2024 population: 6,395,823 ( 304,003 from 2020)
Land area: 8685.6 square miles
Population density: 736.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,696,996	42.17%	1.7%
Black:	2,237,024	34.98%	7.1%
Indian:	11,462	0.18%	1.0%
Asian:	476,477	7.45%	21.2%
2+ races:	143,759	2.25%	15.3%
Hispanic:	830,105	12.98%	13.7%

Total non-White:	3,698,827	57.83%	10.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	298,702	12.3
Deaths:	203,392	8.3
Net Migration:	73,470	3.0
Net Immigration:	134,949	5.5

Change in White population:	-46,908	-0.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	350,911	5.8

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
6,091,820
2,743,904	45.04%
2,088,971	34.29%
11,345	0.19%
393,089	6.45%
124,717	2.05%
729,794	11.98%
3,347,916	54.96%

2010
5,286,728
2,684,571	50.78%
1,684,178	31.86%
10,779	0.20%
254,691	4.82%
90,866	1.72%
547,894	10.36%
2,602,157	49.22%

2000
4,263,438
2,576,109	60.42%
1,210,871	28.40%
8,151	0.19%
136,759	3.21%
53,013	1.24%
270,655	6.35%
1,687,329	39.58%

1990
3,082,308
2,193,908	71.18%
775,224	25.15%
6,526	0.21%
51,085	1.66%
n/a
55,565	1.80%
888,400	28.82%

1980
2,338,211
1,732,399	74.09%
561,367	24.01%
3,996	0.17%
12,911	0.55%
n/a
25,493	1.09%
605,812	25.91%

1970
1,852,235
1,426,054	76.99%
407,480	22.00%
1,083	0.06%
1,998	0.11%
n/a
14,821	0.80%
426,181	23.01%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
673,437	12.7
329,672	6.2
245,029	4.6
144,048	2.7

59,333	1.1
745,759	14.1

Number	Rate
2000's
725,634	17.0
266,490	6.3
431,191	10.1
214,733	5.0

108,462	2.5
914,828	21.5

Number	Rate
1990's
587,322	19.1
236,435	7.7
583,261	18.9
93,593	3.0

382,201	12.4
798,929	25.9

Number	Rate
1980's
438,961	18.8
186,184	8.0
523,702	22.4
n/a

461,509	19.7
282,588	12.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
271,151	14.6
n/a

306,345	16.5
179,631	9.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro 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
37.0
1,453,442	11.6%
11,034,201	88.4%
781,263	6.3%

2,243,738
2.68

1,498,580	66.8%
1,067,948	71.3%
163,446	10.9%
745,158	33.2%

2010
Number	Percent
35.0
1,400,791	26.5%
3,885,937	73.5%
474,527	9.0%

1,943,885
2.68

1,326,189	68.2%
934,741	70.5%
170,747	12.9%
617,696	31.8%

2000
Number	Percent
33.1
1,132,600	26.6%
3,130,838	73.4%
329,945	7.7%

1,560,438
2.68

1,091,218	69.9%
821,401	75.3%
121,787	11.2%
469,220	30.1%

1990
Number	Percent
31.6
803,107	26.1%
2,279,201	73.9%
252,678	8.2%

1,145,761
2.65

817,593	71.4%
637,129	77.9%
82,227	10.1%
328,168	28.6%

1980
Number	Percent
29.1
692,403	29.6%
1,645,808	70.4%
189,417	8.1%

824,406
2.79

615,797	74.7%
494,363	80.3%
63,736	10.4%
208,609	25.3%

2022 Housing Data for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	96,533	4.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	59,557	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	61,742	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	67,237	3.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	72,846	3.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	74,274	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	73,757	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	75,974	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	79,041	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	153,060	6.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	204,767	9.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	302,828	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	230,075	10.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	177,763	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	217,624	9.7%
$200,000 or more	296,660	13.2%

Median Household Income	84,165
Per Capita Income	43,655

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	103

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	95,148	4.2%
Public Assistance	38,644	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	239,842	10.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,605,995	72.5%
Unemployed	143,135	4.0%
In Armed Forces	5,170	0.1%

Total Labor Force	2,754,300	76.6%
Not in Labor Force	841,556	23.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,185,239	990,814	54.5%
Non-Profit	70,256	130,333	35.0%
Self-Employed	190,775	122,136	61.0%

Local Government	75,083	129,392	36.7%
State Government	36,208	63,252	36.4%
Federal Government	35,257	38,700	47.7%

Total Private + Self	1,376,014	1,112,950	55.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	216,804	361,677	37.5%
Total	1,592,818	1,474,627	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	12.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	605,719	19.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	656,739	21.4%
Professional, Technical	754,390	24.5%
Service Occupations	435,522	14.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,701	0.2%
All others	620,883	20.2%

White Collar		65.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	336,267	10.9%
Retail trade	335,706	10.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	323,306	10.5%
Educational services	266,297	8.7%
Manufacturing	265,168	8.6%
Accommodation and food services	211,161	6.9%
Transportation and warehousing	209,693	6.8%
Construction	204,657	6.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	154,210	5.0%
Finance and insurance	153,166	5.0%
Other services	141,686	4.6%
Public administration	126,495	4.1%
Wholesale trade	90,230	2.9%
Information	88,150	2.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	70,278	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	55,012	1.8%
Utilities	23,825	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	9,710	0.3%
Management	6,344	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,892	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	335,292	5.50%
Puerto Rican	70,407	1.16%
Cuban	23,608	0.39%
Dominican	21,067	0.35%

Total Central American	116,735	1.92%
Costa Rican	4,641	0.08%
Guatemalan	40,733	0.67%
Honduran	25,662	0.42%
Nicaraguan	6,037	0.10%
Panamanian	6,499	0.11%
Salvadoran	33,024	0.54%
Other Central American	139	0.00%

Total South American	78,961	1.30%
Argentinean	4,019	0.07%
Bolivian	1,228	0.02%
Chilean	2,626	0.04%
Colombian	29,715	0.49%
Ecuadorian	5,389	0.09%
Paraguayan	431	0.01%
Peruvian	9,802	0.16%
Uruguayan	3,082	0.05%
Venezuelan	21,851	0.36%
Other South American	818	0.01%

Other Hispanic	33,397	0.55%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	145,358	2.38%
Chinese	54,156	0.89%
Vietnamese	52,311	0.86%
Korean	49,348	0.81%
Filipino	16,615	0.27%
Japanese	7,359	0.12%
Bangladeshi	6,066	0.10%
Burmese	5,370	0.09%
Cambodian	5,109	0.08%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,665,247	81.4%
Spanish	525,649	9.2%
Other Indo-European	131,061	2.3%
Other	88,200	1.5%
Other Asian	70,211	1.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	48,939	0.9%
Chinese	47,501	0.8%
Vietnamese	47,091	0.8%
Korean	40,882	0.7%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	522,335	8.6%
American	450,259	7.4%
German	391,910	6.4%
Irish	390,089	6.4%
Italian	153,937	2.5%
European	101,920	1.7%
Scottish	98,613	1.6%
French	77,359	1.3%
Polish	72,827	1.2%
African	68,922	1.1%
Jamaican	66,987	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	59,766	1.0%
British	37,502	0.6%
Nigerian	36,084	0.6%
Haitian	33,434	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,658,804	92.8%
Not a citizen	435,948	7.2%

Native	5,226,166	85.7%
Foreign-born	868,586	14.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
154,663	3.8%	220,610	5.4%	946,489	23.2%	1,082,234	26.6%	1,027,927	25.2%	641,966	15.8%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	154,663	3.8%
9-12 Years	220,610	5.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	946,489	23.2%
Some College	1,082,234	26.6%
Bach. Degree	1,027,927	25.2%
Grad Degree	641,966	15.8%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,431,154	3,262,938	168,216	4.9%
1991	3,462,218	3,289,158	173,060	5.0%
1992	3,577,980	3,357,686	220,294	6.2%
1993	3,698,800	3,504,746	194,054	5.2%
1994	3,850,870	3,673,690	177,180	4.6%
1995	3,963,100	3,794,794	168,306	4.2%
1996	4,126,988	3,967,794	159,194	3.9%
1997	4,298,526	4,141,222	157,304	3.7%
1998	4,471,996	4,323,558	148,438	3.3%
1999	4,605,604	4,467,834	137,770	3.0%

2000	4,725,414	4,579,708	145,706	3.1%
2001	4,832,834	4,652,920	179,914	3.7%
2002	4,912,716	4,650,614	262,102	5.3%
2003	4,957,400	4,699,380	258,020	5.2%
2004	5,017,650	4,761,220	256,430	5.1%
2005	5,182,462	4,885,752	296,710	5.7%
2006	5,327,608	5,060,096	267,512	5.0%
2007	5,474,176	5,209,920	264,256	4.8%
2008	5,536,718	5,167,814	368,904	6.7%
2009	5,450,184	4,882,470	567,714	10.4%

2010	5,454,924	4,886,120	568,804	10.4%
2011	5,509,360	4,968,572	540,788	9.8%
2012	5,562,744	5,080,750	481,994	8.7%
2013	5,572,630	5,141,546	431,084	7.7%
2014	5,608,706	5,228,266	380,440	6.8%
2015	5,628,528	5,301,944	326,584	5.8%
2016	5,883,492	5,577,846	305,646	5.2%
2017	6,127,620	5,846,340	281,280	4.6%
2018	6,158,790	5,921,238	237,552	3.9%
2019	6,209,578	6,000,068	209,510	3.4%

2020	6,112,060	5,693,156	418,904	6.9%
2021	6,272,326	6,029,638	242,688	3.9%
2022	6,369,230	6,183,678	185,552	2.9%
2023	6,466,096	6,263,386	202,710	3.1%
2024	6,595,114	6,367,822	227,292	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,420,310
Median Value	$313,358

Occupied	2,243,738	92.7%
Vacant	176,572	7.3%

Owned	1,465,949	65.3%
Rented	777,789	34.7%
Median Rent	$1,452

Single-Family Units	1,756,654	72.6%
Detached	1,618,349	66.9%
Attached	138,305	5.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	510,367	21.1%
Mobile Homes	63,104	2.6%

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area