Editing Polish Corridor (section)

== Ethnic composition ==
Most of the area was inhabited by [[Polish people|Poles]], [[Germans]], and [[Kashubians]]. The census of 1910 showed that there were 528,000 Poles (including West Slavic Kashubians) compared to 385,000 Germans in the region.<ref name="international608"/> The census included German soldiers stationed in the area as well as public officials sent to administer the area. Since 1886, a [[Prussian Settlement Commission|Settlement Commission]] was set up by [[Prussia]] to enforce German settlement<ref>Andrzej Chwalba - Historia Polski 1795-1918 page 461</ref> while at the same time Poles, Jews and Germans migrated west during the [[Ostflucht]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dziedzictwo.polska.pl/katalog/skarb,Pokwitowanie_dotyczace_zakupu_wozu_mieszkalnego_dla_Michala_Drzymaly_z_1908_roku,gid,197554,cid,2443.htm?body=desc |title=Pokwitowanie dotyczące zakupu wozu mieszkalnego dla Michała Drzymały z 1908 roku - Katalog Skarbów - Skarby Dziedzictwa Narodowego - Polska.pl |publisher=Dziedzictwo.polska.pl |access-date=2009-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609135325/http://dziedzictwo.polska.pl/katalog/skarb,Pokwitowanie_dotyczace_zakupu_wozu_mieszkalnego_dla_Michala_Drzymaly_z_1908_roku,gid,197554,cid,2443.htm?body=desc |archive-date=2009-06-09 }}</ref> In 1921 the proportion of Germans in Pomerania (where the Corridor was located) was 18.8% (175,771). Over the next decade, the German population decreased by another 70,000 to a share of 9.6%.<ref name="books.google.com"/> There was also a [[Jew]]ish minority. in 1905, Kashubians numbered about 72,500.<ref>Otto Büsch, Ilja Mieck, Wolfgang Neugebauer, Handbuch der preussischen Geschichte, p.42</ref> After the occupation by Nazi Germany, a census was made by the German authorities in December 1939. 71% of people declared themselves as Poles, 188,000 people declared Kashubian as their language, 100,000 of those declared themselves Polish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kki.net.pl/~museum/rozdz2,6.htm |title=Strona w trakcie tworzenia |publisher=Kki.net.pl |access-date=2009-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122132637/http://kki.net.pl/~museum/rozdz2,6.htm |archive-date=January 22, 2009 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ German population in the Polish Corridor as of 1921, per Blanke 1993<ref>Richard Blanke, ''Orphans of Versailles: The Germans in Western Poland 1918-1939'', University of Kentucky Press, 1993, {{ISBN|0-8131-1803-4}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=80r6Mbnxf8IC]</ref>
! County
! Total population
! German population
! German percentage
|-
| [[Działdowo]] (Soldau)
| style="text-align:center;"| 23,290
| style="text-align:center;"| 8,187
| style="text-align:center;"| 34.5% <small>(35.2%)</small>
|-
| [[Lubawa]] (Löbau)
| style="text-align:center;"| 59,765
| style="text-align:center;"| 4,478
| style="text-align:center;"| 7.6%
|-
| [[Brodnica]] (Strasburg)
| style="text-align:center;"| 61,180
| style="text-align:center;"| 9,599
| style="text-align:center;"| 15.7%
|-
| [[Wąbrzeźno]] (Briesen)
| style="text-align:center;"| 47,100
| style="text-align:center;"| 14,678
| style="text-align:center;"| 31.1%
|-
| [[Toruń]] (Thorn)
| style="text-align:center;"| 79,247
| style="text-align:center;"| 16,175
| style="text-align:center;"| 20.4%
|-
| [[Chełmno]] (Kulm)
| style="text-align:center;"| 46,823
| style="text-align:center;"| 12,872
| style="text-align:center;"| 27.5%
|-
| [[Świecie]] (Schwetz) 
| style="text-align:center;"| 83,138
| style="text-align:center;"| 20,178
| style="text-align:center;"| 24.3%
|-
| [[Grudziądz]] (Graudenz)
| style="text-align:center;"| 77,031
| style="text-align:center;"| 21,401
| style="text-align:center;"| 27.8%
|-
| [[Tczew]] (Dirschau)
| style="text-align:center;"| 62,905
| style="text-align:center;"| 7,854
| style="text-align:center;"| 12.5%
|-
| [[Wejherowo]] (Neustadt)
| style="text-align:center;"| 71,692
| style="text-align:center;"| 7,857
| style="text-align:center;"| 11.0%
|-
| [[Kartuzy]] (Karthaus)
| style="text-align:center;"| 64,631
| style="text-align:center;"| 5,037
| style="text-align:center;"| 7.8%
|-
| [[Kościerzyna]] (Berent)
| style="text-align:center;"| 49,935
| style="text-align:center;"| 9,290
| style="text-align:center;"| 18.6%
|-
| [[Starogard Gdański]] (Preußisch Stargard)
| style="text-align:center;"| 62,400
| style="text-align:center;"| 5,946
| style="text-align:center;"| 9.5%
|-
| [[Chojnice]] (Konitz)
| style="text-align:center;"| 71,018
| style="text-align:center;"| 13,129
| style="text-align:center;"| 18.5%
|-
| [[Tuchola]] (Tuchel)
| style="text-align:center;"| 34,445
| style="text-align:center;"| 5,660
| style="text-align:center;"| 16.4%
|-
| [[Sępólno Krajeńskie]] (Zempelburg)
| style="text-align:center;"| 27,876
| style="text-align:center;"| 13,430
| style="text-align:center;"| 48.2%
|-
! Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 935,643<br /><small>(922,476 when added)</small>
! style="text-align:center;"| 175,771<br />&nbsp;
! style="text-align:center;"| 18.8%<br /><small>(19.1% with 922,476)</small>
|}