County · New York

Albany County, New York

Albany County, New York has a quality-of-life score of 90 out of 100 (very high), ranking #300 of 3,143 US counties. Within New York it ranks #8 of 62 counties. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), new business applications (high) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), effective property tax rate (high) and hospital quality rating (low).

90Very high

Quality-of-life score: #300 of 3,143 counties
New York: #8 of 62 in NY
Population: 321,225 (2025)
Land area: 523 mi²
Density: 614.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 36001

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety52#1,479/3,096
Economy83#531/3,143
Housing12#2,756/3,140
Health96#116/3,144
Healthcare98#71/3,143
Environment79#646/3,108
Education98#66/3,144
Infrastructure99#43/3,144
Community67#1,039/3,144
Leisure & amenities90#317/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Albany County, New York ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low7 mi
99/100New York 15 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
New business applications · high40.0 /1k
99/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Public EV charging ports · high49.2 /10k
99/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Suicide rate · low9.2 /100k
99/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Public transit commuters · high4.2%
98/100New York 21.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.8%
98/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high305 min
0/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Effective property tax rate · high1.70%
4/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Hospital quality rating · low1.7
5/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Cost of buying a home today · high42.5%
8/100New York 45.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Property crime rate · high2,012 /100k
8/100New York 1,575 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Child care cost burden · high37.2%
12/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New business applicationsImproving
12.2 /1k (2020) → 40.0 /1k (2025)
+228%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
29.6% (Dec 2021) → 42.5% (Aug 2026)
+13 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
30.4 /100k (2021) → 13.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
84.3% (2010 & 2021) → 93.9% (2022 & 2024)
+9.5 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Hot daysWorsening
4 days (2011-2020) → 6 days (2016-2025)
+43%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
New homes permittedWorsening
2.8 /1k (2021) → 1.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−38%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Albany County, New York improved on 9 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 19 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

New businesses+228%12.2 /1k → 40.0 /1k
Weekly wage+30%$1,271 → $1,650
Bachelor's++4.6 points41.8% → 46.4%
Unemployment−3.5 points6.9% → 3.4%
Overdose deaths−45%25.5 /100k → 13.9 /100k

Declined3

Transit use−1.8 points6.0% → 4.2%
Students / teacher+0.7×11.5× → 12.2×
Uninsured+0.8 points4.0% → 4.8%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Albany County, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.2 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	60%
Average commute time	20.9 min2015-2019	21.4 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Average weekly wage	$1,2712020	$1,6502025	+30%	Improved	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%2015-2019	46.4%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Improved	80%
Broadband subscriptions	83.5%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+7 points	Improved	23%
Child poverty rate	16.0%2019	13.4%2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Distance to an airport	7 mi2020	7 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	25.5 /100k2020	13.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−45%	Improved	71%
Effective property tax rate	2.04%2015-2019	1.70%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	92%
Firearm deaths	5.4 /100k2020	6.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+28%	Within the margin of error	17%
Grocery stores	2.6 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	25%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−2.2%	Within the margin of error	40%
High school diploma or higher	92.1%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	81%
Homicide rate	6.1 /100k2020	4.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−33%	Within the margin of error	56%
Income adjusted for local prices	$62,1202019	$83,7592024	+35%	Improved	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4602015-2019	0.4562020-2024	−0.004	Within the margin of error	62%
Median household income	$69,4082019	$81,2372024	+17%	Improved	14%
New business applications	12.2 /1k2020	40.0 /1k2025	+228%	Improved	99%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−18%	Within the margin of error	28%
Poverty rate	11.7%2019	12.6%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Property crime rate	2,077 /100k2020	2,012 /100k2025	−3.1%	Improved	12%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−4.7%	Within the margin of error	26%
Public transit commuters	6.0%2015-2019	4.2%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Declined	10%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	48.0%2015-2019	46.8%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Restaurants and bars	11.2 /10k2020	10.8 /10k2025	−4.1%	Within the margin of error	37%
Students per teacher	11.5×2019	12.2×2024	+0.7×	Declined	12%
Suicide rate	7.0 /100k2020	9.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+31%	Within the margin of error	12%
Traffic deaths	6.3 /100k2015-2019	6.4 /100k2020-2024	+2%	Within the margin of error	53%
Unemployment rate	6.9%2020	3.4%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.0%2019	4.8%2024	+0.8 points	Declined	12%
Violent crime rate	371 /100k2020	349 /100k2025	−6%	Within the margin of error	39%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Albany County, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Albany County, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Albany County, New York itself moved +1.6 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

317,018 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+0.7 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

317,018 residents

Albany County, New York
New York share

White68%215,598
Black12%36,525
Hispanic or Latino7.3%22,986
Asian7.5%23,890
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†103
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†138
Other or two or more races5.6%17,778

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−4.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

214,344 residents (±66)

Albany County, New York
New York share

No high school diploma6.3%13,508
High school or GED21%45,727
Some college15%31,416
Associate degree11%24,191
Bachelor's degree24%50,668
Graduate degree23%48,834

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+2.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

134,703 households (±1,000)

Albany County, New York
New York share

Under $25k15%20,237
$25k–50k14%18,435
$50k–75k16%21,348
$75k–100k13%16,839
$100k–150k19%25,302
$150k–200k12%15,515
$200k or more13%17,027

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−6.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

134,703 households (±1,000)

Albany County, New York
New York share

Own57%76,213
Rent43%58,490

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

57,414 households (±1,593)

Albany County, New York
New York share

Under $75012%6,964
$750–1,00014%8,151
$1,000–1,50037%21,444

Home values

76,213 homes (±1,351)

Albany County, New York
New York share

Under $150k9.7%7,419
$150k–250k26%20,076
$250k–400k38%29,256

Age of homes

147,662 homes (±143)

Albany County, New York
New York share

2010 or later7.8%11,477
2000–20095.7%8,460
1980–199918%26,752

Size of homes

147,662 homes (±143)

Albany County, New York
New York share

Studio2.5%3,715
1 bedroom16%23,860
2 bedrooms26%38,911

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

157,251 workers (±2,116)

Albany County, New York
New York share

Drive alone67%104,942
Carpool8.2%12,880
Public transit4.2%6,614
Walk3.8%6,003
Bike0.4%†641
Work from home15%23,963
Other1.4%2,208

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+11.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

133,288 workers (±2,270)

Albany County, New York
New York share

Under 15 min30%39,817
15–29 min47%62,758
30–44 min15%20,638

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Albany County has 9,465 employer establishments, 298 for every 10,000 residents (1.20× the US rate of 248; 1.09× New York's), with 180,421 paid employees at an average annual pay of $66,300. The Census Bureau also counts 24,565 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,465; 24,565 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 298; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 180,421
Average annual pay: $66,300; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Albany County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	782	24.6	1.34×More than typical	11,730	$24,013	122
Ambulatory health care services	651	20.5	0.98×About typical	12,954	$81,429	1,180
Specialty trade contractors	487	15.3	0.99×About typical	5,361	$86,963	1,050
Computer systems design and related services	362	11.4	2.63×More than typical	2,981	$100,663	335
Lessors of real estate	342	10.8	0.87×About typical	1,953	$55,747	3,350
Limited-service restaurants	339	10.7	1.33×More than typical	4,138	$19,693	52
Full-service restaurants	328	10.3	1.34×More than typical	6,236	$27,481	49
Legal services	299	9.4	1.75×More than typical	3,116	$98,249	481
Construction of buildings	254	8	1.06×About typical	1,587	$88,948	500
Services to buildings and dwellings	226	7.1	1.06×About typical	3,789	$33,436	819
Personal care services	219	6.9	1.44×More than typical	1,371	$29,786	986
Offices of physicians	218	6.9	1.06×About typical	5,771	$112,315	290

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 317,590 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $206.5M on contracts performed in Albany County, New York: $643 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $206.5M; +13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $643; US $1,995
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.9%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$63M31%
Department of Veterans Affairs$43.3M21%
Office of Procurement Operations$25.7M12%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$18.7M9.1%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$14.8M7.2%
Public Buildings Service$6.9M3.3%
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$6.2M3.0%
Department of the Navy$5.2M2.5%

Top recipients

CONSIGLI CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$35.6M17%
PROFESSIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT, INC.$18.7M9.0%
ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC$14.8M7.2%
PARAGON SYSTEMS INC$13.7M6.6%
WAINSCHAF ASSOCIATES, INC.$13.3M6.4%

Spending by fiscal year

281.2MFY2017
345.9MFY2018
370.8MFY2019
345.9MFY2020
253.4MFY2021
186.5MFY2022
245.9MFY2023
315.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$56.8M27%
Investigation and security services · 5616$45.6M22%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$14.8M7.2%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$10.8M5.2%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$10.2M5.0%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Largest awards

REPAIR OF BUILDING 120 AT WATERVLIET ARSENAL, NEW YORK$69.8M
CONSIGLI CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.· Albany County, NY· Construction & real property· Sep 27, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· W912DS24C0037
GLENMONT JOB CORPS CENTER OPERATIONS, WITH OUTREACH/ADMISSIONS AND CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES MOD 0 AAPP 7019 CONTRACT #1630J1-19-C-0003 INITIAL CONTRACT FUNDING$65.2M
ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC· Albany County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Nov 29, 2018 – Aug 28, 2026· 1630J119C0003
THE FBI FORFEITURE SUPPORT PROJECT (FSP) IS FUNDED BY THE DOJS ASSET FORFEITURE MANAGEMENT STAFF (AFMS) AND PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT FOR THE FBIS ASSET FORFEITURE PROGRAM. THE MISSION OF THE FSP IS TO PROVIDE DATA ENTRY AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.$51.6M
PROFESSIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT, INC.· Albany County, NY· Professional services· Aug 1, 2023 – Sep 11, 2026

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $6.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Albany County, New York: $20,855 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $6.7B; +115% vs FY2025
Per resident: $20,855; US $12,975
Loan face value: $109.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.640 · Basic Health Program (Affordable Care ACT)$3.6B54%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.3B19%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$543.5M8.1%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$346.5M5.2%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$141.9M2.1%
93.917 · HIV Care Formula Grants$128.9M1.9%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$122.8M1.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$89.6M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.$130.4M1.9%
ALBANY, NY
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC.$58M0.9%
ALBANY, NY
ALBANY HOUSING AUTHORITY$43.2M0.6%
ALBANY, NY
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE$22.2M0.3%
ALBANY, NY
ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$4.6B69%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$1.6B23%
Health Resources and Services Administration$141.3M2.1%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$87.3M1.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

9.3BFY2021
12.1BFY2022
12.3BFY2023
5.4BFY2024
3.1BFY2025
6.7BFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Albany County, New York compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Albany County, New York
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Albany County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Albany County, New York	United States
FY2017	$913	$1,436
FY2018	$1,128	$1,552
FY2019	$1,217	$1,654
FY2020	$1,100	$1,880
FY2021	$801	$1,810
FY2022	$591	$1,917
FY2023	$774	$2,079
FY2024	$986	$2,047
FY2025	$567	$2,165
FY2026	$643 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Albany County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Albany County, New York	United States
FY2017	$90.08	$93.28
FY2018	$126	$105
FY2019	$191	$128
FY2020	$165	$145
FY2021	$269	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Albany County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Albany County, New York	United States
FY2021	$2,295	$5,748
FY2022	$1,867	$5,221
FY2023	$1,362	$5,364
FY2024	$2,078	$5,501
FY2025	$1,741	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Albany County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Albany County, New York	United States
FY2021	$42.23	$298
FY2022	$57.17	$357
FY2023	$20.22	$301
FY2024	$132	$319
FY2025	$160	$360
FY2026	$39.51

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Albany County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Albany County, New York	United States
FY2021	$246	$239
FY2022	$234	$185
FY2023	$289	$229
FY2024	$274	$229
FY2025	$284	$249
FY2026	$219

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Albany County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Albany County, New York	United States
FY2021	$851	$2,304
FY2022	$549	$2,197
FY2023	$603	$2,274
FY2024	$599	$2,267
FY2025	$746	$2,397
FY2026	$787

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Albany County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Albany County, New York	United States
FY2021	$1,389	$1,186
FY2022	$338	$465
FY2023	$223	$76.52
FY2024	$148	$120
FY2025	$142	$148
FY2026	$130

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Albany County, New York
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Albany County, New York and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	1.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2024

$592 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $182 (3.3× that).

Compared with 5 similar counties

Albany County, New York
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2023points

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/36001

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Albany County, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Paul TonkoD-NY-20 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Albany County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY92Central county

Cities and towns in Albany County

Places whose residents live mostly in Albany County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-08
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/36001

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	−4.7%	−4.2%
2015	−2.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.3%	+3.3%
2018	+5.2%	+6.8%
2019	+9.0%	+10.5%
2020	+19.2%	+19.4%
2021	+30.3%	+26.1%
2022	+35.8%	+30.6%
2023	+41.7%	+35.0%
2024	+48.6%	+41.0%
2025	+54.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	−2.9%	−5.5%
2015	+0.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.6%	+4.1%
2018	+7.6%	+8.9%
2019	+16.0%	+13.5%
2020	+26.8%	+20.8%
2021	+38.2%	+32.1%
2022	+38.9%	+35.4%
2023	+48.9%	+42.9%
2024	+56.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	2.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	−2.0%	−6.9%
2015	−7.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.5%	+4.7%
2018	+4.7%	+7.5%
2019	+12.6%	+14.0%
2020	+14.6%	+16.9%
2021	+20.9%	+21.0%
2022	+24.9%	+29.7%
2023	+31.7%	+34.9%
2024	+31.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	−4.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+19.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+31.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+41.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+49.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+58.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+65.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	4.9%	6.2%
2015	4.4%	5.3%
2016	4.1%	4.9%
2017	4.2%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	6.9%	8.1%
2021	4.4%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	13.5%	15.5%
2015	12.6%	14.7%
2016	12.1%	14.0%
2017	11.3%	13.4%
2018	11.3%	13.1%
2019	11.7%	12.3%
2020	11.3%	11.9%
2021	11.9%	12.8%
2022	14.0%	12.6%
2023	12.9%	12.5%
2024	12.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.2% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.8% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.6% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+16.6% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+25.8% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+32.3% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+37.3% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+44.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+50.3% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	7.3%	13.5%
2015	5.5%	10.9%
2016	4.4%	10.0%
2017	4.4%	10.2%
2018	4.2%	10.4%
2019	4.0%	10.8%
2020	4.7%	10.4%
2021	4.7%	10.2%
2022	4.5%	9.5%
2023	4.5%	9.5%
2024	4.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Albany County, New York	United States
2014	6.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	13.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	17.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	12.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	12.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	19.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	21.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	28.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	31.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	40.0/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Albany County, New York	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.1 points	+0.0 points	−2.3 points to +1.6 points
Year −2	+0.2 points	+1.6 points	−0.6 points to +5.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.2 points	−0.5 points	−1.5 points to +0.5 points
Year +1	−1.1 points	−1.7 points	−3.5 points to +0.7 points

Year	Albany County, New York	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.9 per 1,000 people	+0.5 per 1,000 people	+0.2 per 1,000 people to +0.8 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+1.1 per 1,000 people	+0.1 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people to +0.9 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.4 per 1,000 people	+0.7 per 1,000 people	+0.2 per 1,000 people to +1.7 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.2 per 1,000 people	+0.8 per 1,000 people	−0.1 per 1,000 people to +2.9 per 1,000 people

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined3

Counties like Albany County, New York five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

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Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 5 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Albany County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined3

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Compared with 5 similar counties

Top programs

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Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

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Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)