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City in Georgia

Atlanta, GA

Fulton County

Capital city of the U.S. state of Georgia and seat of Fulton County, also located in DeKalb County.

Population
520,070 (2024)
Density
3,844 / sq mi
Land area
135.3 sq mi
Water area
1.1 sq mi
Elevation
738 ft
Founded
1845
Coordinates
33.7629, -84.4227

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Photos of Atlanta

  • English Avenue School

    Keizers · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • English Avenue overgrowth

    Keizers · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • English Avenue abandoned houses

    Keizers · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • John F. Kennedy Park

    Keizers · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Abandoned building, Joseph E. Boone Blvd.

    Keizers · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Sunset Avenue houses - Herndon - MBC

    Keizers · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Sunset Avenue house

    Keizers · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Sunset Avenue side street - Georgia Dome

    Keizers · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Climate

July average high
90°F
January average low
34°F
Annual rainfall
48.1 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 54° 34° Jan 4.3"
  2. 58° 37° Feb 4.3"
  3. 66° 43° Mar 4.5"
  4. 74° 50° Apr 3.6"
  5. 81° 58° May 3.6"
  6. 87° 67° Jun 3.8"
  7. 90° 70° Jul 5.0"
  8. 89° 69° Aug 4.0"
  9. 84° 63° Sep 3.4"
  10. 75° 51° Oct 3.6"
  11. 64° 41° Nov 3.8"
  12. 56° 36° Dec 4.2"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Atlanta Fulton Co Ap (10 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Atlanta ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$81,938
Median rent
$1,617 / mo
Median home value
$420,600
Median age
34.0
Unemployment
5.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher
58.4%
Poverty rate
17.9%
Renter-occupied homes
53.7%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
138
Students enrolled
93,583
Students per teacher
13.5 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
63.6%
Charter schools
23.9%
School districts serving the city
17

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Districts: Atlanta Public Schools, Dekalb County, Fulton County, Department Of Juvenile Justice, Department Of Human Resources

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
30.3%
No leisure-time physical activity
22.2%
Adults with diabetes
12.4%
Adults who smoke
11.6%
Frequent mental distress
16.2%
Sleeping under 7 hours
40.9%
Adults without health insurance
10.9%
Routine checkup in past year
77.9%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
84.6%
Share of city that is parkland
8.1%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
13.8
Median air quality index (county)
49
Unhealthy air days (county)
4

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
90.3%
Households with no internet
6.4%
Average commute
26.8 min
Work from home
26.6%
Commute by transit
6.4%
Commute on foot
4.2%
Commute by bike
0.7%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Fulton County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 8 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Lightning: very high
  • Riverine flooding: relatively high
  • Tornado: relatively high
  • Earthquake: relatively moderate

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 30303
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  • 30306
  • 30307
  • 30308
  • 30309
  • 30310
  • 30311
  • 30312
  • 30313
  • 30314
  • 30315
  • 30316
  • 30317
  • 30318
  • 30319
  • 30322
  • 30324
  • 30326
  • 30327
  • 30329
  • 30331
  • 30332
  • 30334
  • 30342
  • 30354
  • 30363