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[Martinman]

Atlanta's (MSA) population surpasses 5 million.

The 2006 estimate is 5,138,223 up 166,000 from 2005

AJC aritcle

Also here's an interactive map on the AJC with population figures for all GA counties.


Georgia's 2006 Population by county

Edit:  Adding Gainesville MSA, and the micropolitan areas of Cedartown, GA, LaGrange, GA, Thomaston, GA, and Valley, AL:
results in a  CSA  of 5,478,667

Edited by Martinman, 22 March 2007 - 01:51 PM.

[Pillsbury]

Way to go Atlanta.  I was walking in to eat lunch today at a restaurant and the three guys ahead of me stopped, pointed at the AJC box, and one said, "Man, how big is it going to get?"  That is a good question.

In all probability you'll get an extra resident from Augusta this Summer!!! They just keeping coming and coming!!!

[pksiv]

Pillsbury, on Mar 22 2007, 12:50 PM, said:

Way to go Atlanta.  I was walking in to eat lunch today at a restaurant and the three guys ahead of me stopped, pointed at the AJC box, and one said, "Man, how big is it going to get?"  That is a good question.

In all probability you'll get an extra resident from Augusta this Summer!!! They just keeping coming and coming!!!

I'll be happier when the City gets to 1 Million. It'll mean a real move in the right direction and provide the density this city needs.

[markusparkus]

Pillsbury, on Mar 22 2007, 01:50 PM, said:

Way to go Atlanta.  I was walking in to eat lunch today at a restaurant and the three guys ahead of me stopped, pointed at the AJC box, and one said, "Man, how big is it going to get?"  That is a good question.

In all probability you'll get an extra resident from Augusta this Summer!!! They just keeping coming and coming!!!

Should be quite a change of pace from Auguuuuusssstaaaa...as my relatives say it.  

[Pillsbury]

^ Hehe.  Although they were probably having a little fun at Augusta's expense,  is there a reason why people in Savannah and Augusta drag everything out when they talk?  I mean, it's like Gone With The Wind mixed with that one guy off Dazed and Confused.

Either way, it'll be like moving from a slow-moving creek to white water rafting.  I'm just waiting on that cool two-bedroom $600 a month apartment to open up in Virginia-Highlands.  

Edited by Pillsbury, 22 March 2007 - 01:17 PM.

[ryanmckibben]

Pillsbury, on Mar 22 2007, 02:16 PM, said:

I'm just waiting on that cool two-bedroom $600 a month apartment to open up in Virginia-Highlands.  

...and waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

[teshadoh]

My present-wife & I had a 2 bed apt. in 1997 for $550 & it was a total dive, think "Slums of Virginia Highlands".

[Pillsbury]

ryanmckibben, on Mar 22 2007, 03:51 PM, said:

...and waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

and waiting and wating...........

teshadoh, on Mar 22 2007, 07:46 PM, said:

My present-wife & I had a 2 bed apt. in 1997 for $550 & it was a total dive, think "Slums of Virginia Highlands".

Yeah, somehow I think the closest I can get to Atlanta for $600 a month is.....well....Madison.  

[Andrea]

Pillsbury, on Mar 22 2007, 09:16 PM, said:

and waiting and wating...........
Yeah, somehow I think the closest I can get to Atlanta for $600 a month is.....well....Madison.  

Heh.  The first house we bought in VA-Highland cost a staggering $43,000 in 1978.  Our friends thought we had lost our minds.

[Pillsbury]

^ I'm speechless........

[Martinman]

estimates for the largest metro counties

• Fulton - 960,009
  
• Gwinnett - 757,104
  
• Dekalb - 723,602
  
• Cobb - 679,325
  
• Calyton - 271,240
  
• Cherokee - 195,327
  
• Henry - 178,033
  
• Forsyth - 150,968
  
• Paulding - 121,530
  
• Douglas - 119,557
  
• Coweta - 115,291
  
• Carroll - 107,325
  
• Fayette - 106,671

[ryanmckibben]

Pillsbury, on Mar 22 2007, 09:16 PM, said:

and waiting and wating...........
Yeah, somehow I think the closest I can get to Atlanta for $600 a month is.....well....Madison.  

I have a friend who just found an apartment in Va-Hi for $575 per month...I think I've seen everything.

[krazeeboi]

ryanmckibben, on Mar 27 2007, 03:45 PM, said:

I have a friend who just found an apartment in Va-Hi for $575 per month...I think I've seen everything.

How big/old is it? That sounds like a steal to me.

[pksiv]

krazeeboi, on Mar 27 2007, 03:00 PM, said:

How big/old is it? That sounds like a steal to me.

Here you go. 2br's in VaHi for $600/month

http://atlanta.craig.../281790970.html

or for a list of others between $500-700/month
http://atlanta.craig...q...0&bedrooms=

[Pillsbury]

Amazing!!!  Thanks everyone.

[Andrea]

Martinman, on Mar 27 2007, 11:41 AM, said:

estimates for the largest metro counties

• Fulton - 960,009
  
• Gwinnett - 757,104
  
• Dekalb - 723,602
  
• Cobb - 679,325
  
• Calyton - 271,240
  
• Cherokee - 195,327
  
• Henry - 178,033
  
• Forsyth - 150,968
  
• Paulding - 121,530
  
• Douglas - 119,557
  
• Coweta - 115,291
  
• Carroll - 107,325
  
• Fayette - 106,671

I wonder how that ranking will change if Milton County splits off?  My guess would be that Milton becomes no. 4 and Fulton becomes no. 5, although they'll both be considerably behind the Big 3.

[mrchris386]

Damn, i didn't realize Coweta was over 100k.... Explains why i see so much damn traffic around here in Newnan. lol

Edited by mrchris386, 27 March 2007 - 10:14 PM.

[Hybrid0NE]

Andrea, on Mar 27 2007, 09:58 PM, said:

I wonder how that ranking will change if Milton County splits off?  My guess would be that Milton becomes no. 4 and Fulton becomes no. 5, although they'll both be considerably behind the Big 3.

What are the borders of this proposed "Milton County"? I doubt that it could be larger than Fulton unless it took in whole city limits north of I-20.

[Pillsbury]

I'm not sure.  The original Milton County wasn't too large, but I think the one they want to create will extend all the way down to almost Buckhead.....

[krazeeboi]

pksiv, on Mar 27 2007, 05:09 PM, said:

Here you go. 2br's in VaHi for $600/month

http://atlanta.craig.../281790970.html

or for a list of others between $500-700/month
http://atlanta.craig...q...0&bedrooms=

Wow. I'll have to remember VaHi if I wind up in Atlanta sometime in the future.