Metro Atlanta’s Population Keeps Growing

The Atlanta region continues to attract newcomers.

Despite inflation and surging home prices, the job market remains robust. And this means more folks are calling metro Atlanta home.

The 11-county region added 65,000 new residents from April 2021 to April 2022, according to ARC’s 2022 population estimates. This may not seem like much, but it is roughly equivalent to adding another Alpharetta to the mix.

Year over year, the population boost equals a 1.3% increase, slightly ahead of the 1.2% gain in 2020-2021, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Let’s take a look at what growth looks like in our region.

Where is the growth?

Each of metro Atlanta’s 11 counties saw an influx of newcomers, with the region’s population surging to just shy of 5.1 million, a record. The City of Atlanta added 5,070 new residents, a bounce-back from the previous year.