Population, Area and Government.
Atlanta’s population is estimated at 105,600. By the census of 1900 it was 89,872. The census of 1880 gave Atlanta a population of 39,000, and by the city assessment of the next year the real estate was valued at $14,721,883, and the personal property at $7,474,258. By 1890 the population had grown to 65,000 and real estate was valued at $39,729,894. In the same period personal property grew to $11,906,605. The decade between 1880 and 1890 was a period during which Atlanta made remarkable advance, but during the great depression through which the whole country has passed since 1890 the progress of this city has been astonishing. In spite of a somewhat lower scale of valuation for suburban real estate, the assessor’s report for 1903 showed realty valued at $49,728,034, and personalty $13,628,201. This value was created in thirty-nine years, for Atlanta came out of the Civil War naked and desolate.
By census taken in 1900 the population of Atlanta, by wards, was found to be as follows:
| First Ward | 15,596 | |
| Second Ward | 14,628 | |
| Third Ward | 12,943 | |
| Fourth Ward | 17,072 | |
| Fifth Ward | 12,415 | |
| Sixth Ward | 14,754 | |
| Seventh Ward | 2,464 | |
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| Total | 89,872 |
Since then the population has increased to 105,600.