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Buffalo is the second most populous city in New York State after New York City, with 278,349 residents counted in the 2020 census.

Buffalo is the county seat of Erie County and sits on the eastern shore of Lake Erie at the head of the Niagara River, about 16 miles south of Niagara Falls.

Buffalo has around 119,630 households according to Census QuickFacts (2020-2024), averaging about 2.25 people per household, and only about 43% of its homes are owner-occupied.

Buffalo grew up as the western terminus of the Erie Canal, completed in 1825, and the canal's original Commercial Slip at today's Canalside has been re-excavated and restored as a waterfront attraction.

The world's first steam-powered grain elevator was built in Buffalo in 1843 by merchant Joseph Dart and engineer Robert Dunbar, cementing the city's role as a grain and shipping powerhouse.

Buffalo's population peaked in 1950, when it was the 15th-largest city in the United States, and the 2020 census was the first in 70 years to show the city gaining population again.

Buffalo is the birthplace of the Buffalo chicken wing, first served at the Anchor Bar in 1964, when Teressa Bellissimo deep-fried wings and tossed them in hot sauce with celery and blue cheese dressing.

Buffalo's park system was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and its centerpiece, Delaware Park, covers about 350 acres and is home to the Buffalo Zoo.

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum, founded as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, holds one of the world's most impressive collections of modern and contemporary art, including works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Warhol.

Buffalo is a living museum of American architecture, home to Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D. Martin House and major works by Louis Sullivan and H.H. Richardson.