The U.S. State of Georgia statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 7 combined statistical areas , 15 metropolitan statistical areas , and 24 micropolitan statistical areas within Georgia.[ 1] Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA , encompassing 42 counties in Georgia and one in Alabama , anchored by Georgia's capital and largest city, Atlanta .
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico .[ 2] United States Census Bureau , planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA ) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents ) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[ 2] [ 2] metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[ 2]
The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[ 2] primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.
The 46 United States statistical areas and 159 counties of the State of Georgia [ a]
Combined statistical area[ 1]
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
Core-based statistical area[ 1]
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
County
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
Metropolitan division[ 1]
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA 7,241,538 (GA )
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA MSA
6,327,662
Fulton County, Georgia
1,079,105
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MD
4,934,074
Gwinnett County, Georgia
983,526
DeKalb County, Georgia
762,992
Clayton County, Georgia
298,300
Forsyth County, Georgia
272,887
Henry County, Georgia
254,613
Coweta County, Georgia
155,892
Douglas County, Georgia
149,160
Carroll County, Georgia
127,098
Fayette County, Georgia
123,351
Newton County, Georgia
120,135
Walton County, Georgia
106,702
Rockdale County, Georgia
95,987
Barrow County, Georgia
92,792
Spalding County, Georgia
69,946
Pickens County, Georgia
35,969
Lumpkin County, Georgia
35,258
Dawson County, Georgia
31,732
Butts County, Georgia
26,887
Morgan County, Georgia
21,460
Meriwether County, Georgia
20,931
Pike County, Georgia
20,461
Lamar County, Georgia
20,401
Jasper County, Georgia
16,455
Heard County, Georgia
12,034
Cobb County, Georgia
776,743
Marietta, GA MD
1,393,588
Cherokee County, Georgia
286,602
Paulding County, Georgia
183,164
Bartow County, Georgia
115,041
Haralson County, Georgia
32,038
Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA
222,060
Clarke County, Georgia
129,933
none
Oconee County, Georgia
43,588
Madison County, Georgia
32,191
Oglethorpe County, Georgia
15,754
Gainesville, GA MSA
217,267
Hall County, Georgia
217,267
LaGrange, GA-AL μSA 104,821 (GA)
Troup County, Georgia
70,742
Chambers County, Alabama 34,079
Rome, GA MSA
100,113
Floyd County, Georgia
100,113
Jefferson, GA μSA
88,615
Jackson County, Georgia
88,615
Calhoun, GA μSA
59,757
Gordon County, Georgia
59,757
Cornelia, GA μSA
48,757
Habersham County, Georgia
48,757
Cedartown, GA μSA
44,223
Polk County, Georgia
44,223
Thomaston, GA μSA
28,263
Upson County, Georgia
28,263
Savannah-Hinesville-Statesboro, GA CSA
640,193
Savannah, GA MSA
424,935
Chatham County, Georgia
303,655
Effingham County, Georgia
71,541
Bryan County, Georgia
49,739
Statesboro, GA μSA
95,081
Bulloch County, Georgia
84,327
Evans County, Georgia
10,754
Hinesville, GA MSA
88,804
Liberty County, Georgia
69,210
Long County, Georgia
19,594
Jesup, GA μSA
31,373
Wayne County, Georgia
31,373
Macon-Bibb County--Warner Robins, GA CSA
436,853
Macon-Bibb County, GA MSA
236,074
Bibb County, Georgia
156,512
Monroe County, Georgia
30,625
Jones County, Georgia
28,969
Crawford County, Georgia
12,277
Twiggs County, Georgia
7,691
Warner Robins, GA MSA
200,779
Houston County, Georgia
171,974
Peach County, Georgia
28,805
none
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA 629,429 (GA)
Richmond County, Georgia
205,414
Aiken County, South Carolina 177,130
Columbia County, Georgia
165,162
Edgefield County, South Carolina 27,607
Burke County, Georgia
24,438
McDuffie County, Georgia
21,799
Lincoln County, Georgia
7,879
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL CSA 1,003,363 (GA)
Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA 580,971 (GA)
Hamilton County, Tennessee 379,864
Walker County, Georgia
69,489
Catoosa County, Georgia
68,910
Marion County, Tennessee 29,382
Sequatchie County, Tennessee 17,161
Dade County, Georgia
16,165
Dalton, GA MSA
144,722
Whitfield County, Georgia
103,687
Murray County, Georgia
41,035
Cleveland, TN MSA 129,612
Bradley County, Tennessee 111,579
Polk County, Tennessee 18,033
Athens, TN μSA 69,369
McMinn County, Tennessee 55,678
Meigs County, Tennessee 13,691
Scottsboro, AL μSA 53,467
Jackson County, Alabama 53,467
Summerville, GA μSA
25,222
Chattooga County, Georgia
25,222
Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA 566,030 (GA)
Columbus, GA-AL MSA 323,768 (GA)
Muscogee County, Georgia
201,877
Russell County, Alabama 58,774
Harris County, Georgia
36,654
Chattahoochee County, Georgia
8,661
Marion County, Georgia
7,440
Talbot County, Georgia
5,718
Stewart County, Georgia
4,674
Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA 201,585
Lee County, Alabama 183,215
Alexander City, AL μSA 40,677
Tallapoosa County, Alabama 40,677
none
Valdosta, GA MSA
151,118
Lowndes County, Georgia
120,712
Brooks County, Georgia
16,245
Lanier County, Georgia
10,452
Echols County, Georgia
3,709
Albany, GA MSA
145,508
Dougherty County, Georgia
82,645
Lee County, Georgia
33,872
Worth County, Georgia
20,273
Terrell County, Georgia
8,718
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA MSA
116,074
Glynn County, Georgia
86,172
Brantley County, Georgia
18,401
McIntosh County, Georgia
11,501
Thomasville, GA μSA
71,715
Thomas County, Georgia
45,649
Grady County, Georgia
26,066
Dublin, GA μSA
59,223
Laurens County, Georgia
49,941
Johnson County, Georgia
9,282
Jacksonville-Palatka-St. Marys, FL-GA CSA 1,847,313 (GA)
Jacksonville, FL MSA 1,713,240
Duval County, Florida 1,030,822
St. Johns County, Florida 320,110
Clay County Florida 232,439
Nassau County Florida 101,501
Baker County Florida 28,368
Palatka, FL μSA 75,955
Putnam County Florida 75,955
Kingsland, GA μSA
58,118
Camden County, Georgia
58,118
none
Waycross, GA μSA
56,668
Ware County, Georgia
36,243
Pierce County, Georgia
20,425
Douglas, GA μSA
51,610
Coffee County, Georgia
43,317
Atkinson County, Georgia
8,293
Tifton, GA μSA
50,463
Tift County, Georgia
41,554
Turner County, Georgia
8,909
Moultrie, GA μSA
46,167
Colquitt County, Georgia
46,167
Milledgeville, GA μSA
43,396
Baldwin County, Georgia
43,396
Vidalia, GA μSA
35,801
Toombs County, Georgia
27,040
Montgomery County, Georgia
8,761
Americus, GA μSA
33,416
Sumter County, Georgia
28,890
Schley County, Georgia
4,526
Tallahassee-Bainbridge, FL-GA CSA 421,732 (GA)
Tallahassee, FL MSA 392,645
Leon County Florida 296,913
Gadsden County Florida 43,833
Wakulla County Florida 36,449
Jefferson County Florida 15,450
Bainbridge, GA μSA
28,982
Decatur County, Georgia
28,982
none
Toccoa, GA μSA
27,228
Stephens County, Georgia
27,228
Cordele, GA μSA
19,631
Crisp County, Georgia
19,631
Fitzgerald, GA μSA
17,128
Ben Hill County, Georgia
17,128
Eufaula, AL-GA μSA 26,865 (GA)
Barbour County, Alabama 24,585
Quitman County, Georgia
2,280
none
Gilmer County, Georgia
32,860
White County, Georgia
29,026
Hart County, Georgia
27,556
Union County, Georgia
27,124
Fannin County, Georgia
25,955
Franklin County, Georgia
24,782
Tattnall County, Georgia
24,296
Putnam County, Georgia
23,129
Emanuel County, Georgia
23,119
Mitchell County, Georgia
21,114
Greene County, Georgia
20,722
Elbert County, Georgia
20,013
Washington County, Georgia
19,820
Banks County, Georgia
19,789
Dodge County, Georgia
19,776
Berrien County, Georgia
18,570
Appling County, Georgia
18,457
Cook County, Georgia
17,714
Rabun County, Georgia
17,442
Jefferson County, Georgia
15,183
Jeff Davis County, Georgia
14,906
Screven County, Georgia
14,174
Towns County, Georgia
13,035
Charlton County, Georgia
12,934
Bleckley County, Georgia
12,465
Macon County, Georgia
11,817
Bacon County, Georgia
11,124
Candler County, Georgia
11,059
Dooly County, Georgia
10,981
Telfair County, Georgia
10,920
Early County, Georgia
10,563
Pulaski County, Georgia
10,095
Wilkes County, Georgia
9,518
Irwin County, Georgia
9,120
Seminole County, Georgia
9,092
Wilcox County, Georgia
8,779
Wilkinson County, Georgia
8,725
Hancock County, Georgia
8,676
Jenkins County, Georgia
8,627
Taylor County, Georgia
7,758
Wheeler County, Georgia
7,081
Clinch County, Georgia
6,746
Treutlen County, Georgia
6,341
Randolph County, Georgia
6,078
Miller County, Georgia
5,747
Calhoun County, Georgia
5,457
Warren County, Georgia
5,106
Glascock County, Georgia
2,954
Clay County, Georgia
2,853
Baker County, Georgia
2,743
Webster County, Georgia
2,337
Taliaferro County, Georgia
1,609
State of Georgia
11,029,227
Primary statistical areas [ edit ] Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 46 statistical areas of Georgia, 24 are PSAs comprising seven combined statistical areas, four metropolitan statistical areas and 13 micropolitan statistical areas.
The 24 primary statistical areas of the State of Georgia[ b]
2020 rank
Primary statistical area [ 1] Population
2023 estimate[ 3]
Change
2020 Census [ 4] Change
2010 Census [ 5]
1
Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA (GA)
7,207,459 +3.56 %6,959,899 +14.48 %6,079,620
2
Savannah-Hinesville-Statesboro, GA CSA
640,193 +5.25 %608,239 +13.30 %536,844
3
Macon-Bibb County--Warner-Robins, GA CSA
436,853 +2.69 %425,416 +6.38 %399,888
4
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA (GA)
424,692 +1.96 %416,535 +10.26 %377,789
5
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL CSA (GA)
324,508 +1.54 %319,579 +0.62 %317,603
6
Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA (GA)
265,024 −1.73 %269,700 +5.83 %254,841
7
Albany, GA MSA
145,508 −2.29 %148,922 −3.60 %154,487
8
Valdosta, GA MSA
151,118 +2.02 %148,126 +6.12 %139,588
9
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA MSA
116,074 +2.27 %113,495 +1.00 %112,370
10
Thomasville, GA μSA
71,715 −0.44 %72,034 +3.30 %69,731
11
Dublin, GA μSA
59,223 +0.79 %58,759 +0.59 %58,414
12
Waycross, GA μSA
56,668 +1.25 %55,967 +1.63 %55,070
13
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA CSA (GA)
58,118 +6.12 %54,768 +8.42 %50,513
14
Douglas, GA μSA
51,610 +0.45 %51,378 +1.28 %50,731
15
Tifton, GA μSA
50,463 +0.22 %50,350 +2.65 %49,048
16
Moultrie, GA μSA
46,167 +0.59 %45,898 +0.88 %45,498
17
Milledgeville, GA μSA
43,396 −0.92 %43,799 −4.20 %45,720
18
Vidalia, GA μSA
35,801 +0.45 %35,640 −1.94 %36,346
19
Americus, GA μSA
33,416 −2.19 %34,163 −9.69 %37,829
20
Tallahassee-Bainbridge, FL-GA CSA (GA)
29,087 −0.95 %29,367 +5.48 %27,842
21
Toccoa, GA μSA
27,228 +1.66 %26,784 +2.33 %26,175
22
Cordele, GA μSA
19,631 −2.47 %20,128 −14.13 %23,439
23
Fitzgerald, GA μSA
17,128 −0.38 %17,194 −2.50 %17,634
24
Eufaula, AL-GA μSA (GA)
2,280 +2.01 %2,235 −11.06 %2,513
Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA 7,241,538 +3.53 %6,994,671 +14.41 %6,113,835
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA 629,429 +3.02 %611,000 +8.17 %564,873
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL CSA 1,003,363 +2.89 %975,226 +4.93 %929,449
Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA 566,030 +0.37 %563,967 +10.34 %511,103
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA CSA 1,847,313 +6.54 %1,733,937 +17.58 %1,474,728
Tallhassee-Bainbridge, FL-GA CSA 421,732 +1.95 %413,665 +4.66 %395,255
Eufaula, AL-GA μSA 26,865 −2.16 %27,458 −8.38 %29,970
^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.^ For PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.
^ a b c d e Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF) . Office of Management and Budget . Retrieved October 23, 2023 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )^ a b c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas" . Office of Management and Budget . July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021 .^ a b c d e "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023" . United States Census Bureau , Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS" . U.S. Census Bureau . 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019" . U.S. Census Bureau . 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .
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