Ranking of Indiana 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 197.81K people in Indiana with Polish ancestry (2.93% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Cedar Lake town had the highest percentage of its population with Polish ancestry (20.88%), followed by St. John town (18.92%), and Lowell town (17.61%).

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 Indiana.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021
Cedar Lake town
St. John town
Lowell town
Dyer town
Griffith town
Highland town
Munster town
Crown Point city
Schererville town
Hobart city
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Cedar Lake town 20.88
2 St. John town 18.92
3 Lowell town 17.61
4 Dyer town 17.45
5 Griffith town 17.01
6 Highland town 16.23
7 Munster town 15.42
8 Crown Point city 14.31
9 Schererville town 14.27
10 Hobart city 11.21
11 Granger CDP 10.50
12 La Porte city 9.68
13 Michigan City city 9.58
14 Chesterton town 8.96
15 Valparaiso city 8.45
16 South Bend city 6.72
17 Mishawaka city 6.63
18 Hammond city 6.30
19 Portage city 5.96
20 West Lafayette city 4.97
21 Lake Station city 4.93
22 Westfield city 4.81
23 Carmel city 3.70
24 Warsaw city 3.58
25 Merrillville town 3.21
26 Zionsville town 2.98
27 Noblesville city 2.93
28 Bloomington city 2.90
28 Plymouth city 2.90
29 Fishers city 2.78
30 Auburn city 2.70
31 Goshen city 2.61
32 New Haven city 2.59
33 Vincennes city 2.42
34 Fort Wayne city 2.22
35 Jeffersonville city 2.05
36 Seymour city 2.04
37 Lafayette city 2.02
38 Plainfield town 1.96
39 Elkhart city 1.81
40 Danville town 1.77
41 Evansville city 1.66
42 Speedway town 1.65
43 Madison city 1.63
44 Muncie city 1.61
45 Kokomo city 1.57
46 Beech Grove city 1.53
47 Indianapolis city (balance) 1.51
48 Lebanon city 1.45
49 Bluffton city 1.43
50 Terre Haute city 1.40
51 Huntington city 1.35
52 Lawrence city 1.33
53 Columbus city 1.23
54 Crawfordsville city 1.22
54 Marion city 1.22
55 Clarksville town 1.20
56 Greenwood city 1.19
57 Yorktown town 1.16
58 East Chicago city 1.14
59 Greenfield city 1.12
60 Peru city 1.07
61 Greensburg city 0.96
62 Richmond city 0.93
63 Brownsburg town 0.90
64 Anderson city 0.86
64 Gary city 0.86
65 Avon town 0.85
66 New Albany city 0.78
67 Franklin city 0.73
67 Wabash city 0.73
68 Frankfort city 0.65
69 Connersville city 0.60
70 Bedford city 0.58
71 Logansport city 0.46
72 Washington city 0.41
73 Shelbyville city 0.37
74 New Castle city 0.35
75 Jasper city 0.34
76 Martinsville city 0.07