Polish census of 2011
Polish census of 2011 was a census in Poland taken from 1 April to 30 June 2011.
Results
National/ethnic identity
The Census included two questions regarding national and ethnic identity:- What is your nation? The Census provided the following definition: "Nationality is a declared individual feature of the person, which expresses their emotional, cultural or genealogical relationship with a specific nation".
- Do you feel an affiliation with another nation or ethnic group?
- 93.8% of surveyed declared Polish ethnicity; 3,8% other and 2,4% gave no answer.
- 99.7% of those surveyed declared Polish citizenship; 0.2% declared other citizenship.
Significant ethnic minorities
| Ethnicity | 2002 | 2011 | 2011 Total incl. 2nd declared ethn. |
| Silesians | 173,153 | ~418,000 | ~817,000 |
| Germans | 152,897 | ~59,000 | ~126,000 |
| Belarusians | 48,737 | ~36,000 | ~46,000 |
| Ukrainians | 30,957 | ~37,000 | ~49,000 |
| Roma | 12,855 | ~12,000 | ~16,000 |
| Russians | 6,103 | ~8,000 | ~13,000 |
| Lemkos | 5,863 | ~7,000 | ~10,000 |
| Lithuanians | 5,846 | ~5,000 | ~8,000 |
| Kashubians | 5,062 | ~17,000 | ~229,000 |
| Slovaks | 2,001 | ~2,000 | ~3,000 |
| Vietnamese | 1,808 | ~3,000 | ~4,000 |
| French | 1,633 | ~1,000 | ~7,000 |
| American | 1,541 | ~1,000 | ~11,000 |
| Greek | 1,404 | ~1,000 | ~3,000 |
| Italian | 1,367 | ~2,000 | ~8,000 |
| Jews | 1,055 | ~2,000 | 7,353 |
| Bulgarian | 1,112 | ? | 2,171 |
| Armenians | 1,082 | ~3,000 | ~3,000 |
| Czechs | 831 | ~1,000 | ~3,000 |
| British | 800 | ~2,000 | ~10,000 |
| Tatars | 495 | ? | 1,916 |