2024 population: 1,418,382 ( 8,261 from 2020)
Land area: 10009.5 square miles
Population density: 141.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,136,526	80.13%	2.0%
Black:	94,387	6.65%	6.8%
Indian:	3,301	0.23%	7.9%
Asian:	58,443	4.12%	22.0%
2+ races:	33,830	2.39%	12.6%
Hispanic:	91,895	6.48%	13.6%

Total non-White:	281,856	19.87%	12.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	53,159	9.4
Deaths:	66,881	11.9
Net Migration:	5,621	1.0
Net Immigration:	17,141	3.0

Change in White population:	-23,345	-1.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	31,606	2.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,410,121
1,159,871	82.25%
88,376	6.27%
3,059	0.22%
47,905	3.40%
30,040	2.13%
80,870	5.73%
250,250	17.75%

2010
1,390,886
1,195,564	85.96%
75,901	5.46%
2,479	0.18%
31,978	2.30%
24,956	1.79%
55,547	3.99%
195,322	14.04%

2000
1,343,616
1,210,155	90.07%
62,312	4.64%
2,413	0.18%
19,282	1.44%
14,915	1.11%
32,937	2.45%
133,461	9.93%

1990
1,322,351
1,237,213	93.56%
48,021	3.63%
2,732	0.21%
14,077	1.06%
n/a
20,308	1.54%
85,138	6.44%

1980
1,273,368
1,216,442	95.53%
35,927	2.82%
1,614	0.13%
7,007	0.55%
n/a
11,733	0.92%
56,926	4.47%

1970
1,225,360
1,188,862	97.02%
29,951	2.44%
726	0.06%
2,088	0.17%
n/a
2,529	0.21%
36,498	2.98%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
126,555	9.1
124,888	9.0
-33,805	-2.4
21,536	1.5

-35,693	-2.6
54,928	3.9

Number	Rate
2000's
135,857	10.1
121,867	9.1
8,506	0.6
13,316	1.0

-14,591	-1.1
61,861	4.6

Number	Rate
1990's
164,537	12.4
130,344	9.9
-42,793	-3.2
10,877	0.8

-27,058	-2.0
48,323	3.7

Number	Rate
1980's
171,036	13.4
129,852	10.2
14,596	1.1
n/a

20,771	1.6
28,212	2.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-7,415	-0.6
n/a

27,580	2.3
20,428	1.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY-MA-VT Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
42.5
264,426	18.6%
1,153,956	81.4%
278,480	19.6%

583,529
2.33

348,628	59.7%
261,150	74.9%
32,787	9.4%
234,901	40.3%

2010
Number	Percent
41.1
293,797	21.1%
1,097,089	78.9%
212,890	15.3%

569,811
2.35

352,749	61.9%
260,211	73.8%
38,043	10.8%
217,062	38.1%

2000
Number	Percent
76.1
637,206	47.4%
706,410	52.6%
403,090	30.0%

1,073,456
2.40

694,668	64.7%
539,610	77.7%
70,856	10.2%
378,788	35.3%

1990
Number	Percent
34.3
312,840	23.7%
1,009,511	76.3%
193,847	14.7%

504,991
2.52

344,911	68.3%
278,891	80.9%
27,575	8.0%
160,080	31.7%

1980
Number	Percent
31.8
343,891	27.0%
929,477	73.0%
171,215	13.4%

457,471
2.69

329,503	72.0%
274,045	83.2%
23,963	7.3%
127,968	28.0%

2022 Housing Data for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY-MA-VT Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	24,742	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	21,535	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	21,075	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	19,948	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	20,103	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	20,121	3.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	20,965	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	18,974	3.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	19,397	3.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	40,950	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	53,512	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	78,851	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	61,947	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	46,204	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	56,861	9.7%
$200,000 or more	58,344	10.0%

Median Household Income	78,580
Per Capita Income	43,409

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	104

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	29,680	5.1%
Public Assistance	15,868	2.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	70,493	12.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	615,894	72.4%
Unemployed	31,675	3.7%
In Armed Forces	2,168	0.3%

Total Labor Force	649,737	76.3%
Not in Labor Force	201,440	23.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	225,102	177,226	55.9%
Non-Profit	32,190	61,754	34.3%
Self-Employed	38,946	24,510	61.4%

Local Government	24,297	36,636	39.9%
State Government	30,618	33,626	47.7%
Federal Government	7,592	5,827	56.6%

Total Private + Self	264,048	201,736	56.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	94,697	137,843	40.7%
Total	358,745	339,579	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	19.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	116,488	16.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	143,576	20.5%
Professional, Technical	194,433	27.8%
Service Occupations	117,265	16.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,123	0.4%
All others	127,880	18.3%

White Collar		65.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	109,127	15.6%
Educational services	80,498	11.5%
Retail trade	76,457	10.9%
Manufacturing	58,886	8.4%
Public administration	57,327	8.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	54,668	7.8%
Accommodation and food services	43,573	6.2%
Construction	42,801	6.1%
Finance and insurance	33,316	4.8%
Other services	32,031	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	26,090	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	20,953	3.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	14,861	2.1%
Wholesale trade	12,556	1.8%
Information	12,202	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	10,982	1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,721	1.0%
Utilities	5,041	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	907	0.1%
Management	645	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	10,027	0.71%
Puerto Rican	36,067	2.55%
Cuban	2,625	0.19%
Dominican	6,703	0.47%

Total Central American	7,337	0.52%
Costa Rican	679	0.05%
Guatemalan	1,169	0.08%
Honduran	1,682	0.12%
Nicaraguan	138	0.01%
Panamanian	824	0.06%
Salvadoran	2,639	0.19%
Other Central American	206	0.01%

Total South American	8,138	0.58%
Argentinean	756	0.05%
Bolivian	175	0.01%
Chilean	566	0.04%
Colombian	1,869	0.13%
Ecuadorian	2,457	0.17%
Paraguayan	55	0.00%
Peruvian	1,547	0.11%
Uruguayan	193	0.01%
Venezuelan	362	0.03%
Other South American	158	0.01%

Other Hispanic	7,941	0.56%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	16,390	1.16%
Chinese	10,797	0.76%
Filipino	3,915	0.28%
Korean	2,955	0.21%
Burmese	1,876	0.13%
Vietnamese	1,433	0.10%
Japanese	936	0.07%
Bangladeshi	831	0.06%
Thai	679	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,230,172	91.4%
Spanish	36,858	2.7%
Other Indo-European	22,196	1.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	9,208	0.7%
Chinese	8,927	0.7%
Other Asian	8,818	0.7%
German, other Germanic	7,879	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	6,557	0.5%
Other	4,737	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	279,258	19.8%
German	202,030	14.3%
Italian	201,594	14.3%
English	158,232	11.2%
French	80,129	5.7%
Polish	78,492	5.6%
American	74,924	5.3%
Dutch	37,123	2.6%
French Canadian	30,170	2.1%
Scottish	27,935	2.0%
European	18,470	1.3%
Russian	15,860	1.1%
Swedish	11,301	0.8%
Welsh	10,117	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	10,067	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,372,937	97.2%
Not a citizen	39,405	2.8%

Native	1,314,986	93.1%
Foreign-born	97,356	6.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
27,568	2.7%	52,208	5.2%	275,084	27.4%	283,395	28.2%	199,293	19.8%	167,582	16.7%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	27,568	2.7%
9-12 Years	52,208	5.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	275,084	27.4%
Some College	283,395	28.2%
Bach. Degree	199,293	19.8%
Grad Degree	167,582	16.7%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	682,424	651,635	30,789	4.5%
1991	684,610	638,796	45,814	6.7%
1992	683,952	635,476	48,476	7.1%
1993	686,773	646,485	40,288	5.9%
1994	690,825	652,504	38,321	5.5%
1995	685,484	648,561	36,923	5.4%
1996	681,985	647,909	34,076	5.0%
1997	693,481	661,353	32,128	4.6%
1998	692,425	664,439	27,986	4.0%
1999	691,052	664,565	26,487	3.8%

2000	692,416	667,816	24,600	3.6%
2001	695,945	670,211	25,734	3.7%
2002	710,719	679,521	31,198	4.4%
2003	711,916	678,734	33,182	4.7%
2004	716,706	684,062	32,644	4.6%
2005	724,839	694,425	30,414	4.2%
2006	731,132	701,214	29,918	4.1%
2007	724,422	694,375	30,047	4.1%
2008	729,756	692,394	37,362	5.1%
2009	730,241	675,898	54,343	7.4%

2010	718,751	661,743	57,008	7.9%
2011	704,972	650,846	54,126	7.7%
2012	708,642	653,235	55,407	7.8%
2013	705,953	657,048	48,905	6.9%
2014	689,497	651,193	38,304	5.6%
2015	691,266	658,079	33,187	4.8%
2016	691,337	660,748	30,589	4.4%
2017	689,930	659,272	30,658	4.4%
2018	689,804	662,570	27,234	3.9%
2019	686,604	661,479	25,125	3.7%

2020	682,747	631,690	51,057	7.5%
2021	689,514	657,335	32,179	4.7%
2022	692,754	670,412	22,342	3.2%
2023	696,794	673,263	23,531	3.4%
2024	697,824	673,615	24,209	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	698,806
Median Value	$243,022

Occupied	583,529	83.5%
Vacant	115,277	16.5%

Owned	388,856	66.6%
Rented	194,673	33.4%
Median Rent	$1,107

Single-Family Units	455,461	65.2%
Detached	431,294	61.7%
Attached	24,167	3.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	90,761	13.0%
Mobile Homes	28,661	4.1%

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY-MA-VT Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY-MA-VT Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY-MA-VT Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY-MA-VT Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY-MA-VT Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY-MA-VT Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY-MA-VT Market Area