About Atlanta

Atlanta is a large city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 420,003 people and 142 constituent neighborhoods, Atlanta is the largest community in Georgia.

Atlanta home prices are not only among the most expensive in Georgia, but Atlanta real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Unlike some cities, Atlanta isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Atlanta are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Atlanta is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Atlanta who work in office and administrative support (13.88%), sales jobs (11.74%) and management occupations (10.86%).

Of important note, Atlanta is also a city of artists. Atlanta has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Atlanta’s character.

Also of interest is that Atlanta has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One thing noticeable about Atlanta, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Atlanta is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Atlanta a great place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun. In fact, Atlanta is one of the top larger cities in America for educated single professionals to flock.

More than many cities in America, people in Atlanta often use public transportation to get to work. While still primarily relying on their cars, Atlanta residents do hop on the bus to get to work fairly regularly. This helps cut down some on traffic and air pollution.

Atlanta Information and Demographics

The citizens of Atlanta are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.64% of adults in Atlanta have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Atlanta in 2000 was $25,772, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,088 for a family of four. However, Atlanta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Atlanta is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Atlanta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Atlanta residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Atlanta include English, Irish and German.

The most common language spoken in Atlanta is English. Some people also speak Spanish.