Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area
Metropolitan statistical area
Buffalo–Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan statistical area
Downtown Buffalo (top) andNiagara Falls (bottom)
Map of Buffalo–Cheektowaga–Olean, NYCSA   Buffalo–CheektowagaMSA   OleanµSA   City of Buffalo   City of Niagara Falls
Coordinates:42°54′N78°51′W / 42.9°N 78.85°W /42.9; -78.85
Country	United States
State	New York
Largest city	Buffalo
Other cities	-Niagara Falls  -Tonawanda  -North Tonawanda  -Lackawanna  -Lockport  -Olean  -Salamanca
Area
• Total	1,567 sq mi (4,060 km2)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	1,166,902
• Rank	49th in the U.S.
• Density	720/sq mi (277/km2)
GDP [2]
• MSA	$84.673 billion (2022)

TheBuffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan statistical area is ametropolitan area, designated by theUnited States Census Bureau, encompassing two counties -Erie andNiagara - in the state ofNew York. It is thesecond-largest metropolitan area in the state. As of the 2020 U.S. census, themetropolitan statistical area (MSA) had a population of 1,166,902. The largerBuffalo Niagara Region is an economic zone consisting of eight counties inWestern New York.

In 2010, the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan statistical area was ranked the 10th-best place in the U.S. for working mothers byForbesWoman magazine.^[3]

• Erie
• Niagara
• Cattaraugus (part of CSA)

• Buffalo
• Lackawanna
• Lockport
• Niagara Falls
• North Tonawanda
• Olean (part of CSA)
• Salamanca (part of CSA)
• Tonawanda

• Cattaraugus Reservation (partial)
• Tonawanda Reservation (Erie County)
• Tonawanda Reservation (Niagara County)
• Tuscarora Reservation (Niagara County)

As of the 2020 Census^[5] there were 1,166,902 people residing in the MSA. It was 74.5% White, 13.0% Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.2% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.1% Other and 5.5% two or more Races. 5.8% of the population identified as Hispanic or Latino.

• Interstate 90
• Interstate 190
• Interstate 290
• Interstate 990
• U.S. Route 20
• U.S. Route 20A
• U.S. Route 62
• U.S. Route 219
• New York State Route 5
• New York State Route 18
• New York State Route 33
• New York State Route 104
• New York State Route 198
• New York State Route 400

TheBuffalo–Cheektowaga–Oleancombined statistical area (CSA), which includes the Buffalo–Niagara Falls MSA and addsCattaraugus County, had a population of 1,215,826 inhabitants. It is part of theGreat Lakes Megalopolis, which contains an estimated 54 million people.

• Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
  • Buffalo–Cheektowaga (Erie and Niagara counties)
• Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)
  • Olean (Cattaraugus County)

• New York census statistical areas
• Buffalo Niagara Region
• Great Lakes region

42°54′N78°51′W / 42.900°N 78.850°W /42.900; -78.850

• Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area
• Erie County, New York
• Niagara County, New York
• Metropolitan areas of New York (state)

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