Albany ( ) is the
capital of the
U.S. state of
New York and the
seat of
Albany County. Roughly north of the
City of New York, Albany developed on the west bank of the
Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the
Mohawk River. The population of the City of Albany was 97,856 according to the
2010 census. Albany constitutes the economic and cultural core of the
Capital District of New York State, which comprises the Albany-
Schenectady-
Troy, NY
Metropolitan Statistical Area, including the nearby cities and suburbs of
Troy,
Schenectady, and
Saratoga Springs. With a Census-estimated population of 1,170,483 in 2013, the Capital District is the third most populous metropolitan region in the state and 38th in the United States.