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Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area


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2022 population: 904,617   ( 33,901 from 2010 , 5,366 from 2020)
Land area: 2811.7 square miles
Population density: 321.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:702,911 77.70% 2.6%
Black:78,0628.63% 24.0%
Indian:2,0820.23% 33.5%
Asian:44,8854.96% 64.9%
2+ races:22,6242.50% 28.0%
Hispanic:54,0535.98% 50.0%
Total non-White:201,70622.30% 35.2%

2020-2022 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:18,883 10.5
Deaths:19,35110.8
Net Migration: 2,9811.7
Net Immigration: 3,0561.7
Change in White population:-18,594 -2.1
Change in Non-White pop.:52,495 6.0



Historical Presidential Election Results for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2020 vs. 2016 R +15,637 D +36,399 D + 6.9%
D +52,036
2020 vs. 2012 R +30,936 D +5,596 R + 1.2%
D +36,532
2020 vs. 2008 R +15,420 D +6,349 D + 0.2%
D +21,769
2016 vs. 2008 R -217 R +30,050 R + 6.7%
D -30,267
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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2020 63% Joe Biden (D) 256,724 56.2% Donald Trump* (R) 189,530 41.5% 10,668 [+] 2.3% 456,922 -5 0.29%
2016 58% Hillary Clinton (D) 204,688 50.3% Donald Trump (R) 173,893 42.7% 28,223 [+] 6.9% 406,804 -3 0.30%
2012 56% Barack Obama* (D) 220,192 56.8% Mitt Romney (R) 158,594 40.9% 8,692 [+] 2.2% 387,478 -6 0.30%
2008 62% Barack Obama (D) 234,955 56.4% John McCain (R) 174,110 41.8% 7,818 [+] 1.9% 416,883 -4 0.32%
2004 63% John Kerry (D) 215,729 52.5% George W. Bush* (R) 186,421 45.4% 8,464 [+] 2.1% 410,614 -5 0.34%
2000 61% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 204,735 53.0% George W. Bush (R) 159,229 41.2% 22,070 [+] 5.7% 386,034 -7 0.37%
1996 60% Bill Clinton* (D) 201,404 53.8% Robert Dole (R) 125,063 33.4% 47,784 [+] 12.8% 374,251 -7 0.39%
1992 65% Bill Clinton (D) 180,777 44.3% George Bush* (R) 147,242 36.1% 79,753 [+] 19.6% 407,772 -1 0.39%
1988 62% Michael Dukakis (D) 193,186 51.5% George Bush (R) 178,816 47.6% 3,366 [+] 0.9% 375,368 -6 0.41%
1984 64% Ronald Reagan* (R) 217,328 57.5% Walter Mondale (D) 158,976 42.1% 1,425 0.4% 377,729 -1 0.41%
1980 64% Jimmy Carter* (D) 162,597 44.9% Ronald Reagan (R) 156,928 43.3% 42,744 [+] 11.8% 362,269 -7 0.42%
1976 68% Gerald Ford* (R) 196,060 54.2% Jimmy Carter (D) 161,451 44.6% 4,284 [+] 1.2% 361,795 6 0.44%
1972 71% Richard Nixon* (R) 227,467 61.3% George McGovern (D) 142,564 38.4% 1,293 [+] 0.3% 371,324 1 0.48%
1968 70% Hubert Humphrey (D) 167,391 49.7% Richard Nixon (R) 153,133 45.5% 16,315 [+] 4.8% 336,839 2 0.46%
1964 75% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 254,340 73.3% Barry Goldwater (R) 92,443 26.6% 376 0.1% 347,159 -12 0.49%
1960 82% John Kennedy (D) 187,606 51.8% Richard Nixon (R) 174,583 48.2% 302 0.1% 362,491 -1 0.53%
1956 80% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 241,301 66.6% Adlai Stevenson (D) 120,736 33.3% 37 0.0% 362,074 9 0.58%
1952 84% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 224,280 61.4% Adlai Stevenson (D) 140,446 38.4% 811 0.2% 365,537 6 0.59%
1948 78% Thomas Dewey (R) 163,292 50.4% Harry Truman* (D) 147,601 45.5% 13,208 [+] 4.1% 324,101 5 0.66%
1944 79% Thomas Dewey (R) 160,283 51.1% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 152,705 48.7% 855 0.3% 313,843 5 0.65%
1940 85% Wendell Willkie (R) 161,275 50.0% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 160,590 49.8% 764 0.2% 322,629 5 0.65%
1936 85% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 153,260 50.9% Alf Landon (R) 140,696 46.7% 7,283 [+] 2.4% 301,239 10 0.66%
1932 80% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 145,944 52.1% Herbert Hoover* (R) 128,540 45.9% 5,759 [+] 2.1% 280,243 6 0.70%
1928 83% Herbert Hoover (R) 136,649 49.9% Al Smith (D) 131,924 48.1% 5,460 [+] 2.0% 274,033 -8 0.74%
1924 70% Calvin Coolidge (R) 127,140 56.8% John Davis (D) 78,060 34.9% 18,679 [+] 8.3% 223,879 3 0.77%
1920 64% Warren Harding (R) 118,562 60.1% James Cox (D) 67,943 34.4% 10,832 [+] 5.5% 197,337 0 0.74%
1916 39% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 61,384 52.6% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 51,751 44.4% 3,454 [+] 3.0% 116,589 7 0.63%
1912 37% William Taft* (R) 45,293 41.6% Woodrow Wilson (D) 42,915 39.4% 20,605 [+] 18.9% 108,813 18 0.72%
1908 42% William Taft (R) 64,002 54.3% William J. Bryan (D) 49,382 41.9% 4,546 [+] 3.9% 117,930 3 0.79%
1904 44% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 65,348 56.2% Alton Parker (D) 47,437 40.8% 3,567 [+] 3.1% 116,352 0 0.86%
1900 43% William McKinley* (R) 60,954 55.2% William J. Bryan (D) 47,232 42.8% 2,272 [+] 2.1% 110,458 4 0.79%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote



2020 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Joe Biden (D) 256,724 56.2%
Donald Trump* (R) 189,530 41.5%
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 5,481 1.2%
Other 5,187 1.1%
TOTAL 456,922
Turnout: 63% Diff (US): -5


2016 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Hillary Clinton (D) 204,688 50.3%
Donald Trump (R) 173,893 42.7%
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 16,007 3.9%
Jill Stein (Grn) 7,056 1.7%
Evan McMullin (I) 891 0.2%
Other 4,269 1.0%
TOTAL 406,804
Turnout: 58% Diff (US): -3


2012 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama* (D) 220,192 56.8%
Mitt Romney (R) 158,594 40.9%
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 4,083 1.1%
Other 4,609 1.2%
TOTAL 387,478
Turnout: 56% Diff (US): -6


2008 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama (D) 234,955 56.4%
John McCain (R) 174,110 41.8%
Ralph Nader (I) 4,515 1.1%
Bob Barr (Lbt) 1,582 0.4%
Other 1,721 0.4%
TOTAL 416,883
Turnout: 62% Diff (US): -4


2004 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
George W. Bush* (R) 186,421 45.4%
John Kerry (D) 215,729 52.5%
Ralph Nader (I) 7,339 1.8%
Other 1,125 0.3%
TOTAL 410,614
Turnout: 63% Diff (US): -5


2000 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
George W. Bush (R) 159,229 41.2%
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 204,735 53.0%
Ralph Nader (Grn) 17,953 4.7%
Pat Buchanan (Ref) 1,646 0.4%
Other 2,471 0.6%
TOTAL 386,034
Turnout: 61% Diff (US): -7


1996 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Bill Clinton* (D) 201,404 53.8%
Robert Dole (R) 125,063 33.4%
Ross Perot (Ref) 40,164 10.7%
Ralph Nader (Grn) 4,531 1.2%
Harry Browne (Lbt) 921 0.2%
Other 2,168 0.6%
TOTAL 374,251
Turnout: 60% Diff (US): -7


1992 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Bill Clinton (D) 180,777 44.3%
George Bush* (R) 147,242 36.1%
Ross Perot (I) 76,518 18.8%
Other 3,235 0.8%
TOTAL 407,772
Turnout: 65% Diff (US): -1


1988 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
George Bush (R) 178,816 47.6%
Michael Dukakis (D) 193,186 51.5%
Ron Paul (Lbt) 1,123 0.3%
Other 2,243 0.6%
TOTAL 375,368
Turnout: 62% Diff (US): -6


1984 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Ronald Reagan* (R) 217,328 57.5%
Walter Mondale (D) 158,976 42.1%
Other 1,425 0.4%
TOTAL 377,729
Turnout: 64% Diff (US): -1


1980 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Ronald Reagan (R) 156,928 43.3%
Jimmy Carter* (D) 162,597 44.9%
John Anderson (I) 35,293 9.7%
Edward Clark (Lbt) 4,747 1.3%
Other 2,704 0.7%
TOTAL 362,269
Turnout: 64% Diff (US): -7


1976 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Jimmy Carter (D) 161,451 44.6%
Gerald Ford* (R) 196,060 54.2%
Other 4,284 1.2%
TOTAL 361,795
Turnout: 68% Diff (US): 6


1972 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Richard Nixon* (R) 227,467 61.3%
George McGovern (D) 142,564 38.4%
Other 1,293 0.3%
TOTAL 371,324
Turnout: 71% Diff (US): 1


1968 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Richard Nixon (R) 153,133 45.5%
Hubert Humphrey (D) 167,391 49.7%
George Wallace (AIP) 14,641 4.3%
Other 1,674 0.5%
TOTAL 336,839
Turnout: 70% Diff (US): 2


1964 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Lyndon Johnson* (D) 254,340 73.3%
Barry Goldwater (R) 92,443 26.6%
Other 376 0.1%
TOTAL 347,159
Turnout: 75% Diff (US): -12


1960 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
John Kennedy (D) 187,606 51.8%
Richard Nixon (R) 174,583 48.2%
Other 302 0.1%
TOTAL 362,491
Turnout: 82% Diff (US): -1


1956 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 241,301 66.6%
Adlai Stevenson (D) 120,736 33.3%
Other 37 0.0%
TOTAL 362,074
Turnout: 80% Diff (US): 9


1952 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Dwight Eisenhower (R) 224,280 61.4%
Adlai Stevenson (D) 140,446 38.4%
Other 811 0.2%
TOTAL 365,537
Turnout: 84% Diff (US): 6


1948 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Harry Truman* (D) 147,601 45.5%
Thomas Dewey (R) 163,292 50.4%
Henry Wallace (Prog) 11,638 3.6%
Other 1,570 0.5%
TOTAL 324,101
Turnout: 78% Diff (US): 5


1944 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 152,705 48.7%
Thomas Dewey (R) 160,283 51.1%
Other 855 0.3%
TOTAL 313,843
Turnout: 79% Diff (US): 5


1940 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 160,590 49.8%
Wendell Willkie (R) 161,275 50.0%
Other 764 0.2%
TOTAL 322,629
Turnout: 85% Diff (US): 5


1936 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 153,260 50.9%
Alf Landon (R) 140,696 46.7%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 6,995 2.3%
Other 288 0.1%
TOTAL 301,239
Turnout: 85% Diff (US): 10


1932 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt (D) 145,944 52.1%
Herbert Hoover* (R) 128,540 45.9%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 5,070 1.8%
Other 689 0.2%
TOTAL 280,243
Turnout: 80% Diff (US): 6


1928 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Herbert Hoover (R) 136,649 49.9%
Al Smith (D) 131,924 48.1%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 5,123 1.9%
Other 337 0.1%
TOTAL 274,033
Turnout: 83% Diff (US): -8


1924 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Calvin Coolidge (R) 127,140 56.8%
John Davis (D) 78,060 34.9%
Robert LaFollette (Prog) 17,797 7.9%
Other 882 0.4%
TOTAL 223,879
Turnout: 70% Diff (US): 3


1920 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Warren Harding (R) 118,562 60.1%
James Cox (D) 67,943 34.4%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 8,609 4.4%
Parley Christiansen (FL) 385 0.2%
Aaron Watkins (Proh) 1,536 0.8%
Other 302 0.2%
TOTAL 197,337
Turnout: 64% Diff (US): 0


1916 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Woodrow Wilson* (D) 51,751 44.4%
Charles Evans Hughes (R) 61,384 52.6%
Allan Benson (Soc) 2,109 1.8%
James Hanly (Proh) 1,201 1.0%
Other 144 0.1%
TOTAL 116,589
Turnout: 39% Diff (US): 7


1912 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Woodrow Wilson (D) 42,915 39.4%
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 13,661 12.6%
William Taft* (R) 45,293 41.6%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 5,312 4.9%
Eugene Chafin (Proh) 1,339 1.2%
Other 293 0.3%
TOTAL 108,813
Turnout: 37% Diff (US): 18


1908 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
William Taft (R) 64,002 54.3%
William J. Bryan (D) 49,382 41.9%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,700 1.4%
Eugene Chafin (Proh) 1,488 1.3%
Thomas Hisgen (I) 1,102 0.9%
Other 256 0.2%
TOTAL 117,930
Turnout: 42% Diff (US): 3


1904 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Theodore Roosevelt (R) 65,348 56.2%
Alton Parker (D) 47,437 40.8%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,248 1.1%
Silas Swallow (Proh) 1,392 1.2%
Thomas Watson (Pop) 265 0.2%
Other 662 0.6%
TOTAL 116,352
Turnout: 44% Diff (US): 0


1900 President, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
William McKinley* (R) 60,954 55.2%
William J. Bryan (D) 47,232 42.8%
John Woolley (Proh) 1,421 1.3%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 196 0.2%
Other 655 0.6%
TOTAL 110,458
Turnout: 43% Diff (US): 4
* incumbent