Oregon · Census place 4101000

Albany, Oregon

Albany is a city in 2 counties of Oregon with an estimated 57,156 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 12th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
57,156
#12 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+1.1%
+630 people
Land area
17.9 sq mi
+ 0.21 sq mi water
Density
3,202 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Albany. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Salem.

Albany population, 2020 to 2024

Albany added 630 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +182. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Albany is 3.8 times that size.

56.5k202056.8k202156.8k202257.0k202357.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 56,332. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Albany covers 17.85 square miles of land and 0.21 of water, for 3,202 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Albany is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Albany spans

Albany crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 57,156 residents as follows; Linn County holds 83.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Linn County47,781
  2. 02Benton County9,375
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Albany

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Albany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97321, 97322. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Albany is

The Census internal point of Albany is at 44.626900, -123.096700. Salem, the capital, is 21.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corvallis, OR (61,993 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salem, OR, 20.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.626900, -123.096700
DMS
44°37'36.84"N 123°05'48.12"W
UTM
10N 492329.3E 4941509.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
84PRJWG3+Q8

Daylight in Albany

At 44.63° N, Albany gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Albany

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Millersburg, 3.8 miles away, with 3,541 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Albany, OR?

57,156 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 630 (1.1%) from 56,526 in July 2020.

What county is Albany in?

It spans 2 counties: Linn County (47,781 residents), Benton County (9,375 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Albany?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 97321, 97322.

How far is Albany from Salem?

21.8 miles (35.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Albany.

What is the nearest larger city to Albany?

Corvallis, OR, with 61,993 residents, 9.8 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.