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*** ATLANTA METRO AREA STATISTICS ***

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METRO ATLANTA POPULATION, 1996

According to the Atlanta Regional Commission, the estimated population of the ten counties of the Atlanta metro area hit 3-million on Friday, October 4, 1996. Here's the breakdown for that year, as well as projected figures for the year 2005. (Note that the table is sorted on the left by the 1996 size, which also pretty much is the same for the year 2005, at which point Fayette should pass Douglas County. On the right is the same list sorted by rate of growth.)

COUNTY by 1996	1996	2005	CHG	COUNTY by growth	1996	2005	CHG
Fulton	745,500	773,500	+0.4%	Henry	88,300	140,300	+5.3%
DeKalb	589,600	610,700	+0.4%	Cherokee	117,100	183,100	+5.1%
Cobb	521,200	560,100	+0.8%	Fayette	80,700	113,200	+3.8%
Gwinnett	456,900	549,200	+2.1%	Rockdale	63,400	86,500	+3.5%
Clayton	207,000	219,600	+0.7%	Douglas	84,800	104,100	+2.3%
Cherokee	117,100	183,100	+5.1%	Gwinnett	456,900	549,200	+2.1%
Henry	88,300	140,300	+5.3%	Cobb	521,200	560,100	+0.8%
Douglas	84,800	104,100	+2.3%	Fulton	745,500	773,500	+0.4%
Fayette	80,700	113,200	+3.8%	Clayton	207,000	219,600	+0.7%
Rockdale	63,400	86,500	+3.5%	DeKalb	589,600	610,700	+0.4%

The population is expected to hit 4-million sometime in the year 2016.

STATE CRIME RATES, 1995

When it comes to crime in the year 1995, Georgia was not too far from the top of the list, according to statistics collected by the FBI. In the chart below, showing (from left) combined violence/property crime figures, property crime, violent crime, and finally, just the murder segment of the violent crime statistics, we see the state of Georgia in the 13 spot, 11, 20, and 13 respectively. (All figures are per 100,000 population; some decimals were rounded off.)

RANK   VIOL-PROPRTY    PROPERTY       VIOLENCE       MURDER   
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1      DC  12,174      DC  9,512      DC  2,661      DC    65.0
2      AZ   8,214      AZ  7,500      FL  1,071      LA    17.0
3      FL   7,702      HI  6,903      LA  1,007      MS    12.9
4      HI   7,198      FL  6,631      IL    996      OK    12.2
5      LA   6,676      OR  6,042      MD    987      MD    11.8
6      NV   6,579      WA  5,786      SC    982      CA    11.2
7      OR   6,564      UT  5,762      CA    966      AL    11.2
8      NM   6,428      LA  5,669      NV    945      NV    10.7
9      MD   6,295      NV  5,634      NY    842      TN    10.6
10     WA   6,270      NM  5,609      NM    819      AZ    10.4
11     UT   6,091      GA  5,347      TN    772      AR    10.4
12     SC   6,064      MD  5,308      AK    771      IL    10.3
13     GA   6,004      MT  5,134      DE    725      GA     9.5
14     CA   5,831      SC  5,082      AZ    714      NC     9.4
15     AK   5,754      TX  5,021      MI    688      AK     9.1
16     TX   5,684      NC  4,993      MA    687      TX     9.0
17     NC   5,640      AK  4,983      OK    664      NM     8.8
18     OK   5,597      CO  4,956      TX    664      MO     8.8
19     IL   5,456      OK  4,933      MO    664      NY     8.5
20     CO   5,396      CA  4,865      GA    657      MI     8.5
21     TN   5,363      TN  4,591      NC    646      IN     8.0
22     MT   5,305      MI  4,495      AL    632      SC     7.9
23     MI   5,183      KS  4,466      NJ    600      VA     7.6
24     DE   5,159      IL  4,460      AR    553      FL     7.3
25     MO   5,121      MO  4,457      IN    525      KY     7.2
26     KS   4,887      DE  4,434      OR    522      PA     6.3
27     AL   4,848      AL  4,216      MS    503      KS     6.2
28     NJ   4,704      NE  4,163      WA    484      CO     5.8
29     AK   4,691      MN  4,141      OH    483      OH     5.4
30     IN   4,632      AR  4,138      CO    440      NJ     5.1
31     NY   4,560      IN  4,107      PA    427      WA     5.1
32     NE   4,544      NJ  4,104      KS    421      WV     4.9
33     MS   4,514      CT  4,097      CT    406      HI     4.7
34     CT   4,503      ID  4,079      NE    382      CT     4.6
35     MN   4,497      WY  4,066      RI    368      WI     4.3
36     OH   4,405      MS  4,012      KY    365      OR     4.1
37     ID   4,401      OH  3,923      VA    362      ID     4.1
38     MA   4,342      RI  3,877      MN    356      MN     3.9
39     WY   4,320      IA  3,748      IA    354      UT     3.9
40     RI   4,245      NY  3,718      UT    329      MA     3.6
41     IA   4,102      MA  3,654      ID    322      DE     3.5
42     VA   3,989      VA  3,628      HI    296      RI     3.3
43     WI   3,886      WI  3,605      WI    281      MT     3.0
44     VT   3,434      VT  3,315      WY    254      NE     2.9
45     PA   3,365      ME  3,153      WV    210      VT     2.2
46     KY   3,352      KY  2,987      SD    208      WY     2.1
47     ME   3,285      PA  2,938      MT    171      ME     2.0
48     SD   3,061      SD  2,853      ME    131      IA     1.8
49     ND   2,866      ND  2,780      VT    118      SD     1.8
50     NH   2,655      NH  2,541      NH    115      NH     1.8
51     WV   2,458      WV  2,248      ND     87      ND     0.9

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(Source of data: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1995.)

ATLANTA MURDER RATES, 1996

In most major U.S. cities, the estimated murder rate actually went down in 1996, according to figures released the end of December of that year. But in a few, including Atlanta, murders increased:

CITY                1995     1996    CHANGE
Las Vegas            134      167    +24.6%
Miami                102      120    +17.6%
Washington, DC       360      396    +10.0% 
Atlanta              145      156     +7.6% 
Newark               103      101     -1.9%
Milwaukee            142      138     -2.8%
New Orleans          362      346     -4.4%
Chicago              826      785     -5.0%
Denver                74       63    -14.9%
New York            1129      937    -17.0%
Los Angeles          829      688    -17.0%
Phoenix              244      200    -18.0%
Dallas               276      219    -20.7%
Seattle               48       36    -25.0%
Salt Lake City        27       20    -25.9%
Boston                83       58    -30.1%

(Source of data: Police Executive Research Forum.)

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