Atlanta metropolitan area

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 6,411,149 people lived in the Atlanta metropolitan area in 2024.^[2] The City of Atlanta, however, is only the 36th most populous in the U.S., with a population of 498,715 in the 2020 Census.^[4]

Metropolitan Atlanta Metro Atlanta
Metropolitan area
Midtown Atlanta in April 2016
Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA–AL CSA   City of Atlanta   Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division   Marietta, GA Metropolitan Division   Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA   Gainesville, GA MSA   LaGrange, GA–AL µSA   Rome, GA MSA   Jefferson, GA µSA   Calhoun, GA µSA   Cornelia, GA µSA   Cedartown, GA µSA   Thomaston, GA µSA
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  (2024 estimates)
• Density	624/sq mi (243/km2)
• Urban  (2020)[1]	5,100,112 (9th)
• Metro [2]	6,411,149 (8th)
• CSA [2]	7,340,522 (10th)
GDP [3]
• 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.metroatlantachamber.com