City of Atlanta
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The City of Atlanta originated in 1837 as a railroad terminus on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and was called simply Terminus. As the city’s population grew, it was decided the area needed a new name. First, in 1843, it was renamed Marthasville after Gov. Wilson Lumpkin’s daughter Martha. Two years later it was renamed Atlanta, the origin either being Martha’s middle name “Atalanta,” or the feminized version of Atlantic, as in the railroad company.
Download Atlanta’s demographic profile here (PDF)
City of Atlanta Today City of Atlanta Population 1970 - 2007:
| 1970: 495,039 | 1980: 424,922 | 1990: 415,200 |
| 2000: 416,474 | 2005: 451,600 | 2007: 464,200 | % change, 2000-2007: 11.5% Need more detailed information? Go to the Population & Housing Data page and download the "population variables" spreadsheet
City of Atlanta Housing 2000 - 2007:
| 2007 Housing Units: 219,882 | 2000 Housing Units: 186,998 |
| 2007 Single Family: 103,148 | 2000 Single Family: 95,036 |
| 2007 Multi-family: 115,849 | 2000 Multi-family: 91,032 |
% change in all housing units, 2000-2007: 17.6%
% of single-family Units, 2007: 47%
% of multi-family Units, 2007: 53%
% of mobile homes, 2007: 0%
% change in single-family units, 2000-2007: 8.5%
% change in multi-family units, 2000-2007: 27.3% | |
Need more detailed information?
Go to the Population & Housing Data page and download the "housing variables" spreadsheet
City of Atlanta* TomorrowAtlanta Population 2000 - 2030:
| 2000: 421,453 | 2010: 463,522 | 2020: 517,246 |
| 2030: 602,783 | % change, 2000-2030: 43.0%
Atlanta Employment 2000 - 2030:
| 2000: 437,195 | 2010: 419,596 | 2020: 464,930 |
| 2030: 534,073 | % change, 2000-2030: 22.2%
Need more detailed information?
Get population data at Superdistrict and "neighborhood" or census tract level (Excel)
See map of superdistricts (PDF)
See map of census tracts (PDF)
* For forecasting purposes, the City of Atlanta is comprised of Superdistricts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 21, which are not the exact boundaries of the city.
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