Schenectady, New York

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The last Census shows that Schenectady had a population^<1> of 61,821 people in 2000. This represents 0.33% of the total population of New York, making it the state's 25th most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
23	New Rochelle	72,182	S	131 mi [210.8 km]
24	Mount Vernon	68,381	S	131 mi [210.8 km]
25	Schenectady	61,821
26	Utica	60,651	W	68 mi [109.4 km]
27	Clay	58,805	W	116 mi [186.7 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Schenectady. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Schenectady had a population of 61,531 people. This is a decrease of 0.47% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The city of Schenectady had 30,272 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Schenectady has a total area of 10.99 square miles [28.46 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 10.85 square miles [28.1 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (1.27%) being water (0.14 square miles [0.36 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Schenectady had a 2000 population density of 5,698 people per square mile [14,760 people/km²], making it the state's 60th most densely populated area.

Schenectady County

Schenectady is located in Schenectady County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 146,448 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 61,821 people, Schenectady accounted for 42.21% of the Schenectady County total.

In addition, where the community of Schenectady has a population density of 5,698 people per square mile [14,760 people/km²], Schenectady County averages 710 people per square mile [1,840 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Schenectady and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Schenectady. 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. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Schenectady. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Schenectady, it also contains a comparison between Schenectady and the state of New York.

Click here for the Schenectady QuickFact (QF-3665508).

The following communities are nearby Schenectady and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
	Rotterdam	QF-3663935	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	29,530	28,316	4.29%
	Glenville	QF-3629366	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	29,383	28,183	4.26%
	Clifton Park	QF-3616353	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	36,322	32,995	10.08%
	Guilderland	QF-3631104	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	34,831	32,688	6.56%
	Guilderland	QF-3631093	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	34,710	34,102	1.78%
	Clifton Park	QF-3616342	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	36,568	33,297	9.82%
	Colonie	QF-3617343	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	81,759	79,258	3.16%
	Troy	QF-3675484	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	47,744	49,170	-2.9%

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Schenectady County (QF-36093).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Schenectady County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
	Albany	QF-36001	SE	299,307	294,732	1.55%
	Montgomery	QF-36057	W	48,695	49,656	-1.94%
	Saratoga	QF-36091	NE	215,852	201,444	7.15%
	Schoharie	QF-36095	SW	32,063	31,590	1.5%

Miscellaneous Information

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

Schenectady is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

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

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) Schenectady. 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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