Census Information - Erie County Source: United States Census Bureau
- Population, 2012 estimate 280,646
- Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 5.9%
- Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 22.2%
- Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 15.0%
- Female persons, percent, 2012 50.8%
- White alone, percent, 2012 (a) 89.0%
- Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) 7.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2012 (a)..........0.2%
- Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a)..........1.2%
- Two or More Races, percent, 2012..........2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b)..........3.6%
- Living in same house 1 year+, 2007-2011 84.6%
- Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011..........3.9%
- Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011..........6.3%
- High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011..........89.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011..........23.6%
- Veterans, 2007-2011..........23,132
- Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011..........18.8
- Housing units, 2011..........119,391
- Homeownership rate, 2007-2011..........68.7%
- Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011..........25.1%
- Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011..........$113,300
- Households, 2007-2011..........108,303
- Persons per household, 2007-2011..........2.47
- Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011..........$23,321
- Median household income, 2007-2011..........$44,503
- Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011..........15.8%
 Business QuickFacts – Erie County |
- Private nonfarm establishments, 2011..........6,246
- Private nonfarm employment, 2011..........114,273
- Nonemployer establishments, 2011..........13,787
- Total number of firms, 2007..........19,610
- Black-owned firms, percent, 2007..........3.2%
- Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007..........1.2%
- Women-owned firms, percent, 2007..........23.5%
- Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)..........6,890,810
- Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)..........1,157,206
- Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)..........3,428,421
- Retail sales per capita, 2007..........$12,253
- Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)..........428,110
- Building permits, 2012..........488
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