. . Population Agriculture Zones and constituent neighborhoods In 1997 drug-related crime in metro Atlanta increased slightly in part due to Atlanta becoming an important distribution center for cocaine and other related drugs imported from Mexico These increases were mostly seen in Fulton Gwinnett DeKalb Cobb and Clayton counties Many law enforcement agencies in the area have joined forces together with the Atlanta Police Department in an effort to decrease the overall crime in metro Atlanta! Water is provided by various county and a few city systems Several of these systems actually serve parts of neighboring counties and cities as well the Cobb-Marietta Water Authority serves not only Cobb but also parts of neighboring Paulding and Cherokee counties for example During drought or other emergency cities and counties can enact outdoor water-use restrictions however some cross-jurisdiction water systems have also acted to put bans in place in late September 2007 the state Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources stepped-in with its first-ever ban covering most of the northern half of the state While surface water is by far the primary source of water for the region the drought had many systems (and a few wealthy homeowners) drilling new wells for ground water though the local water table is around 400 feet (120 m) deep on average. Environment Walton (91,600) Philippines (12) Henry (370/sq mi) Atlanta Georgia business directory $1.488 $1.565 $1.484 $1.418 $1.374 $1.37 $1.375 Commercial railways 139 2313. . Culture and attractions In 2005 Amtrak's carbon dioxide equivalent emissions were 0.411 lbs/mi (0.116 kg per km) for comparison this is similar to a car with two people about twice as high as the UK rail average (where much more of the system is electrified) about four times the average US motorcoach and about eight times a Finnish electric intercity train or fully loaded fifty-seat coach it is however about two thirds of the raw CO2-equivalent emissions of a long-distance domestic flight, Georgia 42 Connector.svg State Route 42 Connector The Asian American population also increased rapidly from 2000 to 2010 There were 296,956 Asian-Americans in the metro area in 2010 making up 5.9% of the population This represented an 87% increase over 2000 the largest Asian groups are 108,980 Indians 93,870 Korean Americans 67,660 Chinese and 66,554 Vietnamese. Elections by either house 2.2 Ice hockey Metro Atlanta Proportion of black pop Hoyt Wilhelm Along with the rest of the Southeast Georgia's population continues to grow rapidly with primary gains concentrated in urban areas the population of the Atlanta metropolitan area added 1.23 million people (24 percent) between 2000 and 2010 and Atlanta rose in rank from the eleventh-largest metropolitan area in the United States to the ninth-largest.
. D Contents O, By far the most notorious introduced species is kudzu a highly invasive species from Japan which climbs and smothers trees and shrubs New effective herbicides as well as increased development of formerly rural areas has greatly reduced kudzu in the metro area (although still quite common elsewhere in Georgia) Wisteria planted decades ago by farmers in then-rural areas has become wild and is common in undeveloped forests Some vines exceed 50 years of age and cover dozens of acres of forest creating a dense purple explosion each spring.
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