Sterling Heights, Michigan — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Sterling Heights, Michigan by nationality. Data represents only those respondents who voluntarily listed an ancestry on their response form. Sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Nationalities & Ancestry
| # | Ancestry | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Polish | 22764 | 17.55% |
| 2. | German | 21989 | 16.95% |
| 3. | Italian | 13913 | 10.72% |
| 4. | Irish | 11277 | 8.69% |
| 5. | English | 8488 | 6.54% |
| 6. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 7914 | 6.10% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 5447 | 4.20% |
| 8. | Iraqi | 4472 | 3.45% |
| 9. | Asian Indian | 4112 | 3.17% |
| 10. | Albanian | 3936 | 3.03% |
| 11. | Scottish | 1955 | 1.51% |
| 12. | Filipino | 1904 | 1.47% |
| 13. | Belgian | 1842 | 1.42% |
| 14. | French Canadian | 1742 | 1.34% |
| 15. | Romanian | 1726 | 1.33% |
| 16. | Mexican | 1656 | 1.28% |
| 17. | Dutch | 1604 | 1.24% |
| 18. | Lebanese | 1527 | 1.18% |
| 19. | Yugoslavian | 1513 | 1.17% |
| 20. | Scotch-Irish | 1405 | 1.08% |
| 21. | Macedonian | 1359 | 1.05% |
| 22. | Ukrainian | 1294 | 1.00% |
| 23. | Hungarian | 1223 | 0.94% |
| 24. | Slovak | 1177 | 0.91% |
| 25. | Greek | 1172 | 0.90% |
| 26. | Vietnamese | 1079 | 0.83% |
| 27. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 1025 | 0.79% |
| 28. | Russian | 979 | 0.75% |
| 29. | Swedish | 872 | 0.67% |
| 30. | Finnish | 833 | 0.64% |
| 31. | European | 828 | 0.64% |
| 32. | Pakistani | 696 | 0.54% |
| 33. | Norwegian | 670 | 0.52% |
| 34. | Canadian | 592 | 0.46% |
| 35. | Austrian | 554 | 0.43% |
| 36. | Czechoslovakian | 500 | 0.39% |
| 37. | Czech | 382 | 0.29% |
| 38. | Serbian | 380 | 0.29% |
| 39. | Welsh | 289 | 0.22% |
| 40. | Armenian | 286 | 0.22% |
| 41. | Lithuanian | 284 | 0.22% |
| 42. | Korean | 273 | 0.21% |
| 43. | Puerto Rican | 265 | 0.20% |
| 44. | Egyptian | 244 | 0.19% |
| 45. | Croatian | 244 | 0.19% |
| 46. | Maltese | 241 | 0.19% |
| 47. | British | 197 | 0.15% |
| 48. | Syrian | 190 | 0.15% |
| 49. | Jordanian | 171 | 0.13% |
| 50. | Hmong | 127 | 0.10% |
| 51. | Danish | 127 | 0.10% |
| 52. | Spaniard | 108 | 0.08% |
| 53. | Nigerian | 100 | 0.08% |
| 54. | Cuban | 98 | 0.08% |
| 55. | Northern European | 96 | 0.07% |
| 56. | Slavic | 84 | 0.06% |
| 57. | Japanese | 75 | 0.06% |
| 58. | Swiss | 73 | 0.06% |
| 59. | Iranian | 70 | 0.05% |
| 60. | Portuguese | 64 | 0.05% |
| 61. | Argentinean | 56 | 0.04% |
| 62. | Brazilian | 55 | 0.04% |
| 63. | Palestinian | 55 | 0.04% |
| 64. | Laotian | 51 | 0.04% |
| 65. | Cherokee | 46 | 0.04% |
| 66. | Afghan | 44 | 0.03% |
| 67. | Eastern European | 43 | 0.03% |
| 68. | Bangladeshi | 42 | 0.03% |
| 69. | Latvian | 38 | 0.03% |
| 70. | Sri Lankan | 37 | 0.03% |
| 71. | Potawatomi | 37 | 0.03% |
| 72. | Bulgarian | 36 | 0.03% |
| 73. | Spanish | 32 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Apache | 32 | 0.02% |
| 75. | Peruvian | 31 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Jamaican | 30 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Thai | 29 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Slovene | 28 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Guatemalan | 27 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Chippewa | 25 | 0.02% |
| 81. | Scandinavian | 25 | 0.02% |
| 82. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 23 | 0.02% |
| 83. | Costa Rican | 21 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Australian | 20 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Taiwanese | 18 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Nicaraguan | 16 | 0.01% |
| 87. | Cape Verdean | 15 | 0.01% |
| 88. | Icelander | 12 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Bahamian | 11 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Salvadoran | 11 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Guyanese | 10 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Moroccan | 10 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Israeli | 10 | 0.01% |
| 94. | German Russian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Celtic | 7 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Lumbee | 4 | 0.00% |
| 97. | Venezuelan | 4 | 0.00% |
| 98. | Navajo | 4 | 0.00% |