† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
5 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAlbany-Schenectady-Troy, NYNew YorkUnited States
Irish20.1%10.5%9.4%
Italian14.9%10.9%4.8%
German13.8%8.6%12.5%
English10.9%5.6%9.5%
Polish5.3%3.9%2.2%
French4.7%1.3%1.6%
American4.2%4.2%5.3%
Dutch1.2%——
African American†4.8%8.0%9.9%
Guyanese0.7%0.7%—
Jamaican0.5%1.6%0.4%
African0.4%0.6%0.5%
Haitian0.2%0.9%0.3%
Puerto Rican2.9%5.1%1.8%
Mexican0.8%2.5%11.3%
Dominican0.6%4.6%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.2%1.6%—
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Asian Indian1.7%1.9%1.4%
Chinese0.9%3.6%1.3%
Filipino0.4%0.6%0.9%
Pakistani0.4%0.4%—
Korean0.4%0.6%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
New York
United States
Median age
40.5
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.9%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.7%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$88,339
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.2%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
42.1%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.4%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
3.1%
14.8%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.2%
4.0%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.9%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
22.2%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.3%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
62.2%
48.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+2.1%
1896
−13.5%
1900
−12.4%
1904
−15.4%
1908
−12.4%
1912
−2.2%
1916
−9.0%
1920
−25.7%
1924
−20.3%
1928
−1.7%
1932
+6.2%
1936
+4.2%
1940
−0.2%
1944
−2.4%
1948
−4.8%
1952
−22.9%
1956
−33.3%
1960
+3.6%
1964
+46.6%
1968
+4.2%
1972
−22.9%
1976
−9.6%
1980
+1.6%
1984
−15.4%
1988
+3.8%
1992
+8.2%
1996
+20.4%
2000
+11.8%
2004
+7.1%
2008
+14.6%
2012
+15.9%
2016
+7.6%
2020
+14.7%
2024
+9.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
54.6%Harris243,858
44.7%Trump199,499
0.2%Stein1,039 +10
D+9.9
R+4.8
D+11.4
446,332
All 13 candidates in 2024 · 11 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic54.6%243,858
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.7%199,499
OtherAll other candidates0.3%1,547
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%1,039
Chase OliverIndependent0.0%143
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%123
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%66
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%46
Chris GarrityIndependent0.0%5
Garry HubbardIndependent0.0%2
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%2
Future Madam PotusIndependent0.0%1
Raymond AnthonyIndependent0.0%1
D
56.3%Biden256,724
41.6%Trump189,530
2.2%
D+14.7
D+7.2
D+10.3
456,074
D
50.3%Clinton204,688
42.7%Trump173,893
6.9%
D+7.6
R+8.3
D+5.5
406,804
D
56.8%Obama220,192
40.9%Romney158,594
2.2%
D+15.9
D+1.3
D+12.0
387,478
D
56.4%Obama234,955
41.8%McCain174,110
1.9%
D+14.6
D+7.5
D+7.3
416,883
D
52.5%Kerry215,729
45.4%Bush186,421
2.1%
D+7.1
R+4.7
D+9.6
410,614
D
53.0%Gore204,735
41.2%Bush159,229
5.7%
D+11.8
R+8.6
D+11.3
386,034
D
53.8%Clinton201,404
33.4%Dole125,063
12.8%
D+20.4
D+12.2
D+11.9
374,251
D
44.3%Clinton180,777
36.1%Bush147,242
19.6%
D+8.2
D+4.4
D+2.7
407,772
D
51.5%Dukakis193,186
47.6%Bush178,816
0.9%
D+3.8
D+19.3
D+11.6
375,368
R
42.1%Mondale158,976
57.5%Reagan217,328
0.4%
R+15.4
R+17.0
D+2.8
377,729
D
44.9%Carter162,597
43.3%Reagan156,928
11.8%
D+1.6
D+11.1
D+11.3
362,269
R
44.6%Carter161,451
54.2%Ford196,060
1.2%
R+9.6
D+13.3
R+11.6
361,795
R
38.4%McGovern142,564
61.3%Nixon227,467
0.2%
R+22.9
R+27.1
D+0.3
370,922
D
49.7%Humphrey167,391
45.5%Nixon153,133
4.8%
D+4.2
R+42.4
D+4.9
336,733
D
73.3%Johnson254,340
26.6%Goldwater92,443
0.1%
D+46.6
D+43.1
D+24.1
347,098
D
51.8%Kennedy187,606
48.2%Nixon174,583
0.1%
D+3.6
D+36.9
D+3.4
362,491
R
33.3%Stevenson120,736
66.7%Eisenhower241,301
0.0%
R+33.3
R+10.4
R+17.9
362,037
R
38.4%Stevenson140,446
61.4%Eisenhower224,280
0.2%
R+22.9
R+18.1
R+12.2
365,537
R
45.5%Truman147,601
50.4%Dewey163,292
4.1%
R+4.8
R+2.4
R+9.3
324,101
R
48.7%Roosevelt152,705
51.1%Dewey160,283
0.3%
R+2.4
R+2.2
R+9.9
313,844
R
49.8%Roosevelt160,590
50.0%Willkie161,275
0.2%
R+0.2
R+4.4
R+10.2
322,629
D
50.9%Roosevelt153,260
46.7%Landon140,696
2.4%
D+4.2
R+2.0
R+20.1
301,239
D
52.1%Roosevelt145,944
45.9%Hoover128,540
2.1%
D+6.2
D+7.9
R+11.6
280,243
R
48.1%Smith131,924
49.9%Hoover136,649
2.0%
R+1.7
D+18.5
D+15.7
274,033
R
35.7%Davis72,589
56.0%Coolidge113,759
8.2%
R+20.3
D+5.4
D+4.9
203,097
R
34.4%Cox67,943
60.1%Harding118,562
5.5%
R+25.7
R+16.7
D+0.5
197,337
R
44.1%Wilson51,751
53.0%Hughes62,268
2.9%
R+9.0
R+6.8
R+12.1
117,473
R
39.4%Wilson42,915
41.6%Taft45,293
18.9%
R+2.2
D+10.2
R+21.7
108,814
R
41.9%Bryan49,382
54.3%Taft64,002
3.9%
R+12.4
D+3.0
R+2.8
117,930
R
40.8%Parker47,437
56.2%Roosevelt65,348
3.1%
R+15.4
R+3.0
D+4.3
116,352
R
42.8%Bryan47,232
55.2%McKinley60,954
2.1%
R+12.4
D+1.1
R+4.9
110,458
R
42.1%Bryan43,838
55.6%McKinley57,863
2.3%
R+13.5
R+15.6
R+7.4
104,056
D
48.6%Cleveland48,240
46.5%Harrison46,164
4.8%
D+2.1
—
D+0.4
99,206
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
57.7%252,442
41.7%182,320
437,515
2022
D
54.0%187,911
45.4%158,105
348,070
2018
D
60.2%203,408
39.7%134,265
337,875
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+11.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+9.9
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.7 points.
Domestic migration in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,515
2012
−1,478
2013
−759
2014
−2,553
2015
−2,321
2016
−2,800
2017
−163
2018
−1,674
2019
−3,375
2021
+5,678
2022
−2,246
2023
−373
2024
+1,346
2025
+2,380
The Albany metro's large public-sector workforce and several anchoring colleges produce consistently high Democratic margins in city precincts, while surrounding rural counties temper the overall spread to single digits in most statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 33.3 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.9 points.
A population of 906,052, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,339 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Syracuse, NY and Kingston, NY.
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How did Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York voted Democratic by 9.9 points (D+9.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 446,332 votes cast, 243,858 went Democratic and 199,499 went Republican.
When did Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York?
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York has a population of 906,052 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York?
Median household income in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York is $88,339 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
