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'''Atlanta''' is a city and metropolitan area in Georgia; the city if the state capital of Georgia and has a population of 477,000 inside the city limits in 2008; adding in the suburbs, the Atlanta metropolitian 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 [http://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 metropolitian 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 [http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013426.html Census Press release March 19, 2009]</ref>.   

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.