No, really, a good (single) guy is hard to find
It's been said that a good man is hard to find. And while we're not in a position to comment on the quality of single men in the Capital Region, we can say this about the quantity: ladies, if you're looking for a single guy, the numbers are against you.
The map above, from Richard Florida's WhosYourCity.com, lists the relative counts of single men and women in cities around the nation. As you can see, there are quite a few more single women here than men. But how many exactly? We looked up the census data to find out.
| county | men | women |
| Albany | 58,644 | 73,406 |
| Schenectady | 29,540 | 33,805 |
| Rensselaer | 30,286 | 33,868 |
| Saratoga | 35,673 | 41,296 |
| totals | 154,143 | 182,375 |
| the difference |
28,232 more single women
for every 100 single women there are single 84.5 men |
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Every stat like this comes with caveats, so here they are: these numbers cover people age 15 and older who are currently not married -- we didn't count people who are separated. Also, the above map only counts people between the ages of 20 and 64. So there are going to be some differences with the numbers we pulled from the Census Bureau, especially since women tend to outlive men.
map: WhosYourCity.com
The Bottom Line
Ladies, if you're not liking the way the numbers stack up for you here in the Capital Region, there's always California. Single men way outnumber single women there.
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Comments
I'm really intrigued by the gender-division by coast — wonder what causes that?
... said James Cronen on Apr 8, 2008 at 9:15 PM | link
Thanks. Now I'm depressed. You owe me a beer.
... said Kim on Apr 8, 2008 at 10:35 PM | link
This is why I became a lesbian.
... said Lisa on Apr 9, 2008 at 8:32 AM | link
The coastal question is a good one, but just to throw a guess out there it looks like the clusters may be based on employment. Look to places where agriculture, higher education, textiles, military, and high tech industry dominate to see where the divides are. Up until the 1960s when GE and American Locomotive were prominent in Schenectady, the male - female ratio was opposite, and thousands of men lived in small apartments in the downtown area without a date for a Saturday night.
... said Tim on Apr 9, 2008 at 5:44 PM | link
Go west, girls.
... said Leslie on May 8, 2008 at 9:25 PM | link