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Population (year 2000): 1,921. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,833 (-4.6% change)
Males: 893 (46.5%), Females: 1,028 (53.5%)
Shackelford County
Zip code:
76430
Median resident age: 39.4 years
Median household income: $31,563 (year 2000)
Median house value: $42,900 (year 2000)
Races in Albany:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.5%)
- Hispanic (8.1%)
- Other race (4.8%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- Black (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (21.9%), English
(9.1%), Irish (8.0%), German (7.9%), Scotch-Irish (3.3%), Dutch
(1.1%).
Elevation: 1412 feet
Land area: 1.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Albany
- High school or higher: 77.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.6%
- Unemployed: 0.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Albany city
- Never married: 16.3%
- Now married: 63.8%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 9.4%
- Divorced: 9.5%
3.2% Foreign born (2.8% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -58 (-2.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Albany:
- THROCKMORTON COUNTY MEM HOSPITAL (about 30 miles;
THROCKMORTON, TX)
- HENDRICK CENTER FOR EXTENDED CARE (about 32 miles;
ABILENE, TX)
- HENDRICK MEDICAL CENTER (about 32 miles; ABILENE,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Albany:
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 35 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- DYESS AFB (about 44 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI (about 103 miles;
WICHITA FALLS, TX; ID: SPS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Albany:
- TAYLOR (about 1 miles; ALBANY, TX; ID: 6F5)
- ALBANY MUNI (about 3 miles; ALBANY, TX; ID: T23)
- STEPHENS COUNTY (about 29 miles; BRECKENRIDGE, TX;
ID: BKD)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Albany:
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles;
ABILENE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,380)
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; Abilene,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,026)
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,068)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 94 miles; WICHITA
FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 133 miles; SAN
ANGELO, TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 136 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 139 miles; FT
WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
Public high school in Albany:
- ALBANY JR-SR H S (Students: 283; Location:
501 E S FIRST ST; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Albany:
- NANCY SMITH EL (Students: 295; Location: 501
E S FIRST ST; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Albany:
- SHACKELFORD COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$8,000; Location: 402 N 2ND ST; 8,931 books; 256 audio
materials; 10 video materials; 2 serial subscriptions)
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