Amsterdam is a somewhat small city located in the state of New York. With a population of 18,355 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Amsterdam is the 107th largest community in New York. Amsterdam has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Amsterdam is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Amsterdam is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Amsterdam who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.53%), sales jobs (9.17%), and healthcare (6.19%).

In Amsterdam, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day even though Amsterdam is a relatively small city. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Amsterdam Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Amsterdam who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.87% of the adults in Amsterdam have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Amsterdam in 2000 was $16,680, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,720 for a family of four.

The people who call Amsterdam home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Amsterdam is White, followed by African-American. Amsterdam also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.25% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Amsterdam include Italian, Polish, Irish, German, English, Lithuanian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Amsterdam is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.