Ranking of Alabama Counties 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 28.56K people in Alabama with Polish ancestry (0.57% of Alabama population). Among all Alabama counties, Madison County had the highest percentage of its population with Polish ancestry (1.35%), followed by Dale County (1.11%), and Shelby County (1.00%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021
Madison County
Dale County
Shelby County
Cullman County
Lee County
Limestone County
Baldwin County
Lauderdale County
Winston County
Houston County
Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Madison County 1.35
2 Dale County 1.11
3 Shelby County 1.00
4 Cullman County 0.96
4 Lee County 0.96
5 Limestone County 0.89
6 Baldwin County 0.87
7 Lauderdale County 0.84
8 Winston County 0.81
9 Houston County 0.62
10 Autauga County 0.60
11 Russell County 0.58
12 Mobile County 0.55
13 Fayette County 0.51
13 Montgomery County 0.51
14 Henry County 0.50
14 Tuscaloosa County 0.50
15 Cherokee County 0.48
15 Jefferson County 0.48
15 Marshall County 0.48
16 St. Clair County 0.45
17 Morgan County 0.44
18 Chilton County 0.43
19 Geneva County 0.41
20 Etowah County 0.39
20 Marion County 0.39
21 Covington County 0.38
22 Calhoun County 0.37
23 Coffee County 0.36
24 DeKalb County 0.34
25 Colbert County 0.32
26 Bibb County 0.30
27 Talladega County 0.28
28 Elmore County 0.27
29 Marengo County 0.25
30 Blount County 0.23
31 Jackson County 0.22
32 Tallapoosa County 0.21
33 Sumter County 0.20
33 Walker County 0.20
34 Randolph County 0.19
34 Wilcox County 0.19
35 Chambers County 0.17
36 Crenshaw County 0.14
37 Barbour County 0.13
37 Monroe County 0.13
38 Dallas County 0.11
39 Hale County 0.09
40 Franklin County 0.08
40 Pike County 0.08
41 Escambia County 0.06
42 Choctaw County 0.05
43 Butler County 0.04
43 Macon County 0.04
44 Washington County 0.03
45 Cleburne County 0.02
45 Pickens County 0.02