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Albany County, NY

316,659 Population
522.9 square miles 605.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,167 ±$1,970 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$81,335 ±$3,236 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.2% ±1.6% (39,530  ±4,821) 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)

21.7 minutes ±0.8 (3,060,935  ±145,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

134,971 ±2,434 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (297,989  ±399) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.8% ±1.2% (3,045  ±937) 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

148,506 ±183 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$291,300 ±$10,862 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.7% ±1.7% (39,728  ±5,379) 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

94.7% ±3.4% (203,105  ±7,485.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent 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)
45.2% ±2.3% (96,829  ±5,020.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • about 25 percent 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

11.9% (37,752  ±3,842) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5% ±0.8% (12,840  ±2,096) 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)
12,840 Total veterans ±2,096 10,943 Male ±1,663 1,897 Female ±887

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