Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 866.24K people in New York with Polish ancestry (4.31% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Depew village had the highest percentage of its population with Polish ancestry (32.14%), followed by Lancaster village (28.94%), and Cheektowaga CDP (28.15%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Polish ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New York.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021
Depew village
Lancaster village
Cheektowaga CDP
West Seneca CDP
Dunkirk city
Lackawanna city
North Tonawanda city
Fredonia village
Kenmore village
Fairmount CDP
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Depew village 32.14
2 Lancaster village 28.94
3 Cheektowaga CDP 28.15
4 West Seneca CDP 26.03
5 Dunkirk city 20.00
6 Lackawanna city 18.51
7 North Tonawanda city 17.80
8 Fredonia village 15.56
9 Kenmore village 15.10
10 Fairmount CDP 14.29
11 Tonawanda Town CDP 13.54
12 Woodmere CDP 11.75
13 Tonawanda city 10.77
14 Olean city 10.35
15 Amsterdam city 9.47
16 Batavia city 9.29
17 Rotterdam CDP 9.25
18 Buffalo city 9.18
19 Riverhead CDP 9.17
20 Plainview CDP 8.97
21 Lindenhurst village 8.96
22 Cohoes city 8.28
23 Terryville CDP 7.92
24 Auburn city 7.62
25 Dix Hills CDP 7.52
26 Lake Grove village 7.39
27 Monsey CDP 7.19
28 Suffern village 7.14
29 Rome city 7.10
30 Niagara Falls city 7.06
31 Eggertsville CDP 7.01
32 Rocky Point CDP 6.88
32 St. James CDP 6.88
33 Merrick CDP 6.85
34 De Witt CDP 6.82
35 Seaford CDP 6.79
36 Copiague CDP 6.78
37 Mastic CDP 6.67
38 Endwell CDP 6.66
38 Loudonville CDP 6.66
39 Johnson City village 6.55
40 Melville CDP 6.39
41 East Massapequa CDP 6.35
42 Irondequoit CDP 6.32
43 West Islip CDP 6.23
44 West Babylon CDP 6.19
45 Mineola village 6.18
46 Stony Brook CDP 6.13
47 Holbrook CDP 6.11
48 Lockport city 6.08
49 Babylon village 5.94
50 West Hempstead CDP 5.81
51 Saratoga Springs city 5.80
52 East Meadow CDP 5.76
53 Kings Park CDP 5.73
53 Mount Sinai CDP 5.73
53 Roessleville CDP 5.73
54 Huntington CDP 5.72
55 Massapequa Park village 5.67
56 Ridge CDP 5.61
57 East Rockaway village 5.60
58 Manorville CDP 5.59
59 Elwood CDP 5.56
59 Fulton city 5.56
60 Niskayuna CDP 5.50
61 Hampton Bays CDP 5.42
62 Oswego city 5.33
63 Holtsville CDP 5.28
64 East Glenville CDP 5.25
65 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 5.21
65 Middle Island CDP 5.21
66 Dobbs Ferry village 5.20
66 Shirley CDP 5.20
67 Chestnut Ridge village 5.17
67 Endicott village 5.17
67 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 5.17
68 Levittown CDP 5.15
69 Bellmore CDP 5.14
70 Nesconset CDP 5.09
71 Commack CDP 5.07
72 North Merrick CDP 4.99
73 Elmira city 4.98
73 Hauppauge CDP 4.98
74 Latham CDP 4.97
75 North Bellmore CDP 4.95
75 North Wantagh CDP 4.95
76 Smithtown CDP 4.94
77 Glen Cove city 4.93
78 Rockville Centre village 4.92
79 North Lindenhurst CDP 4.91
80 Coram CDP 4.88
81 Syosset CDP 4.86
82 Myers Corner CDP 4.84
82 Scarsdale village 4.84
82 South Farmingdale CDP 4.84
83 Pearl River CDP 4.78
84 Brighton CDP 4.70
85 Jericho CDP 4.68
86 Garden City village 4.64
86 Greece CDP 4.64
87 Selden CDP 4.62
88 Massapequa CDP 4.58
89 New City CDP 4.53
90 Port Washington CDP 4.47
91 Wantagh CDP 4.39
92 Floral Park village 4.36
93 Binghamton city 4.33
94 Schenectady city 4.32
95 Woodbury village 4.25
96 Mount Kisco village 4.22
97 Troy city 4.21
98 Ronkonkoma CDP 4.09
99 Plattsburgh city 4.07
100 Huntington Station CDP 4.04
100 North Babylon CDP 4.04
101 Fort Drum CDP 4.03
102 Oceanside CDP 3.94
102 Utica city 3.94
103 Long Beach city 3.93
104 North New Hyde Park CDP 3.92
105 Jamestown city 3.91
106 Tarrytown village 3.87
107 Bethpage CDP 3.86
108 Albany city 3.82
108 Oneida city 3.82
109 North Massapequa CDP 3.78
110 Syracuse city 3.73
111 Sayville CDP 3.69
112 South Huntington CDP 3.68
113 Rye city 3.65
114 East Northport CDP 3.64
114 Oneonta city 3.64
115 Greenlawn CDP 3.63
116 Kingston city 3.61
117 New Hyde Park village 3.56
118 Glens Falls city 3.55
119 Middletown city 3.52
120 Scotchtown CDP 3.49
121 Massena village 3.48
122 White Plains city 3.44
123 Corning city 3.36
124 Miller Place CDP 3.35
125 Stony Point CDP 3.32
126 Watervliet city 3.26
127 Mastic Beach CDP 3.23
128 Ithaca city 3.20
129 Hicksville CDP 3.19
129 Spring Valley village 3.19
130 Farmingville CDP 3.18
131 Patchogue village 3.05
132 Sleepy Hollow village 3.04
133 Canandaigua city 3.02
134 Franklin Square CDP 2.98
135 Islip CDP 2.92
136 Centereach CDP 2.91
137 Watertown city 2.85
138 Great Neck village 2.83
138 Poughkeepsie city 2.83
139 Harrison village 2.82
139 Orange Lake CDP 2.82
140 Medford CDP 2.67
141 Eastchester CDP 2.64
142 Cortland city 2.57
143 Rochester city 2.48
144 New Rochelle city 2.46
145 Salisbury CDP 2.45
146 Deer Park CDP 2.42
147 Westbury village 2.36
148 Lynbrook village 2.34
149 New York city 2.31
150 Bay Shore CDP 2.26
151 Beacon city 2.25
152 North Bellport CDP 2.22
153 Kiryas Joel village 2.20
154 Valley Stream village 2.18
155 Nanuet CDP 2.11
156 Geneva city 2.10
157 Yonkers city 2.09
158 Gloversville city 2.06
159 East Patchogue CDP 2.00
159 Port Chester village 2.00
160 Ossining village 1.95
161 Ogdensburg city 1.92
162 East Islip CDP 1.64
163 Uniondale CDP 1.56
164 Baldwin CDP 1.49
165 Mamaroneck village 1.47
166 Central Islip CDP 1.41
167 Haverstraw village 1.33
168 Freeport village 1.24
169 Inwood CDP 1.20
170 Peekskill city 1.17
171 North Valley Stream CDP 1.13
172 Newburgh city 1.12
173 Elmont CDP 1.03
174 Wyandanch CDP 0.79
175 Brentwood CDP 0.69
176 North Bay Shore CDP 0.52
177 West Haverstraw village 0.49
178 Mount Vernon city 0.44