is the youngest of the 13 states that originally formed the US.

Capital: Atlanta

Population: 10.62 million

Founded: January 2, 1788 (4th)

State Bird: Brown Thrasher

State Tree: Live Oak

State Flower: Cherokee Rose

Number of Counties: 159

Largest City: Atlanta - 498,000

Nickname: Peach State

Number of Farms: 42,439

Average Farm Size: 235 acres

Total Farmland: 9.95 billion acres

• Georgia has more types of soil than any other state

• Peanut farmers grow almost halt the peanuts in the United States

• Georgia was the first colony to grow cotton

• Georgia is third behind California and South Carolina in Peach sales

• Georgia grows the sweetest onion in the world, the Vidalia.

• The top 6 fruits and vegetables are: peaches, sweet corn, bell peppers, watermelon, blueberries and cucumbers

• The first telephone service in 1901

• The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney

• Georgia is the largest of the states east of the Mississippi River

• The Georgia Aquarium is one of the largest in the world

• The Atlanta airport is the world’s largest airport

• Georgia has had 5 capitals.

  • Savannah

  • Augusta

  • Louisville

  • Milledgeville

  • Atlanta

• Augusta is home to the oldest independent African-American church

• Marble from Georgia was used to build the Lincoln Memorial

• Georgia has the 2nd most counties in the US behind Texas

• Georgia could fit into Alaska 11 times

• Hart county is named after Nancy Hart, the only one named after a woman

• Jimmy Carter, the 39th President was a peanut farmer

• There are 4 dozen varieties of peaches