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Saratoga County | |
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 Location within the U.S. state of New York | |
 New York's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 43°07′N 73°52′W / 43.11°N 73.87°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| Founded | February 7, 1791[a] |
| Named for | Iroquois sah-rah-ka, "the hill beside the river" |
| Seat | Ballston Spa |
| Largest city | Clifton Park, New York |
| Area | |
| • Total | 844 sq mi (2,190 km2) |
| • Land | 810 sq mi (2,100 km2) |
| • Water | 34 sq mi (90 km2) 4.0% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 235,509[1][2] |
| • Density | 290.8/sq mi (112.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 20th |
| Website | www |
| Highest elevation: 2,759 ft (841 m) (Tenant Mountain),[3] in the Adirondack Mountains. Lowest elevation: 69 ft (21 m), at the confluence of the Hudson River and the Mohawk River. | |
Saratoga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York, and is the fastest-growing county in Upstate New York.[4] As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was enumerated at 235,509,[1] its highest decennial count ever and a 7.2% increase from the 219,607 recorded at the 2010 census,[5] representing one of the fastest growth rates in the northeastern United States; and despite the worldwide toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early 2020s, Saratoga County has continued its rapid growth. The county seat is Ballston Spa.[6] The county is part of the Capital District region of the state.
Saratoga County's name was derived from the Iroquois word sah-rah-ka or sarach-togue, meaning "the hill beside the river", referring to the Hudson River bordering the county on its eastern flank and the Mohawk River delineating its southern border. Saratoga County, bisected by the toll-free, six-lane Adirondack Northway, serves as an outdoor recreational haven and as the gateway to the Adirondack Mountains and State Park for the populations of the Albany and New York City metropolitan areas. The county is also home to the internationally renowned Saratoga Race Course, one of the oldest venues in horse racing.
Saratoga County lies at the heart of eastern New York State's recognized Tech Valley, a growing center for the computer hardware side of the high-technology industry and its concomitant venture capital investment, with great strides in the nanotechnology sector, digital electronics design, and water- and electricity-dependent integrated microchip circuit manufacturing, and more recently, artificial intelligence, involving companies including IBM, GlobalFoundries, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor, among others.[7][8][9] In April 2021, GlobalFoundries, a company specializing in the semiconductor industry, moved its headquarters from Silicon Valley, California to its most advanced semiconductor-chip manufacturing facility in Saratoga County near a section of the Adirondack Northway, in Malta, New York.[10]
The county is also frequently recognized for its high standard of living and quality of life. Saratoga County touts its strongly academic schools, clean environment and relatively cool climate, abundance of clean water and electricity, natural beauty and recreational opportunities, low county rax rates, and availability of new housing in its approach to robust growth in the county's high-tech workforce.
- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts - Saratoga County, New York". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ "US Census 2020 Population Dataset Tables for New York". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
- ^ "Fun Facts About Saratoga". Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "New Census data show Saratoga County fastest growing in upstate". August 12, 2021.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018 - 2018 Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ Keshia Clukey (June 27, 2014). "Better than advertised: Chip plant beats expectations". Albany Business Review. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ Freeman Klopott; Xu Wang & Niamh Ring (September 27, 2011). "IBM, Intel Start $4.4 Billion in Chip Venture in New York". 2011 Bloomberg. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Larry Rulison (July 10, 2015). "Made in Albany: IBM reveals breakthrough chip made at SUNY Poly". Albany Times-Union. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ "GLOBALFOUNDRIES Moves Corporate Headquarters to its Most Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility in New York | GlobalFoundries". globalfoundries.com. April 26, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
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