. The city of Detroit has a very large Polish community, which historically settled in Poletown and Hamtramck on the east side of Detroit, the neighborhoods along Michigan Avenue from 23rd street into east Dearborn, the west side of Delray, parts of Warrendale and several sections of Wyandotte downriver. The northern part of Poletown
1440-550: The Białystok region, helped co-found the first Muslim organization in Brooklyn , New York , in 1907, and later, a mosque , which is still in use . In 1969, the median family income was $ 8,849 for Polish Americans. The median family income for all families in the United States in 1968 was $ 7,900. Leonard F. Chrobot summarizes the Census data for 1969: The typical Polish American male
1512-590: The Eastern Orthodox Church . Small groups of both of these groups also immigrated to the United States. One of the most celebrated painters of religious icons in North America today is a Polish American Eastern Orthodox priest, Fr. Theodore Jurewicz , who singlehandedly painted New Gračanica Monastery in Third Lake, Illinois , over the span of three years. A small group of Lipka Tatars , originating from
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#17330854036861584-576: The Felician Order for instance, took to Marianism as the cornerstone of their spiritual development, and Polish churches in the U.S. were seen as "cult-like" in their veneration of Mary. Religious catechism and writings from convents found that Polish nuns in the Felician Sisters and The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth were taught to have "a sound appreciation of Mary's role in the mystery of
1656-638: The Jasna Góra Monastery and holds national and religious significance because of its connection to a victorious military defense in 1655. Several towns in America are named Częstochowa , in commemoration of the town in Poland. Though the majority of Polish Americans remained loyal to the Catholic Church, a breakaway Catholic church was founded in 1897 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Polish parishioners founded
1728-614: The Polish Museum of America , Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (the oldest Polish American fraternal organization in the United States), Polish American Association , Polish American Congress , Polish National Alliance , Polish Falcons , Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America , and the Polish Genealogical Society of America . In addition, Illinois has more than one million people that are of Polish descent,
1800-674: The Republic of Poland . There are an estimated 8.81 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing about 2.67% of the U.S. population , according to the 2021 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau . The first eight Polish immigrants to British America came to the Jamestown colony in 1608, twelve years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts . Two Polish volunteers, Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kościuszko , aided
1872-528: The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as many former territories of Poland were under German, Austrian-Hungarian and Russian occupation between the 1790s and the 1910s. Complicating the U.S. Census figures further is the high proportion of Polish Americans who married people of other national descent. In 1940, about 50 percent married other American ethnics and a study in 1988 found that 54% of Polish Americans were of mixed ancestry from three generations or longer. The Polish American Cultural Center places
1944-502: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.18 square miles (10.83 km ), of which 4.17 square miles (10.80 km ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km ) is water. 23.9% were of Italian , 14.5% German , 11.9% Irish , 7.4% Polish , 6.8% Russian , and 6.4% English ancestries. 81.0% spoke English , 7.11% Russian , 4.10% Italian , and 1.03% Arabic as their first language. As of
2016-529: The World War II era; the town has Polish architecture , stores, and St. Isidore's R.C. Church, and Polish Town hosts an annual summer Polish Fair. LOT Polish Airlines provides non-stop flight service between JFK International Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, Newark and Warsaw . The Kosciuszko Foundation is based in New York. Milwaukee 's Polish population has always been overshadowed by
2088-535: The census of 2000, there were 19,386 people, 9,848 households, and 5,042 families living in the city. The population density was 4,596.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,774.6/km ). There were 10,461 housing units at an average density of 2,480.1 per square mile (957.6/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 91.85% White , 2.98% African American , 0.03% Native American , 4.03% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.18% from other races , and 0.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1.04% of
2160-505: The census of 2010, there were 19,155 people, 9,662 households, and 4,884 families living in the city. The population density was 4,593.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,773.6/km ). There were 10,538 housing units at an average density of 2,527.1 per square mile (975.7/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 80.4% White , 10.3% African American , 0.1% Native American , 7.0% Asian , 0.5% from other races , and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.0% of
2232-865: The Americans in the Revolutionary War. Casimir Pulaski created and led the Pulaski Legion of cavalry. Tadeusz Kosciuszko designed and oversaw the construction of state-of-the-art fortifications, including those at West Point, New York. Both are remembered as American heroes. Overall, around 2.2 million Poles and Polish subjects immigrated into the United States between 1820 and 1914, chiefly after national insurgencies and famine. They included former Polish citizens of Roman Catholic , Protestant , Jewish or other minority descent. Exact immigration figures are unknown owing to several complicating factors. Many immigrants were classified as "Russian", "German" or "Austrian" by
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2304-774: The Baptist (Harvey), as well as St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital, on the Near West Side . Poles established approximately 50 Roman Catholic parishes in Minnesota. Among them: St. Wojciech (Adalbert) and St. Kazimierz (Casimir) in St. Paul; Holy Cross, St. Philip, St. Hedwig (Jadwiga Slaska) and All Saints, in Minneapolis; Our Lady Star of the Sea, St. Casimir's, and SS. Peter and Paul in Duluth; and St. Kazimierz (Casimir) and St. Stanislaw Kostka in Winona. A few of
2376-664: The Polish Community created the Our Lady of Częstochowa Shrine on the campus of Marymount Hospital. Poles in South Bend, Indiana , founded four parishes: St. Hedwig Parish (1877), St. Casimir Parish (1898), St. Stanislaus Parish (1907), and St. Adalbert Parish, South Bend (1910). Circa 1897, in Pittsburgh's Polish Hill , Immaculate Heart of Mary , modeled on St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
2448-528: The Redemption ” and “a filial confidence in her patronage," more explicitly, “to be . . . a true daughter to the immaculate Virgin Mary." The Marianism that was taught in Polish parish schools in the United States was done independent of the Catholic Church, and demonstrated autonomy on the part of the nuns who taught Polish American youths. It is notable that there was a concurrent movement in Poland that eventually led to
2520-916: The United States, and faced a historical trajectory far different from that of the Polish Catholics. Polish Americans built dozens of Polish Cathedrals in the Great Lakes and New England regions and in the Mid-Atlantic States . Chicago's Poles founded the following churches: St. Stanislaus Kostka, Holy Trinity, St. John Cantius, Holy Innocents, St. Helen, St. Fidelis, St. Mary of the Angels, St. Hedwig, St. Josaphat, St. Francis of Assisi (Humboldt Park), St. Hyacinth Basilica, St. Wenceslaus, Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Stanislaus B&M, St. James (Cragin), St. Ladislaus, St. Constance, St. Mary of Perpetual Help, St. Barbara, SS. Peter & Paul, St. Joseph (Back of
2592-632: The United States, where Polish Americans from all over Wisconsin and nearby Chicago , come to celebrate Polish Culture , through music, food and entertainment. Polonia in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul is centered on Holy Cross Church in the Northeast Neighborhood of Minneapolis, where a vibrant Polish ministry continues to care for the Polish Roman Catholic Faithful. Wisconsin, Minnesota , and Nebraska represent
2664-628: The Yards), Five Holy Martyrs, St. Pancratius, St. Bruno, St. Camillus, St. Michael (South Chicago), Immaculate Conception (South Chicago), St. Mary Magdalene, St. Bronislava, St. Thecla, St. Florian, St. Mary of Częstochowa (Cicero), St. Simeon (Bellwood), St. Blase (Summit), St. Glowienke (Downers Grove), St. John the Fisherman (Lisle), St. Isidore the Farmer (Blue Island), St. Andrew the Apostle (Calumet City) and St. John
2736-638: The ample job opportunities for unskilled manual labor in industry and mining. The main Ethnically-Polish-American organizations were founded because of high Polish interest in the Catholic church , parochial schools , and local community affairs. Relatively few were politically active. During the third stage from 1914 to present, the United States has seen mass emigration from Poland, and the coming of age of several generations of fully assimilated Polish Americans. Immigration from Poland has continued into
2808-643: The area between Chicago and Detroit, including Northern Indiana , a part of the Chicago metropolitan area . The community has played a role as a staunch supporter of the Democratic machine, and has been rewarded with several congressional seats. The leading representative has been Congressman Dan Rostenkowski , one of the most powerful members of Congress (1959 to 1995), especially on issues of taxation, before he went to prison. The New York metropolitan area , including Brooklyn in New York City , and North Jersey ,
2880-402: The average family size was 2.75. In the city the population was spread out, with 16.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 27.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males. The median income for a household in the city
2952-625: The children of Polish-American ethnic leaders spoke Polish regularly, compared to 50 percent for Ukrainians. In the early 1960s, 3,000 of Detroit's 300,000 Polish-Americans changed their names each year. Language proficiency in Polish is rare in Polish-Americans, as 91.3% speak "English only." In 1979, the 8 million respondents of Polish ancestry reported that only 41.5 percent had single ancestry, whereas 57.3% of Greeks, 52% of Italians and Sicilians, and 44% of Ukrainians had done so (clarification needed). Polish-Americans tended to marry exogamously in
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3024-462: The church to assert independence from the Catholic Church in America. The split was in rebellion from the church leadership, then dominated by Irish bishops and priests, and lacking Polish speakers and Polish church leaders. It exists today with 25,000 parishioners and remains independent from the authority of the Roman Catholic Church . Poland is also home to followers of Protestantism and
3096-466: The city's more numerous German American inhabitants. Nevertheless, the city's once numerous Polish community built a number of Polish Cathedrals , among them the magnificent Basilica of St. Josaphat and St. Stanislaus Catholic Church . Many Polish residents and businesses are still located in the Lincoln Village neighborhood. The city is also home to Polish Fest , the largest Polish festival in
3168-602: 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. For instance, Polish settlers came to the Virginia Colony as skilled craftsmen as early as 1608. Some Jews from Poland even assimilated into cities which were Polish (and also other Slavic and sometimes additionally Jewish) bastions to conceal their Jewish identities. In
3240-820: The early 2000s and began to decline after Poland had joined the European Union in 2004. The income levels have gone up from well below average, to above average. Poles became active members of the liberal New Deal Coalition from the 1930s to the 1960s, but since then, many have moved to the suburbs, and have become more conservative and vote less often Democratic . Outside Republican and Democratic politics, politics such as those of Agudath Israel of America have heavily involved Polish-Jewish Americans. Helena Lopata (1976) argues that Poles differed from most other ethnic groups in America in several ways. They did not plan to remain permanently and become "Americanized." Instead, they came temporarily to earn money, invest, and wait for
3312-499: The government to enumerate them as an individual nationality when there was no Polish nation-state. No distinction is made in the American census between ethnically Polish Americans and descendants of non-ethnic Poles, such as Jews or Ukrainians, who were born in the territory of Poland and considered themselves Polish nationals. Therefore, some say, of the 10 million Polish Americans, only a certain portion are of Polish ethnic descent. On
3384-787: The immigrants were drawn to this area, because of the mining of Anthracite coal in the region. Polish influences are still common today, in the form of church bazaars, polka music, and Polish cuisine . It is widely believed that Boothwyn, Pennsylvania , has one of the fastest growing Polish communities in the United States. In 2007, at the urging of Attorney Adrian Baron and the local Polonia Business Association, New Britain, Connecticut officially designated its Broad Street neighborhood as Little Poland , where an estimated 30,000 residents claim Polish heritage. Visitors can do an entire day's business completely in Polish including banking, shopping, dining, legal consultations, and even dance lessons. The area has retained its Polish character since 1890. There
3456-527: The industries of these two cities as well as Linden which housed oil refineries and auto manufacturing. Initial settlements were in Newark, primarily the "Ironbound" section, where St. Stanislaw Roman Catholic Church, followed by Casimir's Parish were the first parish churches founded and built by the communities there. In Elizabeth, the first parish serving the Polish community is St. Adalbert's Roman Catholic Church. All these parishes are over 100 years old, dating from
3528-789: The late 1800s, with churches constructed in the early 20th century. Post-war prosperity allowed many Polish Americans to disperse from the original core in New Jersey's industrial areas to the surrounding suburban communities. Documentation of their early history may be found on individual parish websites. Other significant centers of Polish settlement in New Jersey included Garfield, New Jersey, Manville in Somerset County, Trenton, New Jersey, and Camden, New Jersey. In Hudson County , New Jersey , Bayonne houses New Jersey's largest Polish American community, while Wallington in Bergen County contains
3600-407: The most new legal immigrants to the United States from Poland. Linden, New Jersey in Union County , near Newark Liberty International Airport , has become heavily first-generation Polish in recent years. 15.6% of the residents five years old and above in the city of Linden primarily speak Polish at home and a variety of Polish-speaking establishments may be found by the Linden station , which
3672-437: The most notable in size of the urban Polish American communities is in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs . Chicago is a city sprawling with Polish culture, billing itself as the largest Polish city outside of Poland, with approximately 185,000 Polish speakers, making Polish the third most spoken language in Chicago. The influence of Chicago's Polish community is demonstrated by the numerous Polish-American organizations:
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#17330854036863744-694: The other hand, many ethnic Poles when entering the US from 1795 to 1917, when Poland did not exist, did not identify themselves as ethnic Poles and instead identified themselves as either German, Austrian or Russian (this pertained to the nations occupying Poland from 1795 to 1917). Therefore, the actual number of Americans of at least partial Polish ancestry, could be well over 10 million. In the 2011 United States Census Bureau's Population Estimates, there are between 9,365,239 and 9,530,571 Americans of Polish descent, with over 500,000 being foreign-born. Historically, Polish-Americans have assimilated very quickly to American society. Between 1940 and 1960, only 20 percent of
3816-932: The parishes of particular note, founded by Poles elsewhere in Minnesota, include: St. John Cantius in Wilno; St. Jozef (Joseph) in Browerville; St. John the Baptist in Virginia; St. Mary in Częstochowa; St. Wojciech (Adalbert) in Silver Lake; Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Opole; Our Lady of Lourdes in Little Falls; St. Stanislaus B&M in Sobieski; St. Stanislaus Kostka in Bowlus; St. Hedwig in Holdingford; Sacred Heart in Flensburg; Holy Cross in North Prairie; Holy Cross in Harding; and St. Isadore in Moran Township. Poles in Cleveland established St. Hyacinth's (now closed), Saint Stanislaus Church (1873), Sacred Heart (1888–2010) Immaculate Heart of Mary (1894), St. John Cantius (Westside Poles), St. Barbara (closed), Sts Peter and Paul Church (1927) in Garfield Heights, Saint Therese (1927) Garfield Heights, Marymount Hospital (1948) Garfield Heights, and Saint Monica Church (1952) Garfield Heights. Also,
3888-442: The population. There were 9,662 households, of which 21.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.0% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 49.5% were non-families. 44.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
3960-408: The population. There were 9,848 households, out of which 17.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.8% were non-families. 44.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.95 and
4032-722: The postwar era in high numbers, and tended to marry within the Catholic population, often to persons of German (17%), Italian (10%), East European (8%), Irish (5%), French (4%), Spanish-speaking (2%), Lithuanian (2%), and English (1%) ancestry. Polish-born population in the U.S. since 2010: The vast majority of Polish immigrants settled in metropolitan areas , attracted by jobs in industry. The minority, by some estimates, only ten percent, settled in rural areas. Historian John Bukowczyk noted that Polish immigrants in America were highly mobile, and 40 to 60 percent were likely to move from any given urban neighborhood within 10 years. The reasons for this are very individualistic; Bukowczyk's theory
4104-606: The right opportunity to return. Their intention was to ensure a desirable social status in the old world for themselves. However, many of the temporary migrants decided to become permanent Americans. Many found manual labor jobs in the coal mines of Pennsylvania and the heavy industries (steel mills, iron foundries, slaughterhouses, oil and sugar refineries), of the Great Lakes cities of Chicago , Pittsburgh , Detroit , Buffalo , Milwaukee , Cleveland , and Toledo . The U.S. Census asked Polish immigrants to specify Polish as their native language beginning in Chicago in 1900, allowing
4176-420: The second stage from 1870 to 1914, Poles and Polish subjects formed a significant part of the wave of immigration from Germany , Imperial Russia , and Austria Hungary . The Poles, particularly Polish Jews, came in family groups, settled in and/or blended into largely Polish neighborhoods and other Slavic bastions, and aspired to earn wages that were higher than what they could earn back in Europe and so many took
4248-442: The state's highest percentage of Polish Americans and one of the highest percentages in the United States, at over 40%. However, within New Jersey, Polish populations are additionally increasing rapidly in Clifton , Passaic County as well as in Garfield , Bergen County. Riverhead, New York , located on eastern Long Island , contains a neighborhood known as Polish Town , where many Polish immigrants have continued to settle since
4320-441: The suburbs, such as Garfield Heights , Parma and Seven Hills . Parma has even recently been designated a Polish Village commercial district. Farther out, other members of Cleveland's Polish community live in Brecksville , Independence and Broadview Heights . Many of these Poles return to their Polish roots by attending masses at St. Stanislaus Church , on East 65th Street and Baxter Avenue. Cleveland's other Polish section
4392-438: The summer of 2005, construction was completed on the West Tower, adding 104 bed spaces, as well as two new operating rooms, an endovascular suite for minimally-invasive vascular procedures, and an expanded William B. Hirsch Cancer Center. This expanded center offers a full range of care, featuring Cleveland Clinic radiation oncologists and gynecological cancer care and treatment. In November 2010, $ 163 million renovation and addition
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#17330854036864464-475: The third largest ethnic group after the German and Irish Americans . The Chicago area has many Polish delis, restaurants, and churches. Chicago's Polish community was concentrated along the city's Northwest and Southwest Sides , along Milwaukee and Archer Avenues , respectively. Chicago's Taste of Polonia festival is celebrated at the Copernicus Foundation , in Jefferson Park , every Labor Day weekend. Nearly 3 million people of Polish descent live in
4536-400: The thumb of Michigan, Manistee, and numerous places in northern lower Michigan and south-central Michigan also have sizable Polish populations. The Polish influence is still felt throughout the entire metropolitan Detroit area, especially the suburb of Wyandotte , which is slowly emerging as the major center of Polish American activities in the state. An increase in new immigration from Poland
4608-635: Was $ 37,236, and the median income for a family was $ 51,132. Males had a median income of $ 37,358 versus $ 29,118 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 24,392. About 4.6% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over. Mayfield Heights is a part of the Mayfield City School District , along with Highland Heights , Mayfield Village , and Gates Mills . Polish American Polish Americans ( Polish : Polonia amerykańska ) are Americans who either have total or partial Polish ancestry, or are citizens of
4680-431: Was 1.97 and the average family size was 2.75. The median age in the city was 42.9 years. 17.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.6% were from 25 to 44; 23.9% were from 45 to 64; and 23.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 45.3% male and 54.7% female. Of the city's population over the age of 25, 38.3% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. As of
4752-461: Was 20,351 at the 2020 census . An eastern suburb of Cleveland , it is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area . Mayfield Heights was initially built up as a streetcar suburb of Cleveland. It was incorporated as a village in 1925 and as a city in 1951. The city derives its name from Mayfield Township , now defunct. One location in the city, the W.A. Thorp House , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The city has
4824-406: Was born in the United States, spoke Polish in his home when he was a child, but speaks English now, is 38.7 years old (female: 40.9), and is married to a Polish wife. If he is between 25 and 34 years of age, he completed 12.7 years of school, and if he is over 35, he completed 10.9 years. His median family income is $ 8,849. The male works as a craftsman, foreman, or kindred occupation, and his wife
4896-499: Was broken for Hillcrest Hospital. On November 23, 1968, the new Hillcrest Hospital opened for its first patients. In 1984, Hillcrest Hospital, Huron Road Hospital , Euclid Hospital , and Suburban (now South Pointe Hospital ) formed the Meridia Health System , a networked hospital system. In 1997, the hospitals became part of the Cleveland Clinic Health System. In 1994, the hospital finished an expansion, increasing outpatient services and adding an on-campus medical office building. In
4968-410: Was cleared of residents, to make way for the General Motors Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant. Today it contains some of the most opulent Polish churches in America like St. Stanislaus, Sweetest Heart of Mary, St. Albertus, St. Josephat and St. Hyacinthe. Michigan as a state has Polish populations throughout. In addition to metropolitan Detroit , Grand Rapids, Bay City, Alpena and the surrounding area,
5040-431: Was finished, which included the construction of the five-story Jane and Lee Seidman Tower. In 2021, Hillcrest Hospital broke ground on the Lozick Cancer Pavilion, a 10,600 square-foot addition to the existing cancer center. In 2024, Newsweek named Hillcrest Hospital one of the 10 Best Hospitals in Ohio. Mayfield Heights, Ohio Mayfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio , United States. The population
5112-462: Was founded in Cleveland Heights by physicians of the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland. They purchased the Edgehill Apartment building at Cedar Road and Edgehill Boulevard and converted it to a hospital, which opened in August 1946. In 1968, the City of Cleveland Heights purchased and demolished the hospital for a planned parking lot and fire station. In 1966, Doctors Hospital accepted a donation of land from Cleveland developer Dominic Visconsi and ground
5184-473: Was founded. Polish Americans preserved their longstanding tradition of venerating the Lady of Czestochowa in the United States. Replicas of the painting are common in Polish American churches and parishes, and many churches and parishes are named in her honor. The veneration of the Virgin Mary in Polish parishes is a significant difference between Polish Catholicism and American Catholicism; Polish nuns in
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