Erie, Pennsylvania

"Erie" redirects here. For the lake, see Lake Erie. For other uses, see Erie (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Éire.

Erie
City
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Nicknames:  The Bay City, The Flagship City, The Gem City, The Lake City
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Coordinates: 42°7′46″N 80°5′6″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Erie
First settled	1753 (1753)
Founded	April 18, 1795 (1795-04-18)
Incorporated	April 14, 1851 (1851-04-14)
Named for	Erie people
Government
• Mayor	Daria Devlin
Area
• City	19.37 sq mi (50.16 km2)
• Land	19.13 sq mi (49.55 km2)
• Water	0.24 sq mi (0.61 km2)  about 1.04%
Elevation	728 ft (222 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	94,831
• Estimate  (2025)	91,838
• Density	4,956.7/sq mi (1,913.81/km2)
• Metro	265,832 (Erie Metro)
Demonym	Erieite(s)
GDP
• Metro	$13.171 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	16501−16512, 16514−16515, 16522, 16530−16534, 16538, 16541, 16544, 16546, 16550, 16553−16554, 16563, 16565
Area codes	814 and 582
FIPS code	42-24000
Website	www.erie.pa.us

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Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 as of the 2020 census. The Erie metropolitan area had a population of 270,876 in 2020. Erie is about 80 miles (130 km) from Buffalo, 90 miles (140 km) from Cleveland, and 120 miles (190 km) from Pittsburgh.

The city takes its name from the Native American Erie people, who inhabited the area until the mid-17th century. Its nicknames include "Gem City", a reference to its fine natural harbor, the "Gem of the Great Lakes"; and more recently, "Flagship City", from a local marketing effort to play up the homeport of Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship Niagara.

Part of the Rust Belt, Erie has seen manufacturing decline as a share of its economy, while insurance, healthcare, higher education, technology, service industries, and tourism have grown. Like the other Great Lakes port cities, Erie is accessible to the oceans via the Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River network in Canada. The local climate is humid, four-seasonal, and snowy, with warm summers and harsh winters, owing to its southern lakeshore location.