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Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the sixth-largest in the United States, based on the July 1, 2023 metropolitan area population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
During the same time, the metro area gained over three million people, cutting the city's share of the metro population in half, from over 25 percent in 1970 to around 12 percent in 2000. [5] However, the city's population bottomed out in 1990 at around 394,000, and it has been increasing every year since then, reaching 420,003 residents in 2010.
The tables below include the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent population estimates (2023; released March 14, 2024). [ 1 ] Atlanta , largest city and metropolitan area Augusta , second-largest metropolitan area
[12] [13] The modern metropolitan statistical area was created in 1983 amid a large increase in the number of eligible markets, which grew from 172 in 1950 to 288 in 1980; [12] [14] the core based statistical area (CBSA) was introduced in 2000 and defined in 2003 with a minimum population of 10,000 required for micropolitan areas and 50,000 for ...
Estimates by the Atlanta Regional Commission show the 11-county region continues adding new residents at a fast pace Atlanta’s population is skyrocketing as well as its surrounding counties ...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
There is a growing population of Mexican ancestry throughout the region, with notable concentrations along the Buford Highway and I-85 corridor, and now extending into Gwinnett County. [172] In 2013, Metro Atlanta had the 19th largest Hispanic population in the United States. [173] The Atlanta area also has a fast growing Asian American population.
Decatur (/ d ə ˈ k eɪ t ər /) is a city and the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 census, [4] the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address.