Erie, Pennsylvania

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The 2000 Census showed that Erie had a population of 103,717 people^<1>. This represents 0.84% of the total population of Pennsylvania, making it the state's 4th most populous community.

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

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
1	Philadelphia	SE	296 mi [476.4 km]	1,447,395	4.62% decrease
2	Pittsburgh	S	115 mi [185.1 km]	310,037	7.33% decrease
3	Allentown	E	260 mi [418.4 km]	107,250	0.58% increase
-4-	Erie			103,817	0.1% increase
5	Reading	SE	247 mi [397.5 km]	80,506	0.86% decrease
6	Scranton	E	232 mi [373.4 km]	72,233	5.47% decrease
7	Bethlehem	E	264 mi [424.9 km]	72,241	1.28% increase

Erie had 44,971 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Erie has a total area of 27.99 square miles [72.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 21.96 square miles [56.9 km²]6.03 square miles [15.63 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Erie had a 2000 population density of 4,722 people per square mile [1,823 people/km²], making it the state's 23rd most densely populated area.

Erie County

The city of Erie is located in Erie County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 280,715 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 103,717 people, Erie contained 36.95% of the Erie County total.

In addition, where the community of Erie has a population density of 4,722 people per square mile [1,823 people/km²], Erie County averages 350 people per square mile [135.2 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 Erie and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Erie. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

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 Erie. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Erie, it also contains a comparison between Erie and the state of Pennsylvania.

Click here for the Erie QuickFact (QF-4224000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Erie County (QF-42049).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Erie 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 Erie.

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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) Erie. 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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