Polish Americans

Analysis of this data shows that Polish Americans are moving out of traditional enclaves (Piurek, 2001). Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have seen increases in their Polish American populations, whereas Rhode Island and Massachusetts have seen their Polish American populations drop. Florida also saw a rise in its Polish American population in the last Census. Polish American populations have also grown in Western states which have shown overall population growths such as Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada. In these three states, the Polish American population has grown more than 56,600 since the 1990 Census, while California lost more than 86,000 Polish Americans in that time. It is not clear if this is due to migration patters or self-identification differences.

The early Polish immigrants to America were from the "peasant worker d

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els. It has as members such societies as the Polish National Alliance, the Polish Women's Alliance, the Polish Roman Catholic Union, the Polish Falcons and others. The Polish American Congress promotes civic, educational and cultural programs designed to advance the knowledge of Polish history, language and culture, and to stimulate Polish American involvement and accomplishments (The Polish, 2004). Many organizations exist across America, such as the Polish American Leadership Initiative (PALI) of Chicago, which provide help to Polish Americans for a variety of reasons (Polish American, 2004). PALI provides leadership forums to bring together current and prospective leaders in the Greater Chicago Polish American community to consider issues of civic and community concern. It has constructed an electronic directory of Polish American organizations and their leaders as a searchable database; was instrumental in helping prepare a documentary for public television presenting in a positive light the contributions of Chicago's Polish Americans to the civic and community life of Chicago; promotes the advancement of Polish American lawyers; is actively exploring projects to foster and support academic research and teaching of Pol
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