Schenectady County, New York

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Schenectady County
County
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Location within the U.S. state of New York
New York's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 42°49′N 74°04′W / 42.81°N 74.07°W / 42.81; -74.07
Country	United States
State	New York
Founded	1809
Named for	Mohawk skahn-éht-ati, "beyond the pines"
Seat	Schenectady
Largest city	Schenectady
Area
• Total	209 sq mi (540 km2)
• Land	205 sq mi (530 km2)
• Water	4.9 sq mi (13 km2)  2.3%
Population  (2020)
• Total	158,061[1]
• Density	772.3/sq mi (298.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	20th
Website	www.schenectadycounty.com

Schenectady County (/skəˈnɛktədi/) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,061.^[2] The county seat is Schenectady.^[3] 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.