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Erie County, OH

74,035 Population
251.3 square miles 294.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,181 ±$3,343 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio: $39,395 ±$295
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,648 ±$3,438 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $67,769 ±$731
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.6% ±3.1% (9,164  ±2,243) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,527,904 (±0.3% / ±36,156)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.9 minutes ±0.8 (706,500  ±32,732) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 118,947,336 (±0.1 / ±595,911)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

33,608 ±1,154 Number of households
  • Ohio: 4,917,309 ±10,812
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0.1 (71,693  ±269) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.3 † 11,489,821 (±,113 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

3.4% ±2.5% (490  ±363) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,372 (±0.3% / ±7,594)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

38,709 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Ohio: 5,317,134 ±790
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$197,000 ±$14,524 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $220,200 ±$1,285
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

6.9% ±2.3% (5,027  ±1,675.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 11.4% 1,329,235 (±0.3% / ±30,430.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

93.5% ±6.5% (51,615  ±3,595) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.9% 7,508,950 (±0.5% / ±41,800.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
27.7% ±3.8% (15,280  ±2,085.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,618,045 (±0.3% / ±24,734.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.6% ±11,970.3% (1,181  ±447) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5.3% † 621,863 (±,248.7% / ±13,762)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

8.2% ±1.6% (4,880  ±967) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.5% 594,535 (±0.1% / ±11,864)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,880 Total veterans ±967 4,651 Male ±900 229 Female ±192

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