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Albany County, NY

313,743 Population
522.9 square miles 600 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,711 ±$1,555 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$75,232 ±$4,462 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12% ±1.8% (35,800  ±5,289) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

21.6 minutes ±1.6 (2,607,340  ±224,518) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

132,171 ±2,699 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.2 ±0.1 (295,617  ±2,098) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.1% ±1.4% (3,186  ±1,119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

146,798 ±937 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$253,100 ±$10,610 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

13.7% ±2% (42,610  ±6,216.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

93.7% ±3.4% (200,212  ±7,362.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
45.9% ±2.4% (98,146  ±5,124.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

10.2% ±1.1% (31,862  ±3,518) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.1% ±0.8% (13,142  ±1,991) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
13,142 Total veterans ±1,991 12,021 Male ±1,837 1,121 Female ±508

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