Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Atlanta Metro Population 2019


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

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader


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