Atlanta Metro Area Counties

29 counties · 6.5 million people (2025) · 8,784 sq mi

The Atlanta metro area (officially the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area) has 29 counties in Georgia, with 6,482,182 people in 2025. Fulton County is the most populous.

Map of the 29 counties of the Atlanta metro area with county names and major cities
The 29 counties of the Atlanta metro area (yellow) with the largest cities. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025. Free to use with attribution (CC BY 4.0).
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The 29 counties of the Atlanta metro area

Sorted by population. 16 are central counties (the urban core); the others are outlying counties tied to it by commuting.

CountyCounty seatPopulation 2025Change since 2020Land area (sq mi)Type
Fulton CountyAtlanta1,098,791+3%527Central
Gwinnett CountyLawrenceville1,018,099+6.3%431Central
Cobb CountyMarietta793,345+3.6%340Central
DeKalb CountyDecatur774,394+1.3%268Central
Cherokee CountyCanton299,273+12.3%421Central
Clayton CountyJonesboro297,471−0.7%142Central
Forsyth CountyCumming282,805+12.5%225Central
Henry CountyMcDonough264,922+10.1%319Central
Paulding CountyDallas190,996+13.3%312Central
Coweta CountyNewnan160,240+9.6%441Central
Douglas CountyDouglasville154,293+6.9%200Central
Carroll CountyCarrollton131,036+10%499Outlying
Newton CountyCovington125,583+11.6%274Central
Fayette CountyFayetteville125,156+5%195Central
Bartow CountyCartersville120,800+11%459Outlying
Walton CountyMonroe112,696+16.7%327Central
Barrow CountyWinder99,773+19.4%161Outlying
Rockdale CountyConyers98,416+5.3%130Central
Spalding CountyGriffin70,775+5.2%196Outlying
Pickens CountyJasper37,167+11.9%232Outlying
Lumpkin CountyDahlonega36,178+8%281Outlying
Dawson CountyDawsonville35,365+32%211Central
Haralson CountyBuchanan33,066+10.5%282Outlying
Butts CountyJackson27,218+7%184Outlying
Morgan CountyMadison22,095+10%347Outlying
Meriwether CountyGreenville21,516+4.4%501Outlying
Pike CountyZebulon20,932+10.8%216Outlying
Jasper CountyMonticello17,632+20.8%368Outlying
Heard CountyFranklin12,149+6.5%296Outlying

The metro area is part of the larger Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area.

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County maps of Georgia

Other metro areas

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