Sterling Heights city, MI Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 134.06K Sterling Heights city, MI population, 24.43K had Other Groups ancestry (18.22%), 20.84K had Unclassified ancestry (15.55%), and 17.46K had German ancestry (13.03%).
The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.
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NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Sterling Heights city, MI Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 24432 | 18.22 |
| Unclassified | 20843 | 15.55 |
| German | 17464 | 13.03 |
| Polish | 17088 | 12.75 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 15798 | 11.78 |
| Italian | 11003 | 8.21 |
| Irish | 9088 | 6.78 |
| English | 6678 | 4.98 |
| Iraqi | 6364 | 4.75 |
| American | 3856 | 2.88 |
| Albania | 3331 | 2.49 |
| French (except Basque) | 3164 | 2.36 |
| French Canadian | 2340 | 1.75 |
| Arab | 2336 | 1.74 |
| Scottish | 1826 | 1.36 |
| Lebanese | 1630 | 1.22 |
| Romanian | 1425 | 1.06 |
| Greek | 1206 | 0.90 |
| Ukrainian | 1083 | 0.81 |
| Yugoslavian | 1074 | 0.80 |
| Belgian | 1052 | 0.79 |
| European | 992 | 0.74 |
| Canadian | 985 | 0.74 |
| Macedonian | 977 | 0.73 |
| Russian | 966 | 0.72 |
| Dutch | 942 | 0.70 |
| Scotch Irish | 801 | 0.60 |
| Subsaharan African | 790 | 0.59 |
| Swedish | 783 | 0.58 |
| Slovak | 764 | 0.57 |
| Hungarian | 715 | 0.53 |
| Jordanian | 673 | 0.50 |
| British | 582 | 0.43 |
| Finnish | 521 | 0.39 |
| African | 518 | 0.39 |
| Serbian | 513 | 0.38 |
| Syrian | 440 | 0.33 |
| Czech | 402 | 0.30 |
| Norwegian | 386 | 0.29 |
| Egyptian | 345 | 0.26 |
| Austrian | 282 | 0.21 |
| Welsh | 280 | 0.21 |
| Slovene | 262 | 0.20 |
| Czechoslovakian | 248 | 0.19 |
| Armenian | 243 | 0.18 |
| Ghanaian | 225 | 0.17 |
| Danish | 209 | 0.16 |
| Lithuanian | 179 | 0.13 |
| Croatian | 172 | 0.13 |
| Slavic | 152 | 0.11 |