Erie County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 687,194 72.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 60,918 6.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 115,154 12.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 46,439 4.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 33,514 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,003 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 205 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4,195 0.4%

• Under 18 191,431 20.1%
• 18–24 85,157 9.0%
• 25–44 250,357 26.3%
• 45–64 240,327 25.3%
• 65 and over 183,350 19.3%

Median household income

$73,040

90% interval $70,837–$75,243

−$12,728 vs NY · 24th of 62

Below poverty line

12.8%

90% interval 11.7%–13.9%

−1.2 pp vs NY · 30th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.35 pp vs. state

County GDP

$81.1B

3.49% of state

Avg. annual pay

$69,996

Establishments

24,734

• Education & health services 129,744 27.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 89,377 19.2%
• Professional & business services 60,999 13.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 46,125 9.9%
• Manufacturing 42,269 9.1%
• Financial activities 29,635 6.4%
• Construction 18,336 3.9%
• Public administration 17,452 3.8%
• Other services 15,495 3.3%
• Information 5,126 1.1%
• Unclassified 1,339 0.3%
• Natural resources & mining 1,132 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 98.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.8%

+11.5 pp vs NY · 50th of 62

Median gross rent

$1,090

−$531 vs NY · 26th of 62

Owner-occupied

269,652

Renter-occupied

140,013

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.4× the lowest ($95,790 vs $39,840/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 248,651 54.8%
• Republican 204,774 45.2%

• Spanish 29,008 3.2%
• Arabic 9,704 1.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6,931 0.8%
• Chinese 5,885 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4,231 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 1,956 0.2%
• Vietnamese 1,704 0.2%
• Korean 1,392 0.2%
• Tagalog 770 0.1%

Households

409,665

Family households

233,809

57.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

59,846

25.6% of families

Single-mother families

25,233

10.8% of families

Veterans

43,450

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 443,432 46.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 63,905 6.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 48,860 5.1%
• Mainline Protestant 46,061 4.8%
• Black Protestant 42,015 4.4%
• Orthodox 4,125 0.4%

Health insured

97.1%

±0.2 pp

Uninsured

2.9%

±0.2 pp

59th of 62

With a disability

13.8%

±0.3 pp

43rd of 62

Bachelor's or higher

38.0%

±0.6 pp

−2.2 pp vs NY · 16th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.3%

90% interval 3.9%–4.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

8th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

17 (Elected Supreme Court Justices per Judicial District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). Excludes Acting Supreme Court Justices designated from lower courts (would roughly double the bench in NYC + Long Island). Vintage 2026 nycourts.gov + Judiciary Law § 140-a; counts are approximate and shift with vacancies/redistributions.)

Court seats

Albion, Batavia, Belmont, Buffalo, Little Valley, Lockport, Mayville, Warsaw

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

55

7.24 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

54