Albany, Kentucky

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The 2000 Census showed that Albany had a population of 2,220 people^<1>. This represents 0.05% of the total population of Kentucky, making it the state's 137th most populous community.

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

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
134	Anchorage	N	111 mi [178.6 km]	3,288	45.23% increase
135	Horse Cave	NW	54 mi [86.9 km]	2,326	3.29% increase
136	Eminence	N	115 mi [185.1 km]	2,216	0.67% decrease
-137-	Albany			2,311	4.1% increase
138	Junction City	N	64 mi [103 km]	2,211	1.24% increase
139	Pineville	E	79 mi [127.1 km]	1,990	4.92% decrease
140	Harlan	E	101 mi [162.5 km]	1,864	10.43% decrease

Albany had 1,165 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Albany has an area^<4> of 3.4 square miles [8.81 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Albany had a 2000 population density of 652 people per square mile [252.1 people/km²].

Clinton County

The city of Albany is located in Clinton County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 9,631 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 2,220 people, Albany contained 23.05% of the Clinton County total.

In addition, where the community of Albany has a population density of 652 people per square mile [252.1 people/km²], Clinton County averages 48.78 people per square mile [18.83 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Clinton 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.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Albany.

A Census Quickfact is available for Clinton County (QF-21053).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Clinton County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Russell	QF-21207	N	17,296	5.93% increase
	Wayne	QF-21231	NE	20,696	3.56% increase
	Cumberland	QF-21057	W	6,817	4.83% decrease
	Pickett (TN)	QF-47137	S	4,801	2.62% decrease
	Clay (TN)	QF-47027	SW	7,794	2.37% decrease

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 #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

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

The Commemorative Quarter for Kentucky<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning 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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