Schenectady County
Also known as Schenectady County, New York, Schenectady County, NY
county in New York, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Named after
- Mohawk skahn-éht-ati , "beyond the pines"
- Seat
- Schenectady
- Largest city
- Schenectady
- Total
- 209 sq mi (540 km )
- Land
- 205 sq mi (530 km )
- Water
- 4.9 sq mi (13 km ) 2.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 162,581
- Density
- 772.3/sq mi (298.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
Article
Schenectady County (/skəˈnɛktədi/) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,061. The county seat is Schenectady. The name is from a Mohawk language word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands," a term that originally applied to Albany. The county is part of the Capital District region of the state.
Schenectady County is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is west of the confluence of the Mohawk with the Hudson River. It includes territory on the north and the south sides of the Mohawk River.