Metro Atlanta
Combined Statistical Area in Georgia, United States of America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Its economic, cultural, and demographic center is Atlanta, and its total population was 6,307,261 in the 2023 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Metropolitan Atlanta | |
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Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia Alabama |
Area | |
• Metro | 8,376 sq mi (21,694 km2) |
• CSA | 10,494.03 sq mi (27,179.4 km2) |
Elevation | 606–3,288 ft (185–1,002 m) |
Population (2023 estimates)[1] | |
• Density | 624/sq mi (243/km2) |
• Urban (2020)[2] | 5,100,112 (9th) |
• Metro | 6,307,261 (6th) |
• CSA | 7,221,137 (10th) |
GDP | |
• MSA | $525.9 billion (2022) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 300xx to 303xx |
Area codes | 404/678/470/943 inside the perimeter 770/678/470/943 outside the perimeter |
The core 5 counties of metropolitan Atlanta are Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, and Clayton counties, with over 60% of the metro area’s population residing in these counties. The metro area forms the core of a broader trading area, the Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs combined statistical area. The combined statistical area spans up to 39 counties in North Georgia. The CSA recorded in the 2020 U.S. census a population of 6,930,423.[5] Atlanta is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Census Bureau's Southeast region. It surpassed the Greater Miami area in total population in 2021, and both the Washington metropolitan area, and the Philadelphia metropolitan area in 2023 (the latter of which is in the Northeast region).[6]