 | This article needs to be updated. (January 2021) |
| Demographics of Atlanta | |
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 Population pyramid of Atlanta in 2021 | |
| Population | 498,715 (2020) |
Atlanta is the capital and largest city in the state of Georgia. It ranks as the 36th-largest city in the United States, and the eighth-largest in the southeastern region. 2020 census results varied dramatically with previous Census Bureau estimates, counting a record 498,715 residents. Atlanta is the core city of the eighth most populous United States metropolitan area at 6,104,803 (est. 2020), with a combined statistical area of 6,930,423.[1][2] For the first time since the 1960 Census, the 2020 Census revealed Atlanta is no longer majority African American. Atlanta has strongly increased in diversity in recent decades and is projected to continue.[3][4]
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