Downtown Albany skyline from
Rensselaer
State Quad at
SUNY Albany
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| Etymology: Named for the Scottish Duke of Albany, whose title comes from the Gaelic name for Scotland: Alba | |
| Nicknames: | |
| Motto:
Assiduity
[d]
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Boundaries of and major thoroughfares through Albany
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Location of Albany in
Albany County (upper left) and of Albany County in the
State of New York (lower right)
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| Coordinates: 42°39′09″N 073°45′26″W / 42.65250°N 73.75722°W / 42.65250; -73.75722 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Region | Capital District |
| County | Albany |
| Settled | 1614; 410 years ago (1614) |
| Incorporated | 1686; 338 years ago (1686) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Strong mayor-council |
| • Mayor | Kathy Sheehan (D) |
| Area | |
| 21.94 sq mi (56.81 km2) | |
| • Land | 21.40 sq mi (55.44 km2) |
| • Water | 0.53 sq mi (1.38 km2) |
| • Metro | 2,811.6 sq mi (7,282 km2) |
| Elevation | 148 ft (45 m) |
| Highest elevation
(
Loudonville
[e])
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378 ft (115 m) |
| Lowest elevation
(
Hudson River
[f])
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2 ft (0.6 m) |
| Population
(
2020)
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| 99,224 | |
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• Estimate
(2023)
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101,228 (US: 331st) |
| • Density | 4,730.28/sq mi (1,825.9/km2) |
| • Urban | 593,142 (US: 73rd) |
| • Urban density | 2,186.3/sq mi (844.1/km2) |
| • Metro | 1,170,483 (US: 63rd) |
| • Metro density | 416.3/sq mi (160.7/km2) |
| Demonym | Albanian[9] |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes |
12201–12212, 12214, 12220, 12222–12232
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| Area codes | 518, 838 |
| Geocode | 977310, 978659 |
| ISO 3166 code | 36-01000 |
| FIPS code | 36-01000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 977310[7] |
| Website | albanyny.gov |
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Downtown Albany skyline from
Rensselaer
State Quad at
SUNY Albany
|
|
| Etymology: Named for the Scottish Duke of Albany, whose title comes from the Gaelic name for Scotland: Alba | |
| Nicknames: | |
| Motto:
Assiduity
[d]
|
|
|
Boundaries of and major thoroughfares through Albany
|
|
|
Location of Albany in
Albany County (upper left) and of Albany County in the
State of New York (lower right)
|
|
|
|
|
| Coordinates: 42°39′09″N 073°45′26″W / 42.65250°N 73.75722°W / 42.65250; -73.75722 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Region | Capital District |
| County | Albany |
| Settled | 1614; 410 years ago (1614) |
| Incorporated | 1686; 338 years ago (1686) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Strong mayor-council |
| • Mayor | Kathy Sheehan (D) |
| Area | |
| 21.94 sq mi (56.81 km2) | |
| • Land | 21.40 sq mi (55.44 km2) |
| • Water | 0.53 sq mi (1.38 km2) |
| • Metro | 2,811.6 sq mi (7,282 km2) |
| Elevation | 148 ft (45 m) |
| Highest elevation
(
Loudonville
[e])
|
378 ft (115 m) |
| Lowest elevation
(
Hudson River
[f])
|
2 ft (0.6 m) |
| Population
(
2020)
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| 99,224 | |
|
• Estimate
(2023)
|
101,228 (US: 331st) |
| • Density | 4,730.28/sq mi (1,825.9/km2) |
| • Urban | 593,142 (US: 73rd) |
| • Urban density | 2,186.3/sq mi (844.1/km2) |
| • Metro | 1,170,483 (US: 63rd) |
| • Metro density | 416.3/sq mi (160.7/km2) |
| Demonym | Albanian[9] |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes |
12201–12212, 12214, 12220, 12222–12232
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| Area codes | 518, 838 |
| Geocode | 977310, 978659 |
| ISO 3166 code | 36-01000 |
| FIPS code | 36-01000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 977310[7] |
| Website | albanyny.gov |
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