2022 population: 1,602,957 ( 2,744 from 2010 , 11,206 from 2020)
Land area: 8501.0 square miles
Population density: 188.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,270,229	79.24%	4.7%
Black:	149,899	9.35%	2.8%
Indian:	11,910	0.74%	4.1%
Asian:	51,554	3.22%	82.2%
2+ races:	32,517	2.03%	38.0%
Hispanic:	86,848	5.42%	39.5%

Total non-White:	332,728	20.76%	21.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	35,467	11.0
Deaths:	42,504	13.2
Net Migration:	-8,487	-2.6
Net Immigration:	3,805	1.2

Change in White population:	-62,576	-3.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	59,832	3.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,605,701
1,332,805	83.00%
145,811	9.08%
11,446	0.71%
28,291	1.76%
23,567	1.47%
62,236	3.88%
272,896	17.00%

2000
1,655,724
1,417,289	85.60%
146,107	8.82%
11,045	0.67%
17,325	1.05%
16,764	1.01%
45,602	2.75%
238,435	14.40%

1990
1,674,148
1,488,389	88.90%
129,581	7.74%
10,861	0.65%
13,945	0.83%
n/a
31,372	1.87%
185,759	11.10%

1980
1,733,342
1,574,342	90.83%
120,524	6.95%
10,221	0.59%
7,715	0.45%
n/a
19,784	1.14%
159,000	9.17%

1970
1,826,665
1,691,916	92.62%
114,684	6.28%
8,083	0.44%
2,634	0.14%
n/a
7,268	0.40%
134,749	7.38%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
166,445	10.1
156,130	9.4
-80,201	-4.8
11,395	0.7

-84,484	-5.1
34,461	2.1

Number	Rate
1990's
216,210	12.9
173,930	10.4
-101,936	-6.1
11,213	0.7

-71,100	-4.2
52,676	3.1

Number	Rate
1980's
235,717	13.6
174,098	10.0
-110,649	-6.4
n/a

-85,953	-5.0
26,759	1.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-189,225	-10.4
n/a

-117,574	-6.4
24,251	1.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.2
324,188	20.2%
1,278,769	79.8%
307,161	19.2%

678,533
2.30

401,745	59.2%
289,042	71.9%
40,709	10.1%
276,788	40.8%

2010
Number	Percent
40.7
348,810	21.7%
1,256,891	78.3%
253,070	15.8%

658,193
2.35

406,468	61.8%
291,511	71.7%
48,053	11.8%
251,725	38.2%

2000
Number	Percent
?
811,806	49.0%
843,918	51.0%
514,804	31.1%

1,302,824
2.45

856,146	65.7%
649,496	75.9%
95,146	11.1%
446,678	34.3%

1990
Number	Percent
34.4
407,943	24.4%
1,266,205	75.6%
250,994	15.0%

635,812
2.55

442,132	69.5%
350,093	79.2%
40,388	9.1%
193,680	30.5%

1980
Number	Percent
31.5
476,190	27.5%
1,257,152	72.5%
217,396	12.5%

614,359
2.75

452,864	73.7%
371,851	82.1%
37,161	8.2%
161,495	26.3%

2022 Housing Data for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	38,683	5.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	31,724	4.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	27,256	4.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	29,816	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	30,268	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	27,024	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	27,775	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	27,113	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	26,230	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	49,616	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	66,508	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	88,304	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	66,980	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	44,613	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	51,325	7.6%
$200,000 or more	45,298	6.7%

Median Household Income	65,347
Per Capita Income	37,107

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	92

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	41,085	6.1%
Public Assistance	22,297	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	109,173	16.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	682,119	70.7%
Unemployed	37,244	3.9%
In Armed Forces	953	0.1%

Total Labor Force	720,316	74.6%
Not in Labor Force	244,770	25.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	266,867	219,825	54.8%
Non-Profit	28,081	58,184	32.6%
Self-Employed	38,064	21,202	64.2%

Local Government	29,222	42,354	40.8%
State Government	21,917	21,438	50.6%
Federal Government	8,039	7,440	51.9%

Total Private + Self	304,931	241,027	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	87,259	129,416	40.3%
Total	392,190	370,443	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	17.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	114,639	15.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	165,705	21.7%
Professional, Technical	185,853	24.3%
Service Occupations	133,798	17.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,773	0.5%
All others	163,633	21.4%

White Collar		61.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	123,813	16.2%
Manufacturing	91,659	12.0%
Retail trade	86,608	11.3%
Educational services	86,558	11.3%
Accommodation and food services	50,224	6.6%
Construction	43,557	5.7%
Finance and insurance	42,517	5.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	41,685	5.5%
Public administration	36,904	4.8%
Other services	35,092	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	29,746	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	26,789	3.5%
Wholesale trade	15,330	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	14,969	2.0%
Information	11,286	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	10,398	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,830	1.0%
Utilities	6,461	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,535	0.2%
Management	667	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	10,688	0.66%
Puerto Rican	49,709	3.09%
Cuban	2,292	0.14%
Dominican	5,146	0.32%

Total Central American	3,527	0.22%
Costa Rican	243	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,182	0.07%
Honduran	499	0.03%
Nicaraguan	145	0.01%
Panamanian	405	0.03%
Salvadoran	969	0.06%
Other Central American	84	0.01%

Total South American	5,359	0.33%
Argentinean	495	0.03%
Bolivian	117	0.01%
Chilean	105	0.01%
Colombian	1,690	0.10%
Ecuadorian	1,573	0.10%
Paraguayan	92	0.01%
Peruvian	698	0.04%
Uruguayan	10	0.00%
Venezuelan	519	0.03%
Other South American	60	0.00%

Other Hispanic	7,230	0.45%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	13,123	0.81%
Chinese	7,692	0.48%
Bangladeshi	5,388	0.33%
Burmese	4,606	0.29%
Korean	2,484	0.15%
Vietnamese	2,078	0.13%
Filipino	1,676	0.10%
Thai	946	0.06%
Japanese	809	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,394,097	91.3%
Spanish	44,809	2.9%
Other Indo-European	24,054	1.6%
Arabic	10,679	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	9,965	0.7%
Other Asian	9,587	0.6%
German, other Germanic	9,206	0.6%
Other	7,771	0.5%
Chinese	6,858	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	362,771	22.5%
Irish	247,046	15.3%
Italian	221,579	13.8%
Polish	207,465	12.9%
English	153,358	9.5%
American	57,382	3.6%
French	32,595	2.0%
Swedish	25,680	1.6%
Scottish	24,637	1.5%
Dutch	17,606	1.1%
European	16,712	1.0%
French Canadian	10,332	0.6%
Russian	9,773	0.6%
Hungarian	9,573	0.6%
Welsh	8,995	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,572,742	97.6%
Not a citizen	37,921	2.4%

Native	1,522,601	94.5%
Foreign-born	88,062	5.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
34,727	3.1%	62,064	5.5%	342,579	30.1%	345,287	30.3%	198,603	17.5%	154,588	13.6%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	34,727	3.1%
9-12 Years	62,064	5.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	342,579	30.1%
Some College	345,287	30.3%
Bach. Degree	198,603	17.5%
Grad Degree	154,588	13.6%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	817,864	772,679	45,185	5.5%
1991	819,044	758,780	60,264	7.4%
1992	816,842	751,681	65,161	8.0%
1993	814,364	756,580	57,784	7.1%
1994	814,277	761,999	52,278	6.4%
1995	809,303	762,897	46,406	5.7%
1996	814,480	770,813	43,667	5.4%
1997	830,421	783,397	47,024	5.7%
1998	824,473	778,048	46,425	5.6%
1999	815,588	771,025	44,563	5.5%

2000	811,494	776,622	34,872	4.3%
2001	803,535	764,676	38,859	4.8%
2002	819,755	773,463	46,292	5.6%
2003	817,504	768,423	49,081	6.0%
2004	818,832	770,597	48,235	5.9%
2005	821,253	778,022	43,231	5.3%
2006	821,093	780,158	40,935	5.0%
2007	809,836	770,997	38,839	4.8%
2008	818,773	770,709	48,064	5.9%
2009	818,599	748,440	70,159	8.6%

2010	800,114	729,129	70,985	8.9%
2011	785,845	720,003	65,842	8.4%
2012	786,541	718,385	68,156	8.7%
2013	782,087	720,230	61,857	7.9%
2014	760,076	711,259	48,817	6.4%
2015	754,465	711,704	42,761	5.7%
2016	748,286	708,126	40,160	5.4%
2017	742,667	701,984	40,683	5.5%
2018	738,779	704,321	34,458	4.7%
2019	735,568	703,831	31,737	4.3%

2020	730,445	661,881	68,564	9.4%
2021	735,447	695,654	39,793	5.4%
2022	736,065	708,748	27,317	3.7%
2023	742,715	713,670	29,045	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	763,397
Median Value	$168,945

Occupied	678,533	88.9%
Vacant	84,864	11.1%

Owned	463,564	68.3%
Rented	214,969	31.7%
Median Rent	$901

Single-Family Units	508,694	66.6%
Detached	488,859	64.0%
Attached	19,835	2.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	82,395	10.8%
Mobile Homes	30,910	4.0%

Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area