Metro Atlanta adds 65,000 residents, population hits 5.1 million – Reporter Newspapers & Atlanta Intown

Metro Atlanta has added practically 65,000 residents up to now 12 months, in line with new inhabitants estimates from the Atlanta Regional Fee.

That pushes the inhabitants of 11-county area to roughly 5.1 million, says ARC.

The current inhabitants acquire is up from 2020-2021 when there have been 59,190 new residents, however nonetheless decrease than the common annual improve metro Atlanta skilled within the 2010s.

Every of the 11 counties noticed inhabitants will increase from 2021 to 2022, with Gwinnett including essentially the most new residents – 13,460. Fulton County added 11,200 residents, and DeKalb added 5,430.

The town of Atlanta noticed 5,070 new residents between 2021 and 2022, increased than the three,230 residents added the earlier 12 months.

ARC says a powerful improve in constructing permits and a fuller restoration from pandemic-driven job losses is driving the inhabitants acquire.

“We’re clearly recovering from the preliminary shock of the pandemic in 2020,” Anna Roach, govt director of ARC, stated in a press launch. “These inhabitants beneficial properties are encouraging, and they’re a testomony to the standard of life metro Atlanta provides. As we glance to the long run, we should proceed to work on housing affordability, entry to transit, transportation infrastructure, and different important points in order that we foster a area the place everybody thrives.”

The 11-county metro Atlanta area consists of Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties, in addition to town of Atlanta and 74 different cities.