Census: Metro Atlanta One Of Nation’s Fastest-Growing Regions

The Atlanta metropolitan area continues to grow by leaps and bounds, coming in No. 4 in cities with the biggest number of people moving in. Georgia’s largest city is only behind  Dallas, Houston and Phoenix in number of people moving in, despite rising property prices, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Among America’s fastest growing regions, metro Atlanta has about 5.7 million residents, making it the ninth-largest metro area in the country. Much of the gains are happening in North Fulton County, which is the most affluent area of the metro area and state.

Just under 600,000 residents have moved into the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell area from 2010 and 2017, the census reports.

Since that time period only 12 other regions had more people added to their populations. Atlanta’s business climate, including a robust startup environment and the influx of Fortune 500 companies looking to plant roots here, has made the region a leading metro area.

Top 10 Metro Areas by Population (2016)

MSA 2016 Estimate
1 New York, NY 20,153,634
2 Los Angeles, CA 13,310,447
3 Chicago, IL 9,512,999
4 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 7,233,323
5 Houston, TX 6,772,470
6 Washington, D.C. 6,131,977
7 Philadelphia, PA 6,070,500
8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL 6,066,387
9 ATLANTA, GA 5,789,700
10 Boston, MA 4,794,447

See more highlights from the census here.

 

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