Erie County, NY Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Erie County, New York

People QuickFactsErie CountyNew York
Population, 2005 estimate 930,70319,254,630
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -2.1%1.5%
Population, 2000 950,26518,976,457
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.6%6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 22.6%23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 15.5%13.1%
Female persons, percent, 2005 51.9%51.6%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)83.0%73.8%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)13.6%17.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.6%0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.8%6.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.9%1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)3.6%16.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 80.0%60.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 62.9%61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 4.5%20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 9.0%28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 82.9%79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 24.5%27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 168,5493,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.331.7
Housing units, 2005 421,9547,853,020
Homeownership rate, 2000 65.3%53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 40.0%50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $90,800$148,700
Households, 2000 380,8737,056,860
Persons per household, 2000 2.412.61
Median household income, 2003 $40,640$44,139
Per capita money income, 1999 $20,357$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 13.0%14.3%
Business QuickFactsErie CountyNew York
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 22,834511,4401
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 410,7777,433,6861
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -0.4%1.1%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 42,2081,410,301
Total number of firms, 2002 57,5561,707,168
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 4.0%7.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.4%0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.2%8.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.4%9.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 27.1%29.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 13,494,429147,317,463
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D343,663,041
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 9,838,147178,067,530
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,448$9,298
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,213,11527,835,952
Building permits, 2005 1,62361,949
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 6,463,738143,902,5761
Geography QuickFactsErie CountyNew York
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,04447,213
Persons per square mile, 2000 910.2401.9
FIPS Code 02936
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(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 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:37 EST
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