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formally joined USCRI as a Field Office. Since 2008, Erie has welcomed more than 13,500 refugees. Approximately one-third of those refugees (4,384) journeyed here from Burma, while another 2,056 traveled from
Somalia and 1,426 arrived from Iraq; these three countries alone account for over half of
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living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.2% were non-families. Individuals made up 33.4% of all households, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.08.
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The major ethnic groups of the City of Erie are roughly broken down into 24% German, 14% Irish, 14% Polish, 13% Italian, 6% English, 2% Swedish, 2% French, 2% Russian, and the remaining 23% make up the ‘other’ category.
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1350:Dallas city
1294:Puerto Rico
1111:Mississippi
1026:Connecticut
858:membership.
572:Erie has a
429:other races
374:2018 (est.)
1481:Categories
1335:Cincinnati
1226:Washington
1146:New Mexico
1141:New Jersey
1016:California
936:2021-04-14
912:2021-04-14
888:2021-04-14
844:2007-05-26
834:"Tah Erie"
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613:References
395:As of the
1466:Utica, NY
1461:Tulsa, OK
1419:Manhattan
1409:The Bronx
1340:Cleveland
1312:area/city
1271:territory
1236:Wisconsin
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1106:Minnesota
1081:Louisiana
442:Allentown
1414:Brooklyn
1374:Erie, PA
1221:Virginia
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1116:Missouri
1101:Michigan
1091:Maryland
1076:Kentucky
1056:Illinois
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1021:Colorado
1011:Arkansas
862:Archived
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600:Refugees
433:Hispanic
411:, 14.2%
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1384:Houston
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1320:Atlanta
1241:Wyoming
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1121:Montana
1061:Indiana
1041:Georgia
1036:Florida
1006:Arizona
996:Alabama
539:Russian
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488:Eritrea
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69:386.4%
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1206:Texas
1086:Maine
1051:Idaho
988:state
883:USCRI
524:Sudan
516:Burma
508:Nepal
492:Ghana
421:Asian
409:White
382:−5.2%
369:−1.9%
354:−4.6%
339:−8.7%
324:−7.8%
309:−6.7%
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249:24.2%
234:40.4%
219:26.2%
204:29.8%
189:46.5%
174:41.2%
144:60.8%
139:9,419
129:71.7%
124:5,858
109:3,412
94:1,465
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1211:Utah
1166:Ohio
1066:Iowa
634:2019
551:Icon
496:Iraq
360:2010
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330:1990
315:1980
300:1970
294:5.8%
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270:1950
264:0.9%
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210:1910
195:1900
180:1890
165:1880
150:1870
135:1860
120:1850
105:1840
90:1830
75:1820
60:1810
45:1800
33:Note
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