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New Census data: Metro Atlanta has surpassed Miami's population
For the first time in modern history, Atlanta lays claim to the largest metropolitan area in the Southeastern United States, according to new U.S. Census population estimates.
Metro Atlanta’s population surged amid pandemic-induced disruptions of 2021, while the Greater Miami Area’s fell, bumping Georgia’s capital into the highest ranking its ever had among U.S. metros, per data released Thursday.
The somber national headline from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 findings is that 73 percent of U.S. counties experienced “natural decrease” last year—a decline in population attributed to more deaths than births. That was up dramatically from 2019, when 45 percent of counties logged natural decrease.
In metro Atlanta’s case, the population tally continued to trend up.
As several large metros declined for the first time in decades, metro Atlanta packed on 42,904 new residents—the sixth largest gain of any city in 2021, per the Census tally. The official estimate now: 6,144,050 residents.
Miami’s metro, covering much of South Florida, lost 32,541 people from 2020, down to just shy of 6.1 million.
Philadelphia's the next one Atlanta's about to pass soon. That one's 6.2 million, with a slower growth rate than Atlanta.
The sun belt is where most of the growth is. Dallas and Houston are projected to hit 10 million each in the 2030's, and will both pass Chicago's population. Atlanta will be up there close to the top 5. Will all depend on how growth rates still look in the 2030's.
Insane that the census just said “actually scratch that whole census count thing our 2020 estimates were right.
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New Census data: Metro Atlanta has surpassed Miami's population
