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Albany
Population Statistics
Listed below in chronological order are enumerated and estimated population figures for the city of Albany. These statistics are not based on the research actually conducted by the Colonial Albany Social History Project. Instead, each statistic represents what we will call the standard sources (aka what passes for so-called "conventional wisdom") either identified by following the links on each statistic /and/or date or are taken from official US Census data. They provide a general simple sense of the parameters of community demographics. As is true with all statistics, none of them is perfect!
1679 ----- 143 lot owners
1686 ----- 500 people*
1697 ----- 714
1714 ----- 1,128
1750 ----- 1,500*
1786 ----- 550 houses
1790 ----- 3,498
1796 ----- 4,907
1800 ----- 5,349
1810 ----- 9,356
1820 ----- 12,630
1830 ----- 24,209
1840 ----- 33,762
1850 ----- 50,763
1860 ----- 62,367
1870 ----- 69,422
1880 ----- 90,758
1890 ----- 95,000
1905 ----- 98,200
1910 -----
1920 ----- 113,344
1930 ----- 127,000*
1940 ----- 130,577
1950 ----- 134,382
1960 ----- 129,726
1970 ----- 110,000
1980 ----- 101,727
1990 ----- 101,082
2000 ----- 94,301
2010 ----- 97,856
notes
* = estimated population statistic
No census numbers available for Albany city in 1910
Census total corrected/revised March 2002. See also, the website of the New York State Data Center.
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first posted: 2000; last updated: 5/11/12
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