Polish medical interpreters
On-demand medical interpretation in Polish, word for word, in seconds, on the devices your teams already carry.
There are 529,300 speakers of Polish in the United States.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Darker states have more Polish speakers; shading is logarithmic, relative to the state with the most speakers.
| State | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 174,400 |
| New York | 85,160 |
| New Jersey | 61,480 |
| Connecticut | 30,110 |
| Florida | 25,170 |
| Michigan | 17,810 |
| Wisconsin | 5,823 |
| Colorado | 4,946 |
| Rhode Island | 1,746 |
| Maine | 930 |
| Vermont | 439 |
State counts reflect the 15 most reported non-English languages in each state’s ACS table. States where Polish falls outside the top 15 are shown without shading; the national total includes every state.
195,600
speakers of Polish speak English less than “very well”: the federal threshold for needing language assistance.
37%
of Polish speakers in the U.S. meet that limited-English definition.
174,400
people speak Polish at home in Illinois alone.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Common questions about Polish interpretation
Three states hold 61% of the nation’s Polish speakers, and Polish ranks in the published top-15 language tables of 11 states.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
529,300 people speak Polish at home in the U.S., and 195,600 of them speak English less than “very well” (ACS 2017-2021).
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