Sterling Heights is a city in

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of the

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, and one of

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's core suburbs. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a total population of 134,346. It is the second largest suburb in

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, and the fourth largest city in Michigan.

History

As a result of the

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and the 1817

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, the area of

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which now makes up Sterling Heights was first surveyed by Deputy Surveyor Joseph Wampler; his survey was approved on February 20, 1818. Wampler had been one of two deputy surveyors of

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, in 1816. SterlingHeightsNameChanges

Originally created as part of Shelby Township in April 1827, it was broken off as Jefferson Township in March 1835. In March 1838, it was renamed Sterling Township. Until the 1950s, Sterling Township was an agricultural area, largely devoted to growing rhubarb and other crops sold in Detroit. Road improvements led to decreased commute times and lower costs for the delivery of goods and services to and from businesses. The population increased when suburban homes were built for the workers in metropolitan Detroit's booming automobile industry. There was already a small village named Sterling in

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. So when Sterling Heights was incorporated as a city in 1968, the word "Heights" was added to the township name to satisfy a state law that prevents incorporated municipalities from having the same name. Gerald Donovan became the first mayor of the city and F. James Dunlop became the first mayor pro-tem. In the 1960s and 1970s, many residents came to live in Sterling Heights to work in automobile plants operated by

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and

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opened in Sterling Heights in 1976. The city is home to many groups of immigrants. It has received many people of eastern European origins, including ethnic Albanians, Bosnians, Croatians, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Poles, Serbians and Slovenians. After the 2003 U.S.-Iraqi War, millions of Iraqi citizens were displaced, particularly Iraqi Christians (Chaldean and Assyrian). Of these, 30,000-50,000 resettled in Sterling Heights, giving parts of the city the nickname "Little Nineveh", especially around 15 Mile Road and Ryan.

Geography

*According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. *Sterling Heights is part of the

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watershed, and branches of the river flow through the city. Sterling Heights is a second-ring suburb, from

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Climate

Sterling Heights features a

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(

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: ''Dfa''). Summers are somewhat hot with temperatures exceeding 90 °F (32 °C) on average 8.6 days. Winters are cold, with temperatures not rising above freezing on 39.1 days annually, while dropping to or below 0 °F (−18 °C) on average 1.2 days a year.

Neighboring cities/towns

Main highways

Sterling Heights sits on two main thoroughfares:

State highways

* commonly called Van Dyke Avenue or the Van Dyke Freeway (they split in the city, however, and rejoin to its north), which leads north into

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. *, commonly called Hall Road once the freeway ends—which is the east–west connector from just north of Mount Clemens, through Utica as a surface road, and then becomes a limited access freeway to

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, being the main northern connector between

and

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. In Sterling Heights, large areas are devoted to retail and commercial development (''e.g.'',

Other main roads

*Mound Road is an important north–south artery that runs continuously through the city. Overall, the road starts south in

Hamtramck Hamtramck ( ) is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 28,433. Hamtramck is surrounded by the city of Detroit except for a small portion that borders the fellow enclave city of Hi ...

and runs up to 32 Mile Road in

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. The road ends briefly at River Bends Park in Shelby Township (becoming Auburn Road), and continues just north of 22 Mile Road. *East-west travel is mainly on the "mile roads," beginning at 14 Mile Road through 20 Mile Road (M-59). 16 Mile Road, also known as Metro Parkway, is another major "mile road". See

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. *Utica Road is an important diagonal connector that crisscrosses the city from southeast to northwest, going through the intersection of Dodge Park Road (across from the Sterling Heights city hall) via the first roundabout in Macomb County. *Dequindre Road is the border between the city of Sterling Heights and the city of

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. It is also the border between the counties of Macomb and

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. *Hayes Road is the divider between Clinton Township (Between Utica Road and South of M59) and Fraser (Between Masonic and Moravian).

Demographics

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 129,699 people, 49,451 households, and 34,515 families living in the city. The

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was . There were 52,190 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 85.1%

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, 5.2%

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, 0.2% Native American, 6.7%

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, 0.5% from

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, and 2.2% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.9% of the population. There were 49,451 households, of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were

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living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.2% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.20. The median age in the city was 40.4 years. 21.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.8% were from 25 to 44; 28.6% were from 45 to 64; and 15.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.

2000 census

As of the

of 2000, there were 124,471 people, 46,319 households, and 33,395 families living in the city. The

was 3,397.0 per square mile (1,311.6/km²). There were 47,547 housing units at an average density of 1,297.6 per square mile (501.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.70%

, 1.30%

, 0.21% Native American, 4.92%

, 0.04%

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, 0.34% from

, and 2.50% from two or more races. 1.34% of the population were

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of any race. Ancestries:

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(19.0%),

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(14.4%),

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(12.5%), Macedonian (5.7%),

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(5.0), Chaldean (20.7%), American/US (4.0%) and

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(4.0). In 2000, there were more people in Sterling Heights born in

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than any other foreign country. In that year there were 5,059 people in Sterling Heights born in Iraq. The next three largest nations of foreign birth were Macedonia at 1,723,

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at 1,442 and

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at 1,427. Now in 2020, there is an estimated 50,000 Chaldeans in the city. 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
U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census There were 46,319 households, out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were

living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.21. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $60,494, and the median income for a family was $70,140. Males had a median income of $51,207 versus $31,489 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,958. About 4.0% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.

Law and government

The city has a council-manager form of government. The mayor, along with six other council members, is directly elected to council by the city residents. Prior to 2021, city council and Mayor positions had two-year terms. Following the approval of a ballot proposal in the November 2020 election the positions were changed to be four-year terms starting with the 2021 election cycle. As of January 2021, the Mayor is Michael C. Taylor. Taylor was the Mayor Pro Tem when the current Mayor at the time, Mayor Notte, died while in office in December 2014. The current City Manager, Mark D. Vanderpool, has served as the city manager since 2004. In December 2020, the City Council voted to increase Vanderpool's salary by 23%, making him the third highest-paid city administrator of similar cities in Michigan. Sterling Heights is located in

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and

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, District 25 is represented by

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and District 30 is represented by

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, Sterling Heights is located in

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, represented by

Michael D. MacDonald. Nationally, Sterling Heights is situated in both

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, represented by

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and

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, represented by Republican

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. In the 2016 presidential election

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won Sterling Heights with 53.9 percent of the vote to

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41.9 percent. In the 2020 presidential election Donald Trump won Sterling Heights with 55.1 percent to Joe Biden 43.8 percent.

Crime

The Sterling Heights Police Department serves as the main law enforcement agency in the city. Sterling Height's crime rate for 2018 was 180.38 per 100,000 population, a 2.16% decrease from 2017. Sterling Heights' crime rate is lower than both the Michigan (449 ) and United States (381 ) averages. Sterling Heights had the fourth lowest crime rate per 100,000 population in 2018, compared to surrounding cities Sterling Heights was beat by

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(61.19 ),

(61.74 ), and

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(157.25 ). Sterling Heights has a lower crime rate than Utica (222.27 ), Madison Heights (295.68 ), Clinton Township (317.93 ) and

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(509.03 ).

Education

Sterling Heights is served by two public school districts:

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, which serves the northern half of the city, and Warren Consolidated Schools, which serves the southern half of the city. Utica operates two high schools in the city, Stevenson High School and Henry Ford II High School, while Warren Consolidated only operates one in Sterling Heights High School. Additionally, Parkway Christian School, a private K-12 Christian school, is also located in the city.

Media

The city of Sterling Heights has three local newspapers, ''The Macomb Daily'' with daily and Sunday delivery (owned by the Journal Register Company), the ''Sterling Heights Sentry'' (C and G Newspapers), and the ''Sterling Heights Source'' (owned by Advisor & Source Newspapers), the last two are delivered to city residences free of charge. The city also has two local channels. SHTV is run by the city's community relations department and usually features locally produced programming (including City Council meetings) and community announcements. Another channel is used for the Sterling Heights Public Library, which usually features educational programs as well as library announcements and important outreach programs for the thriving

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community in Sterling Heights. SHTV is found locally on

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channel 5, on

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channel 10 and online. The public library channel is found on Comcast channel 12 and WOW channel 20. The city's official radio station is AM 1700. The city also releases a seasonal magazine and a city calendar free of charge to each city household and business.

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, affiliated with Family Life Radio, is also based in Sterling Heights.

Sister cities

Sister City initiatives give opportunities for the cities' residents to come to know each other's cultures. The initiatives will facilitate the cultural, educational, municipal, business, professional and technical exchanges and projects among the sister cities. Sterling Heights' sister cities are: *

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, North Macedonia (1982) * Legazpi, Philippines (1999) *

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, Italy (2006) *

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, Philippines (2008) *

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, Italy (2010) *

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, Albania (2013) *

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, Sri Lanka (2016)

Notable people

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, screenwriter; raised in Sterling Heights *

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, Retired NHL goaltender *

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, former NFL player. Krenzel played originally for

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, winning the

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in 2003. He went on to play for the

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and

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* Frank Zombo, professional football linebacker for

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pop singer *

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, former football player in the

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, former

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References

External links

City's website

Chamber of Commerce

Sterling Heights Public Library
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