How To Use This Report - This web site is designed to
provide information about the City of Atlanta’s 24
Neighborhood Planning Units (NPU’s) and 139 neighborhoods
that is useful for city planners, community leaders, social
workers and other professionals that have need for a careful
demographic analysis. Please see the methodology section for
a thorough description of neighborhood and NPU boundaries.
The report is composed primarily of tables, charts and
graphs, as well as selected pictures of the communities,
showing common trends, and Geographic Information System
(GIS) maps to give the user an orientation to their
neighborhood of interest. No written analyses or
interpretations of the results are reported here. We leave
such work up to the users of the report. The report is
divided into three geographic levels: city, Neighborhood
Planning Unit (NPU), and neighborhood. Based on the 1980 and
1990 Census User Defined Areas (UDAP) and 2000 Census of
Population and Housing, different tables, charts and graphs
were made for each geographic level. It is important to note
that not all variables are reported for each level. We
welcome suggestions for adding variables to this site since
we view it as a report in progress, and we plan periodic
updates. The architecture of the site presents information
under the following hierarchy: City of Atlanta, NPU, and
neighborhood. It is possible, however, to move from one
level to the other without going through an intermediate
level. The information presented in this electronic report
has been developed by students and staff at the Georgia
Institute of Technology under the direction of Professor
David Sawicki. It is the product of a partnership between
the staff at GT’s Data And Policy Analysis group and
students in the City and Regional Planning Program. Please
feel free to use this information in your work, but citing
“GT City Planning/DAPA” as your data source.David Sawick