Three Capital Region counties ranked among New York’s top five fastest-growing counties for productivity growth in 2023, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In 2023, the eight-county Capital Region had a gross domestic product (GDP) of $98.8
The Capital Region ZIP codes covering Saratoga Springs and Troy saw the greatest increase in farm operations between 2017 and 2022 while those covering Greenwich and Argyle in Washington County saw the biggest declines, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new ZIP code tabulations from the
The wave of taxpayers moving from New York City’s three largest boroughs to the Capital Region subsided in 2022 but remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new IRS tax migration data. Regional Inflow Migration During the 2021-2022 tax year, 3,522 individuals covered
Saratoga County has the state’s second highest adoption rate for wired Internet access services, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau experimental data. In 2022, 83.9 percent of households in Saratoga County had subscriptions to Internet access technology, such as cable or fiber
The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area’s 2023 annual population gain – the largest in the state – was partly driven by its ability to attract or retain black and African American, Asian, multi-racial residents as well as 30-somethings, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) of new U.S. Census Bureau
The Capital Region had New York’s third largest annual gain in housing units in 2023, according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Between July 1, 2022 and July 1, 2023, the Capital Region saw its estimated number of housing units increase by 2,788 (0.5
Cohoes, Albany and Rensselaer had some of the biggest annual population gains among New York cities in 2023. At the same time, in Saratoga County, Corinth was the eighth biggest-gaining village in the state, and Milton was the fifth biggest-gaining town, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis
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Capital Region building permitting activity for single-family homes in 2023 slowed to its slowest pace in a dozen years. At the same time, however, single-family permit approvals hit a 15-year high in Columbia County and multi-unit approvals were at a seven-year high in Rensselaer County, according to a Center for
The Capital Region over the year regained 6,600 workers for its labor force in 2023, but it remained below its pre-pandemic strength. At the same time, two Capital Region counties fully recovered and expanded their labor forces from previous peak levels in 2019, according to a Center for Economic Growth
