Sterling Heights, Michigan

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The 2000 Census showed that Sterling Heights had a population of 124,471 people^<1>. This represents 1.25% of the total population of Michigan, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
2	Grand Rapids	W	135 mi [217.3 km]	193,396	2.23% decrease
3	Warren	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	133,939	3.12% decrease
4	Flint	NW	45 mi [72.4 km]	112,900	9.64% decrease
-5-	Sterling Heights			127,160	2.16% increase
6	Lansing	W	77 mi [123.9 km]	113,968	4.33% decrease
7	Ann Arbor	SW	41 mi [66 km]	114,386	0.32% increase
8	Livonia	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	91,220	9.27% decrease

Sterling Heights had 47,547 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Sterling Heights has an area^<4> of 36.64 square miles [94.9 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Sterling Heights had a 2000 population density of 3,397 people per square mile [1,311 people/km²], making it the state's 56th most densely populated area.

Macomb County

The city of Sterling Heights is located in Macomb County.

The county had a population of 790,829 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 124,471 people, Sterling Heights contained 15.74% of the Macomb County total.

In addition, where the community of Sterling Heights has a population density of 3,397 people per square mile [1,311 people/km²], Macomb County averages 1,646 people per square mile [635 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Macomb County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Sterling Heights and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Sterling Heights. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Sterling Heights. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Sterling Heights, it also contains a comparison between Sterling Heights and the state of Michigan.

Click here for the Sterling Heights QuickFact (QF-2676460).

The following communities are nearby Sterling Heights and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Troy	QF-2680700	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	80,264	0.86% decrease
	Madison Heights	QF-2650560	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	29,531	5.05% decrease
	Roseville	QF-2669800	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	46,782	2.8% decrease
	Warren	QF-2684000	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	133,939	3.12% decrease
	Eastpointe	QF-2624290	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	32,497	4.64% decrease
	Rochester Hills	QF-2669035	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	69,014	0.27% increase
	Royal Oak	QF-2670040	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	57,110	4.91% decrease
	Macomb	QF-2650490	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Sterling Heights.

A Census Quickfact is available for Macomb County (QF-26099).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Macomb County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Lapeer	QF-26087	NW	90,875	2.91% increase
	Oakland	QF-26125	W	1,202,174	0.48% increase
	Saint Clair	QF-26147	NE	168,894	2.53% increase
	Wayne	QF-26163	SW	1,949,929	5.29% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Sterling Heights:

Sterling Heights is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Sterling Heights.

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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Sterling Heights. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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