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Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area is made up of 5 counties in New York: Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer, and Schoharie, largest first. About 915,835 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.8% more than in April 2020.

Albany County, centralRensselaer County, centralSaratoga County, outlyingSchenectady County, centralSchoharie County, outlyingAlbanySchenectadyTroy
Central Outlying 5 counties in New York
Population, July 2025
915,835 1.8% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
5: 3 central, 2 outlying
Land area
2,812 sq mi (7,283 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
New York
Combined statistical area
Albany-Schenectady, NY
CBSA code
10580
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Counties in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Albany CountyCentral321,22535.1%
Saratoga CountyOutlying241,34326.4%
Schenectady CountyCentral162,58117.8%
Rensselaer CountyCentral160,51017.5%
Schoharie CountyOutlying30,1763.3%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Albany100,492 people
  2. Schenectady68,847 people
  3. Troy51,033 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Albany-Schenectady, NY combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Glens Falls, NY Metro Area124,373 people
  2. Hudson, NY Micro Area60,168 people
  3. Gloversville, NY Micro Area52,216 people
  4. Amsterdam, NY Micro Area50,046 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Amsterdam, NY Micro Area28 mi northwest
  2. Hudson, NY Micro Area29 mi south
  3. Pittsfield, MA Metro Area31 mi southeast
  4. Bennington, VT Micro Area34 mi northeast
  5. Gloversville, NY Micro Area38 mi northwest
  6. Glens Falls, NY Metro Area45 mi north
  7. Oneonta, NY Micro Area66 mi west

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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