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'''Atlanta''' is a city and metropolitan area in [[Georgia]]; the city is the state capital of Georgia and has a population of 477,000 inside the city limits in 2008; adding in the suburbs, the Atlanta metropolitan area had a population of 5,376,000 in 2008, up from 2.9 million in 1990, making it the 9th largest in the United States.<ref>see [https://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013426.html Census Press release March 19, 2009]</ref>
'''Atlanta''' is a city and metropolitan area in [[Georgia]]; the city is the state capital of Georgia and has a population of 477,000 inside the city limits in 2008; adding in the suburbs, the Atlanta metropolitan area had a population of 5,376,000 in 2008, up from 2.9 million in 1990, making it the 9th largest in the United States.<ref>see [https://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013426.html Census Press release March 19, 2009]</ref>
After a recount, Kasim Reed was declared the winner in the Nov. 2009 election for mayor, beating Mary Norwood, who would have become the first white mayor since 1973 in the predominantly black city.
After a recount, Kasim Reed was declared the winner in the Nov. 2009 election for mayor, beating Mary Norwood, who would have become the first white mayor since 1973 in the predominantly black city. He won reelection in 2013, although his reputation ended up tarnished during icepocalypse a year later when he drove through an emergency lane to get an award when everyone else was forced into backed up traffic. Keisha Lance Bottoms then served as mayor from 2017 before deciding not to run for reelection in 2021, largely due to her mishandling of the BLM riots.
Atlanta has been growing rapidly, but has been hit hard by the national [[Recession of 2008]], ranking behind only Phoenix in the number of job losses among the 13 largest metro areas in 2008.
Atlanta has been growing rapidly, but has been hit hard by the national [[Recession of 2008]], ranking behind only Phoenix in the number of job losses among the 13 largest metro areas in 2008.