| People QuickFacts | Albany | New York |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 97,660 | 19,501,616 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 97,856 | 19,378,104 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | -0.2% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2010 | 97,856 | 19,378,102 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.5% | 6.0% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 17.9% | 22.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 11.1% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.6% | 51.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 57.0% | 65.7% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 30.8% | 15.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 5.0% | 7.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.7% | 3.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 8.6% | 17.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 54.0% | 58.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 76.4% | 88.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.4% | 21.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 14.9% | 29.5% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.9% | 84.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 36.6% | 32.5% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 5,018 | 986,313 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.4 | 31.4 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 46,362 | 8,108,103 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 39.5% | 54.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 66.1% | 50.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $179,600 | $301,000 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 40,250 | 7,215,687 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.17 | 2.59 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,235 | $31,796 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $38,394 | $56,951 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.0% | 14.5% |
| Business QuickFacts | Albany | New York |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 6,642 | 1,956,733 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.5% | 10.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 9.9% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 32.8% | 30.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 544,345 | 162,720,173 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,352,883 | 313,461,904 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,362,309 | 230,718,065 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,491 | $11,879 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 309,730 | 39,813,499 |