Albany County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 215,598 68.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22,986 7.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 36,525 11.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 23,890 7.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 15,704 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 103 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 138 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,074 0.7%

• Under 18 57,145 18.0%
• 18–24 45,529 14.4%
• 25–44 81,188 25.6%
• 45–64 75,554 23.8%
• 65 and over 57,602 18.2%

Median household income

$81,237

90% interval $77,743–$84,731

−$4,531 vs NY · 15th of 62

Below poverty line

12.6%

90% interval 11.0%–14.2%

−1.4 pp vs NY · 34th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.94 pp vs. state

County GDP

$46.1B

1.99% of state

Avg. annual pay

$85,818

Establishments

11,189

• Education & health services 56,472 23.9%
• Public administration 47,036 19.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 37,751 16.0%
• Professional & business services 34,071 14.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 14,982 6.4%
• Financial activities 12,899 5.5%
• Other services 8,733 3.7%
• Construction 8,628 3.7%
• Manufacturing 8,214 3.5%
• Information 3,715 1.6%
• Natural resources & mining 716 0.3%
• Unclassified 649 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 99.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

56.6%

+2.3 pp vs NY · 56th of 62

Median gross rent

$1,313

−$308 vs NY · 16th of 62

Owner-occupied

76,213

Renter-occupied

58,490

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $122,243/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,880/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 21 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 92,589 62.9%
• Republican 54,560 37.1%

• Spanish 11,945 4.0%
• Chinese 3,822 1.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,322 1.1%
• Arabic 2,137 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,106 0.7%
• Tagalog 1,395 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 927 0.3%
• Korean 610 0.2%
• Vietnamese 577 0.2%

Households

134,703

Family households

71,011

52.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

19,142

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

6,617

9.3% of families

Veterans

12,394

4.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 85,449 27.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 20,446 6.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 18,800 6.0%
• Mainline Protestant 13,342 4.2%
• Black Protestant 6,148 2.0%
• Orthodox 1,755 0.6%

Health insured

96.8%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

3.2%

±0.3 pp

55th of 62

With a disability

12.9%

±0.5 pp

49th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

46.4%

±1.1 pp

+6.2 pp vs NY · 5th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.8%

90% interval 4.3%–5.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

3rd Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

12 (Elected Supreme Court Justices per Judicial District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). Excludes Acting Supreme Court Justices designated from lower courts (would roughly double the bench in NYC + Long Island). Vintage 2026 nycourts.gov + Judiciary Law § 140-a; counts are approximate and shift with vacancies/redistributions.)

Court seats

Albany, Catskill, Hudson, Kingston, Monticello, Schoharie, Troy

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

17

6.54 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

16