ARC: Population to hit 8.3 million by 2040 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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million more jobs in metro Atlantaby 2040. Accordinb an ARC population and job forecastpublished Wednesday, metri Atlanta added an average of 120,023 people each year in the 1990s. So far this the region has seen average annual growthof 121,000 people, making it the second-fastest growingy metro area in the behind only Dallas. While growth is expecte to slow somewhat in the coming ARC predicts metro Atlanta will addalmosrt 100,000 people each year from 2010 to about 92,000 each year between 2020 to 2030 and some 88,00p annually from 2030 to 2040. By the region will have aboutg 8.3 million.
"The Atlanta region has been one of the fastesg growing areas in the United Statesfor decades," said Mike Alexander, ARC Researcbh Division chief, in a statement. "Andx while the kind of growth experienced in thepast can'yt be maintained forever, metro Atlanta will continue to outpace most other parte of the country." Despitw an average loss of nearly 10,000 jobs each year from 2000 to ARC projects strong job growtjh in the region between now and 2040. ARC estimatea that the region will addnearlyt 60,500 jobs each year from 2010 to more than 53,000 annually from 2020 to 2030 and almosty 64,000 each year from 2030 to 2040. In by 2040 the region will have 4.
5 million jobs. Future job growthu should be in high-paying sectors such as health professional, scientific and technicak areas, ARC said. "Employment growth won't skyrocket as it did in the when the region addedalmost 86,000 jobs each but it will recover and metro Atlantq will again be a destination for job Alexander said.