Ranking of Michigan Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 469.41K people in Michigan with American ancestry (4.67% of Michigan population). Among all Michigan cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Adrian city had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (14.00%), followed by Alpena city (13.72%), and Flat Rock city (12.39%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having American ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Michigan.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of Michigan Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021

Adrian city

Alpena city

Flat Rock city

Taylor city

Woodhaven city

Romulus city

Burton city

Riverview city

Monroe city

Fenton city

Ranking of Michigan Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Adrian city	14.00
2	Alpena city	13.72
3	Flat Rock city	12.39
4	Taylor city	11.18
5	Woodhaven city	9.58
6	Romulus city	9.57
7	Burton city	9.38
8	Riverview city	8.95
9	Monroe city	7.65
10	Fenton city	7.23
11	Kalamazoo city	6.87
12	Owosso city	6.82
13	Mount Clemens city	6.58
14	New Baltimore city	6.49
15	Ypsilanti city	6.33
16	Flint city	6.11
17	Coldwater city	5.87
18	Trenton city	5.84
19	Wayne city	5.81
20	Garden City city	5.63
21	Howell city	5.37
22	Portage city	5.32
23	Wyandotte city	5.28
24	Port Huron city	4.99
25	Grosse Pointe Farms city	4.98
26	St. Clair Shores city	4.96
27	Farmington Hills city	4.48
28	Farmington city	4.44
29	Midland city	4.38
30	Cutlerville CDP	4.35
31	Comstock Park CDP	4.31
32	Oak Park city	4.21
33	Battle Creek city	4.19
33	Dearborn Heights city	4.19
34	Northview CDP	4.18
35	Wixom city	4.14
36	Southgate city	4.08
37	Clawson city	4.07
38	Warren city	4.04
39	Lincoln Park city	3.98
40	Detroit city	3.97
41	Waverly CDP	3.94
42	Hazel Park city	3.88
43	Roseville city	3.86
44	Madison Heights city	3.83
45	Jackson city	3.74
46	Traverse City city	3.70
47	Kentwood city	3.69
48	Sault Ste. Marie city	3.54
49	South Lyon city	3.50
50	Wyoming city	3.49
51	Dearborn city	3.46
52	Grandville city	3.45
53	Eastpointe city	3.44
53	Lambertville CDP	3.44
54	Holt CDP	3.43
55	Lansing city	3.35
56	Fraser city	3.34
56	Ionia city	3.34
57	Birmingham city	3.22
58	Jenison CDP	3.18
59	Westland city	3.16
60	Grand Haven city	3.11
60	Livonia city	3.11
61	Bay City city	3.07
62	Rochester Hills city	2.99
63	Novi city	2.94
64	Sterling Heights city	2.88
65	Cadillac city	2.86
66	Mount Pleasant city	2.81
67	Berkley city	2.80
67	Escanaba city	2.80
68	Ann Arbor city	2.73
69	Muskegon Heights city	2.72
70	Southfield city	2.66
71	Ferndale city	2.58
72	Grand Rapids city	2.53
73	Rochester city	2.50
74	Royal Oak city	2.49
75	Muskegon city	2.47
76	Troy city	2.44
77	Walker city	2.43
78	East Grand Rapids city	2.42
79	Holland city	2.41
79	Sturgis city	2.41
80	Saginaw city	2.40
81	Allen Park city	2.32
82	Auburn Hills city	2.30
82	Forest Hills CDP	2.30
83	Grosse Pointe Park city	2.21
83	Niles city	2.21
83	Pontiac city	2.21
84	Melvindale city	2.14
85	Hamtramck city	2.11
86	Haslett CDP	2.09
87	East Lansing city	2.06
88	Grosse Pointe Woods city	2.01
89	Allendale CDP	1.97
90	Norton Shores city	1.84
91	Okemos CDP	1.83
92	Inkster city	1.76
93	Marquette city	1.71
94	Beverly Hills village	1.44
95	Harper Woods city	1.26