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Atlanta is growing
rapidly! In
April 2008 the US
Census Bureau released
population
estimates showing
that Metro Atlanta is the fastest growing major metropolitian area in the country.
Atlanta’s population
has grown by over 1.2 Million people from From April 2000 to April 2008. That's more than 150,000 per year, 12,500 per month, and 560 people per day.
Atlanta Ranks as
Metro with the Largest
Population Increase
since 2000
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Rank
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City, State |
Population Increase
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1 |
Atlanta,
Georgia |
1,204,723 |
2 |
Dallas/Ft.
Worth, Texas |
1,138,462 |
3 |
Pheonix, Arizona |
1,012,736 |
4 |
Houston, Texas |
1,030,023 |
5 |
Riverside, California |
861,050 |
6 |
New York, NY |
664,848 |
7 |
Washington DC |
588,856 |
8 |
Los Angeles, California |
507,181 |
9 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
489,981 |
10 |
Charlotte, NC |
459,810 |
Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Release Date April 16th 2009.
Job
creation is also
significant.
The June 2006 Dice
Report ranks Atlanta
No. 9 in available
jobs, with 2,366
listed. Indeed.com
ranks Atlanta No.
1 in tech number
of jobs per capita,
with 17 per 1000
people.
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