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Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area is made up of 29 counties in Georgia; the largest are Fulton County, Gwinnett County, and Cobb County. About 6,482,182 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 6.1% more than in April 2020.

Barrow County, outlyingBartow County, outlyingButts County, outlyingCarroll County, outlyingCherokee County, centralClayton County, centralCobb County, centralCoweta County, centralDawson County, centralDeKalb County, centralDouglas County, centralFayette County, centralForsyth County, centralFulton County, centralGwinnett County, centralHaralson County, outlyingHeard County, outlyingHenry County, centralJasper County, outlyingLumpkin County, outlyingMeriwether County, outlyingMorgan County, outlyingNewton County, centralPaulding County, centralPickens County, outlyingPike County, outlyingRockdale County, centralSpalding County, outlyingWalton County, centralAtlantaSandy SpringsRoswell
Central Outlying 29 counties in Georgia
Population, July 2025
6,482,182 6.1% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
29: 16 central, 13 outlying
Land area
8,784 sq mi (22,751 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Georgia
Combined statistical area
Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL
CBSA code
12060
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Counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Fulton CountyCentral1,098,79117.0%
Gwinnett CountyCentral1,018,09915.7%
Cobb CountyCentral793,34512.2%
DeKalb CountyCentral774,39411.9%
Cherokee CountyCentral299,2734.6%
Clayton CountyCentral297,4714.6%
Forsyth CountyCentral282,8054.4%
Henry CountyCentral264,9224.1%
Paulding CountyCentral190,9962.9%
Coweta CountyCentral160,2402.5%
Douglas CountyCentral154,2932.4%
Carroll CountyOutlying131,0362.0%
Newton CountyCentral125,5831.9%
Fayette CountyCentral125,1561.9%
Bartow CountyOutlying120,8001.9%
Walton CountyCentral112,6961.7%
Barrow CountyOutlying99,7731.5%
Rockdale CountyCentral98,4161.5%
Spalding CountyOutlying70,7751.1%
Pickens CountyOutlying37,1670.6%
Lumpkin CountyOutlying36,1780.6%
Dawson CountyCentral35,3650.5%
Haralson CountyOutlying33,0660.5%
Butts CountyOutlying27,2180.4%
Morgan CountyOutlying22,0950.3%
Meriwether CountyOutlying21,5160.3%
Pike CountyOutlying20,9320.3%
Jasper CountyOutlying17,6320.3%
Heard CountyOutlying12,1490.2%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Atlanta505,268 people
  2. Sandy Springs107,087 people
  3. Roswell92,621 people
  4. Alpharetta66,855 people
  5. Marietta62,263 people
  6. Dunwoody51,758 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Metropolitan divisions

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area is big enough to be split into 2 metropolitan divisions, each a job center with the counties that commute to it.

Part of the Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 9 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Gainesville, GA Metro Area226,568 people
  2. Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area224,148 people
  3. LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area107,097 people
  4. Rome, GA Metro Area101,378 people
  5. Jefferson, GA Micro Area99,265 people
  6. Calhoun, GA Micro Area61,701 people
  7. Cornelia, GA Micro Area50,416 people
  8. Cedartown, GA Micro Area45,514 people
  9. Thomaston, GA Micro Area28,500 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Gainesville, GA Metro Area50 mi northeast
  2. Cedartown, GA Micro Area51 mi west
  3. Jefferson, GA Micro Area54 mi northeast
  4. Rome, GA Metro Area56 mi northwest
  5. Calhoun, GA Micro Area59 mi northwest
  6. Thomaston, GA Micro Area60 mi south
  7. Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area62 mi east
  8. LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area62 mi southwest
  9. Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area78 mi southeast
  10. Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area90 mi south

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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