Italian Americans throughout Michigan are celebrating the state's Italian communities this fall. October is Italian American Heritage Month, a time to uplift the history, culture and achievements of Italian immigrants to the U.S. and their descendants, including here in Michigan.
Italian Americans are the fourth-largest ethnicity in the U.S. at about 16 million people or 4.8% of the population, according to the John D. Calandra Italian American Insitute at Queens College, The City University of New York.
