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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.
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
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 OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population, [2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with ...
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 ...
[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 ...
Even with the big population jumps, the Texas cities are nowhere close to the most populous U.S. metro areas. The area encompassing New York, Newark and Jersey City, unsurprisingly, is tops with ...
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.