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Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 124,471, making it the fourth largest in Michigan.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 95.0 km² (36.7 mi²). 94.9 km² (36.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.14%) is water.

The city is home to a mix of commercial and residential properties with a one-mile wide industrial corridor bisecting the city on its north-south axis. Major industrial firms with a presence in Sterling Heights include DaimlerChrysler, Visteon, General Dynamics, publishing plants for the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, and many smaller auto suppliers. Chrysler's Sterling Heights Stamping Plant is the largest metal stamping plant in the world.

The city's main commercial hub is clustered on the M-53 corridor and the M-59 corridor and is most concentrated near where the two state highways meet.

The city is also home to Lakeside Mall, which features 180 stores. It was the largest mall in Metro Detroit in terms of square footage until Great Lakes Crossing opened in 1998.

The city is home to the Freedom Hill county park, located on Metro Parkway (16 Mile Road) east of Utica Road. Freedom Hill began hosting concerts in 1999 in its 7,000-seat, outdoor theater. Several residents near the park began complaining about the loud music coming from the amphitheater. The complaints led to a long legal battle between Sterling Heights and Hillside Productions, which runs the theater, over the theater's impact on the neighborhood.

The August 2006 issue of Money magazine listed Sterling Heights as No. 37 on its list of the 90 "Best Small Cities" to live in.

Sterling Heights was ranked the sixth safest city in the U.S. with a population between 100,000 - 499,999, according to Morgan Quitno's 2006 analysis of crime rates.

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