 8,000 people declared Lithuanian identity in the Polish census of 2011 (including 5,000 who declared it as their only nationality, and 3,000 who declared it as the second one, after the Polish nationality).There are Lithuanian publications (over 80 books have been published, and there are several magazines, of which the largest is "Aušra" (= "Dawn"), co-sponsored by Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs).Lithuanian organizations are involved in organizing cultural life of the minority (with libraries, choirs, theatres, etc.