Erie County, Pennsylvania Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Erie County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Erie County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

Erie County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income below poverty line

Erie County is 10th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Erie County is 11th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Erie County is 14th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Erie County is 14th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Erie County is 14th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Households

Erie County is 14th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Erie County is 14th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	280,646	14th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	799.1	23rd	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	351.1	19th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	11th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	17th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.0%	59th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.5%	15th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.6%	16th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	89.0%	57th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.4%	10th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	29th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	19th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	31st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	6th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	22nd	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.2%	50th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	50.8%	31st	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.9%	20th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	119,391	15th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.1%	5th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	108,303	14th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.7%	61st	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$113,300	40th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	28th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	488	14th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$23,321	32nd	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$44,503	35th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.8%	9th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Erie County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	6,246	14th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	114,273	14th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	19,610	14th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,428,421	15th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,253	23rd	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$428,110	14th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732