Albany, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Albany had a population of 16,444 people^<1>. This represents 0.05% of the total population of California.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Albany had 7,248 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Albany has a total area of 5.47 square miles [14.15 km²]^<3>. Of this total, 1.7 square miles [4.41 km²]3.76 square miles [9.75 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Albany had a 2000 population density of 9,665 people per square mile [3,731 people/km²], making it the state's 35th most densely populated area.

Alameda County

The city of Albany is located in Alameda County.

The county had a population of 1,450,396 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 16,444 people, Albany contained 1.13% of the Alameda County total.

In addition, where the community of Albany has a population density of 9,665 people per square mile [3,731 people/km²], Alameda County averages 1,966 people per square mile [759 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Alameda County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Albany and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Albany. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Albany, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Berkeley	QF-0606000	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]<5>	101,371	1.34% decrease
	Richmond	QF-0660620	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	102,285	3.09% increase
	San Pablo	QF-0668294	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	30,729	1.7% increase
	Alameda	QF-0600562	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	70,580	2.32% decrease
	Oakland	QF-0653000	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	404,155	1.17% increase
	San Rafael	QF-0668364	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	55,602	0.82% decrease
	Martinez	QF-0646114	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	35,145	2.01% decrease
	Pleasant Hill	QF-0657764	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	32,862	---

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Albany.

A Census Quickfact is available for Alameda County (QF-06001).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Albany:

Albany is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Albany.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Albany. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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