Albany, Minnesota

The 2000 Census showed that Albany had a population of 1,796 people^<1>.

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

Albany had 732 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Albany has an area^<3> of 1.39 square miles [3.61 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Albany had a 2000 population density of 1,287 people per square mile [497.2 people/km²], making it the state's 187th most densely populated area.

Stearns County

The city of Albany is located in Stearns County.

The county had a population of 133,526 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,796 people, Albany contained 1.35% of the Stearns County total.

In addition, where the community of Albany has a population density of 1,287 people per square mile [497.2 people/km²], Stearns County averages 99.3 people per square mile [38.34 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Stearns 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. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Albany.

A Census Quickfact is available for Stearns County (QF-27145).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Stearns County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Benton	QF-27009	E	39,878	15.6% increase
	Douglas	QF-27041	NW	36,258	10.15% increase
	Kandiyohi	QF-27067	SW	40,679	1.13% decrease
	Meeker	QF-27093	S	23,143	1.98% increase
	Morrison	QF-27097	N	32,893	3.46% increase
	Pope	QF-27121	W	11,030	1.92% decrease
	Todd	QF-27153	NW	23,917	2.03% decrease
	Wright	QF-27171	SE	119,701	31.9% increase

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 #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

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

The Commemorative Quarter for Minnesota<5>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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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