January 12 2024
Employment/Workforce, Regional/County Profiles

Columbia and Greene Counties have NY’s 1st and 3rd Fastest-Growing Median Household Incomes

Columbia and Greene Counties had New York’s first and third fastest-growing median household incomes in 2022, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program. Columbia-Greene In 2022, Columbia County’s median household income was

December 12 2023
Regional/County Profiles

Capital Region – with Greene County’s Help – Has NY’s 2nd Fastest-Growing Gross Region Product

The Capital Region last year had the state’s second fastest growth gross regional product (GRP). Boosting the region’s growth in productivity was Greene County, which also saw its GRP increase at the fastest rate among New York’s 62 counties, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data

December 8 2023
News, Regional/County Profiles

Success Story: Capital Region 2023 Rankings Roundup

In 2023, the Capital Region prominently appeared in more than three dozen national rankings. The below rankings reflect the quality of life and economic opportunity that the eight-county region offers and that make it a best place to live.  See the below list for the Capital Region’s 2023 rankings: 28

November 14 2023
Regional/County Profiles

Albany’s Natural Hazard Risk Is Lower Than Most Top STEM Hubs

Among the principal counties of the nation’s top 50 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals, Albany County has the fifth lowest overall risk from expected annual loss due to natural hazards. Albany is also the second most capable STEM Hub to prepare and respond

October 13 2023
Regional/County Profiles

Albany Metro Has NY’s 4th Lowest Percentage of Severely Cost-Burdened Households

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has one of New York’s lowest percentages of households severely cost-burdened by rents and home ownership, but their ranks are increasing faster than most other metros in the state, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community

September 14 2023
Employment/Workforce, Regional/County Profiles

The Counties to Where Capital Region Workers Are Increasingly Commuting

Commuter flows from Washington County to Saratoga County have surged over the past five years, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey estimates. Between 2016 and 2020, an average 4,687 Washington County residents commuted to Saratoga County for work –

September 14 2023
Employment/Workforce, Entrepreneurship, Regional/County Profiles

Pandemic Hit NY’s Gig Economy, but Nonemployer $$ up only in the Capital Region

The first year of the pandemic took its toll on the ranks of freelancer, independent contractors and other nonemployer establishments in regions across New York, but the Capital Region was the only one where their total sales, value of shipments, or revenues increased. While Capital Region nonemployer establishment losses were

July 12 2023
Regional/County Profiles

Capital Region Has NY’s Fastest-Growing Hispanic Population, 2nd Fastest Black/African American

In 2022, the Capital Region had New York’s fastest-growing Hispanic population – and the state’s second fastest-growing black and African American population, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau estimates. And recently released statistics from the 2020 decennial census also reveal that the

June 12 2023
News, Regional/County Profiles

Albany’s Population Grew in 2022

The City of Albany was one of only seven cities in New York State that saw an annual population gain in 2022, while the City of Saratoga Springs experienced its first loss of residents in 12 years. During the same period, a quarter of the Capital Region’s towns and nearly

June 12 2023
General, Regional/County Profiles

2020 Census Shows Strong Housing Growth in NY’s Capital Region

Householders Living Alone Emerge as Driving Force in Regional Housing Market, Especially in Saratoga County   ALBANY, NEW YORK – As New York struggles with a shortage of homes for sale and for rent, new statistics from the 2020 Decennial Census show the Capital Region led upstate in growing its

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