Erie County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	895,522	118,499	13.20%	+/-1.0
AGE
Under 18 years	206,409	38,464	18.60%	+/-2.5		Use the arrows at the bottom-left of the screen to move through the menus.  Click on a county to view it's data.
Related children under 18 years	204,512	36,756	18.00%	+/-2.5
18 to 64 years	555,205	69,115	12.40%	+/-1.0
65 years and over	133,908	10,920	8.20%	+/-1.5
SEX
Male	429,566	50,196	11.70%	+/-1.0
Female	465,956	68,303	14.70%	+/-1.3		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	732,015	67,045	9.20%	+/-0.9
Black or African American	118,791	37,620	31.70%	+/-4.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	N	N	N	N
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	N	N	N	N
Two or more races	N	N	N	N
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	30,994	9,880	31.90%	+/-6.4
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	719,000	63,126	8.80%	+/-0.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	607,961	62,338	10.30%	+/-0.8
Less than high school graduate	76,043	16,039	21.10%	+/-3.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	191,755	23,672	12.30%	+/-1.6
Some college, associate's degree	178,052	15,609	8.80%	+/-1.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	162,111	7,018	4.30%	+/-0.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	456,544	35,424	7.80%	+/-0.8
Employed	419,180	24,843	5.90%	+/-0.7
Male	214,519	9,282	4.30%	+/-0.7
Female	204,661	15,561	7.60%	+/-1.0
Unemployed	37,364	10,581	28.30%	+/-5.0
Male	19,762	3,936	19.90%	+/-5.2
Female	17,602	6,645	37.80%	+/-7.5
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	714,292	84,238	11.80%	+/-0.8
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	266,932	4,621	1.70%	+/-0.4
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	218,067	33,970	15.60%	+/-1.7
Did not work	229,293	45,647	19.90%	+/-1.5
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	50,284	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	147,635	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	188,852	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	244,042	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	265,113	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	188,762	45,293	24.00%	+/-1.9
Male	86,167	19,256	22.30%	+/-2.6
Female	102,595	26,037	25.40%	+/-2.8
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,153	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	67,564	1,457	2.20%	+/-0.9
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	48,498	16,960	35.00%	+/-4.1
Did not work	72,700	26,876	37.00%	+/-2.9
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	25.80%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau