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Located in: Erie County (see below)

Time Zone: Buffalo lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT)

Telephone Area Codes: 716 & 624<1>

Elevation: 600 feet [182.88 m] above sea level<2>

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Buffalo)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<3>	255,317 (2.29% decrease since 2010)
2010:	261,310 (10.71% decrease since 2000)
2000:	292,648

Total Area:<4> 52.5 sq. miles [136 km²] - of which 23.07% is water (12.11 sq. miles [31.4 km²])

Housing Units:<5> 133,444

Websites for Buffalo

Official Website: www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/

Junior League: www.jlbuffalo.org/

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<6>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Buffalo:

Lat: 42.886300° (or 42°53'10" N)

Lon: -78.876600° (or -78°52'35" W)

USGS Topo Map: Buffalo NE<7>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Buffalo

GNIS ID: 978764

FIPS State / Place Code: 36 / 11000

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Buffalo)

About Erie County

The city of Buffalo is the County Seat for Erie County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Erie)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	918,702
2010	919,152 (3.27% decrease since 2000)
2000:	950,265

Total Area: 1,226 sq. miles [3,177.5 km²] - of which 15.01% is water (184.2 sq. miles [477 km²])

Housing Units: 419,974

Official Website: https://www.erie.gov/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Erie

GNIS ID: 974113

FIPS State / County Code: 36 / 029

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Buffalo)

About New York

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	19,463,131 (0.44% increase since 2010)
2010:	19,378,102 (2.12% increase since 2000)
2000:	18,976,457

Websites for State of New York

Official Website: https://www.ny.gov/

Tourism: https://www.iloveny.com/

Parks: https://parks.ny.gov/

Fishing: https://dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/freshwater-fishing

Hunting: https://dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/hunting

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of New York

GNIS ID: 1779796

FIPS State: 36

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Buffalo)

Footnotes ...

<1>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 716 code has been Overlayed with the 624 area code. New phone numbers in the Buffalo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Buffalo area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buffalo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Buffalo. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<5>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<6>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Buffalo, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<7>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Buffalo.