2024 population: 7,557,231 ( 380,291 from 2020)
Land area: 16794.2 square miles
Population density: 450.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	3,501,002	46.33%	0.4%
Black:	2,382,317	31.52%	6.9%
Indian:	14,451	0.19%	2.4%
Asian:	502,908	6.65%	21.6%
2+ races:	164,160	2.17%	15.8%
Hispanic:	992,393	13.13%	15.0%

Total non-White:	4,056,229	53.67%	10.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	350,566	12.2
Deaths:	258,314	9.0
Net Migration:	140,803	4.9
Net Immigration:	146,395	5.1

Change in White population:	-15,594	-0.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	395,885	5.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
7,176,940
3,516,596	49.00%
2,227,758	31.04%
14,107	0.20%
413,605	5.76%
141,770	1.98%
863,104	12.03%
3,660,344	51.00%

2010
6,285,133
3,420,275	54.42%
1,808,890	28.78%
12,943	0.21%
270,432	4.30%
103,080	1.64%
654,643	10.42%
2,864,858	45.58%

2000
5,104,189
3,228,393	63.25%
1,323,848	25.94%
10,080	0.20%
145,788	2.86%
59,610	1.17%
327,999	6.43%
1,875,796	36.75%

1990
3,751,899
2,749,805	73.29%
873,959	23.29%
8,108	0.22%
55,692	1.48%
n/a
64,335	1.71%
1,002,094	26.71%

1980
2,927,353
2,225,587	76.03%
650,739	22.23%
4,921	0.17%
14,272	0.49%
n/a
29,422	1.01%
701,766	23.97%

1970
2,354,669
1,845,471	78.37%
488,073	20.73%
1,228	0.05%
2,516	0.11%
n/a
16,375	0.70%
509,198	21.63%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
785,733	12.5
418,781	6.7
298,794	4.8
153,216	2.4

96,321	1.5
795,486	12.7

Number	Rate
2000's
852,584	16.7
342,391	6.7
512,772	10.0
245,910	4.8

191,882	3.8
989,062	19.4

Number	Rate
1990's
693,787	18.5
305,585	8.1
662,790	17.7
101,562	2.7

478,588	12.8
873,702	23.3

Number	Rate
1980's
528,822	18.1
243,037	8.3
574,612	19.6
n/a

524,218	17.9
300,328	10.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
314,134	13.3
n/a

380,116	16.1
192,568	8.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.4
1,698,461	22.5%
5,858,770	77.5%
977,756	12.9%

2,657,075
2.67

1,780,308	67.0%
1,278,849	71.8%
188,409	10.6%
876,767	33.0%

2010
Number	Percent
35.3
1,641,111	26.1%
4,644,022	73.9%
610,001	9.7%

2,314,793
2.67

1,583,586	68.4%
1,126,175	71.1%
196,205	12.4%
731,207	31.6%

2000
Number	Percent
33.4
1,337,649	26.2%
3,766,540	73.8%
432,185	8.5%

1,874,350
2.67

1,314,361	70.1%
995,669	75.8%
141,747	10.8%
559,989	29.9%

1990
Number	Percent
31.7
969,818	25.8%
2,782,081	74.2%
338,081	9.0%

1,393,879
2.64

1,000,194	71.8%
783,827	78.4%
97,163	9.7%
393,685	28.2%

1980
Number	Percent
29.3
858,671	29.3%
2,068,682	70.7%
257,556	8.8%

1,029,896
2.79

774,373	75.2%
626,101	80.9%
75,249	9.7%
255,523	24.8%

2022 Housing Data for Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	120,226	4.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	79,578	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	79,612	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	86,991	3.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	91,649	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	93,557	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	91,014	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	93,156	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	94,670	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	184,039	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	244,004	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	355,964	13.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	267,554	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	203,730	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	245,737	9.2%
$200,000 or more	325,594	12.3%

Median Household Income	80,911
Per Capita Income	41,989

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	100

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	118,488	4.5%
Public Assistance	47,277	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	290,747	10.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	3,019,171	71.7%
Unemployed	161,134	3.8%
In Armed Forces	6,165	0.1%

Total Labor Force	3,186,470	75.6%
Not in Labor Force	1,027,258	24.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,375,730	1,144,337	54.6%
Non-Profit	82,093	148,889	35.5%
Self-Employed	225,635	141,717	61.4%

Local Government	91,073	152,296	37.4%
State Government	48,900	81,161	37.6%
Federal Government	38,935	42,883	47.6%

Total Private + Self	1,601,365	1,286,054	55.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	261,001	425,229	38.0%
Total	1,862,366	1,711,283	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	12.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	673,563	18.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	760,356	21.2%
Professional, Technical	860,871	24.0%
Service Occupations	518,305	14.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	8,384	0.2%
All others	767,499	21.4%

White Collar		64.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	394,301	11.0%
Retail trade	394,176	11.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	347,438	9.7%
Manufacturing	345,059	9.6%
Educational services	322,060	9.0%
Accommodation and food services	247,209	6.9%
Construction	245,708	6.9%
Transportation and warehousing	232,948	6.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	178,971	5.0%
Finance and insurance	168,371	4.7%
Other services	166,186	4.6%
Public administration	144,738	4.0%
Wholesale trade	103,583	2.9%
Information	95,344	2.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	78,002	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	62,541	1.7%
Utilities	28,883	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	15,989	0.4%
Management	6,669	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,418	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	427,258	5.92%
Puerto Rican	77,746	1.08%
Cuban	26,891	0.37%
Dominican	22,943	0.32%

Total Central American	142,672	1.98%
Costa Rican	5,007	0.07%
Guatemalan	53,714	0.74%
Honduran	28,221	0.39%
Nicaraguan	6,372	0.09%
Panamanian	7,363	0.10%
Salvadoran	41,846	0.58%
Other Central American	149	0.00%

Total South American	84,725	1.17%
Argentinean	4,771	0.07%
Bolivian	1,274	0.02%
Chilean	2,707	0.04%
Colombian	32,316	0.45%
Ecuadorian	5,802	0.08%
Paraguayan	431	0.01%
Peruvian	10,742	0.15%
Uruguayan	3,095	0.04%
Venezuelan	22,716	0.31%
Other South American	871	0.01%

Other Hispanic	38,376	0.53%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	149,447	2.07%
Chinese	56,842	0.79%
Vietnamese	55,925	0.77%
Korean	51,952	0.72%
Filipino	18,558	0.26%
Japanese	7,862	0.11%
Burmese	6,183	0.09%
Bangladeshi	6,066	0.08%
Hmong	5,319	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,586,669	82.2%
Spanish	635,677	9.4%
Other Indo-European	136,490	2.0%
Other	90,264	1.3%
Other Asian	74,401	1.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	51,539	0.8%
Vietnamese	50,019	0.7%
Chinese	49,892	0.7%
Korean	43,002	0.6%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	662,966	9.2%
American	581,791	8.1%
Irish	494,742	6.9%
German	474,637	6.6%
Italian	177,191	2.5%
European	124,089	1.7%
Scottish	122,961	1.7%
French	90,916	1.3%
Polish	82,726	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	76,972	1.1%
African	73,523	1.0%
Jamaican	68,266	0.9%
British	45,498	0.6%
Dutch	40,244	0.6%
Nigerian	36,732	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,723,839	93.2%
Not a citizen	492,377	6.8%

Native	6,259,832	86.7%
Foreign-born	956,384	13.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
201,305	4.2%	287,686	6.0%	1,178,931	24.4%	1,289,368	26.7%	1,142,876	23.7%	724,701	15.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	201,305	4.2%
9-12 Years	287,686	6.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,178,931	24.4%
Some College	1,289,368	26.7%
Bach. Degree	1,142,876	23.7%
Grad Degree	724,701	15.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,064,521	1,958,438	106,083	5.1%
1991	2,081,919	1,974,341	107,578	5.2%
1992	2,149,029	2,014,679	134,350	6.3%
1993	2,217,144	2,098,791	118,353	5.3%
1994	2,303,885	2,197,580	106,305	4.6%
1995	2,370,112	2,268,367	101,745	4.3%
1996	2,460,495	2,362,998	97,497	4.0%
1997	2,557,779	2,461,680	96,099	3.8%
1998	2,649,632	2,559,579	90,053	3.4%
1999	2,724,967	2,640,521	84,446	3.1%

2000	2,800,948	2,712,875	88,073	3.1%
2001	2,858,685	2,749,671	109,014	3.8%
2002	2,908,087	2,754,352	153,735	5.3%
2003	2,946,363	2,795,427	150,936	5.1%
2004	2,981,004	2,830,500	150,504	5.0%
2005	3,078,013	2,904,414	173,599	5.6%
2006	3,161,537	3,004,889	156,648	5.0%
2007	3,245,744	3,090,412	155,332	4.8%
2008	3,284,303	3,065,910	218,393	6.6%
2009	3,230,651	2,893,412	337,239	10.4%

2010	3,206,547	2,870,187	336,360	10.5%
2011	3,234,359	2,915,023	319,336	9.9%
2012	3,265,088	2,980,528	284,560	8.7%
2013	3,268,592	3,014,607	253,985	7.8%
2014	3,284,137	3,060,890	223,247	6.8%
2015	3,292,972	3,101,679	191,293	5.8%
2016	3,439,227	3,260,177	179,050	5.2%
2017	3,581,612	3,417,688	163,924	4.6%
2018	3,599,479	3,461,183	138,296	3.8%
2019	3,628,345	3,506,102	122,243	3.4%

2020	3,572,067	3,334,405	237,662	6.7%
2021	3,664,157	3,525,752	138,405	3.8%
2022	3,721,976	3,614,292	107,684	2.9%
2023	3,787,489	3,670,588	116,901	3.1%
2024	3,855,252	3,723,541	131,711	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,904,375
Median Value	$298,678

Occupied	2,657,075	91.5%
Vacant	247,300	8.5%

Owned	1,747,575	65.8%
Rented	909,500	34.2%
Median Rent	$1,370

Single-Family Units	2,110,821	72.7%
Detached	1,962,361	67.6%
Attached	148,460	5.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	554,944	19.1%
Mobile Homes	125,061	4.3%

Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Market Area