As the title states, the 2017 estimates from the US Census Bureau were released yesterday.
Here's what they show:
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA - 5,884,736 (+89,013 from 2016, 1.5% growth)
Top 5 fastest growing MSAs
1. Dallas
2. Houston
3. Atlanta
4. Phoenix
5. Washington D.C.
Counties
Forsyth - 227,967 (+7,900 from 2016, 3.59% growth)
Cherokee - 247,573 (+5,973 from 2016, 2.47% growth)
Henry - 225,814 (+4,458 from 2016, 2.01% growth)
Paulding - 159,445 (+6,071 from 2016, 2.62% growth)
Coweta - 143,114 (+2,641 from 2016, 1.88% growth)
Fayette - 112,549 (+1,301 from 2016, 1.17% growth)
Douglas - 143,882 (+1,861 from 2016, 1.31% growth)
Barrow - 79,061 (+1,970 from 2016, 2.56% growth)
Clayton - 285,153 (+5,147 from 2016, 1.84% growth)
Meriwether - 21,049 (-23 from 2016, -0.11% decline)
Spalding - 65,380 (+827 from 2016, 1.28% growth)
Butts - 24,059 (+349 from 2016, 1.47% growth)
Pike - 18,217 (+294 from 2016, 1.64% growth)
Lamar - 18,599 (+129 from 2016, 0.70% growth)
Rockdale - 90,312 (+937 from 2016, 1.05% growth)
Newton - 108,078 (+1,498 from 2016, 1.41% growth)
Heard - 11,730 (+156 from 2016, 1.35% growth)
Carroll - 117,812 (+1,521 from 2016, 1.31% growth)
Haralson - 29,256 (+423 from 2016, 1.47% growth)
Polk - 42,085 (+715 from 2016, 0.85% growth)
Bartow - 105,054 (+1,623 from 2016, 1.57% growth)
Dawson - 24,379 (+766 from 2016, 3.24% growth)
Jasper - 13,964 (+143 from 2016, 1.03% growth)
DeKalb - 753,253 (+6,563 from 2016, 0.88% growth)
Gwinnett - 920,260 (+13,159 from 2016, 1.45% growth)
Cobb - 755,754 (+5,277 from 2016, 0.70% growth)
Fulton - 1,041,423 (+17,175 from 2016, 1.68% growth)
Observations:
*Forsyth's explosive growth continues
*Henry remains the fastest growing county south of I-20.
*Coweta should surpass Douglas in population by 2018
*DeKalb may surpass Cobb in population by the 2020 census
*Only Meriwether saw a population decline
*Atlanta is now growing faster than Phoenix