. A Economy In 1980 construction was completed on an expansion of what is now named Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport the busiest and most efficient airport in the world it accommodates over 100 million passengers annually Employing more than 60,000 people the airport became a major engine for economic growth With the advantages of cheap real estate low taxes right-to-work laws and a regulatory environment limiting government interference the Atlanta metropolitan area became a national center of finance insurance technology manufacturing real estate logistics and transportation companies as well as the film convention and trade show businesses As a testament to the city's growing international profile in 1990 the International Olympic Committee selected Atlanta as the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics Taking advantage of Atlanta's status as a transportation hub in 1991 UPS established its headquarters in a suburb in 1992 construction finished on Bank of America Plaza the tallest building in the U.S outside New York or Chicago. Main article: List of tallest buildings in Atlanta. See also: List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S state), 1.1 Rules Atlanta Georgia business directory, William Crosbie (interim) 2008 5.4 Logistics Population Georgia's 2018 total gross state product was $602 billion for years Georgia as a state has had the highest credit rating by Standard & Poor's (AAA) and is one of only 15 states with a AAA rating If Georgia were a stand-alone country it would be the 28th largest economy in the world based on data from 2005.
The poem received such a wide audience that the sentiment usually now paraphrased as "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" entered the baseball vocabulary However in the 1948 season the Braves had the same overall winning percentage as in games that Spahn and Sain started, 11 Libraries Chinese (including Mandarin) 0.38% All portions of Fulton County outside of the city limits of Atlanta are served by the Fulton County School System. 5.3.2.4 Career paths The Atlanta Opera brings opera to Georgia stages the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is the most widely recognized orchestra and largest arts organization in the southeastern United States, Government and politics Atlanta Falcons American football National Football League Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Rabbit Maranville The Atlanta metropolitan area was first defined in 1950 as Fulton DeKalb Gwinnett Cobb and Clayton counties Walton Newton Douglas Fayette Forsyth Henry Cherokee Rockdale and Butts counties were added after the 1970 census with Barrow and Coweta counties joining in 1980 and Bartow Carroll Paulding Pickens and Spalding counties in 1990. ; . . A segment of a curved building constructed from brick metal and glass. 4 Powers and privileges 7.1.2 U.S highways Sat 21st 5.3 Industry Butts Atlanta Parent Comoros (4) Utilities During the 2000s Atlanta underwent a profound physical cultural and demographic transformation Suburbanization a booming economy and new migrants decreased the city's black percentage from a high of 67% in 1990 to 54% in 2010 From 2000 to 2010 Atlanta gained 22,763 white residents 5,142 Asian residents and 3,095 Hispanic residents while the city's black population decreased by 31,678 Much of the city's demographic change during the decade was driven by young college-educated professionals: from 2000 to 2009 the three-mile radius surrounding Downtown Atlanta gained 9,722 residents aged 25 to 34 holding at least a four-year degree an increase of 61% Between the mid-1990s and 2010 stimulated by funding from the HOPE VI program Atlanta demolished nearly all of its public housing a total of 17,000 units and about 10% of all housing units in the city; .
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