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Population (year 2000): 18,355. Estimated
population in July 2005: 17,749 (-3.3% change)
Males: 8,416 (45.9%), Females: 9,939 (54.1%)
Montgomery County
Zip code:
12010
Median resident age: 39.2 years
Median household income: $27,517 (year 2000)
Median house value: $67,400 (year 2000)
Races in Amsterdam:
- White Non-Hispanic (80.6%)
- Hispanic (16.0%)
- Other race (4.8%)
- Black (2.2%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (24.8%), Polish (20.0%),
Irish (13.8%), German (12.0%), English (6.0%), United States
(4.4%).
Land area: 5.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Amsterdam
- High school or higher: 75.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.9%
- Unemployed: 5.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Amsterdam city
- Never married: 28.5%
- Now married: 44.2%
- Separated: 4.2%
- Widowed: 13.3%
- Divorced: 9.8%
4.9% Foreign born (2.0% Europe, 2.0% Latin
America, 0.7% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -2,473 (-11.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Amsterdam:
- AMSTERDAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (4988 STATE
HIGHWAY 30)
- ST MARYS HOSPITAL (427 GUY PARK AVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Amsterdam:
- BELLEVUE MATERNITY HOSPITAL INC (about 12 miles;
SCHENECTADY, NY)
- NATHAN LITTAUER HOSPITAL (about 14 miles;
GLOVERSVILLE, NY)
- ELLIS HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; SCHENECTADY, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Amsterdam:
- ALBANY INTL (about 31 miles; ALBANY, NY; ID: ALB)
- FLOYD BENNETT MEMORIAL (about 49 miles; GLENS FALLS,
NY; ID: GFL)
- ONEIDA COUNTY (about 84 miles; UTICA, NY; ID: UCA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Amsterdam:
- FULTON COUNTY (about 10 miles; JOHNSTOWN, NY; ID:
NY0)
- MOHAWK VALLEY (about 14 miles; SCOTIA, NY; ID: K13)
- DUANESBURG (about 15 miles; DUANESBURG, NY; ID: 4B1)
Amtrak station:
AMSTERDAM (RAILROAD & W. MAIN STS.). Services: enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Amsterdam:
- SCHENECTADY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20
miles; SCHENECTADY, NY; Full-time enrollment: 2,316)
- UNION COLLEGE (about 21 miles; SCHENECTADY, NY; FT
enrollment: 2,315)
- SUNY COLLEGE OF AGRIC AND TECHN AT COBLESKILL (about
29 miles; COBLESKILL, NY; FT enrollment: 2,208)
- SUNY AT ALBANY (about 30 miles; ALBANY, NY; FT
enrollment: 14,168)
- SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE (about 31 miles; SARATOGA
SPRINGS, NY; FT enrollment: 4,499)
- SKIDMORE COLLEGE (about 31 miles; SARATOGA SPRINGS,
NY; FT enrollment: 2,317)
- EXCELSIOR COLLEGE (about 31 miles; ALBANY, NY; FT
enrollment: 7,096)
Public high school in Amsterdam:
- AMSTERDAM HS (Students: 1,224; Location: 140
SARATOGA AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Amsterdam:
- PERTH BIBLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 113;
Location: 1863 CO HWY 107; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Amsterdam:
- LYNCH MS (Students: 902; Location: 55 BRANDT
PL; Grades: 06 - 08)
- BROADALBIN-PERTH IS (Students: 474; Location:
1870 COUNTY HWY 107; Grades: 04 - 06)
- RAPHAEL J. MCNULTY ES (Students: 431;
Location: 60 BRANDT PL; Grades: KG - 05)
- MARIE CURIE ES (Students: 401; Location: 9
BRICE ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- WILLIAM B. TECLER ES (Students: 375;
Location: 210 NORTHERN BLVD; Grades: KG - 05)
- BROADALBIN-PERTH MS (Students: 348; Location:
1870 COUNTY HWY 107; Grades: 07 - 08)
- CLARA S. BACON SCHOOL (Students: 235;
Location: 40 HENRIETTA BLVD; Grades: KG - 05)
- WILLIAM BARKLEY SCHOOL (Students: 214;
Location: 66 DE STEFANO ST; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Amsterdam:
- ST MARYS INSTITUTE (Students: 351; Location:
UPPER CHURCH STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST STANISLAUS SCHOOL (Students: 172;
Location: 42-44 CORNELL STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF AMSTERDAM (Students: 46;
Location: 74 LOCUST AVE; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Amsterdam:
- AMSTERDAM FREE LIBRARY (Operating income:
$229,810; Location: 28 CHURCH STREET; 48,971 books;
1,026 audio materials; 855 video materials; 120 serial
subscriptions)
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