† 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
14 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-TroyUnited States
Irish19.3%9.4%
Italian14.2%4.8%
German13.8%12.5%
English11.7%9.5%
French5.2%1.6%
Polish5.0%2.2%
American4.8%5.3%
Dutch1.3%—
Puerto Rican2.8%1.8%
Mexican0.8%11.3%
Dominican0.5%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.2%—
African American†3.7%9.9%
Guyanese0.5%—
Jamaican0.4%0.4%
African0.3%0.5%
Asian Indian1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.7%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%—
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
United States
Median age
42.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
United States
Median household income
$83,381
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.8%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
United States
Catholic
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.3%
5.2%
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, New York
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−2.6%
1896
−21.0%
1900
−17.3%
1904
−18.1%
1908
−15.9%
1912
−2.2%
1916
−10.8%
1920
−30.4%
1924
−27.5%
1928
−10.5%
1932
−2.4%
1936
−1.7%
1940
−4.9%
1944
−6.2%
1948
−9.5%
1952
−27.0%
1956
−37.4%
1960
−1.1%
1964
+42.3%
1968
−0.1%
1972
−23.7%
1976
−9.1%
1980
−3.5%
1984
−20.0%
1988
+0.4%
1992
+7.7%
1996
+19.1%
2000
+9.5%
2004
+7.3%
2008
+15.2%
2012
+16.5%
2016
+5.8%
2020
+12.6%
2024
+7.6%
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
53.4%Harris378,666
45.7%Trump324,491
0.2%Stein1,686 +15
D+7.6
R+4.9
D+9.1
709,442
All 18 candidates in 2024 · 16 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic53.4%378,666
Donald J TrumpRepublican45.7%324,491
OtherAll other candidates0.3%2,395
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%1,686
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%579
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%425
All OthersIndependent0.0%330
Ayyadurai EllisIndependent0.0%330
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.0%302
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%138
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%57
SpoiledIndependent0.0%22
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%8
Chris GarrityIndependent0.0%5
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%4
Garry HubbardIndependent0.0%2
Future Madam PotusIndependent0.0%1
Raymond AnthonyIndependent0.0%1
D
55.2%Biden398,159
42.6%Trump307,431
2.2%
D+12.6
D+6.8
D+8.1
721,528
D
49.3%Clinton316,859
43.5%Trump279,674
7.2%
D+5.8
R+10.7
D+3.7
643,074
D
57.1%Obama350,357
40.6%Romney249,216
2.2%
D+16.5
D+1.3
D+12.6
613,125
D
56.6%Obama373,465
41.4%McCain273,038
1.9%
D+15.2
D+7.9
D+8.0
659,295
D
52.7%Kerry343,228
45.3%Bush295,475
2.0%
D+7.3
R+2.2
D+9.8
651,764
D
51.7%Gore316,170
42.2%Bush257,979
6.1%
D+9.5
R+9.6
D+9.0
611,257
D
52.6%Clinton312,709
33.6%Dole199,383
13.8%
D+19.1
D+11.4
D+10.6
593,947
D
43.4%Clinton281,225
35.7%Bush231,363
20.9%
D+7.7
D+7.3
D+2.1
647,988
D
49.7%Dukakis295,567
49.4%Bush293,472
0.9%
D+0.4
D+20.4
D+8.1
594,265
R
39.8%Mondale238,798
59.8%Reagan359,157
0.4%
R+20.0
R+16.5
R+1.8
600,410
R
42.2%Carter246,194
45.8%Reagan266,816
12.0%
R+3.5
D+5.6
D+6.2
582,914
R
44.8%Carter260,657
53.9%Ford313,717
1.3%
R+9.1
D+14.6
R+11.2
581,860
R
38.0%McGovern224,508
61.7%Nixon364,919
0.3%
R+23.7
R+23.6
R+0.6
591,296
R
47.5%Humphrey258,463
47.6%Nixon259,230
5.0%
R+0.1
R+42.4
D+0.6
544,673
D
71.1%Johnson398,505
28.8%Goldwater161,375
0.1%
D+42.3
D+43.4
D+19.7
560,629
R
49.4%Kennedy291,210
50.5%Nixon297,718
0.1%
R+1.1
D+36.3
R+1.3
589,475
R
31.3%Stevenson183,158
68.7%Eisenhower402,198
0.0%
R+37.4
R+10.4
R+22.0
585,617
R
36.4%Stevenson216,139
63.4%Eisenhower376,358
0.2%
R+27.0
R+17.5
R+16.2
593,837
R
43.5%Truman227,090
53.1%Dewey276,796
3.4%
R+9.5
R+3.4
R+14.0
521,660
R
46.8%Roosevelt237,685
53.0%Dewey268,987
0.3%
R+6.2
R+1.3
R+13.7
507,995
R
47.4%Roosevelt252,696
52.3%Willkie278,861
0.3%
R+4.9
R+3.3
R+14.9
532,912
R
48.0%Roosevelt240,761
49.7%Landon249,046
2.2%
R+1.7
D+0.7
R+25.9
501,067
R
47.8%Roosevelt221,695
50.2%Hoover232,731
1.9%
R+2.4
D+8.2
R+20.2
463,439
R
43.9%Smith200,879
54.5%Hoover249,042
1.6%
R+10.5
D+17.0
D+6.9
457,215
R
32.3%Davis112,125
59.8%Coolidge207,674
7.9%
R+27.5
D+2.9
R+2.3
347,227
R
32.5%Cox106,185
62.9%Harding205,797
4.7%
R+30.4
R+19.6
R+4.3
327,211
R
43.1%Wilson87,045
53.9%Hughes108,882
3.0%
R+10.8
R+8.6
R+14.0
201,885
R
38.2%Wilson72,337
40.4%Taft76,589
21.4%
R+2.2
D+13.6
R+21.8
189,552
R
39.8%Bryan80,801
55.7%Taft113,019
4.4%
R+15.9
D+2.2
R+6.3
202,824
R
39.2%Parker79,093
57.3%Roosevelt115,520
3.5%
R+18.1
R+0.8
D+1.6
201,746
R
40.1%Bryan78,008
57.4%McKinley111,694
2.6%
R+17.3
D+3.7
R+9.8
194,706
R
38.1%Bryan70,584
59.1%McKinley109,463
2.8%
R+21.0
R+18.4
R+14.9
185,267
R
46.1%Cleveland82,335
48.7%Harrison86,984
5.2%
R+2.6
—
R+4.3
178,594
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+5.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+7.6
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.1 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2025 (partial)
98,423
27,402
6,886
63,122
1,013
2026 (partial)
900,162
311,600
261,946
263,962
62,654
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,372 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −24,480 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Albany-Schenectady-Troy in Albany-Schenectady-Troy: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−3,990
2012
−2,916
2013
−2,965
2014
−4,962
2015
−4,629
2016
−5,216
2017
−1,269
2018
−2,512
2019
−4,742
2021
+9,202
2022
−3,087
2023
−1,085
2024
+1,319
2025
+2,372
Home to New York's state government complex, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy media market carries an unusually high share of public-sector employees, a demographic that has historically produced stable Democratic margins in federal and statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.4 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.6 points.
A population of 1,414,403, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,381 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Syracuse and Rochester, NY.
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How did Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York voted Democratic by 7.6 points (D+7.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 709,442 votes cast, 378,666 went Democratic and 324,491 went Republican.
When did Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York?
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York has a population of 1,414,403 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, New York?
Median household income in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is $83,381 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
