Atlanta Metropolitan Area: Most populous metro area in the US state of Georgia
The Atlanta metropolitan area is an area around the city of Atlanta.
The United States Office of Management and Budget calls the area the "Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area". It is also unofficially known as Metro Atlanta. More people live in the Atlanta metropolitan area than any other metro area in Georgia. It is the sixth largest metro area in the United States. The Atlanta metropolitan area includes 29 counties in north Georgia. The US Census Bureau estimated that 6,307,261 people lived in the Atlanta metropolitan area in 2023. The City of Atlanta, however, is only the 38th largest in the U.S., with an population of 498,715 in the 2020 Census.
Metropolitan Atlanta Metro Atlanta | ||
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 Midtown Atlanta in April 2016 | ||
Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA–AL CSA
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| Country |  United States | |
| State |  Georgia | |
| 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 (2023 estimates) | ||
| • Density | 624/sq mi (243/km2) | |
| • Urban (2020) | 5,100,112 (9th) | |
| • Metro | 6,307,261 (6th) | |
| • CSA | 7,221,137 (10th) | |
| GDP | ||
| • MSA | $525.9 billion (2022) | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) | |
| ZIP codes | 300xx to 303xx | |
| Area codes | 404/678/470/943 inside the perimeter 770/678/470/943 outside the perimeter | |
| Website | www | |
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