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Albany, NY
101,317 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3601000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Albany ranked #291 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Albany and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: New Haven CT, Waterbury CT, Hartford CT, Provo UT, Syracuse NY, Grand Rapids MI, Ann Arbor MI, Lakewood NJ, Dayton OH, High Point NC, Athens GA, Lansing MI, Gainesville FL · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #291 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #312 | #220 | #227 | #254 | #299 | #215 | #274 | #217 | #301 | #302 | #259 | #239 | #254 | #312 | #288 | #284 | #227 | #274 | #291 | #173 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 97,713 | 98,102 | 97,959 | 97,842 | 98,066 | 97,753 | 97,956 | 98,409 | 98,488 | 98,366 | 98,232 | 97,941 | 97,735 | 97,011 | 96,460 | 98,609 | 100,647 | 100,522 | 101,297 | 101,317 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #177 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.1 | — | -0.3 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.2 | +0.8 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #157 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | 0.5 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.5 | — | — | — | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #165 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 25.2% | 21.5% | 24.0% | 23.5% | 26.0% | 29.6% | 26.2% | 21.8% | 27.7% | 24.3% | 26.7% | 25.4% | 24.1% | 25.9% | 24.0% | — | 26.2% | 24.3% | 24.7% | 24.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #254 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 8.2 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 8.2 | 12.4 | 4.1 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 13.9 | 16.8 | 12.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #205 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 120.4 | 121.4 | 101.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 107,220 | 106,951 | 108,313 | 109,642 | 109,558 | 109,329 | 119,544 | 126,632 | 122,801 | 115,638 | 123,748 | 124,056 | 125,266 | 126,070 | 124,954 | 120,558 | 125,506 | 130,142 | 131,841 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #199 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -2.1 | -0.7 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +3.5 | +6.5 | -0.9 | -7.5 | +5.1 | -1.3 | +0.3 | -0.3 | -1.6 | +3.4 | +3.0 | -1.3 | -0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44,802 | 45,800 | 46,337 | 48,365 | 49,725 | 48,511 | 49,018 | 50,151 | 50,581 | — | 48,141 | 49,189 | 51,421 | 56,948 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #75 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 9.3% | 7.4% | 5.7% | 8.9% | 7.4% | 7.2% | 6.9% | 5.6% | — | 9.9% | 9.3% | 7.6% | 3.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #226 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 6% | 20% | 12% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 4% | 8% | 10% | 11% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #49 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | $6,327 | $5,670 | $7,236 | $8,830 | $11,942 | $11,794 | $10,904 | $10,088 | $9,321 | $8,571 | $7,081 | $3,619 | $3,265 | $2,730 | $2,641 | $2,414 | $1,807 | $806 | $1,016 | $862 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Albany. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.