Capital District Regional Planning Commission

The Capital District Regional Planning Commission approved an update of Population Projections for all of the municipalities in the Region at the monthly Commission meeting yesterday.

The population in the Capital District is projected to increase by 97,331 persons or 12.5% between the 1990 and 2030 Census years.

Saratoga County is projected to experience the greatest amount and rate of growth, rising from 181,276 persons in 1990 to 234,085 persons in 2030, a 29.1% increase. Albany County is projected to increase by 26,432 persons or 9.0%, followed by an 8.9% increase for Rensselaer County and a 2.9% increase for Schenectady County.

The most significant population growth in the Region is projected to occur in suburban and rural communities, while population in many cities and villages is projected to remain stable or decline.

The cities of Schenectady and Troy are expected to experience losses in population over the next several decades, but their rates of population loss should be substantially less (about 1.0% per decade) than that experienced during the previous three decades (about 7.0% per decade). The population in the City of Albany is projected to remain virtually unchanged while Saratoga Springs is expected to show an increase of nearly 2,000 persons over the projection period.

The communities expected to experience the largest net increases in population between 1990 and the year 2030 include Clifton Park, 12,862 (42.7%); Guilderland, 8,211 (27.4%); Colonie, 7,788 ( 10.2%); Bethlehem, 6,805 (24.7%); and Wilton, 5,959 (56.1%).

Portions of the population projection data are available in the upcoming Capital District Data issue (Vol. 20, # 3) and on CDRPC's Web site on the Capital District Population & Projections page. The Planning Commission is also publishing individual reports giving the projection methodology, projection tables, and charts at the Regional level for county totals, and for each of the minor civil divisions in the four counties.

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