People QuickFacts	Erie County	Pennsylvania
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	280,646	12,763,536
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	280,566	12,702,379
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	Z	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	280,566	12,702,379
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.9%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.4%	21.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.6%	15.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.8%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	89.2%	83.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	7.4%	11.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.2%	2.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.0%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	3.5%	5.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	86.5%	79.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.6%	87.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.9%	5.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.3%	10.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	89.5%	87.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	23.6%	26.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	23,132	1,007,939
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.8	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	119,391	5,579,275
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	68.7%	70.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	25.1%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$113,300	$163,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	108,303	4,952,566
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.47	2.47
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,321	$27,824
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,503	$51,651
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.8%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Erie County	Pennsylvania
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	6,287	297,023
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	111,677	4,976,193
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-8.8	-2.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	14,004	762,405 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	19,610	981,501
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.2%	4.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.2%	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.5%	27.0% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	6,890,810	234,840,418
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,157,206	142,859,202
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,428,421	166,842,778
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,253	$13,323
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	428,110	19,625,449
 	Building permits, 2011     	311	14,967

   	Geography QuickFacts	Erie County	Pennsylvania
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	799.15	44,742.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	351.1	283.9
 	FIPS Code    	049	42
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Erie, PA Metro Area	 

(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