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Town of Tonawanda, New York

Tonawanda Junction
(Erie County)

Tonetta Lake Heights
(Putnam County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Tonawanda had a population of 78,155 people ^<1>. This represents 0.41% of the total population of New York, making it the state's 22nd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	71,720	-8.23%	-0.58% since 2007
2007	72,138	-7.7%	-0.94% since 2006
2006	72,820	-6.83%	-1.24% since 2005
2005	73,737	-5.65%	-1.29% since 2004
2004	74,703	-4.42%	-1.06% since 2003
2003	75,504	-3.39%	-1.03% since 2002
2002	76,286	-2.39%	-1.04% since 2001
2001	77,091	-1.36%	-1.36% since 2000
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2000	78,155	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
19	Greenburgh	SE	291 mi [468.3 km]	89,840	3.55% increase
20	Clarkstown	SE	281 mi [452.2 km]	82,801	0.88% increase
21	Colonie	E	258 mi [415.2 km]	81,540	2.88% increase
-22-	Tonawanda			71,720	8.23% decrease
23	New Rochelle	SE	297 mi [478 km]	74,115	2.68% increase
24	Mount Vernon	SE	295 mi [474.8 km]	68,653	0.4% increase
25	Schenectady	E	250 mi [402.3 km]	61,152	1.08% decrease

Tonawanda had 34,634 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Tonawanda has a total area of 20.36 square miles [52.7 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 18.8 square miles [48.7 km²]1.56 square miles [4.04 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Tonawanda had a 2000 population density of 4,156 people per square mile [1,604 people/km²], making it the state's 93rd most densely populated area.

Erie County

The Town of Tonawanda is located in Erie County.

The county had a population of 949,461 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 78,155 people, Tonawanda contained 8.23% of the Erie County total.

In addition, where the community of Tonawanda has a population density of 4,156 people per square mile [1,604 people/km²], Erie County averages 909 people per square mile [351.1 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Erie County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Tonawanda and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Tonawanda. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	5	151,713	6.7% decrease
10 mi [16 km]	15	733,046	5.59% decrease
15 mi [24 km]	26	942,025	4.54% decrease
20 mi [32 km]	42	1,121,383	4.06% decrease
25 mi [40 km]	56	1,188,172	4.04% decrease
30 mi [48 km]	67	1,218,240	4.05% decrease

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Tonawanda. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Tonawanda, it also contains a comparison between Tonawanda and the state of New York.

Click here for the Tonawanda QuickFact (QF-3675000).

The following communities are nearby Tonawanda and also have Census QuickFacts:

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Brighton	QF-3608210	E	2 mi [3.22 km]
Amherst	QF-3601748	E	3 mi [4.83 km]
North Tonawanda	QF-3653682	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	31,222	6.13% decrease
Amherst	QF-3602000	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	115,563	0.81% decrease
Buffalo	QF-3611000	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	270,919	7.42% decrease
Cheektowaga	QF-3615011	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	87,788	6.63% decrease
Niagara Falls	QF-3651055	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	51,345	7.64% decrease
West Seneca	QF-3680918	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	43,795	4.63% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Tonawanda.

A Census Quickfact is available for Erie County (QF-36029).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Tonawanda:

	State Code:	36 (New York)
	County Code:	029 (Erie County)
	Place Code:	75000 (Tonawanda)^<6>

	State & County Code:	36029 (New York/Erie County)

	State & Place Code:	3675000 (New York/Tonawanda)

Tonawanda is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Tonawanda.

The Commemorative
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New York ^<7>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Tonawanda. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Tonawanda and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Tonawanda. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	We have found that different FIPS Place codes have been applied to Tonawanda. While we believe that '75000' is the correct number to use, the following have been used in the past: '75154' - Return to Citation
<7>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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