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Albany, CA is a great place to live and work with a population of 19,958 people and a population density of 11,197 people per square mile. There are plenty of local businesses to explore such as the Albany Farmers Market, the Albany Marina, and the San Pablo Avenue shopping district. For outdoor activities, residents can enjoy year-round opportunities like hiking, biking, walking trails within Albany’s McLaughlin Eastshore State Park or visit nearby Tilden Regional Park for plenty of outdoor fun. Residents also have access to many organizations within Albany such as the Friends of Five Creeks who help conserve local creeks and wetlands or volunteer at the Golden Gate Philharmonic Orchestra for music appreciation. Other sporting events in the area include baseball games at Memorial Field and soccer matches at Civic Stadium.

The population in Albany is 19,958. There are 11,156 people per square mile aka population density. The median age in Albany is 36.6, the US median age is 38.4. The number of people per household in Albany is 2.6, the US average of people per household is 2.6.

Family in Albany
- 55.8% are married
- 9.4% are divorced
- 45.6% are married with children
- 15.8% have children, but are single
Race in Albany

- 47.1% are White
- 4.1% are Black
- 26.8% are Asian
- 0.3% are Native American
- 2.2% claim Other
- 13.0% claim Hispanic ethnicity
- 5.7% Two or more races
- 0.9% Hawaiian, Pacific Islander

   Estimated Total Population by Age

  PeopleAlbany, CaliforniaUnited States
  19,958.0329,725,481.0
  51.5%50.5%
  48.5%49.5%
  36.638.4
 
  20,145.0326,569,308.0
  18,615.0309,327,143.0
  16,444.0285,036,114.0
  16,327.0251,960,433.0
  21.8%15.6%
  22.7%30.8%
 
  1115693.4
  1.7893531905.423
  3.676264836.791
 
  44.3%59.4%
  4.1%12.2%
  28.6%5.6%
  0.4%0.6%
  0.2%0.2%
  1.5%0.4%
  8.1%3.2%
  12.9%18.4%
 
  55.8%49.8%
  55.0%48.0%
  0.9%1.8%
  44.2%50.2%
  30.4%33.8%
  9.4%10.8%
  4.3%5.6%
 
  2.622.6
  7,586.0124,010,992.0
  5,210.080,755,759.0
  45.1%30.5%
  31.9%42.9%
  2,376.043,255,233.0
  14.1%15.8%
  8.9%10.8%
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Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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