Albany is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia. Located on the Flint River, it is the seat of Dougherty County, and is the sole incorporated city in that county. Located in Southwest Georgia, it is the principal city of the Albany metropolitan area. The city's population was 68,089 in 2020. It became prominent in the nineteenth century as a shipping and market center, first served by riverboats. Scheduled steamboats connected Albany with the busy port of Apalachicola, Florida. They were replaced by railroads. Seven lines met in Albany, and it was a center of trade in the Southeast. Albany is part of the Black Belt, the extensive area in the Deep South of cotton plantations. From the mid-20th century, it received military investment during World War II and after, that helped develop the region. Albany and this area were prominent during the civil rights era, particularly during the early 1960s as activists worked to regain voting and other civil rights.

Country: United States
State: Georgia
County: Dougherty
Incorporated (city): December 27, 1838
• Mayor: Bo Dorough
Population (2020): 68,089
• Urban: 76,434
• Metro: 146,961 (US:289)
Demonym(s): Albanian
Time zone: EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST): EDT (UTC−4)
ZIP code(s): 31701, 31705, 31707, 31721, 31763
Area code(s): 229
FIPS code: 13-01052
GNIS feature ID: 0310424
Website: www.albanyga.gov
Wikidata description: city in and county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States
Wikidata id: Q285599
Wikidata label: Albany
Wikidata aliases: Array
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