The metro Atlanta area has grown to include 20 surounding counties. Learn more about these counties by clicking on the map below.

Barrow - Bartow - Carroll - Cherokee - Clayton - Cobb - Coweta - DeKalb - Douglas - Fayette
Forsyth - Fulton - Gwinnett - Hall - Henry - Jackson - Newton - Paulding - Rockdale - Walton

Facts about Atlanta and surrounding areas:

• 15 Fortune 500 and 24 Fortune 1000 businesses headquartered here, ie, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Georgia Pacific, Delta Airlines, United Parcel Service (Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce).
• Rated best place to locate a business by Fortune Magazine
• Rated 4th for job growth.
• Rated 5th for transportation.
• Rated 4th by Money Magazine for projected appreciation.
• Rated 6th for economic growth.
• Rated 3rd hottest metro market by Wall Street Journal.
• Rated 1st as the top metro area for job creation.
• 2005 population = 5,088,035
• Includes approximately 6,208 square miles.
• Home to more than 120,000 businesses
• Median Age = 33
• Average Household Effective Buying Income = $58,568
• Atlanta's city limits are primarily within Fulton County.
• Atlanta's main airport is Hartsfield-Jackson International, the busiest airport in the nation.
• Atlanta is the capital of Georgia.
• The State of Georgia is led by Republican Governor Sonny Perdue and a General Assembly.
• The City of Atlanta is governed by a mayor and a 15-member City Council. Mayor - Shirley Franklin. Common Council President - Cathy Woolard
• Atlanta is the home of the World’s Largest Aquarium, Georgia Aquarium, opened on November 23rd 2005. With 8 million gallons of fresh and marine water, and more than 100,000 animals representing 500 species from around the globe, you’re sure to see things you’ve never seen before!

* Various sources have been used to generate the facts and figures shown above.