Town of Collins, New York

Collins Landing
(Jefferson County)

Collinsville
(Lewis County)

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The Town of Collins is located in Erie County.

Collins is 320 feet [97.54 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Collins lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Collins, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Collins had a population of 8,307 people ^<2> (or 0.88% of the total population of Erie County). The population of Collins represented 0.04% of the total of New York.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Collins had a population of 7,026 people. This is a decrease of 15.42% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Collins.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	7,026	-15.42%	-0.31% since 2007
2007	7,048	-15.16%	-0.98% since 2006
2006	7,118	-14.31%	-1.04% since 2005
2005	7,193	-13.41%
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2000	8,307	The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Boston	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	7,801	1.22% decrease
Concord	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	8,374	1.78% decrease
Eden	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	7,736	4.21% decrease
Evans	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	16,836	4.31% decrease
Hamburg	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	55,868	0.69% decrease
Hamburg	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	9,400	7.08% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Collins.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
New York ^<4>

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Collins - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Collins. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Collins and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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