Erie County, New York Demographics

Erie County is 41st out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Erie County is 41st out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

Erie County is 5th in New York out of 62 other counties in Female residents

Erie County is 6th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Erie County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Households

Erie County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Housing units

Erie County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Erie County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Erie County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Erie County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail sales

Erie County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Current population (2012)

Erie County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	919,086	8th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,042.7	14th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	881.4	11th	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	30th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.0%	33rd	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.1%	27th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.9%	18th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.8%	14th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	80.9%	51st	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.8%	7th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	14th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.8%	18th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	28th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	33rd	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	23rd	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.2%	47th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	51.7%	5th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.2%	21st	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	419,406	7th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	37.9%	10th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	379,478	7th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.9%	52nd	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$120,600	33rd	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	49th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	990	10th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$27,366	21st	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$48,805	33rd	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.2%	25th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	22,313	7th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	405,981	6th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	61,402	8th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$11,217,146	7th	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,302	23rd	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,462,823	7th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732