Demographics of Erie County, New York

Erie County, New York had 946,741 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −5,750 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Erie County, in four figures

946,741
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.6%
Change since July 2020: −5,750 people.; 40.4 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $72,839 ±$1,077
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Erie County, New York's population shrank 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Erie County, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Erie County, New York's population shrank 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Erie County, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	952,491	100.0	100.0
2021	952,725	100.0	100.2
2022	949,276	99.7	100.7
2023	947,418	99.5	101.6
2024	947,783	99.5	102.5
2025	946,741	99.4	103.1

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Population of Erie County, New York on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	952,491	−1,735	−651	+55	−1,242
2021	952,725	+234	−1,577	+879	−20
2022	949,276	−3,449	−1,634	+2,412	−3,752
2023	947,418	−1,858	−1,326	+3,842	−4,258
2024	947,783	+365	−1,243	+3,808	−2,133
2025	946,741	−1,042	−1,177	+2,361	−2,280

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.4 ±0.2: for men 39.1 ±0.2 and for women 41.6 ±0.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Erie County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New York	United States
Under 5	49,525 ±68	5.2% ±<0.1	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	141,906 ±1,889	14.9% ±0.2	15.0% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	85,157 ±1,991	9.0% ±0.2	8.9% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	250,357 ±2,131	26.3% ±0.2	27.1% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	240,327 ±2,334	25.3% ±0.2	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	183,350 ±2,628	19.3% ±0.3	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $72,839 ±$1,077, and income per person $42,777 ±$529, in 2024 dollars. The median is $85,974 ±$402 in New York and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Erie County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New York	United States
Under $25,000	68,026 ±2,287	16.6% ±0.6	16.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	75,772 ±2,294	18.5% ±0.6	15.1% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	66,850 ±2,124	16.3% ±0.5	13.6% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	51,008 ±1,968	12.5% ±0.5	11.4% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	70,625 ±2,301	17.2% ±0.6	16.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	37,531 ±1,635	9.2% ±0.4	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	39,853 ±1,354	9.7% ±0.3	17.1% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Erie County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New York	United States
All ages	128,474 ±3,952	13.9% ±0.4	14.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	34,867 ±1,704	18.5% ±0.9	18.3% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	67,030 ±2,616	13.5% ±0.5	12.8% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	26,577 ±1,440	10.9% ±0.6	13.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Erie County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Erie County	New York	United States
Housing units	441,214 ±295	8,585,241 ±652	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	92.8% ±0.4	90.0% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.2% ±0.3	10.0% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.8% ±0.5	54.3% ±0.2	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	34.2% ±0.6	45.7% ±0.1	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$233,800 ±$1,649	$423,800 ±$1,627	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,090 ±$11	$1,621 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1957 ±1	1959 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Erie County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New York	United States
Hispanic or Latino	60,918 ±0	6.4% ±<0.1	19.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	687,194 ±1,366	72.3% ±0.1	52.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	115,154 ±1,879	12.1% ±0.2	13.4% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	46,439 ±739	4.9% ±0.1	9.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	3,003 ±275	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	205 ±78	< 0.1% ±<0.1	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	4,195 ±1,168	0.4% ±0.1	1.0% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	33,514 ±2,410	3.5% ±0.3	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Erie County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New York	United States
Born in the state	763,081 ±3,427	80.3% ±0.4	62.4% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	98,488 ±2,914	10.4% ±0.3	12.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	17,985 ±1,332	1.9% ±0.1	2.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	71,068 ±2,293	7.5% ±0.2	22.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	42,002 ±1,709	4.4% ±0.2	13.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	29,066 ±1,749	3.1% ±0.2	9.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Erie County among the counties of New York

8th of 62 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the New York page.

Counties of New York near Erie County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
New York County	1,664,862	−1.3%
Suffolk County	1,546,090	+1.6%
Bronx County	1,406,332	−3.8%
Nassau County	1,398,939	+0.6%
Westchester County	1,015,743	+1.4%
Erie County	946,741	−0.6%
Monroe County	750,506	−1.0%
Richmond County	501,290	+1.2%
Onondaga County	466,584	−1.9%
Orange County	417,669	+4.2%
Rockland County	357,397	+5.9%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Counties by population in New York
No. 15 Counties in New York by poverty rate
No. 17 Counties in New York by per capita income
No. 18 Counties in New York by foreign-born share
No. 22 Counties in New York by median household income
No. 23 Counties in New York by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026