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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 U.S. Census Bureau lists fourteen metropolitan areas (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) and four trading areas (Combined Statistical Areas) in the U.S. state of Georgia. The tables below include the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent population estimates (2023; released March 14, 2024). [1]
Atlanta is the largest city in Fulton County, occupying the county's narrow center section and thus geographically dividing the county's northern and southern portions. Atlanta's last major annexation in 1952 brought over 118 square miles (310 km 2 ) into the city, including the affluent suburb of Buckhead .
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 7 combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 24 micropolitan statistical areas within Georgia. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA , encompassing 42 counties in Georgia and one in Alabama , anchored by Georgia's capital ...
Georgia has the second-largest number of counties of any state in the United States, only behind Texas, which has 254 counties. [1] One traditional reasoning for the creation and location of so many counties in Georgia was that a country farmer, rancher, or lumberman should be able to travel to the legal county seat town or city, and then back ...
Pages in category "Counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Populated places in the Atlanta metropolitan area by county (29 C) B. Geography of Barrow County, Georgia (3 C) Geography of Bartow County, Georgia (3 C, 5 P)
Gwinnett County (/ ɡ w ɪ ˈ n ɛ t / gwih-NEHT) is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. [2] It forms part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, being located about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Atlanta city limits. In 2020, the population was 957,062, making it the second-most populous county in Georgia (after Fulton ...