This dataset represents the incorporated limits of the 16 cities in Fulton county, Georgia. In the four cases where the city extends into a neighboring county--Atlanta, College Park, Mountain Park, and Palmetto--only the portions of the city that lies within the county are included. The dataset is updated following the approval of an annexation of unincorporated land by one of the cities.

Ready to use PDF map of the city of Atlanta including roads and city limits. Dimensions are ANSI E 34 in x 44 in (864 mm x 1118 mm). PDF documents may be downloaded and viewed in PDF software such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. For questions, problems, or more information, contact gis@atcog.org https://atcog.org/ Reference in this site to any specific commercial product, process, service, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Ark-Tex Council of Governments.

Atlanta City boundary is a polygon dataset with one feature for Atlanta's city boundary (the origin's link is in the summary above)

This feature class was originally downloaded from the Atlanta Regional Commission GIS data download webpage in April of 2013. The City of Brookhaven GIS department has updated the Brookhaven City Limits using the most accurate data sources possible. Although all the cities in the Atlanta Regional Commission area are represented in this feature class, the City of Brookhaven GIS is only maintaining the Brookhaven City Limits. Also, whenever the Brookhaven boundaries are moved/corrected based on new data the surrounding city boundaries are also moved to align correclty to Brookhaven's boundaries. Also, as adjacent city boundaries are changed or new cities are formed, the City of Brookhaven GIS Department will do it's best to keep this boundaries accurate, but we will not assume responibility for inaccurate city boundaries of other cities. All city boundaries besides the City of Brookhaven's city boundary are for reference purposed only.

This layer was developed by the Research & Analytics Division of the Atlanta Regional Commission and contains city and municipal boundaries for the 20 county Atlanta region and rest of state. City boundaries within the 20 county region are derived from boundaries provided by local governments and updated on a continual basis when new data are received but do not represent the most up to date in all cases. Rest of state boundaries are derived from Census boundary data and updated much less frequently. Please note that cities with multiple polygons have been merged into a single multi-part polygon to facilitate labeling and querying. Attributes:Municipality_Name Name of city or municipalityAcres Float value of AcresSq_Miles Float value of Square MilesSource: U.S. Census Bureau, GA Dept. of Community Affairs, Local Governments, Atlanta Regional CommissionFor additional information, please contact respective local governments and visit Census Bureau place data website.

This layer was published by the Atlanta Regional Commission to show geographic boundaries for ACS 2023. For boundaries with summary data, see https://opendata.atlantaregional.com/pages/census-data-arcGeographiesAAA = Area Agency on Aging (12 geographic units formed from counties providing statewide coverage)ARC21 = Atlanta Regional Commission modeling area (21 counties merged to a single geographic unit)ARWDB7 = Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board (7 counties merged to a single geographic unit)BeltLineStatistical (buffer)BeltLineStatisticalSub (subareas)Census Tract (statewide)CFGA23 = Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (23 counties merged to a single geographic unit)City (statewide)City of Atlanta Council Districts (City of Atlanta)City of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit (City of Atlanta)City of Atlanta Neighborhood Statistical Areas (City of Atlanta)County (statewide)CCDIST = County Commission Districts (statewide where applicable)CCSUPERDIST = County Commission Superdistricts (DeKalb)Georgia House (statewide)Georgia Senate (statewide)HSSA = High School Statistical Area (11 county region)MetroWater15 = Atlanta Metropolitan Water District (15 counties merged to a single geographic unit)Regional Commissions (statewide)State of Georgia (single geographic unit)Superdistrict (ARC region)US Congress (statewide)UWGA13 = United Way of Greater Atlanta (13 counties merged to a single geographic unit)ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (statewide)

The City of Atlanta data visualization suite from ARC & Neighborhood Nexus includes 400 variables all mapped to City of Atlanta neighborhoods, neighborhood planning units (NPUs), and City Council districts’ boundaries. The data includes several City-specific variables such as code enforcement, 911 calls and the results of the recently-conducted windshield survey of housing conditions, as well as hundreds of Census variables like income, poverty, health insurance coverage and disability. When we say “neighborhoods”, we actually mean “Neighborhood Statistical Areas,” which in some cases combine some of Atlanta’s smaller neighborhoods into one.The tools we built include an interactive map, which allows for a deep-dive analysis of all 400 variables, and a dashboard, which is an easy-to-use tool that provides quick comparisons of every neighborhood, neighborhood planning unit, and City Council district to the city as a whole.Visit Neighborhood Nexus and City of Atlanta’s website.

The purpose of this dashboard is to empower community members, organizations, and other stakeholders through shared access to neighborhood-level data. The tool allows the user to view and interact with maps and reports showing data for the following Atlanta-specific geographies:City of AtlantaCity Council DistrictNeighborhood Planning Units (NPUs)Neighborhood Statistical Areas (NSAs)

The tool includes both an interactive map and report interface. The map interface enables the comparison between geographic areas within the city based on a drop-down selection of 300+ indicators across and array of categories. The report portion of the tool enables a closer look at a chosen geographic area (selected using the map) and can be tailored to the user’s specific topic of interest with pre-formatted report types, including but not limited to:

Employment EducationTransportationCrime & SafetyPoverty

Data sources:

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Atlanta Police Department, COBRA, 2012 & 2016

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Atlanta Fire Department, Emergency Call Records, 2012 & 2016

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City of Atlanta Planning Department, New Building Permits, 2013 & 2016

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U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census, 2000

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U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates, 2011-15

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U.S. Census Bureau, Longitudinal-Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD), 2002 & 2015

This map was developed by the Atlanta Regional Commission to represent Atlanta Neighborhoods, NPUs, and Council Districts

This data is part of the administrative area layer, a group layer containing the various geographic divisions in Atlanta. It follows ESRI's Local Government Information Model. For more information about the local government model visit "What is the Local Government Information Model."Area Covered: Atlanta, GAKey Attributes:Name: The name of the county.Update Frequency: When Census boundary updates occur.Source:Department of City Planning GIS55 Trinity Ave SWAtlanta, GA 30303gis-team@atlantaga.govMetadata Edited: Oct 2021

This interactive mapping tool, created for the 33N blog, displays homicides in the City of Atlanta between January 2007 and February 2017 by race/ethnicity and sex of the victim. The data for this tool was provided by the Washington Post as part of an investigative project which compiled information on 54,000 homicides in the U.S. to identify hot spots where homicides rates are high but arrests are low.

For more information about annexations within the City of Atlanta, see annexation information.Area Covered: Atlanta, GAKey Attributes:Case_ID: The identifier assigned when the annexation process begins.Acreage: The total acreage of the affected area.Parcels: The total number of parcels in the affected area.Status: The result of City Council's vote concerning the affected area's annexation application.County: The county that the affected area is within.Eff_Date: The date which the affected area's status becomes official.Update Frequency: Updated once an annexation case has been voted on.Source:Department of City Planning GIS55 Trinity Ave SWAtlanta, GA 30303gis-team@atlantaga.gov

The Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) boundary is the line that includes the entire existing urbanized area defined by the United States Census, plus the areas expected to urbanize in the next 20 years. These areas are the basis for long-range and short-range transportation plans required by Federal law.After each Census, Federal rules require that ARC and local governments redraw the boundary. Being included in the MPA means those local governments can apply for federal funding through the TIP process and become eligible for funding under the Livable Centers Initiative, the comprehensive transportation plan, and other ARC projects. Following the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau designated a revised Atlanta Urbanized Area(UA) based on 2020 Census data. The Atlanta UA includes all or part of 20 counties, down from the 23 counties designated following the 2010 Census. These 20 include Barrow, Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties.The Census applied new, stricter criteria in determining whether a census tract was urban or rural. In some places, this has meant that the Atlanta UA appears to have gotten smaller. For this reason, Pike County is no longer included in either the Atlanta Urbanized Area or the new MPA boundary. The Atlanta UA also no longer extends into Carroll County, though the new MPA boundary will include part of Carroll County as detailed below. The parts of Jackson County previously included in the Atlanta UA are now classified with the Gainesville UA. Adjacent to the Atlanta UA are the Cartersville and Gainesville UAs. These areas are represented by their own metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). By previous formalagreement, ARC has assigned transportation planning responsibilities for the portion of the Atlanta UA in Bartow County to the Cartersville-Bartow Metropolitan Planning Organization (CBMPO).By similar previous formal agreement, ARC has assigned transportation planning responsibilities for the portions of the Atlanta UA in Hall and Jackson counties to the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization (GHMPO), while GHMPO has assigned transportation planning responsibilities for the portions of the Gainesville UA in Forsyth and Gwinnett counties to ARC. These agreements will be updated to reflect new geographies andnecessary agreements following the 2020 Census.Data from the 2020 Census identified a new Winder Urban Area existing in Barrow,Gwinnett, and Walton counties. With a population of 50,189, the Winder UA exceeds the threshold of 50,000 established by Federal law to be designated as its own MPO. Conversations continue between ARC, the State, the City of Winder, and Barrow County about whether the City and County will form their own MPO; Federal law requires agreementbetween the two bodies. Until and unless Winder and Barrow County elect to form an MPO, they shall remain part of ARC. Should a Winder MPO be created, the new agreement between ARC and GHMPO will also need to include the new Winder MPO and divide transportation planning responsibilities in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Walton counties between the three agencies. ARC has developed the attached revised Metropolitan Planning Area through discussions with planning partners.• Like before, the new MPA boundary continues to contain the ARC’s 11-county region (Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale) in its entirety, as well as the entirety of Coweta and Paulding counties.• Newton County is now included in the new MPA boundary in its entirety to account for significant growth along Interstate 20 in the Covington and Stanton Springs areas.• Barrow County is also now included in the new MPA boundary in its entirety until and unless the City of Winder and Barrow County form their own MPO.• While the Atlanta UA was reduced in Spalding County, and a separate Griffin UA identified that does not meet the minimum threshold to form its own MPO, the new MPA boundary expands to include all of Spalding County to account for expected growth along Interstate 75, US 19-41, and State Route 16.• In Dawson County, the new MPA boundary accounts for population growth along Lake Lanier.• In Walton County, the new MPA boundary includes areas that the Census has designated as urban, as well as the cities of Monroe and Social Circle.• Carroll County is no longer considered part of the Atlanta Urbanized Area. The county contains two separate Urbanized Areas, Carrollton and Villa Rica, neither of which is large enough to form its own MPO. Because the City of Villa Rica is geographically divided between Carroll and Douglas counties, the City has opted to remain entirely within ARC. Accordingly, the new MPA boundary includes the portion of Villa Rica in Carroll County.

The 2020 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. After each decennial census, the Census Bureau delineates urban areas that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, this territory consists of areas of high population density and urban land use resulting in a representation of the urban footprint. There are 2,644 Urban Areas (UAs) in this data release with either a minimum population of 5,000 or a housing unit count of 2,000 units. Each urban area is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeroes. This file includes revisions made to the 2020 Census New Orleans, LA Urban Area where the territory originally delineated as the 2020 Census Laplace--Lutcher--Gramercy, LA Urban Area was combined with the 2020 Census New Orleans, LA Urban Area to form the current New Orleans, LA Urban Area. This file includes revisions made to the 2020 Census Atlanta, GA Urban Area and Gainesville, GA Urban Area, where some urban territory originally designated to the Gainesville, GA Urban Area was reassigned to the Atlanta, GA Urban Area.

The Atlanta Region has grown into a complex combination of county, municipality and jurisdictional boundaries. This map series reflects the various planning areas of the Atlanta Regional Commission and seeks to promote a greater understanding of our rapidly expanding region. Please refer to user notes of each map for explanation of map content and clarification of acronyms and definitions.This static map is for print at 11x17 size. A poster size version is also available.

The Community Development Impact Area or CDIA (see map) consists of those census blockgroups in which at least 51% of the households earn less than 80% of the City median income, based on 2010 U.S. Census data. The CDIA geographic areas are also referred to as low- and moderate-income areas.

This dataset was developed by the Research & Analytics Group at the Atlanta Regional Commission using data from the U.S. Census Bureau across all standard and custom geographies at statewide summary level where applicable. For a deep dive into the data model including every specific metric, see the ACS 2017-2021 Data Manifest. The manifest details ARC-defined naming conventions, field names/descriptions and topics, summary levels; source tables; notes and so forth for all metrics. Find naming convention prefixes/suffixes, geography definitions and user notes below.Prefixes:NoneCountpPercentrRatemMedianaMean (average)tAggregate (total)chChange in absolute terms (value in t2 - value in t1)pchPercent change ((value in t2 - value in t1) / value in t1)chpChange in percent (percent in t2 - percent in t1)sSignificance flag for change: 1 = statistically significant with a 90% CI, 0 = not statistically significant, blank = cannot be computedSuffixes:_e21Estimate from 2017-21 ACS_m21Margin of Error from 2017-21 ACS_e102006-10 ACS, re-estimated to 2020 geography_m10Margin of Error from 2006-10 ACS, re-estimated to 2020 geography_e10_21Change, 2010-21 (holding constant at 2020 geography)GeographiesAAA = Area Agency on Aging (12 geographic units formed from counties providing statewide coverage)ARC21 = Atlanta Regional Commission modeling area (21 counties merged to a single geographic unit)ARWDB7 = Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board (7 counties merged to a single geographic unit)BeltLine (buffer)BeltLine Study (subareas)Census Tract (statewide)CFGA23 = Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (23 counties merged to a single geographic unit)City (statewide)City of Atlanta Council Districts (City of Atlanta)City of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit (City of Atlanta)City of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit STV (3 NPUs merged to a single geographic unit within City of Atlanta)City of Atlanta Neighborhood Statistical Areas (City of Atlanta)City of Atlanta Neighborhood Statistical Areas E02E06 (2 NSAs merged to single geographic unit within City of Atlanta)County (statewide)Georgia House (statewide)Georgia Senate (statewide)MetroWater15 = Atlanta Metropolitan Water District (15 counties merged to a single geographic unit)Regional Commissions (statewide)SPARCC = Strong, Prosperous And Resilient Communities ChallengeState of Georgia (single geographic unit)Superdistrict (ARC region)US Congress (statewide)UWGA13 = United Way of Greater Atlanta (13 counties merged to a single geographic unit)WFF = Westside Future Fund (subarea of City of Atlanta)ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (statewide)The user should note that American Community Survey data represent estimates derived from a surveyed sample of the population, which creates some level of uncertainty, as opposed to an exact measure of the entire population (the full census count is only conducted once every 10 years and does not cover as many detailed characteristics of the population). Therefore, any measure reported by ACS should not be taken as an exact number – this is why a corresponding margin of error (MOE) is also given for ACS measures. The size of the MOE relative to its corresponding estimate value provides an indication of confidence in the accuracy of each estimate. Each MOE is expressed in the same units as its corresponding measure; for example, if the estimate value is expressed as a number, then its MOE will also be a number; if the estimate value is expressed as a percent, then its MOE will also be a percent. The user should also note that for relatively small geographic areas, such as census tracts shown here, ACS only releases combined 5-year estimates, meaning these estimates represent rolling averages of survey results that were collected over a 5-year span (in this case 2017-2021). Therefore, these data do not represent any one specific point in time or even one specific year. For geographic areas with larger populations, 3-year and 1-year estimates are also available. For further explanation of ACS estimates and margin of error, visit Census ACS website.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Atlanta Regional CommissionDate: 2017-2021Data License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC by 4.0)Link to the data manifest: https://garc.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/34b9adfdcc294788ba9c70bf433bd4c1/data

This layer was published by the Atlanta Regional Commission to show geographic boundaries for year 2022 for US Census ACS data processing. For boundaries with summary data, see https://opendata.atlantaregional.com/pages/census-data-arcGeographiesAAA = Area Agency on Aging (12 geographic units formed from counties providing statewide coverage)ARC21 = Atlanta Regional Commission modeling area (21 counties merged to a single geographic unit)ARWDB7 = Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board (7 counties merged to a single geographic unit)BeltLineStatistical (buffer)BeltLineStatisticalSub (subareas)Census Tract (statewide)CFGA23 = Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (23 counties merged to a single geographic unit)City (statewide)City of Atlanta Council Districts (City of Atlanta)City of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit (City of Atlanta)City of Atlanta Neighborhood Statistical Areas (City of Atlanta)County (statewide)Georgia House (statewide)Georgia Senate (statewide)HSSA = High School Statistical Area (11 county region)MetroWater15 = Atlanta Metropolitan Water District (15 counties merged to a single geographic unit)Regional Commissions (statewide)State of Georgia (single geographic unit)Superdistrict (ARC region)US Congress (statewide)UWGA13 = United Way of Greater Atlanta (13 counties merged to a single geographic unit)ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (statewide)

The Research & Analytics Group at The Atlanta Regional Commission published this dataset to show stacked geographies of 2022 Georgia House, Senate and US Congressional districts. These data were processed from the Georgia General Assembly Reapportionment Office.https://www.legis.ga.gov/joint-office/reapportionmentFull data schema outlined at: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/reapportionment-document-library/pop-summary-fields-explanation.pdf?sfvrsn=af9dd022_2

This layer was created by the Research & Analytics Division of the Atlanta Regional Commission to represent the rivers and streams in the state of Georgia. It contains linear hydrographic features, including rivers, streams, and artificial flow paths through water bodies. Data were captured from USGS 7.5 minute mylar separates containing the "blue-layer" from the U.S. Geological Survey's 1:24000-scale quadrangle maps. Individual quadrangles were combined and edgematched using Arc/Info GIS software, and then clipped into individual county tiles using boundary data from the Georgia Department of Transportation's 1:31360-scale County General Highway Maps.Attributes:FEATURE: Artificial Path Canal/Ditch Connector Stream/RiverFEATURE_TY: Aqueduct Area of Complex Channels Canal/Ditch Estuarine Intermittent Lake/Pond Perennial Reservoir Stream/River Swamp/Marsh UnspecifiedSTATE_FIPS = State of Georgia FIPS codeCOUNTY_FIP = County FIPS codeHUC = Hydrologic Unit CodeNAME = Name of the river or streamCLASS: Major MinorSource: USGS, Georgia DOT, Atlanta Regional CommissionDate: 1997For additional information, please visit the Atlanta Regional Commission at www.atlantaregional.com