There are
2 quoted Atlanta Metro population figures. The population of the immediate 10
county Atlanta Metro area is 4.628,400.
The population of the larger 29 county Atlanta Metro is 5,949,951. The population of the State of Georgia is
10,627,767. Over half of Georgia’s
population is in the 29 county Atlanta Metro area.
The
Nominal GDP of Georgia in 2018 was $602 billion. That’s larger than all but the
largest 21 sovereign countries.
The AJC
article on 8/29/19 claims the 4.6M population in the 10 county area is due to
growth.
I moved
to Dunwoody in DeKalb County in 1983 when the population of the 10 county
Atlanta Metro was 3 million. I saw the
growth to 4 million with the surge in electronics in the 1980s. I also saw the
off-shoring of electronics beginning in the 2000s and the surge of illegal
welfare migrants and refugees. I saw the closing and off-shoring of
manufacturing in rural Georgia cities. I saw Georgia’s failure to expand its
highway system to mitigate the gridlock and the disappearance of teen
employment as welfare migrants took all the minimum wage jobs.
The 10
county Atlanta Metro has a land mass of 2,865.39 square miles. The State of
Georgia has a land mass of 59,425 square miles. That is larger than half the
sovereign countries on the planet.
Atlanta
Metro Population by County
City of
Atlanta 470,500
Fulton Co
1,037,070
DeKalb Co
753,030
Gwinnett
Co 925,800
Cobb Co
766,400
Exurbs
Clayton
Co 283,900
Cherokee
Co 262,700
Douglas
Co 144,900
Henry Co
240,900
Fayette
Co 118,000
Rockdale
Co 95.700
The
Atlanta Regional Commission claims 10 counties plus the City of Atlanta.
Land area
in square miles
City of
Atlanta occupies Fulton and DeKalb
Fulton
526.64 sm Center
DeKalb
267.58 sm Center
Cobb
339.55 sm West
Gwinnett
430.38 sm East
Exurbs
Cherokee
313.34 sm North
Clayton
141.57 sm South
Douglas
200.07 sm South
Henry
322.13 sm South
Fayette 194.34
sm South
Rockdale
129.79 sm South
Total
Atlanta Region 2,865.39 sm
Atlanta
Metro Map
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Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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