Albright, West Virginia Statistic: Population, Charts, Map, Steets and More

The population of Albright City is approximately 62,000 people. As of the 2010 census, the city's median household income was $26,698 and its median family income was $31,067. The median income for men was $28,114 and the median income for women was $20,982. There were over 26 percent of the population below the poverty line in Albright City, and more than 15.6% of seniors lived in poverty.

During the Woodrow Wilson administration, Albright worked in the Interior Department as a staff member to Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane. He was thirty years older than Albright, and came to oversee national parks. The two formed a special bond and became close friends. Mather later suffered from manic depression, so Albright was able to take care of him in the last few years of his life.