Capital District
The Capital District, also known as the Capital Region, is the metropolitan area surrounding Albany, the capital of the U.S. state of New York. With an estimated 915,835 residents as of the 2025 US Census estimate, the Capital District is the 4th largest metropolitan area in New York State, and the fastest-growing region in Upstate New York.
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Capital District
- Metropolitan statistical area with about 899,000 residents
- Description: region of the New York State including Albany and the surrounding area
- Also known as“Albany Metropolitan Area”“Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Area”“Capital District, New York”“Capital District, NY”“New York’s Capital District”
- Location
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Latitude of center
42.936° or 42° 56′ 10″ north
Longitude of center
-73.75° or 73° 45′ west
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Capital District” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolialdea”
- Basque: “Hiriburuko Barrutia (New York)”
- Basque: “Hiriburuko Barrutia”
- Catalan: “Capital District”
- Chinese: “紐約”
- Chinese: “紐約州府都會區”
- Chinese: “纽约州府都会区”
- Chinese: “首府区”
- Chinese: “首府區”
- Chinese: “首府特區”
- French: “Aire métropolitaine d’Albany-Schenectady-Troy”
- French: “Aire métropolitaine d’Albany”
- French: “District de la Capitale (New York)”
- French: “District de la Capitale de New York”
- French: “District de la Capitale”
- German: “Capital District”
- Hebrew: “מטרופולין אולבני-סקנקטדי-טרוי”
- Hebrew: “עמק האדסון”
- Indonesian: “Daerah khusus”
- Italian: “Capital District”
- Japanese: “キャピタル・ディストリクト”
- Japanese: “州都圏”
- Japanese: “州都地区”
- Javanese: “Daerah khusus”
- Portuguese: “Distrito Capital”
- Slovenian: “Capital District”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Albany-Schenectady-Troy”
- Spanish: “Capital District”
- Spanish: “Distrito Capital”
- Sundanese: “Daérah Husus”
- Urdu: “کیپیٹل ڈسٹرکٹ”
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