Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie population, 2020 to 2024

Erie lost 1,940 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -296. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 136th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Erie is 11.1 times that size.

Erie covers 19.13 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 4,858 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Erie is denser than the typical town.

What county Erie is in

All of Erie's residents live in Erie County, which had 267,750 residents in 2024. Erie holds 34.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Erie

11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Erie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 16501, 16502, 16503, 16504, 16505, 16507, 16508, 16510, 16511, 16546, 16550. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Erie is

The Census internal point of Erie is at 42.116600, -80.073500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 209.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Buffalo, NY (276,617 people), 81.8 miles away.

Daylight in Erie

At 42.12° N, Erie gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Erie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Wesleyville, 3.4 miles away, with 3,135 people.