Metro Atlanta continues to attract people from other parts of the state, and the country.
The 10 counties in metro Atlanta gained nearly 53,000 new residents during a 12-month period that began in April 2013.
“Better than still less than the historical average growth rate,” says Mike Alexander, the Research and Analytics Division Manager with the Atlanta Regional Commission.
During the years between 1990 and 2010, metro Atlanta grew by an average of 77,000.
Thanks to this recent boost, Atlanta’s population is now about 4.3 million.
“People are moving still to metro Atlanta, we see that in the numbers and we’re still getting population increase very much driven by natural increase, literally new people being born in metro Atlanta, which is about two-thirds of the growth,” says Alexander.
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Among them the things attracting people to metro Atlanta, are the jobs created at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as a number of strong colleges and universities.
“There are 250,000 college students in metro Atlanta. That’s critical because often those students will stay in metro Atlanta,” says Alexander.
Of the 10 counties in the region, Fulton saw the biggest boost with nearly 13,000 new residents.
Gwinnett came in second, followed by Cobb and DeKalb respectively.
Below is a video explanation of the ARC population estimates by Mike Alexander, manager of the research and analytics division of the Atlanta Regional Commission. He is joined by Mike Carnathan, the developer of the regional snapshot.
The ARC’s interactive slide presentation can be found below the video.
ARC’s 2014 Population Estimates from Atlanta Regional Commission on Vimeo.
Use the Forward and Back buttons to move around within the slide show.
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