[81] In December 2019, Atlanta hosted the Miss Universe 2019 pageant competition. Country music artist Travis Tritt, and R&B sensations Xscape, TLC, Usher and Toni Braxton, were just some of the musicians who call Atlanta home. The BeltLine, a former rail corridor that forms a 22mi (35km) loop around Atlanta's core, has been transformed into a series of parks, connected by a multi-use trail, increasing Atlanta's park space by 40%. [158] The Midtown and Cheshire Bridge areas have historically been the epicenters of LGBT culture in Atlanta. They now play as an amateur club in the National Premier Soccer League. Much of southern Atlanta is in the 13th district, represented by Democrat David Scott. Scope: population of Georgia and the Atlanta Area -4% -2% 0% +2% % ref. An enraged and organized lynch mob took him from jail in 1915 and hanged him in Marietta. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 438,939 people (that is 849,414 . The population density was 3,685.45 persons per square mile (1,422.95/km2). [48][49] Van Leer was instrumental in making the school and Atlanta the first major research center in the American South. [64] Construction of the city's subway system began in 1975, with rail service commencing in 1979. The Atlanta Flames (now the Calgary Flames) played from 1972 to 1980, and the Atlanta Thrashers (now the Winnipeg Jets) played from 1999 to 2011. . Metro Atlanta added 64,940 new residents in the past year, or 1.3%, pushing the region's 11-county population to 5.1 million, according to 2021-2022 population estimates released today by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC). [336], Atlanta is home to nationally renowned private colleges and universities, most notably Emory University, a leading liberal arts and research institution that operates Emory Healthcare, the largest health care system in Georgia. They have been unsuccessful in both of their Super Bowl trips, losing to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999 and to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI in 2017,[286] the largest comeback in Super Bowl history. [186][187][188], Atlanta started as a railroad town, and logistics has been a major component of the city's economy to this day. In exchange for support by that portion of the black community that could vote, in 1948 the mayor ordered the hiring of the first eight African-American police officers in the city. organization in the United States. Also completed during the era is the Portman-designed Bank of America Plaza built in 1992. The department also protects HartsfieldJackson with five fire stations on the property, serving over 1million passengers from over 100 countries. [21] Its economy is considered diverse, with dominant sectors in industries including transportation, aerospace, logistics, healthcare, news and media operations, film and television production, information technology, finance, and biomedical research and public policy. Lock The two lane bike track runs from Monroe Drive west to Charles Allen Drive, with connections to the Beltline and Piedmont Park. [85], Atlanta encompasses 134.0 square miles (347.1km2), of which 133.2 square miles (344.9km2) is land and 0.85 square miles (2.2km2) is water. [97] More recently, preservationists may have made some inroads. please see the Vintage 2022 release notes available here: Release Notes. Downtown is home to the city's sporting venues and many of its tourist attractions. Contact Us Enhancing Safety and Equity. [395] 145 gangs operate in Atlanta. It's going to be torn down", "The rise and fall and rise again of Atlanta trap music", "Here are the movies being filmed in Atlanta right now", "How much did 'Fast & Furious 8' spend filming in Georgia? [99] In the mid-1970s, the Fox Theatre, now a cultural icon of the city, would have met the same fate if not for a grassroots effort to save it. Atlanta Jul 13, 2022. Under the Kppen classification, Atlanta has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa)[114] with four distinct seasons and generous precipitation year-round, typical for the Upland South; the city is situated in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8a, with the northern and western suburbs, as well as part of Midtown transitioning to 7b. [119] The heaviest single snowfall occurred on January 23, 1940, with around 10 inches (25cm) of snow. [133], In the 1920s, the black population began to grow in Southern metropolitan cities like Atlanta, Birmingham, Houston, and Memphis. [261], Tourists are drawn to the city's culinary scene,[262] which comprises a mix of urban establishments garnering national attention, ethnic restaurants serving cuisine from every corner of the world, and traditional eateries specializing in Southern dining. [217] This is due to a large population of migrants from other parts of the U.S., in addition to many recent immigrants to the U.S. who have made the metropolitan area their home, establishing Atlanta as the cultural and economic hub of an increasingly multi-cultural metropolitan area. However, significant destinations, such as Emory University and Cumberland, remain unserved. ATL311 website. Later, John Edgar Thomson, Chief Engineer of the Georgia Railroad, suggested the town be renamed Atlanta. [233] During the countercultural 1960s, Atlanta hosted the Atlanta International Pop Festival, with the 1969 festival taking place more than a month before Woodstock and featuring many of the same bands. Home to the nation's largest collections of gorillas and orangutans, the zoo is one of only four zoos in the U.S. to house giant pandas. [56], In the 1960s, Atlanta became a major organizing center of the civil rights movement, with Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and students from Atlanta's historically black colleges and universities playing major roles in the movement's leadership. [268][269] For traditional Southern fare, one of the city's most famous establishments is The Varsity, a long-lived fast food chain and the world's largest drive-in restaurant. Statistics of the Population of the United States", "The South: Vast Resources, Rapid Development, Wonderful Opportunities for Capital and Labor", "New Microscope For Experiment Installed at Tech", "Panthers defeat flu; face Ga. 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Carlos Museum Pictures, Atlanta, GA AOL Travel", "The 19 Best Cities To See Street Art In The United States", "New website provides street art map to murals all over Atlanta", "Rock's Top Southern Sound Viewed as Lynyrd Skynyrd", "Atlanta punk! [354] In 2017 the number of children living in the annexed territory who attended public schools was nine. Although municipal elections are officially nonpartisan, nearly all of the city's elected officials are registered Democrats. [343], The University of Georgia's Terry College of Business has a satellite campus in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, one of the main financial hubs for the city. In Vintage 2022, as a result of the formal request from the state, Connecticut transitioned from eight counties to nine planning regions. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of a 1950 merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, with staff consolidation occurring in 1982 and separate publication of the morning Constitution and afternoon Journal ceasing in 2001. The city's only skate park, a 15,000 square feet (1,400m2) facility that offers bowls, curbs, and smooth-rolling concrete mounds, is at Historic Fourth Ward Park. After Atlanta was awarded the Olympic games in 1990, gentrification expanded into other parts of the city, stimulated by infrastructure improvements undertaken in preparation for the games. The metro area population of Atlanta in 2020 was 5,803,000, a 2% increase from 2019. [50][51], African-American veterans returned from World War II seeking full rights in their country and began heightened activism. [328][329] The City of Atlanta annexed the CDC into its territory effective January 1, 2018. [17][18][19][20], With a gross domestic product (GDP) of $406billion, Atlanta has the tenth largest economy of cities in the U.S. and the 20th largest in the world. [373] Emory University operates its Cliff shuttle buses with 200,000 boardings per month, while private minibuses supply Buford Highway. July averages 80.9F (27.2C), with high temperatures reaching 90F (32C) on an average of 47 days per year, though 100F (38C) readings are not seen most years. [374] The Atlanta Streetcar line is also being expanded on in the coming years to include a wider range of Atlanta's neighborhoods and important places of interest, with a total of over 50 miles (80km) of track in the plan. [360], Atlanta is served by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, its only major daily newspaper with wide distribution. Upon completion, the total combined interconnected trail distance around Atlanta for The Atlanta BeltLine and Silver Comet Trail will be the longest paved trail surface in the U.S. totaling about 300 miles (480km). "[15] In 1946 Georgia Tech secured about $240,000 (equivalent to $3,340,000 in 2021) annually in sponsored research and purchased an electron microscope for $13,000 (equivalent to $180,000 in 2021), the first such instrument in the Southeastern United States and one of few in the United States at the time. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to [385][386], According to the 2016 American Community Survey (five-year average), 68.6% of working city of Atlanta residents commuted by driving alone, 7% carpooled, 10% used public transportation, and 4.6% walked. [325] In 2001, Shirley Franklin became the first woman to be elected mayor of Atlanta, and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major Southern city. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Atlanta, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Atlanta. White 1 Hispanic 2 Black Asian Mixed 1 Other 1 -5.3% 48.8% 54.1% +1.1% 9.84% 8.73% +2.3% 33.5% 31.2% +1.8% 5.46% 3.70% +0.1% 1.92% 1.78% +0.0% 0.50% 0.48% 1 non-Hispanic 2 excluding black and Asian Hispanics Relative Ethno-Racial Composition by Age #3 The building that houses Tech's school of Electrical and Computer Engineering bears his name. [383] In 2012, Atlanta's first "bike track" was constructed on 10th Street in Midtown. [288] The Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association shared an arena with the Hawks for most of their existence; however the WNBA team moved to a smaller arena in the southern Atlanta suburb of College Park in 2021. On the next day, Mayor James Calhoun surrendered Atlanta to the Union Army, and on September 7, Sherman ordered the city's civilian population to evacuate. [30], In 1836, the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western and Atlantic Railroad in order to provide a link between the port of Savannah and the Midwest. Due to the city's superior rail transportation network, the state capital was moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta in 1868. [147], The Hispanic and Latino population in Atlanta and metro Atlanta is growing strong. [189] Delta Air Lines, the city's largest employer and the metro area's third-largest, operates the world's largest airline hub at Hartsfield-Jackson, and it has helped make it the world's busiest airport, in terms of both passenger traffic and aircraft operations. With a 2023 population of 490,270, it is the largest city in Georgia and the 39th largest city in the United States. That's a nearly 19% growth rate, faster than Fulton and DeKalb counties as a whole. [364], Atlanta has a network of freeways that radiate out from the city, and automobiles are the dominant means of transportation in the region. Atlanta also boast American Bar Association accredited law schools: Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, Emory University School of Law, and Georgia State University College of Law. The city also regularly hosts international, professional, and collegiate sporting events. This has altered its demographics, politics, aesthetics, and culture. [89], Atlanta is 21 miles (33km) southeast of Marietta,[90] 27 miles (43km) southwest of Alpharetta, 146 miles (234km) southwest of Greenville, South Carolina,[91] 147 miles (236km) east of Birmingham, Alabama,[92] and 245 miles (394km) southwest of Charlotte, North Carolina. The city also gave birth to Atlanta hip hop, a subgenre that gained relevance and success with the introduction of the home-grown Atlantans known as Outkast, along with other Dungeon Family artists such as Organized Noize and Goodie Mob; however, it was not until the 2000s that Atlanta moved "from the margins to becoming hip-hop's center of gravity with another sub-genre called Crunk, part of a larger shift in hip-hop innovation to the South and East". Overall, there are over 1,000 places of worship within Atlanta. Share sensitive information only on official, An AJC analysis shows a 47% Black population in 2020. Along with the metro Atlanta business community, MAC spearheaded a successful public-private partnership with Fulton County justice partners to fix systemic errors in the criminal data transmission process. [318], The Atlanta Botanical Garden, adjacent to Piedmont Park, contains formal gardens, including a Japanese garden and a rose garden, woodland areas, and a conservatory that includes indoor exhibits of plants from tropical rainforests and deserts. [244] Atlanta doubles for other parts of the world and fictional settlements in blockbuster productions, among them the newer titles from The Fast and the Furious franchise and Marvel features such as Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War (both 2018). Atlanta's performing arts district is concentrated in Midtown Atlanta at the Woodruff Arts Center, which is home to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alliance Theatre. [65] Despite these improvements, Atlanta lost more than 100,000 residents between 1970 and 1990, over 20% of its population. Mexicans are also concentrated along the Buford Highway and I-85 corridor, first noted in the 1990 census, have expanded and now extend well into Gwinnett County. The team plays its home games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, having moved from the Georgia Dome in 2017. Some of that growth was concentrated in core areas. On September 1, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood decided to retreat from Atlanta, and he ordered the destruction of all public buildings and possible assets that could be of use to the Union Army. At 1,050 feet (320m) above mean sea level, Atlanta has the highest elevation among major cities east of the Mississippi River. Most of the city is in the 5th district, represented by Democrat Nikema Williams. [109][110][111] Northwest Atlanta contains the areas of the city to west of Marietta Boulevard and to the north of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, including those neighborhoods remote to downtown, such as Riverside, Bolton and Whittier Mill. If the city were to capture ten percent of metro Atlanta's growth, it would reach a population of 660,000 people by 2030. 51,271 [376] The facility offers air service to over 150 U.S. destinations and more than 75 international destinations in 50 countries, with over 2,500 arrivals and departures daily. [citation needed], Atlanta contains several outdoor attractions. The heavy reliance on automobiles for transportation in Atlanta has resulted in traffic, commute, and air pollution rates that rank among the worst in the country. In 1998 the Atlanta Silverbacks were formed, playing the new North American Soccer League. Lows at or below freezing can be expected 36 nights annually,[119] but the last occurrences of temperatures below 10F (12C) were December 24th, 2022,[119] and January 2014, eight years apart. Since its construction in the 1950s, HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has served as a key engine of the city's economic growth. However, the city rebounded dramatically in the post-war period and quickly became a national industrial center and the unofficial capital of the "New South". [120], Typical of the southeastern U.S., Atlanta receives abundant rainfall that is evenly distributed throughout the year, though late spring and early fall are somewhat drier. The Atlanta metropolitan area is served by two public television stations (both PBS member stations), and two public radio stations. [280], The Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966. These include the Equitable Building (18921971), Terminal Station (19051972), and the Carnegie Library (19021977). [220], Atlanta is one of few United States cities with permanent, professional, and resident companies in all major performing arts disciplines: opera (Atlanta Opera), ballet (Atlanta Ballet), orchestral music (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), and theater (the Alliance Theatre). When the survey was completed, the results revealed that 9,687,653 people were living within the state. [323][324] Every mayor elected since 1973 has been black. [57] By 1970, African Americans were the majority of the city's population and exercised their recently enforced voting rights and political influence by electing Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson, in 1973. Learn More . 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Meet the Mayor; The Mayor's Cabinet; Make an Appointment to Meet the Mayor; . [79] In 2013, the project received a federal grant of $18 million to develop the southwest corridor. [230], Atlanta has become one of the U.S.'s best cities for street art in recent years. [142], Early immigrants in the Atlanta area were mostly Jews and Greeks. The foreign-born Black population in Atlanta has been rapidly increasing. [214][215][216], Atlanta is noted for its lack of Southern culture. [231] It is home to Living Walls, an annual street art conference and the Outerspace Project, an annual event series that merges public art, live music, design, action sports, and culture. [101] The city contains three major high-rise districts, which form a northsouth axis along Peachtree: Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead. Atlanta is projected to have a population of around 590,000 people by 2030. Specifically, homicide decreased by 57%, rape by 72%, and violent crime overall by 55%. Participating Atlanta region colleges and universities partner on joint-degree programs, cross-registration, library services, and cultural events. When asked in 1837 about the future of the little village, Stephen Harriman Long, the railroad's chief engineer said the place would be good "for one tavern, a blacksmith shop, a grocery store, and nothing else". [119] Average dewpoints in the summer range from 63.7F (17.6C) in June to 67.8F (19.9C) in July. About 7.6% worked at home.[387]. [78] The project stimulated retail and residential development along the loop, but has been criticized for its adverse effects on some Black communities. [303] In soccer, Atlanta has hosted numerous international friendlies and CONCACAF Gold Cup matches. Between 1992 and 1996, the Hispanic population of the Atlanta metro area grew to over 231,619 [3] an increase of 110% in just six years. [130][154] Atlanta's dialect has traditionally been a variation of Southern American English. [144][145] Other notable countries immigrants come from are Vietnam, Eritrea, Nigeria, the Arabian gulf, Ukraine and Poland. Atlanta averaged 1.31 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8. [112], Gentrification of the city's neighborhoods is one of the more controversial and transformative forces shaping contemporary Atlanta. Metro Atlanta also has numerous ethnic or national Christian congregations, including Korean and Indian churches. In the 1950s, the city's newly constructed highway system, supported by federal subsidies, allowed middle class Atlantans the ability to relocate to the suburbs. The defense industries attracted thousands of new residents and generated revenues, resulting in rapid population and economic growth. [317] The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, in the northwestern corner of the city, preserves a 48mi (77km) stretch of the river for public recreation opportunities. The second public radio, listener-funded NPR member station is WCLK, a jazz music station owned and operated by Clark Atlanta University. Following the announcement, the city government undertook several major construction projects to improve Atlanta's parks, sporting venues, and transportation infrastructure; however, for the first time, none of the $1.7billion cost of the games was governmentally funded. Increased racial tensions led to the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906, when whites attacked blacks, leaving at least 27 people dead and over 70 injured, with extensive damage in black neighborhoods. For more information, please visit the 2021 5-year ACS Comparison Guidance page. [397], Emergency ambulance services are provided to city residents by hospital-based Grady EMS (Fulton County),[398] and American Medical Response (DeKalb County). Atlanta regularly hosts a variety of sporting events. The Chattahoochee River long formed a border between the Coastal Southern and Southern Appalachian dialects. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, although a portion of the city extends into neighboring DeKalb County. [153] 7.3% of Atlantans were born abroad (86th in the US). As a result, the city began to make up an ever-smaller proportion of the metropolitan area's population. [citation needed], Historically, Atlanta has been a stronghold for the Democratic Party. 2021 Population 10,799,566. Compared with a year earlier, the average home price in Atlanta plummeted to 17.3% in February 2012, thus becoming the largest annual drop in the history of the index for any American or global city. [130] The median income for a household in the city was $66,657. [361] Alternative weekly newspapers include Creative Loafing, which has a weekly print circulation of 80,000. [69][70] Much of the city's demographic change during the decade was driven by young, college-educated professionals: from 2000 to 2009, the three-mile radius surrounding Downtown Atlanta gained 9,722 residents aged 25 to 34 and holding at least a four-year degree, an increase of 61%. A .gov website belongs to an official government With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, it is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. Each of metro Atlanta's 11 counties saw population increases in the past year. [71] This was similar to the tendency in other cities for young, college educated, single or married couples to live in downtown areas. [239] Trap music became popular in Atlanta, and has since become a hub for popular trap artists and producers due to the success of Lil Baby, T.I., Young Jeezy, 21 Savage, Gucci Mane, Future, Migos, Lil Yachty, Playboi Carti, Waka Flocka Flame, 2 Chainz, and Young Thug.
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