
Country: United States of America Lake Erie gives Buffalo a prominent place in Western New York, where the city meets the head of the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border. Home to 278,349 people at the 2020 census, it serves as the county seat of Erie County. The wider Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area has more than 1.23 million residents, making it New York State’s second-largest metropolitan area after New York City and the 51st largest in the United States.
