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> There are five million Irish in Ireland and something like 75 million “Irish” in the US.

Reminds me of this sketch. [0]

> And Chicago has more Polish that Warsaw, but that’s actual expats and their kids.

This is one of those persistent myths. While Chicago has many Poles and people of Polish ancestry living there, it has never exceeded the population of Warsaw. And New York has more Poles than Chicago.

[0] https://youtu.be/xzlMME_sekI

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hinkley|6 days ago

The reason I like to use the Polish example is that I got it straight from a Polish dissident, and a second one didn't correct me when I repeated it to him later.

Nobody has official numbers on populations that are a mix of documented and undocumented people. But I trust members of those groups and their relatives probably have a better estimate, even if it's offset by not having a degree in statistics.