Albany County, New York (NY)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 22,433
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 69,542
Renter-occupied apartments: 53,674 (it was 50,970 in 2000)
| % of renters here: | 42% |
| State: | 47% |
Land area: 523 sq. mi.
Water area: 9.8 sq. mi.
Population density: 599 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (28.3%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (13.4%), Public administration (11.9%), Retail trade (11.1%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 71%
- Government: 25%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 217,82069.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 37,84512.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 22,0797.0%Asian alone
- 20,7336.6%Hispanic or Latino
- 13,5264.3%Two or more races
- 1,2340.4%Some other race alone
- 3690.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 1370.04%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
| Median resident age: | 38.6 years |
| New York median age: | 39.8 years |
| Males: 152,954 |  (48.8%) |
| Females: 160,789 |  (51.2%) |
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| Albany County: | 2.0 people |
| New York: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2021: $75,232 ($42,935 in 1999)
| This county: | $75,232 |
| New York: | $74,314 |
Median contract rent in 2021 for apartments: $985 (lower quartile is $775, upper quartile is $1,333)
| This county: | $985 |
| State: | $1274 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $253,100 (it was $113,100 in 2000)
| Albany: | $253,100 |
| New York: | $368,800 |
Mean price in 2021:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,744Detached houses: $306,593
Here: $306,593 State: $441,759 Townhouses or other attached units: $335,166
Here: $335,166 State: $658,853 In 2-unit structures: $197,272
Here: $197,272 State: $655,904 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $107,508
Here: $107,508 State: $804,940 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $437,210
Here: $437,210 State: $784,206 Mobile homes: $75,728
Here: $75,728 State: $89,475
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $704
Institutionalized population: 3,059
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 4
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 8
- Burglaries: 11
- Thefts: 92
- Auto thefts: 8
Crime in 2019 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 4
- Robberies: 1
- Assaults: 19
- Burglaries: 21
- Thefts: 90
- Auto thefts: 10
Health of residents in Albany County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.6. This is about average.75.9% of residents exercised in the past month. This is about average.
45.2% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is about average.
59.7% of adult residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is less than average.
72.7% of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is about average.
Average weight of males is 197 pounds. This is about average.
Average weight of females is 163 pounds. This is about average.
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2021: 317 buildings, average cost: $265,000
- 2020: 389 buildings, average cost: $233,200
- 2019: 235 buildings, average cost: $256,300
- 2018: 247 buildings, average cost: $244,400
- 2017: 276 buildings, average cost: $234,900
- 2016: 395 buildings, average cost: $230,400
- 2015: 296 buildings, average cost: $257,100
- 2014: 369 buildings, average cost: $240,700
- 2013: 341 buildings, average cost: $266,200
- 2012: 246 buildings, average cost: $220,300
- 2011: 186 buildings, average cost: $210,300
- 2010: 260 buildings, average cost: $217,300
- 2009: 265 buildings, average cost: $224,300
- 2008: 300 buildings, average cost: $225,900
- 2007: 385 buildings, average cost: $218,100
- 2006: 425 buildings, average cost: $203,600
- 2005: 493 buildings, average cost: $200,800
- 2004: 600 buildings, average cost: $186,600
- 2003: 582 buildings, average cost: $171,200
- 2002: 628 buildings, average cost: $159,200
- 2001: 627 buildings, average cost: $159,100
- 2000: 591 buildings, average cost: $155,700
- 1999: 632 buildings, average cost: $152,200
- 1998: 626 buildings, average cost: $134,900
- 1997: 473 buildings, average cost: $133,700
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $5,269 (2.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $4,552 (1.8%)
| Albany County: | 12.0% |
| New York: | 13.9% |
Median age of residents in 2021: 38.6 years old
(Males: 36.8 years old, Females: 39.8 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.6 years old, Black residents: 31.0 years old, American Indian residents: 34.9 years old, Asian residents: 32.0 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 28.0 years old, Other race residents: 27.5 years old)
Area name: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Albany County is $586 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $715 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $856 a month.
Cities in this county include: Albany, Guilderland, Bethlehem, Cohoes, Watervliet, New Scotland, Delmar, Colonie, Westmere, Menands.
| City or Town | Homes measured | Living Area | Basement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homes Above 4 pCi/L Best Estimate (%) | Homes Above 4 pCi/L Range (%) | Homes Above 4 pCi/L Best Estimate (%) | Homes Above 4 pCi/L Range (%) | ||
| Berne town | 16 | 19 | 14 - 26 | 46 | 38 - 55 |
| Bethlehem town | 214 | 0.6 | 0.4 - 0.9 | 8 | 7 - 10 |
| Coeymans town | 40 | 17 | 13 - 22 | 48 | 42 - 54 |
| Cohoes city | 60 | 6 | 4 - 9 | 26 | 22 - 31 |
| Colonie town | 378 | 5 | 4 - 5 | 19 | 18 - 21 |
| Green Island town | 2 | 8 | 3 - 15 | 30 | 17 - 44 |
| Guilderland town | 246 | 8 | 6 - 9 | 25 | 23 - 28 |
| Knox town | 16 | 14 | 9 - 20 | 42 | 33 - 51 |
| New Scotland town | 181 | 32 | 29 - 35 | 58 | 55 - 61 |
| Rensselaerville town | 12 | 8 | 4 - 13 | 28 | 19 - 37 |
| Watervliet city | 40 | 6 | 3 - 9 | 32 | 26 - 37 |
| Westerlo town | 21 | 12 | 7 - 17 | 35 | 27 - 43 |
| Albany county | 1495 | 5 | 20 | ||
2019 air pollution in Albany County:
Carbon Monoxide: 0.207 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.032 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual: 9.6 µg/m3(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Local government website: www.albanycounty.com
Neighboring counties: Columbia County 
, Cedar County, Nebraska 
, Grant County, Wisconsin , Floyd County, Iowa , Jo Daviess County, Illinois .
| Here: | 2.8% |
| New York: | 4.0% |
Current college students: 28,317
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 45.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 31,862 (56.4% naturalized citizens)
| Albany County: | 10.2% |
| Whole state: | 22.3% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 14,9212010 or later
- 8,0562000 to 2009
- 5,7801990 to 1999
- 4,0111980 to 1989
- 2,4871970 to 1979
- 5,163Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 83.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 73,458
- One, attached: 8,286
- Two: 21,888
- 3 or 4: 12,449
- 5 to 9: 8,240
- 10 to 19: 7,689
- 20 to 49: 4,299
- 50 or more: 8,759
- Mobile homes: 1,730
Housing units in Albany County with a mortgage: 48,352 (7,781 second mortgage, 253 home equity loan, 6,872 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,157
| Here: | 94.1% with mortgage |
| State: | 95.2% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Albany County
| Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
|---|---|---|
| Catholic | 85,267 | 29 |
| Mainline Protestant | 17,188 | 78 |
| Evangelical Protestant | 15,873 | 72 |
| Other | 14,472 | 31 |
| Black Protestant | 2,739 | 11 |
| Orthodox | 2,025 | 9 |
| None | 166,640 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 75
| Albany County: | 2.51 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 4.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2
| Here: | 0.07 / 10,000 pop. |
| New York: | 0.06 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 32
| This county: | 1.07 / 10,000 pop. |
| New York: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 94
| Albany County: | 3.15 / 10,000 pop. |
| New York: | 1.68 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 303
| This county: | 10.15 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 8.82 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate:
| Albany County: | 7.8% |
| New York: | 8.2% |
Adult obesity rate:
| Albany County: | 25.6% |
| State: | 23.8% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Here: | 14.0% |
| State: | 15.6% |
Agriculture in Albany County:
Average size of farms: 143 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $39,990
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $297.63
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 30.99%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 51.56%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $50,873
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 45.61%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.40%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $58,939
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 87.60%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 14.13
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 20.31%
Corn for grain: 1506 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 199 harvested acres
Vegetables: 529 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 435 acres
Earthquake activity:
Albany County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above New York state average. It is 68% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 92.7 miles away from Albany County center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 ML, Depth: 3.0 mi) earthquake occurred 128.2 miles away from the county center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MB, 4.2 MS, 5.2 MW, 5.0 MW) earthquake occurred 126.4 miles away from the county center
On 1/19/1982 at 00:14:42, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 MD, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 127.5 miles away from the county center
On 6/17/1991 at 08:53:16, a magnitude 4.1 (4.0 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 42.2 miles away from Albany County center
On 10/16/2012 at 23:12:25, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 ML, Depth: 10.0 mi) earthquake occurred 173.7 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- New York Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4480-NY: March 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4480, Natural disaster type: Other
- New York Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm, Incident Period: March 14, 2017 - March 15, 2017, FEMA Id: 4322, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
- New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3351: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3351, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New York Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 07, 2011 to September 11, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3341: September 08, 2011, FEMA Id: 3341, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
- New York Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4020: August 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 4020, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New York Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 31, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1827: March 04, 2009, FEMA Id: 1827, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- New York Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 31, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3299: December 18, 2008, FEMA Id: 3299, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- New York Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Incident Period: April 14, 2007 to April 18, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1692: April 24, 2007, FEMA Id: 1692, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- New York Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3262: September 30, 2005, FEMA Id: 3262, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 13, 2004 to June 17, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1534: August 03, 2004, FEMA Id: 1534, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Albany County (20) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 10
Emergencies Declared: 9
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 4, Storms: 4, Winter Storms: 4, Floods: 3, Snowstorms: 3, Blizzards: 2, Power Outage: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Other: 2 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 139,589 (69.7%)
- Carpooled: 14,876 (7.4%)
- Bus: 5,431 (2.7%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 130 (0.1%)
- Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 59 (0.0%)
- Ferryboat: 83 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 2,630 (1.3%)
- Bicycle: 277 (0.1%)
- Walked: 5,936 (3.0%)
- Worked at home: 31,347 (15.6%)
- Health care and social assistance (25%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Retail trade (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care and social assistance (25%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Retail trade (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Management occupations (12%)
- Sales and related occupations (11%)
- Computer and mathematical occupations (10%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (6%)
- Transportation occupations (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (11%)
- Management occupations (10%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (10%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Healthcare support occupations (5%)
- India (11%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Pakistan (5%)
- Jamaica (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Dominican Republic (4%)
- Guyana (4%)
- Irish (13%)
- Italian (11%)
- German (5%)
- American (5%)
- English (5%)
- Polish (3%)
- European (2%)
People in group quarters in Albany County, New York in 2010:
- 11,639 people in college/university student housing
- 1,831 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 680 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 671 people in group homes intended for adults
- 612 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 420 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 330 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 293 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 290 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 125 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals
- 113 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 20 people in residential schools for people with disabilities
People in group quarters in Albany County, New York in 2000:
- 9,037 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 3,027 people in nursing homes
- 727 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 602 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 467 people in religious group quarters
- 311 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 298 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 247 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 196 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 167 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 117 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 108 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 87 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 57 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the intellectually disabled
- 49 people in other group homes
- 22 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 18 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 14 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 6 people in halfway houses
6.97% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($63,612 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 6.97% |
| New York average: | 5.29% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.12% relocated from other counties in New York ($44,584 average AGI)
1.85% relocated from other states ($19,028 average AGI)
Albany County: 1.85% New York average: 1.86%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Rensselaer County, NY |  1.30% ($52,367 average AGI) |
| from Schenectady County, NY | 0.82% ($58,686) |
| from Saratoga County, NY | 0.69% ($80,013) |
| from Kings County, NY | 0.26% ($53,856) |
| from Queens County, NY | 0.23% ($49,986) |
| from Greene County, NY | 0.19% ($53,440) |
| from New York County, NY | 0.17% ($152,950) |
7.40% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($67,578 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 7.40% |
| New York average: | 6.93% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.74% relocated to other counties in New York ($38,730 average AGI)
2.66% relocated to other states ($28,848 average AGI)
Albany County: 2.66% New York average: 3.55%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Rensselaer County, NY | 1.35% ($49,852 average AGI) |
| to Saratoga County, NY | 0.95% ($70,686) |
| to Schenectady County, NY | 0.93% ($55,453) |
| to Greene County, NY | 0.13% ($47,731) |
| to Kings County, NY | 0.12% ($42,063) |
| to New York County, NY | 0.10% ($154,740) |
| to Queens County, NY | 0.08% ($41,450) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.6
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 8.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 8.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2018: 6.2
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 2.0%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 47,440 (39,545 aged, 7,895 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 3,830 (6%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Albany County, New York in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (7,275)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (3,693)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (2,336)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (2,208)
- Unspecified dementia (2,072)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (1,692)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (1,373)
- Congestive heart failure (1,308)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (1,223)
- Septicaemia, unspecified (972)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 20,077
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 444
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 55,412
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,014
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 967
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 18
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 66
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 126
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 16
Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 32.7. This is less than state average.
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
- Firearm - 18.7
- Other - 13.9
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 69.7. This is more than state average.
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
- Firearm - 27.9
- Suffocation - 21.6
- Poisoning - 11.0
- Other - 9.1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 313,743- Male householders: 63,596 (21,996 living alone), Female householders: 68,575 (24,160 living alone)
53,244 spouses (51,599 opposite-sex spouses), 12,903 unmarried partners, (12,119 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 77,139 children (72,037 natural, 1,791 adopted, 3,311 stepchildren), 4,513 grandchildren, 1,561 brothers or sisters, 2,841 parents, 74 foster children, 1,822 other relatives, 9,349 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 18,126
Size of family households: 35,136 2-persons, 16,818 3-persons, 12,205 4-persons, 5,874 5-persons, 1,470 6-persons, 706 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 46,156 1-person, 11,466 2-persons, 2,000 3-persons, 340 4-persons.
32,530 married couples with children.
18,863 single-parent households (2,037 men, 16,826 women).
87.0% of residents of Albany speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $5,019,630,000 ($16,820 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $216,808,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,132,676,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $480,100,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,922,000
Federal grants: $2,938,097,000
Federal procurement contracts: $129,184,000 ($53,376,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $323,651,000 ($67,789,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,007,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $130,694,000
Federal Government insurance: $91,021,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 16,978| Here: | 57 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 15,001
| Here: | 50 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 42 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +3,578
| Here: | +12 per 1000 residents |
| State: | +35 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -2,387
| Here: |  -8 per 1000 residents |
| State: |  -52 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 48.18 millions of gallons per day (21% from ground, 79% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.9 |
| State: | 6.4 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.2 |
| State: | 3.8 |
- Year house built in Albany County, New York
- 1222020 or later
- 9,4032010 to 2019
- 9,3622000 to 2009
- 11,9051990 to 1999
- 15,7451980 to 1989
- 18,3121970 to 1979
- 14,3691960 to 1969
- 17,9241950 to 1959
- 8,0051940 to 1949
- 41,6511939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Albany County, New York
- 1681 room
- 5002 rooms
- 2,2593 rooms
- 3,8164 rooms
- 10,5205 rooms
- 15,1086 rooms
- 15,5187 rooms
- 15,1628 rooms
- 15,5569+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Albany County, New York
- 2,5691 room
- 5,2762 rooms
- 9,4973 rooms
- 13,6734 rooms
- 8,9955 rooms
- 7,5566 rooms
- 2,7337 rooms
- 1,3898 rooms
- 1,8769+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Albany County, New York
- 168no bedroom
- 2,9711 bedroom
- 12,2102 bedrooms
- 32,7663 bedrooms
- 26,0114 bedrooms
- 4,4815+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Albany County, New York
- 3,016no bedroom
- 16,9291 bedroom
- 18,6752 bedrooms
- 10,8283 bedrooms
- 3,1314 bedrooms
- 9855+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Albany County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 2,637no vehicle
- 24,0951 vehicle
- 36,8332 vehicles
- 10,6163 vehicles
- 2,7924 vehicles
- 1,6345+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Albany County in renter-occupied apartments
- 14,033no vehicle
- 24,7011 vehicle
- 12,9432 vehicles
- 1,1853 vehicles
- 2504 vehicles
- 4525+ vehicles
85.7% of Albany County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in New York.
| Albany County: | 85.7% |
| State average: | 89.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 224,634
- Other state: 53,746
- Northeast: 22,151
- Midwest: 6,503
- South: 17,171
- West: 7,921
- 76.1%Utility gas
- 10.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 8.0%Electricity
- 2.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.6%Wood
- 0.5%Other fuel
- 0.4%Solar energy
- 0.1%Coal or coke
- 46.8%Utility gas
- 44.6%Electricity
- 4.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.8%Coal or coke
- 0.6%No fuel used
- 0.6%Other fuel
- 0.2%Solar energy
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,200
| Here: | 8.2% |
| New York: | 16.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,374
| Here: | 10.8% |
| New York: | 16.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8,356
| Here: | 34.8% |
| New York: | 39.3% |
Albany County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $20,016,000
Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $17,636,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $12,817,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $10,222,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $55,838,000
Cash and Securities: $47,571,000
- Charges - Other: $58,790,000
Other: $56,863,000
Parks and Recreation: $7,736,000
Parks and Recreation: $6,023,000
Sewerage: $2,047,000
Sewerage: $1,563,000
Parking Facilities: $1,447,000
Parking Facilities: $1,400,000
- Construction - General Public Buildings: $7,062,000
General - Other: $6,877,000
Regular Highways: $5,841,000
Regular Highways: $4,237,000
General Public Buildings: $2,466,000
General - Other: $575,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $125,221,000
General - Other: $99,075,000
General - Other: $96,074,000
Public Welfare - Other: $94,412,000
Public Welfare - Other: $87,850,000
Health - Other: $84,198,000
Correctional Institutions: $34,155,000
Correctional Institutions: $34,143,000
Sewerage: $30,980,000
Sewerage: $20,825,000
Police Protection: $17,803,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $16,128,000
Police Protection: $15,496,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $14,889,000
Regular Highways: $13,254,000
Regular Highways: $11,863,000
Central Staff Services: $8,534,000
Central Staff Services: $8,055,000
Corrections - Other: $6,583,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $6,578,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $6,560,000
Corrections - Other: $6,442,000
Parks and Recreation: $5,419,000
Financial Administration: $4,923,000
Parks and Recreation: $4,865,000
Financial Administration: $4,201,000
General Public Buildings: $3,643,000
General Public Buildings: $3,353,000
Transit Utilities: $1,233,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,223,000
Transit Utilities: $1,176,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,159,000
Libraries: $825,000
Libraries: $803,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $3,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $636,000
Health and Hospitals: $93,000
Other: $86,000
Other: $19,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $29,756,000
Interest on Debt: $7,861,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $228,842,000
Other - General - Other: $208,077,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $11,982,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $10,542,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare - Categorical Assistance Programs: $67,405,000
Public Welfare - Categorical Assistance Programs: $67,199,000
Corrections: $5,021,000
Corrections: $1,714,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $20,741,000
Other: $18,770,000
Highways: $1,215,000
Highways: $882,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $331,955,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $283,825,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $179,795,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $161,310,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $81,890,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $36,720,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $33,760,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $18,235,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $16,729,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $16,078,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $15,427,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $14,776,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $651,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $651,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $11,086,000
General Revenue - Other: $10,951,000
Interest Earnings: $2,382,000
Rents: $1,527,000
Rents: $1,384,000
Fines and Forfeits: $677,000
Fines and Forfeits: $515,000
Interest Earnings: $209,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $1,777,000
General - Other: $946,000
Police Protection: $920,000
Correctional Institutions: $666,000
General - Other: $520,000
Central Staff Services: $471,000
Regular Highways: $366,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $244,000
Correctional Institutions: $174,000
Regular Highways: $121,000
Central Staff Services: $108,000
Health - Other: $85,000
Health - Other: $73,000
Financial Administration: $52,000
Corrections - Other: $34,000
Corrections - Other: $33,000
Libraries: $20,000
Public Welfare - Other: $18,000
Libraries: $17,000
Public Welfare - Other: $15,000
Financial Administration: $6,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $4,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $125,519,000
Cash and Securities: $125,430,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $135,785,000
Beginning: $102,023,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,680,000
Cash and Securities: $16,829,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $85,678,000
Public Welfare: $77,155,000
Health and Hospitals: $36,037,000
Health and Hospitals: $33,133,000
Other: $15,973,000
Other: $13,896,000
Highways: $6,222,000
Highways: $3,701,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $399,248,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $364,570,000
Property: $94,922,000
Property: $94,861,000
Other Selective Sales: $8,169,000
Other Selective Sales: $8,140,000
Other: $3,995,000
Other License: $3,713,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $131,495,000
: $125,221,000
Albany County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $20,016,000
Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $17,636,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $12,817,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $10,222,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $55,838,000
Cash and Securities: $47,571,000
- Charges - Other: $58,790,000
Other: $56,863,000
Parks and Recreation: $7,736,000
Parks and Recreation: $6,023,000
Sewerage: $2,047,000
Sewerage: $1,563,000
Parking Facilities: $1,447,000
Parking Facilities: $1,400,000
- Construction - General Public Buildings: $7,062,000
General - Other: $6,877,000
Regular Highways: $5,841,000
Regular Highways: $4,237,000
General Public Buildings: $2,466,000
General - Other: $575,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $125,221,000
General - Other: $99,075,000
General - Other: $96,074,000
Public Welfare - Other: $94,412,000
Public Welfare - Other: $87,850,000
Health - Other: $84,198,000
Correctional Institutions: $34,155,000
Correctional Institutions: $34,143,000
Sewerage: $30,980,000
Sewerage: $20,825,000
Police Protection: $17,803,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $16,128,000
Police Protection: $15,496,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $14,889,000
Regular Highways: $13,254,000
Regular Highways: $11,863,000
Central Staff Services: $8,534,000
Central Staff Services: $8,055,000
Corrections - Other: $6,583,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $6,578,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $6,560,000
Corrections - Other: $6,442,000
Parks and Recreation: $5,419,000
Financial Administration: $4,923,000
Parks and Recreation: $4,865,000
Financial Administration: $4,201,000
General Public Buildings: $3,643,000
General Public Buildings: $3,353,000
Transit Utilities: $1,233,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,223,000
Transit Utilities: $1,176,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,159,000
Libraries: $825,000
Libraries: $803,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $3,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $636,000
Health and Hospitals: $93,000
Other: $86,000
Other: $19,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $29,756,000
Interest on Debt: $7,861,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $228,842,000
Other - General - Other: $208,077,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $11,982,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $10,542,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare - Categorical Assistance Programs: $67,405,000
Public Welfare - Categorical Assistance Programs: $67,199,000
Corrections: $5,021,000
Corrections: $1,714,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $20,741,000
Other: $18,770,000
Highways: $1,215,000
Highways: $882,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $331,955,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $283,825,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $179,795,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $161,310,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $81,890,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $36,720,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $33,760,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $18,235,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $16,729,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $16,078,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $15,427,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $14,776,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $651,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $651,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $11,086,000
General Revenue - Other: $10,951,000
Interest Earnings: $2,382,000
Rents: $1,527,000
Rents: $1,384,000
Fines and Forfeits: $677,000
Fines and Forfeits: $515,000
Interest Earnings: $209,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $1,777,000
General - Other: $946,000
Police Protection: $920,000
Correctional Institutions: $666,000
General - Other: $520,000
Central Staff Services: $471,000
Regular Highways: $366,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $244,000
Correctional Institutions: $174,000
Regular Highways: $121,000
Central Staff Services: $108,000
Health - Other: $85,000
Health - Other: $73,000
Financial Administration: $52,000
Corrections - Other: $34,000
Corrections - Other: $33,000
Libraries: $20,000
Public Welfare - Other: $18,000
Libraries: $17,000
Public Welfare - Other: $15,000
Financial Administration: $6,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $4,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $125,519,000
Cash and Securities: $125,430,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $135,785,000
Beginning: $102,023,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,680,000
Cash and Securities: $16,829,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $85,678,000
Public Welfare: $77,155,000
Health and Hospitals: $36,037,000
Health and Hospitals: $33,133,000
Other: $15,973,000
Other: $13,896,000
Highways: $6,222,000
Highways: $3,701,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $399,248,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $364,570,000
Property: $94,922,000
Property: $94,861,000
Other Selective Sales: $8,169,000
Other Selective Sales: $8,140,000
Other: $3,995,000
Other License: $3,713,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $131,495,000
: $125,221,000
Albany County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $20,016,000
Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $17,636,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $12,817,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $10,222,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $55,838,000
Cash and Securities: $47,571,000
- Charges - Other: $58,790,000
Other: $56,863,000
Parks and Recreation: $7,736,000
Parks and Recreation: $6,023,000
Sewerage: $2,047,000
Sewerage: $1,563,000
Parking Facilities: $1,447,000
Parking Facilities: $1,400,000
- Construction - General Public Buildings: $7,062,000
General - Other: $6,877,000
Regular Highways: $5,841,000
Regular Highways: $4,237,000
General Public Buildings: $2,466,000
General - Other: $575,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $125,221,000
General - Other: $99,075,000
General - Other: $96,074,000
Public Welfare - Other: $94,412,000
Public Welfare - Other: $87,850,000
Health - Other: $84,198,000
Correctional Institutions: $34,155,000
Correctional Institutions: $34,143,000
Sewerage: $30,980,000
Sewerage: $20,825,000
Police Protection: $17,803,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $16,128,000
Police Protection: $15,496,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $14,889,000
Regular Highways: $13,254,000
Regular Highways: $11,863,000
Central Staff Services: $8,534,000
Central Staff Services: $8,055,000
Corrections - Other: $6,583,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $6,578,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $6,560,000
Corrections - Other: $6,442,000
Parks and Recreation: $5,419,000
Financial Administration: $4,923,000
Parks and Recreation: $4,865,000
Financial Administration: $4,201,000
General Public Buildings: $3,643,000
General Public Buildings: $3,353,000
Transit Utilities: $1,233,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,223,000
Transit Utilities: $1,176,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,159,000
Libraries: $825,000
Libraries: $803,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $3,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $636,000
Health and Hospitals: $93,000
Other: $86,000
Other: $19,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $29,756,000
Interest on Debt: $7,861,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $228,842,000
Other - General - Other: $208,077,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $11,982,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $10,542,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare - Categorical Assistance Programs: $67,405,000
Public Welfare - Categorical Assistance Programs: $67,199,000
Corrections: $5,021,000
Corrections: $1,714,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $20,741,000
Other: $18,770,000
Highways: $1,215,000
Highways: $882,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $331,955,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $283,825,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $179,795,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $161,310,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $81,890,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $36,720,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $33,760,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $18,235,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $16,729,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $16,078,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $15,427,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $14,776,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $651,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $651,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $11,086,000
General Revenue - Other: $10,951,000
Interest Earnings: $2,382,000
Rents: $1,527,000
Rents: $1,384,000
Fines and Forfeits: $677,000
Fines and Forfeits: $515,000
Interest Earnings: $209,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $1,777,000
General - Other: $946,000
Police Protection: $920,000
Correctional Institutions: $666,000
General - Other: $520,000
Central Staff Services: $471,000
Regular Highways: $366,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $244,000
Correctional Institutions: $174,000
Regular Highways: $121,000
Central Staff Services: $108,000
Health - Other: $85,000
Health - Other: $73,000
Financial Administration: $52,000
Corrections - Other: $34,000
Corrections - Other: $33,000
Libraries: $20,000
Public Welfare - Other: $18,000
Libraries: $17,000
Public Welfare - Other: $15,000
Financial Administration: $6,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $4,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $125,519,000
Cash and Securities: $125,430,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $135,785,000
Beginning: $102,023,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,680,000
Cash and Securities: $16,829,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $85,678,000
Public Welfare: $77,155,000
Health and Hospitals: $36,037,000
Health and Hospitals: $33,133,000
Other: $15,973,000
Other: $13,896,000
Highways: $6,222,000
Highways: $3,701,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $399,248,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $364,570,000
Property: $94,922,000
Property: $94,861,000
Other Selective Sales: $8,169,000
Other Selective Sales: $8,140,000
Other: $3,995,000
Other License: $3,713,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $131,495,000
: $125,221,000
Albany County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $20,016,000
Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $17,636,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $12,817,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $10,222,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $55,838,000
Cash and Securities: $47,571,000
- Charges - Other: $58,790,000
Other: $56,863,000
Parks and Recreation: $7,736,000
Parks and Recreation: $6,023,000
Sewerage: $2,047,000
Sewerage: $1,563,000
Parking Facilities: $1,447,000
Parking Facilities: $1,400,000
- Construction - General Public Buildings: $7,062,000
General - Other: $6,877,000
Regular Highways: $5,841,000
Regular Highways: $4,237,000
General Public Buildings: $2,466,000
General - Other: $575,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $125,221,000
General - Other: $99,075,000
General - Other: $96,074,000
Public Welfare - Other: $94,412,000
Public Welfare - Other: $87,850,000
Health - Other: $84,198,000
Correctional Institutions: $34,155,000
Correctional Institutions: $34,143,000
Sewerage: $30,980,000
Sewerage: $20,825,000
Police Protection: $17,803,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $16,128,000
Police Protection: $15,496,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $14,889,000
Regular Highways: $13,254,000
Regular Highways: $11,863,000
Central Staff Services: $8,534,000
Central Staff Services: $8,055,000
Corrections - Other: $6,583,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $6,578,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $6,560,000
Corrections - Other: $6,442,000
Parks and Recreation: $5,419,000
Financial Administration: $4,923,000
Parks and Recreation: $4,865,000
Financial Administration: $4,201,000
General Public Buildings: $3,643,000
General Public Buildings: $3,353,000
Transit Utilities: $1,233,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,223,000
Transit Utilities: $1,176,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,159,000
Libraries: $825,000
Libraries: $803,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $3,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $636,000
Health and Hospitals: $93,000
Other: $86,000
Other: $19,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $29,756,000
Interest on Debt: $7,861,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $228,842,000
Other - General - Other: $208,077,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $11,982,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $10,542,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare - Categorical Assistance Programs: $67,405,000
Public Welfare - Categorical Assistance Programs: $67,199,000
Corrections: $5,021,000
Corrections: $1,714,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $20,741,000
Other: $18,770,000
Highways: $1,215,000
Highways: $882,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $331,955,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $283,825,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $179,795,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $161,310,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $81,890,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $36,720,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $33,760,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $18,235,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $16,729,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $16,078,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $15,427,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $14,776,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $651,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $651,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $11,086,000
General Revenue - Other: $10,951,000
Interest Earnings: $2,382,000
Rents: $1,527,000
Rents: $1,384,000
Fines and Forfeits: $677,000
Fines and Forfeits: $515,000
Interest Earnings: $209,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $1,777,000
General - Other: $946,000
Police Protection: $920,000
Correctional Institutions: $666,000
General - Other: $520,000
Central Staff Services: $471,000
Regular Highways: $366,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $244,000
Correctional Institutions: $174,000
Regular Highways: $121,000
Central Staff Services: $108,000
Health - Other: $85,000
Health - Other: $73,000
Financial Administration: $52,000
Corrections - Other: $34,000
Corrections - Other: $33,000
Libraries: $20,000
Public Welfare - Other: $18,000
Libraries: $17,000
Public Welfare - Other: $15,000
Financial Administration: $6,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $4,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $125,519,000
Cash and Securities: $125,430,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $135,785,000
Beginning: $102,023,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,680,000
Cash and Securities: $16,829,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $85,678,000
Public Welfare: $77,155,000
Health and Hospitals: $36,037,000
Health and Hospitals: $33,133,000
Other: $15,973,000
Other: $13,896,000
Highways: $6,222,000
Highways: $3,701,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $399,248,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $364,570,000
Property: $94,922,000
Property: $94,861,000
Other Selective Sales: $8,169,000
Other Selective Sales: $8,140,000
Other: $3,995,000
Other License: $3,713,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $131,495,000
: $125,221,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 6,759
- Number of aged recipients: 777
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 5,982
- Number of recipients under 18: 1,128
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 4,278
- Number of recipients older than 64: 1,353
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 2,684
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 3,285
| Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 73 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
| A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1,049 | $170,992 | 1,467 | $190,318 | 4,528 | $167,320 | 424 | $49,149 | 24 | $695,583 | 258 | $140,047 | 19 | $70,579 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 84 | $160,226 | 174 | $188,609 | 528 | $170,712 | 75 | $50,373 | 1 | $16,100,000 | 40 | $117,275 | 10 | $62,300 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 134 | $147,022 | 248 | $152,919 | 1,506 | $175,645 | 321 | $38,850 | 2 | $325,000 | 171 | $126,462 | 25 | $67,680 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 113 | $154,504 | 143 | $193,042 | 994 | $175,574 | 40 | $89,175 | 5 | $2,084,400 | 55 | $136,800 | 2 | $109,000 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 31 | $162,419 | 49 | $190,510 | 199 | $176,603 | 16 | $97,125 | 0 | $0 | 11 | $130,818 | 0 | $0 |
| Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 69 full tracts) | ||||||
| A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 297 | $215,397 | 183 | $214,115 | 2 | $312,000 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 90 | $191,989 | 66 | $217,758 | 8 | $127,500 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 45 | $213,622 | 30 | $213,933 | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 22 | $213,773 | 27 | $204,778 | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 8 | $182,000 | 3 | $180,667 | 2 | $151,500 |
| Most common first names in Albany County, NY among deceased individuals | ||
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | 3,240 | 80.9 years |
| John | 3,087 | 73.9 years |
| William | 2,327 | 74.1 years |
| Joseph | 1,846 | 74.8 years |
| Margaret | 1,476 | 80.6 years |
| Helen | 1,460 | 80.7 years |
| James | 1,432 | 72.5 years |
| Anna | 1,312 | 83.0 years |
| George | 1,271 | 75.4 years |
| Edward | 1,208 | 73.8 years |
| Most common last names in Albany County, NY among deceased individuals | ||
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| Smith | 737 | 75.8 years |
| Miller | 363 | 77.3 years |
| Brown | 301 | 74.1 years |
| Johnson | 295 | 73.2 years |
| Murphy | 290 | 78.0 years |
| Jones | 277 | 72.2 years |
| Williams | 270 | 74.5 years |
| Ryan | 217 | 76.3 years |
| Martin | 210 | 76.0 years |
| Kelly | 189 | 77.3 years |
| Businesses in Albany County, NY | ||||
| Name | Count | Name | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDO | 2 | Johnny Rockets | 1 | |
| AT&T | 11 | Jones New York | 3 | |
| Abercrombie & Fitch | 1 | Journeys | 1 | |
| Abercrombie Kids | 1 | Justice | 3 | |
| Ace Hardware | 2 | KFC | 3 | |
| Advance Auto Parts | 4 | Kmart | 1 | |
| Aeropostale | 3 | Kohl's | 1 | |
| American Eagle Outfitters | 3 | Kroger | 1 | |
| Ann Taylor | 2 | La-Z-Boy | 2 | |
| Apple Store | 1 | Lane Bryant | 2 | |
| Arby's | 3 | Lane Furniture | 6 | |
| Ascend Collection | 1 | LensCrafters | 2 | |
| AutoZone | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
| Bakers | 1 | Macy's | 2 | |
| Bally Total Fitness | 1 | Marriott | 7 | |
| Banana Republic | 1 | Marshalls | 1 | |
| Barnes & Noble | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 6 | |
| Bath & Body Works | 2 | McDonald's | 11 | |
| Baymont Inn | 1 | Men's Wearhouse | 1 | |
| Bebe | 1 | Motel 6 | 2 | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | 1 | Motherhood Maternity | 4 | |
| Ben & Jerry's | 1 | New Balance | 6 | |
| Best Western | 2 | New York & Co | 2 | |
| Brookstone | 1 | Nike | 36 | |
| Budget Car Rental | 2 | Nissan | 1 | |
| Burger King | 7 | OfficeMax | 2 | |
| Buybuy BABY | 1 | Old Navy | 1 | |
| CVS | 13 | Olive Garden | 1 | |
| Cache | 1 | Outback | 1 | |
| Casual Male XL | 1 | Outback Steakhouse | 1 | |
| Catherines | 1 | Pac Sun | 1 | |
| Charlotte Russe | 1 | Panera Bread | 2 | |
| Chevrolet | 2 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
| Chico's | 1 | Payless | 4 | |
| Chipotle | 1 | Penske | 1 | |
| Clarks | 1 | PetSmart | 1 | |
| Cold Stone Creamery | 2 | Pier 1 Imports | 1 | |
| Coldwater Creek | 1 | Pizza Hut | 4 | |
| Curves | 1 | Plato's Closet | 1 | |
| DHL | 1 | Popeyes | 1 | |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | Pottery Barn | 1 | |
| Days Inn | 2 | Pottery Barn Kids | 1 | |
| Deb | 1 | Quality | 1 | |
| Decora Cabinetry | 2 | Quiznos | 2 | |
| Dennys | 1 | RadioShack | 5 | |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | Ramada | 1 | |
| DressBarn | 1 | Red Lobster | 1 | |
| Dressbarn | 1 | Red Roof Inn | 1 | |
| Dunkin Donuts | 27 | Rite Aid | 13 | |
| Econo Lodge | 1 | Ruby Tuesday | 1 | |
| Eddie Bauer | 1 | Ryder Rental & Truck Leasing | 1 | |
| Express | 2 | Sears | 2 | |
| Extended Stay America | 1 | Sephora | 2 | |
| Famous Footwear | 2 | Skechers USA | 1 | |
| Fashion Bug | 1 | Spencer Gifts | 2 | |
| FedEx | 57 | Sprint Nextel | 9 | |
| Finish Line | 1 | Staples | 1 | |
| Firestone Complete Auto Care | 2 | Starbucks | 10 | |
| Foot Locker | 2 | Subaru | 1 | |
| Ford | 2 | Subway | 27 | |
| Forever 21 | 1 | Super 8 | 1 | |
| Fredericks Of Hollywood | 1 | T-Mobile | 8 | |
| GNC | 6 | T.G.I. Driday's | 1 | |
| GameStop | 3 | Taco Bell | 3 | |
| Gap | 2 | Talbots | 2 | |
| Gymboree | 1 | Target | 1 | |
| H&M | 1 | The Cheesecake Factory | 1 | |
| H&R Block | 9 | The Limited | 1 | |
| Haagen-Dazs | 1 | Tim Hortons | 2 | |
| Haworth | 1 | Torrid | 1 | |
| Hilton | 3 | Toys"R"Us | 2 | |
| Holiday Inn | 4 | Travelodge | 1 | |
| Hollister Co. | 1 | True Value | 4 | |
| Home Depot | 2 | U-Haul | 9 | |
| Honda | 1 | UPS | 68 | |
| Hot Topic | 1 | Vans | 4 | |
| Houlihan's | 1 | Verizon Wireless | 6 | |
| Howard Johnson | 1 | Victoria's Secret | 2 | |
| Hyundai | 1 | Walgreens | 3 | |
| IHOP | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
| J.Crew | 1 | Wendy's | 4 | |
| JCPenney | 1 | Wet Seal | 1 | |
| JoS. A. Bank | 1 | YMCA | 4 | |
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