New York · Census place 3630521

Green Island, New York

Green Island is a village in Albany County, New York with an estimated 2,971 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 239th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,971
#239 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-12 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
3,961 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Green Island. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

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Green Island population, 2020 to 2024

Green Island lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

2,98320202,98220212,96020222,95720232,9712024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,927. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Green Island covers 0.75 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 3,961 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Green Island is close to the typical town.

What county Green Island is in

All of Green Island's residents live in Albany County, which had 319,964 residents in 2024. Green Island holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Green Island

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Green Island by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12183. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Green Island is

The Census internal point of Green Island is at 42.747900, -73.692500. Albany, the capital, is 7.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Troy, NY (51,065 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 7.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.747900, -73.692500
DMS
42°44'52.44"N 73°41'33.00"W
UTM
18N 607007.6E 4733649.0N
Geohash
dree5n4b8
Plus code
87J8P8X5+52

Daylight in Green Island

At 42.75° N, Green Island gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Green Island

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Troy, 1.2 miles away, with 51,065 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Green Island, NY?

2,971 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (0.4%) from 2,983 in July 2020.

What county is Green Island in?

Albany County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Green Island?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12183.

How far is Green Island from Albany?

7.3 miles (11.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Green Island.

What is the nearest larger city to Green Island?

Troy, NY, with 51,065 residents, 1.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.