Sterling Heights (Michigan)

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Sterling Heights
Macomb County Michigan Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sterling Heights Highlighted.svg
Location in county and Michigan
Basic data
Foundation : 1968 (inc.)
State : United States
State : Michigan
County : Macomb County
Coordinates : 42 ° 35 ′  N , 83 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 35 ′  N , 83 ° 2 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 129,699 (status: 2010)
4,403,437 (status: 2009)
Population density : 1,366.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 95.0 km 2  (approx. 37 mi 2 ) of
which 94.9 km 2  (approx. 37 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 187 m
Postcodes : 48310-48314
Area code : +1 586
FIPS : 26-76460
GNIS ID : 0638798
Website : www.sterling-heights.net
Mayor : Michael C. Taylor

Sterling Heights is the second largest city in Macomb County in Michigan , United States , with 129,699 inhabitants (2010) . The United States Census Bureau's estimate for 2007 was 127,349 residents, making Sterlin Heights the fourth most populous city in the state . The city's motto is "To Strive on Behalf of All".

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of ​​95.0  km² , of which 94.9 km² is land and 0.1 km² (= 0.14%) is water. The area of Sterling Heights falls into the catchment area of the Clinton River .

Sterling Heights is located on Michigan State Route 53 and Michigan State Route 59 . The M-53 splits into Van Dyke Avenue and the Van Dyke Expressway in the city, but reunites both north of the city and then heads towards The Thumb . The M-59 is the main northern link between Macomb County and Oakland County .

Clockwise, starting in the west, the towns of Troy , Utica, Michigan , Shelby Township , Clinton Township , Warren and Fraser border on Sterling Heights.

history

Before incorporation in 1968, Sterling Heights was a township known as Jefferson Township from 1836 to 1838 and then Sterling Township. Until the 1950s, the town was in an agricultural area where rhubarb and other produce were harvested that were then sold in Detroit.

There was already a small Michigan village called Sterling , and when Michigan law prohibited multiple incorporated parishes from using the same name, Sterling Township eventually became Sterling Heights. Gerald Donovan became the first mayor of the new city .

Demographic data

At the time of the United States Census 2000, Sterling Height inhabited 124,471 people. The population density was 1311.6 people per km ². There were 47,547 housing units at an average of 501.0 per km². The Sterling Heights population was 90.70% White , 1.30% Black or African-American , 0.21% Native , 4.92% Asian , 0.04% Pacific immigrant , 0.34% said of belonging to other races and 2.50% named two or more races. 1.34% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.

The residents of Sterling Heights distributed to 46,319 households out of which 32.9% were living in children under 18 years of age. 60.4% of households were married, 8.5% had a female head of the household without a husband and 27.9% were not families. 24.1% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 8.5% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.21.

The population was divided into 24.1% minors, 8.5% 18–24 year olds, 30.4% 25–44 year olds, 25.2% 45–64 year olds and 11.8% aged 65 years or more. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 women there were 96.0 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 92.6 men.

The median household income in Sterling Heights was 60,494 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 70,140 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 51,207 versus $ 31,489 for women. The per capita income was $ 24,958. 5.2% of the population and 4.0% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 6.6% of minors and 7.5% of those aged 65 and over.

The city's residents are predominantly descendants of Poles (19.0%), Germans (14.4%), Italians (12.5%), Irish (5.7%), British (5.0%), Assyrians ( also called Aramaeans or Chaldeans) (4.8%) and Americans (4.0%).

Of the foreign- born residents of Sterling Heights, most were born in Iraq . In the United States Census 2000 , 5059 people gave a place of birth there. In the next ranks are India (1723 people), Italy (1442 people) and Poland (1427 people).

Sons of the city

media

There are two newspapers in town, Sterling Heights Sentry, owned by C&G Newspapers, and Sterling Heights Source, owned by Source Newspapers . There are two municipal television channels, SHTV is run by the city council and shows the meetings of the city council, among others, and the other is used by the Sterling Heights Public Library . The city also operates a medium wave transmitter and publishes a multi-annual magazine and calendar, which is distributed to all households and businesses.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pre-City History ( English ) City of Sterling Heights. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 19, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sterling-heights.net
  2. ↑ PCT18. ANCESTRY (TOTAL CATEGORIES TALLIED) FOR PEOPLE WITH ONE OR MORE ANCESTRY CATEGORIES REPORTED [109 - Universe: Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported], US Census Bureau. 2000.

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