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People QuickFacts |
Erie County |
New York |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
909,845 | 19,490,297 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
-4.3% | 2.7% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
950,265 | 18,976,816 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
5.3% | 6.2% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
21.5% | 22.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
15.6% | 13.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
51.8% | 51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
82.6% | 73.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
13.6% | 17.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.7% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
1.9% | 7.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
1.2% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
3.9% | 16.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
79.4% | 60.0% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
62.9% | 61.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
4.5% | 20.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
9.0% | 28.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
82.9% | 79.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
24.5% | 27.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
168,549 | 3,606,147 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
21.3 | 31.7 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
423,154 | 7,977,286 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
65.3% | 53.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
40.0% | 50.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$90,800 | $148,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
380,873 | 7,056,860 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.41 | 2.61 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$45,129 | $53,448 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$20,357 | $23,389 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
13.7% | 13.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Erie County |
New York |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
22,590 | 519,4891 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
406,973 | 7,529,8821 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
-1.3% | 2.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
44,346 | 1,546,788 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
57,556 | 1,707,168 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
4.0% | 7.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.4% | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.2% | 8.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.2% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.4% | 9.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
27.1% | 29.6% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
13,494,429 | 147,317,463 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 343,663,041 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
9,838,147 | 178,067,530 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$10,448 | $9,298 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,213,115 | 27,835,952 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
1,208 | 51,637 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
7,968,228 | 174,070,9491 |
