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Albany County, NY Demographics

Albany County, NY is the 14th most populous of 62 counties in New York, with 314,848 residents across 523 square miles. That is about 602 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 314,848
Land area 523 sq mi
Density 602 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Albany County compares to the US

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Central Location: Albany County, NY

Measured from the county's main population center using 2020 census blocks.

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Census tracts in Albany County, NY

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 136.04 7,198 2.8 2,584
Census Tract 130 7,028 2.0 3,549
Census Tract 142.03 6,270 4.3 1,469
Census Tract 146.16 6,214 3.2 1,955
Census Tract 137.07 6,066 3.1 1,931
Census Tract 142.02 6,064 3.0 2,019
Census Tract 20 5,960 1.1 5,339
Census Tract 142.01 5,959 4.9 1,229
Census Tract 146.14 5,767 2.7 2,171
Census Tract 141 5,628 6.3 888
Census Tract 139.02 5,385 1.7 3,085
Census Tract 135.03 5,284 4.5 1,184
Census Tract 4.04 5,194 0.7 7,197
Census Tract 26 5,179 1.6 3,214
Census Tract 143.03 4,874 2.9 1,685
Census Tract 146.09 4,829 2.5 1,931
Census Tract 136.02 4,554 3.1 1,487
Census Tract 15 4,528 0.2 20,136
Census Tract 138.02 4,487 2.1 2,130
Census Tract 4.03 4,418 1.2 3,646
Census Tract 133 4,397 0.5 8,215
Census Tract 140.02 4,376 0.9 4,762
Census Tract 16 4,290 0.4 12,140
Census Tract 140.01 4,200 1.6 2,629
Census Tract 7 4,196 0.6 6,818
Census Tract 17 4,016 0.5 7,603
Census Tract 146.08 4,014 1.5 2,590
Census Tract 144.01 3,985 48.7 82
Census Tract 21 3,937 0.6 6,981
Census Tract 129 3,931 0.6 6,790
Census Tract 138.04 3,897 5.8 677
Census Tract 135.12 3,858 3.7 1,049
Census Tract 146.06 3,825 6.8 560
Census Tract 14 3,818 0.3 13,136
Census Tract 128 3,797 0.6 6,042
Census Tract 18.02 3,728 0.7 5,055
Census Tract 135.09 3,692 2.1 1,742
Census Tract 135.11 3,687 3.3 1,128
Census Tract 145.02 3,552 34.0 104
Census Tract 6 3,500 0.2 17,884
Census Tract 135.10 3,497 1.0 3,415
Census Tract 3.02 3,496 2.0 1,776
Census Tract 137.08 3,494 1.7 2,021
Census Tract 18.04 3,473 2.4 1,433
Census Tract 5.01 3,440 0.2 16,279
Census Tract 127 3,391 0.6 5,797
Census Tract 132 3,380 0.3 10,179
Census Tract 138.03 3,347 2.3 1,438
Census Tract 137.09 3,313 1.6 2,099
Census Tract 144.02 3,271 1.5 2,228
Census Tract 143.04 3,234 15.3 212
Census Tract 18.03 3,232 0.7 4,731
Census Tract 25 3,208 0.3 12,450
Census Tract 148.03 3,194 57.8 55
Census Tract 3.01 3,190 0.3 12,528
Census Tract 136.03 3,144 2.6 1,228
Census Tract 146.13 3,132 26.1 120
Census Tract 2.01 3,125 0.2 13,142
Census Tract 143.01 3,005 12.4 242
Census Tract 131 2,934 0.7 3,915
Census Tract 145.03 2,841 2.1 1,328
Census Tract 5.02 2,841 0.3 9,464
Census Tract 135.05 2,804 1.1 2,445
Census Tract 146.15 2,759 2.3 1,217
Census Tract 135.07 2,716 2.2 1,259
Census Tract 145.01 2,703 21.3 127
Census Tract 148.01 2,689 64.0 42
Census Tract 147 2,635 41.8 63
Census Tract 134 2,598 0.5 5,446
Census Tract 2.02 2,598 0.6 4,668
Census Tract 19.02 2,566 0.5 5,667
Census Tract 19.01 2,514 0.3 7,476
Census Tract 139.01 2,396 1.5 1,602
Census Tract 146.17 2,373 5.4 438
Census Tract 22 2,299 0.1 23,972
Census Tract 146.11 2,260 6.1 369
Census Tract 8 2,216 0.1 16,664
Census Tract 4.01 2,216 3.5 635
Census Tract 23 2,147 0.2 8,683
Census Tract 137.03 2,101 6.2 337
Census Tract 137.06 2,087 1.1 1,971
Census Tract 1 2,073 0.9 2,268
Census Tract 11 1,826 0.7 2,718
Census Tract 148.02 1,826 61.5 30
Census Tract 146.12 1,668 1.3 1,317

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