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Erie County
267,750Population
-1.2 %Change since 2020
-384Net migration
4.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 267,750 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.2 %
- Net migration
- -384 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5 % (2025)
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Population base, April 2020
- 271,049 (2020)
- Births
- 2,642 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.9
- Deaths
- 3,137 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.7
- Natural change, 2023
- -495
- International migration
- 894 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1,278 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.4
- Postal code
- PA
- FIPS code
- 42049
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 4.1 % |
| 2022 | 4.7 % |
| 2021 | 6.7 % |
| 2020 | 9.5 % |
| 2019 | 4.5 % |
| 2018 | 4.8 % |
| 2017 | 5.8 % |
| 2016 | 6.4 % |
| 2015 | 5.6 % |
| 2014 | 6.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 267,750 |
| 2023 | 268,203 |
| 2022 | 269,112 |
| 2021 | 269,455 |
| 2020 | 270,739 |