 Located near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, Macon had a 2019 estimated population of 153,159.It is the principal city of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 228,914 in 2017.Macon is also the largest city in the Macon–Warner Robins Combined Statistical Area (CSA), a larger trading area with an estimated 420,693 residents in 2017; the CSA abuts the Atlanta metropolitan area just to the north.