The Atlanta Regional Commission forecasts the Atlanta region’s population will hit nearly 8 million people by 2050 – an increase of more than 1.8 million people. So, how will all these people get around our region? Cars, cars, cars and more cars.
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Metro Atlanta’s core population nears 5.1M with uptick in growth, ARC estimates
The population of metro Atlanta’s 11-county core is nearly 5.1 million, showing continued growth that ticked up since the pandemic, according to the latest estimate by the Atlanta Regional Commission
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Rural Georgia emptying; state power liable to shift north
A million more Georgians than 10 years ago.
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Northern suburbs’ ongoing growth evident in Northside Hospital’s expansion
The durability of metro Atlanta’s population growth is evident in the second expansion in three years at Northside Hospital Cherokee, and at Northside’s facilities in Forsyth and Gwinnett counties.
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Reporter’s Notebook: What’s going on with your 63,600 new neighbors
It wouldn’t take many more people to fill Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Metro Atlanta to grow by about one Denver in about 30 years
“It always just kind of boggles my mind to think about the Atlanta region having more than over a million people who are 75 years and older…”
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Why metro Atlanta’s vote matters so much, in a map
It’s no secret Atlanta is a blue dot in a red sea, but a quick look at a map shows why changing the size of that dot just a little bit can swing elections.
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Metro Atlanta absorbed eight of 10 Georgians who arrived in past seven years, Census reports
The latest population estimates from the Census show that metro Atlanta absorbed 81 percent of the state’s population growth through the first seven years of the current decade. This means an estimated 598,000 newcomers landed in the region, while the rest of the entire state absorbed just 144,000 new residents.
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Metro Atlanta population grows by more than 78,000
The 10 counties of metro Atlanta together have absorbed enough new residents to fill a good-sized city in just a year, according to a new estimate.
