Latest Census city estimates released May 14, 2026 · Population as of July 1, 2025 · Next city estimates scheduled for May 2027. Release schedule
Albany, New York population is 101,698 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #333 nationally and #6 in New York. Cost of living runs 0.4% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); the four-person spending scenario corresponds to modeled gross income of $127,958/yr (TY2026 tax assumptions; partial scenario excluding unverified local income tax). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
101,698 people live in Albany as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #333 largest U.S. city.
How big is Albany?
Albany covers 21.4 square miles of land and 0.5 square miles of water. Its population density is about 4,751 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 2.6% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 99,162 → 2025: 101,698 (+2.6%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
99,162
April 1, 2020
2020
98,865
July 1, 2020
2021
100,602
July 1, 2021
2022
100,484
July 1, 2022
2023
101,160
July 1, 2023
2024
101,295
July 1, 2024
2025
101,698
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population shrank 1.3% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Albany is the #333 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #6 in New York.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
99,162
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+2,536
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+2.6%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+403
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.4%
within V2025 only
Density
4,751
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
21.4
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#333
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#6
of 594 in New York
What is the median household income in Albany?
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: household income $80,734 ± $166; per-capita income $44,673 ± $122. Margins are at 90% confidence. Comparison badges describe point estimates; they are not significance tests.
Median household income is 23% below the U.S. median ($61,986 vs $80,734); 22.9% live in poverty, 10.5 points above the 12.5% U.S. estimate.
Median household income$61,986
US
Albany: $61,986 — 23% below the US median of $80,734.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data; censored rows retained in the distribution
Albany
$61,986
United States
$80,734
Income and poverty estimates for Albany from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
$61,986-23.2% vs US
±$2,652
Per capita income
$37,843-15.3% vs US
±$1,292
Population in poverty
22.9% ± 1.8 percentage points
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 29% below the U.S. median ($234,700 vs $332,700); median rent is 14% below ($1,216 vs $1,413); price-to-income ratio (3.8×) is roughly in line with the U.S. median (4.1×).
Median home value$234,700
US
Albany: $234,700 — 29% below the US median of $332,700.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data; censored rows retained in the distribution
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,702/mo
US
Albany: $1,702/mo — 58% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: home value $332,700 ± $236; gross rent $1,413 ± $2. Comparison badges describe estimates and do not establish statistical significance.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median value, owner-occupied units
$234,700-29.5% vs US
±$6,884
Median gross rent
$1,216-13.9% vs US
±$37
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR (FY2026)
$1,702-28.6% vs US
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA· 40th-percentile gross rent · HUD methodology
Owner-occupied share
38.2% ± 1.8 percentage points
of occupied housing units
Price-to-income ratio
3.8x± 0.20x approximate 90% MOE-8.1% vs US
median home value ÷ median household income · U.S. ratio: 4.1x
Rent-burdened (≥30% of income)
51.4% ± 3.3 percentage points+0.5% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
31.2% ± 2.3 percentage points+20.4% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 25.9%
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2025 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Albany. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.9%
Albany (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
52,093
2025 annual avg
Worked from home
13.2% ± 1.6 percentage points-12.6% vs US
share of workers 16+ working from home · U.S. share: 15.1% · ACS
County context — Albany sits in Albany County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Albany County
12.6%
$81,237
3.4%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Albany's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2025 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
34,727
$1,358 / wk
#2
Retail trade (44-45)
20,338
$842 / wk
#3
Professional and technical services (54)
17,072
$2,149 / wk
#4
Administrative and waste services (56)
12,890
$1,015 / wk
#5
Accommodation and food services (72)
12,841
$609 / wk
What workers earn in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest tracked occupation in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro (13,180 jobs, median $37,590/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
13,180
$37,590
$18.07
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
8,880
$37,810
$18.18
Cashiers
8,570
$34,290
$16.49
Customer Service Representatives
8,290
$45,350
$21.80
Stockers and Order Fillers
8,240
$38,220
$18.38
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
7,690
$49,330
$23.71
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
7,270
$43,640
$20.98
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
11,930
$35,420
$17.03
Registered Nurses · benchmark
10,230
$99,970
$48.06
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
8,890
$111,130
$53.43
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
4,830
$60,720
$29.19
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run within 1 point of the U.S. average (RPP 99.6); utilities stand out at RPP 134.0 (34.0% above the U.S. average).
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 99.6
US
Albany's cost of living runs 0.4% below the U.S. average (RPP 99.6 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 99.6
−0.4% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,702/mo
FY2026 · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA
State income tax (top marginal rate)
10.90%
9 brackets · TY2026
Four-person monthly spending scenario
$10,663/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
One-person monthly spending scenario
$3,722/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
Local income tax
—
Unverified and excluded from the spending scenario; not a verified zero
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
15.2% ± 1.4 percentage points foreign-born (U.S. share 14.1%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (6.5% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Albany's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
Hottest month: July (83°F avg high). Coldest: January (16°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 41.0 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Albany from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Natural-hazard exposure for Albany from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Albany?
11 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 10% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Albany from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of December 31, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
11 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
9
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
10.1%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
10.1%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
58,857
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of December 31, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
Albany sits at state rank #6 among 594 cities in New York. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: El Cajon, CA · #332 · 101,755 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Inglewood, CA · #334 · 101,662 residents.
Quick travel facts for Albany
Quick travel facts.
Elevation
224 ft · at city centroid, from USGS 3D Elevation Program
Nearest scheduled-service airport
Albany International Airport(ALB) · 6 mi 9 km from city centroid
Sources: elevation from USGS 3DEP · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (OurAirports type=large/medium and scheduled_service=yes; not an FAA service classification) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Albany.
How many people live in Albany, NY?
Albany has 101,698 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #333 largest city in the United States and #6 in New York. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Albany growing or shrinking?
Albany has grown 2.6% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 2,536 residents, including a 0.4% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
The GEOID for Albany is 3601000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
