Sterling is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 11,337 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Sterling is the 41st largest community in Colorado.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sterling is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sterling is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sterling who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.77%), sales jobs (12.21%), and food service (8.28%).

Also of interest is that Sterling has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 12.91 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Sterling does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Sterling Information and Demographics

The citizens of Sterling are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.62% of adults in Sterling have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sterling in 2000 was $15,287, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,148 for a family of four.

The people who call Sterling home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sterling is White, followed by Native American. Sterling also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.25% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Sterling include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Sterling is English. Some people also speak Spanish.