Some top line bullets from the AJC’s parsing of Atlanta’s 2005-2009 Census SURVEY data that was recently release to the viewing public.  This ISN’T the 2010 Census, which is scheduled to be released a week from now.

• “…median income in the city rose from $34,770 to $50,243, a 54 percent increase. At the same time, the percentage of city residents with at least a bachelor’s degree increased by one-third, to 46 percent.”
• “For the metro region as a whole, the percentage of Hispanic or Latino residents increased 43 percent between the 2000 Census and the latest numbers, which cover the period 2005-2009.”
• “Although 21 percent of Atlanta residents lived in poverty during the period 2005-2009, that was a 14 percent decrease from the 2000 census.”
• “The number of white residents rose by 30 percent, eclipsing even the 18 percent increase in the number of people of Hispanic origin. The number of black residents fell by 18 percent.”