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Atlanta, GA MSA Population
and Components of Change
(1999 MSA Definition)

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 1,761,575-- ----
1971 1,832,0004.070,425 ----
1972 1,893,3003.361,300 ----
1973 1,959,5003.566,200 ----
1974 2,011,9002.752,400 ----
1975 2,029,1000.917,200 ----
1976 2,052,8001.223,700 ----
1977 2,093,3002.040,500 ----
1978 2,132,7001.939,400 ----
1979 2,191,7002.859,000 ----
1980 2,233,2361.941,536 ----
1981 2,297,4102.964,174 45,40419,735--
1982 2,346,0662.148,656 36,41515,837--
1983 2,408,0992.662,033 36,88816,135--
1984 2,483,5263.175,427 37,90416,719--
1985 2,577,1913.893,665 40,18617,288--
1986 2,671,0213.693,830 42,76917,954--
1987 2,764,4933.593,472 45,50418,387--
1988 2,846,2023.081,709 48,02918,862--
1989 2,912,1952.365,993 50,25119,508--
1990 2,959,5001.647,305 38,53914,841--
1991 3,070,8983.8111,398 64,92324,1537,56445,698
1992 3,165,8773.194,979 52,22520,1027,25741,365
1993 3,274,2363.4108,359 52,72321,1707,40155,358
1994 3,393,8093.7119,573 53,58121,6657,25866,198
1995 3,511,8883.5118,079 54,43322,0209,23560,376
1996 3,629,9933.4118,105 55,73923,4629,64259,969
1997 3,748,3563.3118,363 58,35622,78611,11853,580
1998 3,877,4943.4129,138 60,43423,46111,31762,741
1999 4,009,8363.4132,342 61,40123,66211,78861,466
2000 4,112,1982.6102,362 ----
2001 4,293,2564.4181,058 88,11032,14835,12560,834
2002 4,412,4222.8119,166 71,24126,02825,96523,831
2003 4,527,2802.6114,858 72,43526,28822,40920,398
2004 4,654,2542.8126,974 74,67426,92621,12230,737
2005 4,795,9463.0141,692 75,73926,36721,95849,100
2006 4,961,2353.4165,289 78,99227,26622,17193,336
2007 5,105,6312.9144,396 80,84028,81920,02372,877
2008 5,218,1502.2112,519 81,94829,70620,14541,291
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates. The MSAs are based on the 1999 MSA definition.

 
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