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'''Polish Americans''' are American Americans of predominantly total or partial Polish descent. Their community is often called '''Polonia.''' The major immigration of Polish Catholics came to the U.S. 1890-1914. Some returned but most stayed. They were unskilled farm workers but did not enter farming in America. Instead they took unskilled manual labor jobs in burgeoning heavy industry, especially coal mining (in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois), meatpacking (in Chicago), steel (Pittsburgh, Gary), construction (in many large cities). The favorite destinations were large industrial cities near the Great Lakes, especially Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Other destinations they commonly went to included New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Kansas City, St. Louis, and New England cities, such as Boston, Hartford, and Providence. Most Polish Americans are [[Roman Catholic]].