Erlanger was founded in the 1880s. The city was named after the Parisian family bank Emile Erlanger & Co. and its founder, Baron Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger, who helped finance the town's early development. In current usage, the name is pronounced in an anglicized way, with neither a French nor German accent. Nearby Elsmere was originally known as "South Erlanger".
Geography
Erlanger is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of, of which is land and is water.
Demographics
As of the 2000 census, there were 16,676 people, 6,597 households, and 4,406 families living in the city. The population density was 2,002.4 people per square mile. There were 6,865 housing units at an average density of 824.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 60% White, 27% African American, 0.02% Native American, 0.04% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10% of the population. There were 6,597 households out of which 51.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.1% were married couples living together, 33.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.1% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 4.09. The age range was 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $29,835, and the median income for a family was $40,442. Males had a median income of $21,585 versus $19,296 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,834. About 27.0% of families and 29.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.0% of those under age 18 and 33.6% of those age 65 or over.
Neighborhoods
Erlanger has multiple neighborhoods within city limits such as Cherry Hill, Central Erlanger, an industrial area surrounding the Cincinnati Airport, Historic Erlanger, Northeast Erlanger, North Central Erlanger
Economy
America and Perfetti Van Melle, an Italian confectionery, have both its headquarter and a manufacturing plant in Erlanger. The United StatesPlaying Card Company's corporate headquarters are also located in the town. Online furniture and home goods retailer Wayfair operates a 900,000-s.f. fulfillment center on a 52-acre site near CVG. Companies like Wayfair “can set up a facility here and within a day they can access several million people from Toronto all the way down to Atlanta,” said Lee Crume, Tri-ED president and CEO. “You just have this tremendous logistical reach by being physically present in Northern Kentucky In January 2017, Amazon.com announced they would build an Amazon Prime Air hub in Erlanger, and that it would be expected to bring approximately 2000 new jobs with it, in addition to 10,000 that Amazon already had in Kentucky. The global shipping center Pitney Bowes, often used to send international purchases, is located in Erlanger.
