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People QuickFacts | Sterling Heights | Michigan
Population, 2012 estimate | 130,410 | 9,883,360
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 129,699 | 9,883,635
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.5% | Z
Population, 2010 | 129,699 | 9,883,640
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.5% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.7% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 15.2% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.5% | 50.9%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 85.1% | 78.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 5.2% | 14.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 6.7% | 2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 2.2% | 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 1.9% | 4.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 83.8% | 76.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.1% | 85.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.8% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 29.3% | 9.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.8% | 88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 26.5% | 25.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 8,127 | 711,613
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.8 | 23.9
Housing units, 2010 | 52,190 | 4,532,233
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 77.5% | 73.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.8% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $163,800 | $137,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 49,155 | 3,825,182
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.62 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,544 | $25,482
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $57,272 | $48,669
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.6% | 15.7%
Business QuickFacts | Sterling Heights | Michigan
Total number of firms, 2007 | 10,508 | 816,972
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.5% | 8.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.9% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.6% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 7,662,372 | 234,455,768
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 774,737 | 107,109,349
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,628,041 | 109,102,594
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,801 | $10,855
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 207,615 | 14,536,648
Geography QuickFacts | Sterling Heights | Michigan
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 36.51 | 56,538.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 3,552.9 | 174.8
FIPS Code | 76460 | 26
Counties | [NAME]
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts