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Albany County, NY

315,811 Population
522.9 square miles 604 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$44,992 ±$2,611 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$77,049 ±$3,981 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14.8% ±2% (44,349  ±5,895) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.4 minutes ±1.2 (2,966,065  ±195,443) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 33 265,264,500 (±0.1 / ±1,772,432)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

133,811 ±1,944 Number of households
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.2 ±0 (297,306  ±532) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,062,964
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.2% ±1.5% (3,304  ±1,165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

147,634 ±254 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$273,400 ±$7,006 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

16.3% ±1.8% (51,049  ±5,719.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

93.1% ±3.2% (198,048  ±6,791.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
43.8% ±2.1% (93,158  ±4,469.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

10.6% (33,532  ±3,091) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.7% 4,459,752
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4.6% ±0.6% (11,908  ±1,594) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
11,908 Total veterans ±1,594 11,665 Male ±1,574 243 Female ±208

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