City profile · Large City
Buffalo, New York
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Buffalo, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Sean Ryan
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 276,807
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcebuffalony.gov/490/Mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagebuffalony.gov/490/Mayor ↗
- City websitebuffalony.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Sean Ryan CurrentMayor · added Jul 2, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
- Christopher Scanlon FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 276,807
- Median household income
- $46,184
- Median age
- 33.9
- Land area
- 40.38 sq mi
- Population density
- 6,855.1 per sq mi
- County
- Erie County
- Metro area
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$969M
- City hall phone
- (716) 851-4183
- Official website
- buffalony.gov ↗
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