ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Erie            YEAR FOUNDED:  1800

 

Land Area

 802 square miles

 

2000 Population

 280,843 persons

Water Area

 756 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

 1,558 square miles

 

Population Density

 180 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Erie County contains a total land area of 1,558 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 280,843 persons.  This is a net increase of 5,041 persons (1.83%) from the 1990 census of 275,802 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Erie County in 2004 to be 282,355, which continues the previous decade’s trend.