People QuickFacts Albany County New York Population, 2012 estimate 305,455 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 304,206 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.4% 1.0% Population, 2010 304,204 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.9% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 19.5% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.1% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.6% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 78.9% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 13.3% 17.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.1% 7.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.3% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 5.2% 18.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 75.6% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.5% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.9% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 12.0% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.1% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 37.8% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 20,729 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.9 31.4  Housing units, 2011 138,165 8,119,364 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 59.5% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 43.1% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $207,300 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 123,544 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.31 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $31,728 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $57,715 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 12.8% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Albany County New York Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 9,465 519,504 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 167,941 7,266,189 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -0.3 -1.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 17,456 1,575,780  Total number of firms, 2007 24,798 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.2% 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.9% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 3,351,466 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,642,573 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,404,372 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $18,121 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 738,926 39,813,499 Building permits, 2011 360 22,575     Geography QuickFacts Albany County New York Land area in square miles, 2010 522.80 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 581.9 411.2 FIPS Code 001 36 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts