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Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 7,088
  equals Births 45,640
  less Deaths 38,552
Net Migration 4,623
  equals net International Migration 12,915
  plus net Domestic Migration -8,292

The population of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA changed from 871,112 on 2010 to 881,830 in 2015 -- a change of 10,718 (1.23%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (7,088) exceeded net migration (4,623); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Albany County, NY36001P0000001 304,069 305,010 306,419 307,776 308,729 309,381 5,312 1.75
Rensselaer County, NY36083P0000001 159,372 159,731 159,636 159,784 160,083 160,266 894 0.56
Saratoga County, NY36091P0000001 220,088 221,165 222,531 224,221 224,704 226,249 6,161 2.80
Schenectady County, NY36093P0000001 154,896 154,658 154,885 154,912 154,919 154,604 -292 -0.19
Schoharie County, NY36095P0000001 32,687 32,658 32,071 31,849 31,656 31,330 -1,357 -4.15
Total P0000001 871,112 873,222 875,542 878,542 880,091 881,830 10,718 1.23
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Albany County, NY36001B0000001 3,140 3,092 3,124 3,195 3,108 3,100 15,619 
Rensselaer County, NY36083B0000001 1,716 1,715 1,677 1,665 1,777 1,780 8,614 
Saratoga County, NY36091B0000001 2,512 2,171 2,192 2,249 2,265 2,264 11,141 
Schenectady County, NY36093B0000001 1,804 1,825 1,858 1,838 1,689 1,733 8,943 
Schoharie County, NY36095B0000001 328 299 266 250 257 251 1,323 
Total B0000001 9,500 9,102 9,117 9,197 9,096 9,128 45,640 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Albany County, NY36001D0000001 2,256 2,688 2,801 2,654 2,654 2,679 13,476 
Rensselaer County, NY36083D0000001 1,668 1,482 1,456 1,549 1,491 1,514 7,492 
Saratoga County, NY36091D0000001 1,468 1,675 1,628 1,723 1,814 1,850 8,690 
Schenectady County, NY36093D0000001 1,428 1,515 1,513 1,562 1,487 1,461 7,538 
Schoharie County, NY36095D0000001 352 266 252 277 281 280 1,356 
Total D0000001 7,172 7,626 7,650 7,765 7,727 7,784 38,552 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Albany County, NY36001NC000001 884 404 323 541 454 421 2,143 
Rensselaer County, NY36083NC000001 48 233 221 116 286 266 1,122 
Saratoga County, NY36091NC000001 1,044 496 564 526 451 414 2,451 
Schenectady County, NY36093NC000001 376 310 345 276 202 272 1,405 
Schoharie County, NY36095NC000001 -24 33 14 -27 -24 -29 -33 
Total NC000001 2,328 1,476 1,467 1,432 1,369 1,344 7,088 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Albany County, NY36001MI000001 1,108 1,275 1,282 1,393 1,586 1,580 7,116 
Rensselaer County, NY36083MI000001 296 315 321 349 400 399 1,784 
Saratoga County, NY36091MI000001 348 244 470 414 421 474 2,023 
Schenectady County, NY36093MI000001 376 361 351 358 407 409 1,886 
Schoharie County, NY36095MI000001 8 16 20 22 24 24 106 
Total MI000001 2,136 2,211 2,444 2,536 2,838 2,886 12,915 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Albany County, NY36001MD000001 -2,536 -720 -153 -493 -867 -1,173 -3,406 
Rensselaer County, NY36083MD000001 -556 -125 -647 -337 -295 -506 -1,910 
Saratoga County, NY36091MD000001 532 388 352 745 -410 645 1,720 
Schenectady County, NY36093MD000001 -36 -974 -462 -546 -501 -896 -3,379 
Schoharie County, NY36095MD000001 -184 -67 -634 -153 -219 -244 -1,317 
Total MD000001 -2,780 -1,498 -1,544 -784 -2,292 -2,174 -8,292 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Albany County, NY36001MN000001 -1,428 555 1,129 900 719 407 3,710 
Rensselaer County, NY36083MN000001 -260 190 -326 12 105 -107 -126 
Saratoga County, NY36091MN000001 880 632 822 1,159 11 1,119 3,743 
Schenectady County, NY36093MN000001 340 -613 -111 -188 -94 -487 -1,493 
Schoharie County, NY36095MN000001 -176 -51 -614 -131 -195 -220 -1,211 
Total MN000001 -644 713 900 1,752 546 712 4,623 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Albany County, NY36001GQ000001 17,067 17,220 17,567 17,701 17,661 17,659 592 3.47
Rensselaer County, NY36083GQ000001 5,602 5,926 5,952 5,937 5,920 5,915 313 5.59
Saratoga County, NY36091GQ000001 3,913 3,876 3,885 3,894 3,470 3,466 -447 -11.42
Schenectady County, NY36093GQ000001 4,423 4,513 4,561 4,407 4,511 4,513 90 2.03
Schoharie County, NY36095GQ000001 1,556 1,483 1,303 1,351 1,420 1,421 -135 -8.68
Total GQ000001 32,561 33,018 33,268 33,290 32,982 32,974 413 1.27

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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