Chicago: Polish-American Highlights
- 500,000+ people speak Polish for day-to-day communication.
- Over 150 grocery stores service the Polish language customer
- Nearly 500 Polish speaking health-service providers
- 50 Polish Saturday schools with almost 20,000 students
- 45 public grade/high schools with Polish bilingual programs
- 43 private Polish language pre-schools/kindergartens
- Over 60 non-for-profit organizations (foundations, clubs, associations etc.)
- 50+ churches with Polish language masses