Where The Kids Are
In Erie and Niagara counties, the under-18 population increased by 4,318 during the 1990s, according to early census figures, despite an overall population decline of 1.6 percent. In the area’s largest towns and cities, the under-18 population has grown more - or declined less - than the population for all ages.
Source: The Buffalo News  

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Erie County

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total population

 

 

Number under 18

Change in
number under 18, 1990-2000

Percent

change
in total

under 18,

1990-2000

Alden

10,470

2,179

-62

-2.8%

Amherst

116,510

25,838

+1,220

+5.0%

Aurora

13,996

3,553

+335

+10.4%

Boston

7,897

1,987

+89

+4.7%

Brant

1,906

472

-53

-10.1%

Buffalo city

292,648

76,957

-2,580

-3.2%

Cattaraugus Reservation

2,001

707

+75

+11.9%

Cheektowaga

94,019

19,379

-121

-0.6%

Clarence

26,123

7,315

+2,214

+43.4%

Colden

3,323

829

+92

+12.5%

Collins

8,307

1,104

+17

+1.6%

Concord

8,526

2,181

-40

-1.8%

Eden

8,076

2,170

+284

+15.1%

Elma

11,304

2,771

+360

 

+14.9%

Evans

17,594

4,635

-290

-5.9%

Grand Island

18,621

4,970

+420

+9.2%

Hamburg

56,259

13,935

+550

+4.1%

Holland

3,603

998

-62

-5.8%

Lackawanna

19,064

4,677

-29

-0.6%

Lancaster

39,019

9,795

+2,071

+26.8%

Marlla

5,709

1,551

+129

+9.1%

Newstead

8,404

2,018

+198

+10.9%

North Collins

3,376

883

-88

-9.1%

Orchard Park

27,637

6,970

+1,054

+17.8%

Sardinia

2,692

749

-1

-0.1%

Tonawanda (city)

16,136

3,857

-270

-6.5%

Tonawanda (town)

78,155

17,099

-37

-0.2%

Tonawanda  Reservation

10

1

-1

-50.0%

Wales

2,960

736

-110

-13.0%

West Seneca

45,920

10,234

-281

-2.7%

Total

950,265

230,550

+5,083

+2.3%

 

 

Niagara County