1. Brief Look At The 2010 Census Mike Carnathan Atlanta Regional Commission mcarnathan@atlantaregional.com

2. Research in Anticipation A data guru waits like a Tiger for the Census Bureau to post the Data

3. Metro Atlanta – Was Fast Growing Source : Census Bureau, 28-County MSA

4. How did we do? 2000 Census ACTUAL CENSUSARCW&POPB April Census Estimate Barrow 46,144 69,367 66,100 74,166 75,713 73,135 Bartow 76,019100,157 94,600 98,871 100,712 96,059 Carroll 87,268 110 527 111,700 117,184 120,019 114,958 Cherokee 141,903 214 346 207,400 221,112 225,766 216,411 Clayton 236,517 259 424 281,100 277,677 278,738 276,100 Cobb 607,751 688 078 672,100 724,410 720,496 717,756 Coweta 89,215 127 317 120,100 130,233 131,214 128,774 DeKalb 665,865 691 893 738,800 751,479 760,651 751,385 Douglas 92,174 132 403 128,400 132,253 136,938 130,838 Fayette 91,263 106 567 106,000 109,782 112,859 108,025 Forsyth 98,407 175 511 176,800 180,346 183,268 177,746 Fulton 816,006 920 581 965,600 1,039,703 1,047,216 1,048,872 Gwinnett 588,448 805 321 758,000 833,843 825,818 817,474 Hall 139,277 179 684 178,500 190,500 197,394 189,394 Henry 119,341 203 922 193,500 200,932 206,987 198,635 Newton 62,00199,958 97,100 102,071 107,048 100,010 Paulding 81,678 142 324 129,700 141,666 143,722 137,695 Rockdale 70,111 85 215 84,600 85,852 87,153 85,197 Spalding 58,41764,073 65,800 65,088 66,203 64,794 Walton 60,68783,768 78,500 88,894 91,068 87,769 Atlanta 416,474 420,003 488,500 - -540,922 10 County 3,429,3794,107,7504,135,5004,377,0434,402,6224,350,693 13 County 3,698,679 4,552,902 4,562,100 4,829,288 4,860,826 4,794,908 20 County 4,228,4925,260,4365,254,4005,566,0625,618,9835,521,027 15 County 3,913,9754,832,7434,835,2005,118,6595,158,9325,080,361

5. 20-County Region: + 1 million people Total PopulationChange County 20002010TotalPercent Barrow 46,144 69,367 23,22350.3% Bartow 76,019 100,157 24,13831.8% Carroll 87,268 110,527 23,25926.7% Cherokee 141,903 214,346 72,44351.1% Clayton 236,517 259,424 22,9079.7% Cobb 607,751 688,078 80,32713.2% Coweta 89,215 127,317 38,10242.7% DeKalb 665,865 691,893 26,0283.9% Douglas 92,174 132,403 40,22943.6% Fayette 91,263 106,567 15,30416.8% Forsyth 98,407 175,511 77,10478.4% Fulton 816,006 920,581 104,57512.8% Gwinnett 588,448 805,321 216,87336.9% Hall 139,277 179,684 40,40729.0% Henry 119,341 203,922 84,58170.9% Newton 62,001 99,958 37,95761.2% Paulding 81,678 142,324 60,64674.3% Rockdale 70,111 85,215 15,10421.5% Spalding 58,417 64,073 5,6569.7% Walton 60,687 83,768 23,08138.0% Atlanta416,474420,003 3,5290.8% 20-Co Total 4,228,492 5,260,436 1,031,94424.4%

6. WhiteBlackAsianHispanicOther 2000201020002010200020102000201020002010 Barrow 38,598 51,736 4,475 7,769 1,057 2,359 1,460 6,037 554 1,466 Bartow 65,735 79,803 6,578 10,024 389 705 2,524 7,690 793 1,935 Carroll 69,387 80,531 14,228 19,862 536 836 2,243 6,800 874 2,498 Cherokee 127,929 174,243 3,519 11,633 1,157 3,484 7,695 20,566 1,603 4,420 Clayton 83,078 36,610 121,440 169,020 10,830 12,839 17,728 35,447 3,441 5,508 Cobb 420,424 387,438 114,127 168,053 18,923 30,432 46,964 84,330 7,313 17,825 Coweta 68,961 92,604 15,966 21,744 626 1,895 2,797 8,493 865 2,581 DeKalb 216,747 203,395 361,690 370,963 27,152 35,173 52,542 67,824 7,734 14,538 Douglas 70,109 64,911 17,047 51,387 1,110 1,876 2,640 11,125 1,268 3,104 Fayette 74,991 72,202 10,446 21,117 2,228 4,106 2,582 6,760 1,016 2,382 Forsyth 90,981 140,943 428 4,287 773 10,875 5,477 16,550 748 2,856 Fulton 372,438 376,014 362,550 400,457 25,122 51,304 48,056 72,566 7,840 20,240 Gwinnett 396,301 354,316 77,703 184,122 43,096 84,763 64,137 162,035 7,211 20,085 Hall 99,103 114,300 9,926 12,757 1,852 3,181 27,242 46,906 1,154 2,540 Henry 95,731 107,083 17,506 74,056 2,117 5,902 2,692 11,813 1,295 5,068 Newton 46,093 51,995 13,740 40,371 452 881 1,157 4,635 559 2,076 Paulding 73,295 106,739 5,653 23,810 346 1,237 1,398 7,264 986 3,274 Rockdale 51,105 34,826 12,730 38,996 1,367 1,498 4,182 8,063 727 1,832 Spalding 38,480 38,986 18,108 20,937 393 567 947 2,451 489 1,132 Walton 49,779 65,677 8,720 12,993 425 947 1,163 2,683 600 1,468 Atlanta 130,222 152,377 254,062 224,316 7,949 13,098 18,720 21,815 5,521 8,397 20-County Total 2,551,265 2,636,362 1,198,580 1,666,368 141,951 256,870 297,626 592,048 49,070 118,838 Census Race Totals