- State:New YorkCounty:Albany CountyZips:12227,12229,12233,12234,12238,12239,12240,12055,12255,12107,12228,12236,12237,12246,12128,12469,12224,12247,12288,12007,12231,12235,12248,12212,12220,12230,12469,12120,12161,12242,12041,12226,12201,12223,12045,12183,12260,12046,12222,12110,12147,12059,12085,12193,12067,12023,12211,12183,12158,12209,12204,12143,12205,12186,12084,12204,12077,12159,12202,12009,12211,12189,12047,12054,12210,12206,12207,12208,12203,12110,12205Coordinates:42.600176302113965, -73.97355865301954Area total:533.30 sq. mi., 1381.25 sq. km, 341313.28 acresArea land:522.83 sq. mi., 1354.12 sq. km, 334610.56 acresArea water:10.47 sq. mi., 27.12 sq. km, 6702.72 acresEstablished:1683Capital seat:
Albany
Address: 112 State St Room 1200
County Office Building
Albany, NY 12207-2005
Governing Body: Legislature with 39 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Albany County, New York, United States
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- Population:314,848; Population change: 3.50% (2010 - 2020)Population density:602 persons per square mileHousehold income:$53,603Households:123,720Unemployment rate:7.20% per 157,326 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.00%Income taxes:6.85%GDP:$29.27 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Albany County's population of New York of 211,953 residents in 1930 has increased 1,49-fold to 314,848 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.85% female residents and 48.15% male residents live in as of 2020, 52.58% in Albany County, New York are married and the remaining 47.42% are single population.
As of 2020, 52.58% in Albany County, New York are married and the remaining 47.42% are single population.
- Housing units:146,131 residential units of which 90.89% share occupied residential units.
22.2 minutes is the average time that residents in Albany County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
77.86% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 9.78% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 5.42% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.62% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Albany County, New York 54.02% are owner-occupied homes, another 38.63% are rented apartments, and the remaining 7.35% are vacant.
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The 61.40% of the population in Albany County, New York who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 34.350%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 63.790%) of those eligible to vote in Albany County, New York.
