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Schenectady County, New York

A county in New York, ranked 21 of 62 by population.

CountyFIPS 36093

Within New York
Schenectady County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Schenectady, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
162,581
+4,707 (+3.0%) since 2020
Land area
204.7
square miles. A further 2.3% of the total area is water
Population density
794
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Schenectady
Seat of county government.
Established
1809
216 years ago
Largest city
Schenectady city
Population 69,471.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Schenectady County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Schenectady County, New York from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 566 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Schenectady County ranks

Position among the 62 counties of New York, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn New YorkNationally
Population162,58121st of 62432nd of 3,144
Land area204.7 sq mi56th of 622,990th of 3,144
Population density794 per sq mi12th of 62196th of 3,144
Median household income$79,62318th of 62602nd of 3,143

Full data for Schenectady County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population162,581Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020157,874Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?158,041Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area204.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area209.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?794 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,623American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$235,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households66,902American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units71,244American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+33
1,732 births, 1,699 deaths
Net migration
+790
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 4 areas bordering Schenectady County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Saratoga CountyNew York23 mi241,343
Albany CountyNew York19 mi321,225
Montgomery CountyNew York16 mi50,046
Schoharie CountyNew York15 mi30,176

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 62 counties of New York

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.