Demographic Concentrations
Today, the greatest concentration of Finnish Americans is in Michigan Upper Peninsula, where they form 16% of the population, and are the largest ancestral group in the peninsula's western counties. The largest Finnish community in the United States, and the largest outside of Fennoscandia, is in Lake Worth, Florida, south of West Palm Beach, Florida. WLUC-TV in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, broadcasts the country's only Finnish cultural show weekly. The show called “Finland Calling” is hosted by Carl Pellonpaa and will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on air in March of 2012. Stanton Township, Michigan is the place in the U.S. with the largest proportion of people with Finnish ancestry, at 47%.
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