Jury Pool Profile
Albany County, New York
Democratic +26 (2024)
- Population
- 315,374
- Median household income
- $83,149
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 223,239 70.8%
- Black or African American alone 38,696 12.3%
- Asian alone 22,969 7.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 238 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 187 0.1%
- Some other race alone 8,010 2.5%
- Two or more races 22,035 7.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22,163 7.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 38.3
- Under 18 57,433 18.2%
- 18–24 45,045 14.3%
- 25–44 80,183 25.4%
- 45–64 76,581 24.3%
- 65 and over 56,132 17.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.4%
- -1.01 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $46.1B
- 1.99% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $82,387
- Establishments
- 11,137
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 56,599 24.3%
- Public administration 44,688 19.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 38,706 16.6%
- Professional & business services 33,241 14.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 15,257 6.5%
- Financial activities 13,114 5.6%
- Manufacturing 8,640 3.7%
- Other services 8,469 3.6%
- Construction 8,196 3.5%
- Information 4,234 1.8%
- Natural resources & mining 866 0.4%
- Unclassified 674 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 56.7%
- Median gross rent
- $1,252
- Owner-occupied
- 75,285
- Renter-occupied
- 57,443
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 147,149 votes cast
- Democratic 92,589 62.9%
- Republican 54,560 37.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
85.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 10,597 3.5%
- Other Indo-European 9,848 3.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 4,899 1.6%
- Chinese 3,691 1.2%
- Slavic languages 3,412 1.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 2,250 0.7%
- Other 2,220 0.7%
- Arabic 2,035 0.7%
- Tagalog 1,426 0.5%
- German 839 0.3%
- Vietnamese 754 0.3%
- Korean 589 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 132,728
- Family households
- 71,814
- 54.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 52,477
- Single-mother households
- 7,515
- Veterans
- 12,847
- 5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
46.4% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 97.0%
- With a disability
- 12.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 45.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- 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 countys.
Traffic safety context
New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 24
- 9.3 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 24
NHTSA FARS 2023