Ranking of Missouri 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 97.81K people in Missouri with Polish ancestry (1.59% of Missouri population). Among all Missouri counties, Carter County had the highest percentage of its population with Polish ancestry (3.24%), followed by Daviess County (3.12%), and St. Charles County (3.10%).

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 Missouri.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021
Carter County
Daviess County
St. Charles County
Bollinger County
Platte County
Vernon County
Gasconade County
Lincoln County
Putnam County
Reynolds County
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Carter County 3.24
2 Daviess County 3.12
3 St. Charles County 3.10
4 Bollinger County 2.81
5 Platte County 2.67
6 Vernon County 2.62
7 Gasconade County 2.57
8 Lincoln County 2.48
9 Putnam County 2.46
10 Reynolds County 2.38
11 St. Louis County 2.35
12 Lawrence County 2.26
13 Buchanan County 2.12
14 Ripley County 2.02
15 Chariton County 2.01
15 Jefferson County 2.01
15 Laclede County 2.01
16 Crawford County 1.96
17 Dallas County 1.92
18 Stone County 1.87
19 Boone County 1.85
19 Ozark County 1.85
20 Franklin County 1.75
21 St. Louis city 1.73
22 Cass County 1.66
23 Christian County 1.56
24 Hickory County 1.55
25 Holt County 1.54
26 Clay County 1.46
27 Montgomery County 1.41
28 Barry County 1.39
29 Camden County 1.38
30 Johnson County 1.36
31 Dent County 1.34
32 Newton County 1.30
33 Phelps County 1.29
34 Jackson County 1.25
35 Ray County 1.24
36 Warren County 1.23
37 Benton County 1.22
37 Perry County 1.22
37 Pulaski County 1.22
38 Taney County 1.20
39 Butler County 1.18
40 Douglas County 1.16
41 DeKalb County 1.15
42 Barton County 1.12
43 Washington County 1.11
44 Lewis County 1.09
44 Pike County 1.09
45 Harrison County 1.08
45 Pettis County 1.08
45 Ste. Genevieve County 1.08
46 Adair County 1.04
46 Mercer County 1.04
47 Greene County 1.01
48 Clinton County 1.00
49 Texas County 0.99
50 St. Francois County 0.95
51 Callaway County 0.92
52 Cole County 0.90
53 Miller County 0.89
54 Osage County 0.86
55 Nodaway County 0.84
56 Scotland County 0.82
57 Andrew County 0.81
58 Audrain County 0.79
59 Marion County 0.76
60 Lafayette County 0.74
61 Jasper County 0.73
62 Atchison County 0.70
63 Cape Girardeau County 0.69
63 Henry County 0.69
64 Howell County 0.68
65 Carroll County 0.67
65 Iron County 0.67
66 Madison County 0.66
67 Maries County 0.64
67 Randolph County 0.64
67 Shannon County 0.64
68 Bates County 0.62
69 Saline County 0.58
70 Ralls County 0.57
70 Shelby County 0.57
71 Macon County 0.56
71 Stoddard County 0.56
72 Morgan County 0.54
73 Scott County 0.52
74 Dade County 0.51
75 Monroe County 0.50
76 Sullivan County 0.45
76 Worth County 0.45
77 Caldwell County 0.44
78 Webster County 0.42
79 Howard County 0.40
80 Linn County 0.39
81 Livingston County 0.37
82 Moniteau County 0.36
83 Pemiscot County 0.35
84 Cooper County 0.32
85 McDonald County 0.31
86 Clark County 0.30
87 Dunklin County 0.29
88 Polk County 0.27
89 Cedar County 0.26
90 St. Clair County 0.25
91 Gentry County 0.24
92 New Madrid County 0.21
92 Oregon County 0.21
93 Mississippi County 0.19
94 Wayne County 0.16
95 Wright County 0.12
96 Grundy County 0.10
97 Schuyler County 0.05