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Music project planning by county

Erie County, New York

Use the county reference to organize the location field in your own recording-project notes, collaborator directory or release plan. Keep the location separate from the audio decisions: the mix, reference track and delivery requirements determine the work.

County FIPS36029Five-digit Census identifier
Population946,741July 1, 2025 estimate
Land area1,042.76 mi²2025 Gazetteer
Population per land mi²907.92Calculated from the cited population and land area

Identify the right place

Erie County is a county or county equivalent in New York. Its five-digit FIPS code is 36029; preserve the leading zero when storing county codes as text. The Gazetteer lists 184.12 square miles of water and a representative point at 42.752759, -78.778192. That point identifies the geography; it is not a street address or a site boundary.

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Music project planning by county checklist

  1. Record the actual recording location and session contact in your own project.
  2. Prepare aligned stems or a stereo premaster for the intended workflow.
  3. Agree file format, reference and delivery requirements with collaborators.

Sunset is software. A county entry does not represent a recording studio, engineer or local booking service.

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Sources and interpretation

Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.

Population is an estimate, not a live count. Gazetteer land and water measures describe the geographic area; they do not measure service availability, households, businesses or market demand. Match the FIPS code and source vintage when joining another dataset.

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