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The Athens-Clarke County Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties - Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe - in northeastern Georgia, anchored by the city of Athens. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 215,479. [1]
Combined Statistical Area Population, 2023 estimates 1 Atlanta–Athens–Clarke County–Sandy Springs (GA-AL) 7,221,137 2 Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro: 640,193 3 Columbus–Phenix City (AL)–Auburn (AL)–Opelika (AL) 566,030 4 Macon–Warner Robins: 436,853
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.
Athens is the sixth-most populous city in Georgia, and the principal city of the Athens metropolitan area, [9] which had a 2020 population of 215,415, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. [4] Metropolitan Athens is a component of the larger Atlanta–Athens–Clarke County–Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area .
Part of the Athens-Clarke County metropolitan area, the town is approximately 12 miles southwest of Athens, a hub of education and culture as home to the University of Georgia. The town's historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
The highest area in Georgia is Brasstown Bald which is 1,458 m (4,783 ft) above sea level, while the lowest is at sea level, at the Atlantic Ocean. Georgia is located at approximately 33° N 83.5° W. The state has a total area of 154,077 km 2 (59,489 sq mi) and the geographic center is located in Twiggs County. [3]
It is the location of White Hall (Whitehall, Georgia), at Whitehall and Simonton Bridge Roads, a property which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Whitehall as a town in 1891. [2] Today, Whitehall is a neighborhood of Athens.
North Georgia is the northern hilly/mountainous region in the U.S. state of Georgia. At the time of the arrival of settlers from Europe , it was inhabited largely by the Cherokee . The counties of north Georgia were often scenes of important events in the history of Georgia .