Albany County, New York Demographics

Albany County is 35th out of 3,143 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Albany County is 5th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Albany County is 5th in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Albany County is 6th in New York out of 62 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Albany County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Albany County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Female residents

Albany County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Albany County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Asian

Albany County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income per capita

Albany County is 11th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Albany County is 11th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Albany County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	305,455	14th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	522.8	40th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	581.9	14th	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Albany County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	48th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.2%	53rd	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.6%	43rd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Albany County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.1%	5th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	37.8%	7th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Albany County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	78.6%	53rd	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.4%	8th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	37th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.3%	9th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	22nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	12th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	20th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.1%	49th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Albany County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	51.7%	8th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.9%	15th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Albany County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	138,165	12th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	43.1%	6th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	123,544	13th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.5%	56th	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$207,300	16th	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.3	55th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	461	14th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Albany County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$31,728	10th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$57,715	12th	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.8%	33rd	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Albany County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	9,436	11th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	168,868	11th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	24,798	15th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$5,404,372	12th	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,121	5th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$738,926	11th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732