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Rensselaer County, NY

159,305 Population
652.5 square miles 244.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,775 ±$2,102 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$84,278 ±$5,162 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.1% ±2.3% (20,013  ±3,499) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24 minutes ±1 (1,670,790  ±108,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

66,583 ±1,893 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (152,123  ±928) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4% ±1.8% (1,461  ±675) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

74,704 ±406 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$257,600 ±$11,202 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.6% ±2.1% (19,843  ±3,365.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.9% ±4.3% (104,531  ±4,852.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
37.3% ±2.7% (41,910  ±3,065.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.4% (8,564  ±1,549) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.1% ±0.9% (6,649  ±1,156) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,649 Total veterans ±1,156 6,134 Male ±1,103 515 Female ±285

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