Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Polish communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_061E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	New York, New York	174,381	8,468,353
#2	Chicago, Illinois	132,368	2,694,535
#3	Buffalo, New York	62,754	526,427
#4	Los Angeles, California	50,960	3,848,831
#5	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	47,319	1,580,199
#6	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	42,505	605,608
#7	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	31,084	573,858
#8	Las Vegas, Nevada	26,181	1,645,118
#9	Houston, Texas	26,110	3,320,004
#10	San Diego, California	25,888	1,411,139

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Chesterfield, Michigan	15.91%	58,224
#2	Saint Clair Shores, Michigan	15.39%	58,118
#3	Macomb, Michigan	15.06%	92,629
#4	Orland Park, Illinois	15.04%	65,854
#5	Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania	14.97%	78,275
#6	Williamsville, New York	14.49%	55,255
#7	Oak Lawn, Illinois	14.45%	56,861
#8	Chicopee, Massachusetts	13.91%	55,295
#9	Clinton Township, Michigan	13.80%	100,529
#10	Mount Prospect, Illinois	13.69%	55,818

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Ancestry: 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_061E) — default ranking lens
Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_040E)

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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