People QuickFacts Buffalo New York Population, 2011 estimate 261,025 19,501,616 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 261,310 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.1% 0.6% Population, 2010 261,310 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.7% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 23.6% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.4% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.1% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 50.4% 65.7% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 38.6% 15.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.2% 7.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.1% 3.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 10.5% 17.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 45.8% 58.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.1% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.4% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 14.2% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.1% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 22.5% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 16,264 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.0 31.4  Housing units, 2010 133,444 8,108,103 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 42.6% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 63.3% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $66,200 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 113,359 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.24 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,072 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $30,230 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 29.9% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Buffalo New York Total number of firms, 2007 13,674 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 15.2% 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.7% 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.0% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 4,499,775 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,037,335 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,449,610 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $5,320 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 414,738 39,813,499     Geography QuickFacts Buffalo New York Land area in square miles, 2010 40.38 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 6,470.6 411.2 FIPS Code 11000 36 Counties Erie 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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts