Metro Atlanta

Metro Atlanta
Metro Atlanta
Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA; Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Midtown Atlanta
Map of Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–; Sandy Springs, GA–AL CSA	City of Atlanta ; Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA MSA Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA Marietta, GA ; Other Statistical Areas in the Atlanta CSA 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
	City of Atlanta ; Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA MSA Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA Marietta, GA ; Other Statistical Areas in the Atlanta CSA 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; Alabama
Area
• Metro	8,376 sq mi (21,694 km2)
• CSA	10,494.03 sq mi (27,179.4 km2)
Elevation	607–4,452 ft (185–1,357 m)
Population (2023 estimates)
• Density	630/sq mi (243/km2)
• Urban (2020)	5,100,112 (9th)
• Metro	6,411,149 (8th)
• CSA	7,221,137 (10th)
GDP
• Metro	$570.663 billion (2023)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	300xx to 303xx
Area codes	404/678/470/943 inside the perimeter 770/678/470/943/334 outside the perimeter

Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the eighth-largest in the United States, based on the July 1, 2024 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Its economic, cultural, and demographic center is Atlanta, and its total population was 6,411,149 in the 2024 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The core 5 counties of metropolitan Atlanta are Fulton, Gwinnett, Cobb, DeKalb, and Clayton, with over 60% of the metro area’s population residing in these counties. The metro area forms the core of a broader trading area, the Atlanta–Athens–Clarke County–Sandy Springs combined statistical area. The combined statistical area spans up to 39 counties in North Georgia. The CSA recorded in the 2020 U.S. census a population of 6,930,423. One in ten (10.7%) of residents served by the Atlanta Regional Commission (including the core 5 counties of the metropolitan area) live within Atlanta city limits.