Demographics of Atlanta
Metro Atlanta
Atlanta MSA in 2000 did not include Butts, Dawson, Haralson, Heard, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, and Pike counties, whose population totalled in 2000: 135,783; in 2010: 156,368 (2.96% of total new 28-county metro) Compares the larger 28-county Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta MSA 2010 with a smaller 20-county Atlanta MSA 2000; however the 8 new counties represent less than 3% of the larger 28-county metro.

Demographics of Atlanta

Section Title: Metro Atlanta
Table Section Text: Atlanta MSA in 2000 did not include Butts, Dawson, Haralson, Heard, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, and Pike counties, whose population totalled in 2000: 135,783; in 2010: 156,368 (2.96% of total new 28-county metro) Compares the larger 28-county Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta MSA 2010 with a smaller 20-county Atlanta MSA 2000; however the 8 new counties represent less than 3% of the larger 28-county metro.

Race, ethnicity, or foreign-born status	Pop. 2010	% of total 2010	Pop. 2000	% of total 2000	absolute change 2000-2010	% change 2000-2010

Total	5,268,860	4,112,198

White only	2,920,480	55.4%	2,589,888	63.0%	330,592	12.8%

Non-Hispanic white only	2,671,757	50.7%	2,447,856	59.5%	223,901	9.1%

Black only	1,707,913	32.4%	1,189,179	28.9%	518,734	43.6%

Asian only and Pacific Islander only	356,956	4.9%	137,640	3.3%	119,316	86.7%

Asian Indian	178,980	1.5%	37,162	0.9%	41,818	112.5%

Korean	93,870	0.8%	22,317	0.5%	21,553	96.6%

Chinese	67,660	0.7%	22,564	0.5%	15,096	66.9%

Vietnamese	56,554	0.7%	23,996	0.6%	12,558	52.3%

Hispanic or Latino of any race	547,400	10.4%	268,851	6.5%	278,549	103.6%

Mexican	314,351	6.0%	165,109	4.0%	149,242	90.4%

Puerto Rican	93,337	0.8%	19,358	0.5%	23,979	123.9%

Cuban	47,648	0.3%	9,206	0.2%	8,442	91.7%

Colombian	42,500	0.3%	8,500	0.1%	33,000	91.7%

Foreign-born	716,434	13.6%	424,519	10.3%	291,915	68.8%

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