People QuickFacts	Atlanta	Georgia
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	486,411	9,363,941
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	16.8%	14.4%
  	Population, 2000    	416,474	8,186,453
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	6.4%	7.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	22.3%	26.5%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	9.7%	9.6%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	50.4%	50.8% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	33.2%	65.1%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	61.4%	28.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.9%	2.1%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.2%	1.4%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	4.5%	5.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	44.2%	49.2%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	6.6%	7.1%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	10.8%	9.9%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	76.9%	78.6%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	34.6%	24.3%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	28.3	27.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	186,925	3,281,737
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	43.7%	67.5%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$130,600	$111,200 			
  	Households, 2000    	168,147	3,006,369
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.30	2.65
  	Median household income, 1999    	$34,770	$42,433
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$25,772	$21,154
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	24.4%	13.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Atlanta	Georgia
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	16,440,255	201,091,040
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	4,732,270	90,098,578
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$10,670	$10,499
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	2,119,909	12,740,423
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	43,576	674,521
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	19.4%	13.4%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	0.6%	0.7%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	3.6%	4.0%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.0%	2.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	29.9%	29.1% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Atlanta	Georgia
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	131	57,906
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	3,161.1	141.4
  	FIPS Code    	04000	13
 	Counties    	DeKalb County
 Fulton County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts