*** Welcome to piglix ***

Metropolitan Atlanta

Metropolitan Atlanta
Metro Atlanta
Combined Statistical Area
Midtown and Downtown Atlanta as seen from Cobb CountyCumberland Area skylineThe Perimeter Center skyline
Midtown and Downtown Atlanta as seen from Cobb County
Cumberlandskyline.jpg
Cumberland Area skyline
The King and Queen towers.jpg
The Perimeter Center skyline
Metropolitan Atlanta is located in Georgia (U.S. state)
Metropolitan Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta is located in the US
Metropolitan Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta is located in Metro Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta
Map of Metro Atlanta
Coordinates: 33°48′N 84°24′W / 33.8°N 84.4°W / 33.8; -84.4Coordinates: 33°48′N 84°24′W / 33.8°N 84.4°W / 33.8; -84.4
Country  United States
State Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia
Largest city

Flag of Atlanta, Georgia.png Atlanta


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

Flag of Atlanta, Georgia.png Atlanta

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 a "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.


...
Wikipedia

...