Atlanta area
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Metropolitan Atlanta Metro Atlanta |
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| Combined Statistical Area | |
Midtown and Downtown Atlanta as seen from Cobb County
 Cumberland Area skyline  The Perimeter Center skyline |
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 Metropolitan Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta
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| Coordinates: 33°48′N 84°24′W / 33.8°N 84.4°WCoordinates: 33°48′N 84°24′W / 33.8°N 84.4°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
.svg){kind=small} Georgia
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| Largest city |
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| 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 (2015 Estimates) | |
| • Density | 630/sq mi (243/km2) |
| • Urban | 4,515,419 (9th) |
| • MSA | 5,710,795 (9th) |
| • CSA | 6,365,108 (11th) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 300xx to 303xx |
| Area code(s) | 404/678/470 inside the perimeter 770/678/470 outside the perimeter |
Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the US state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. Its economic, cultural and demographic center is Atlanta, and it had a 2015 estimated population of 5.7 million people according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The metro area forms the core of a broader trading area, the Atlanta–Athens-Clarke–Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area. The Combined Statistical Area spans up to 39 counties in north Georgia and had an estimated 2015 population of 6.3 million people. Atlanta is considered an "beta(+) world city". It is the third largest metropolitan region in the Census Bureau's Southeast region behind Greater Washington and South Florida.
By U.S. Census Bureau standards, the population of the Atlanta region spreads across a metropolitan area of 8,376 square miles (21,694 km2) – a land area comparable to that of Massachusetts. Because Georgia contains more counties than any other state except Texas (explained in part by the now-defunct county-unit system of weighing votes in primary elections), area residents live under a heavily decentralized collection of governments. As of the 2000 census, fewer than one in ten residents of the metropolitan area lived inside Atlanta city limits.
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