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  People QuickFacts Erie County Pennsylvania
  Population, 2001 estimate 279,63612,287,150
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.4%0.0%
  Population, 2000 280,84312,281,054
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 1.9%3.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 60.2%63.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 84.6%81.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.9%22.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 18.525.2
  Housing units, 2000 114,3225,249,750
  Homeownership rate, 2000 69.2%71.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 26.1%21.2%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $85,300$97,000
  Households, 2000 106,5074,777,003
  Persons per household, 2000 2.512.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $36,627$40,106
  Per capita money income, 1999 $17,932$20,880


  Business QuickFacts Erie County Pennsylvania
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 6,824293,491
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 120,1074,986,591
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 11.7%8.4%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 12,370614,594
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 5,779,337172,193,216
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,562,056109,948,462
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,166$9,150
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 70441,076
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 1,324,60679,310,064
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 7,519365,556


  Geography QuickFacts Erie County Pennsylvania
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 80244,817
  Persons per square mile, 2000 350.2274.0
  Metropolitan Area Erie, PA MSA 
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