Atlanta is a large city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 416,629 people and 142 constituent neighborhoods, Atlanta is the largest community in Georgia.

Atlanta is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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 jobs (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.

Atlanta is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Atlanta is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

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 the 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.

Atlanta is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Atlanta home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Atlanta is 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.