29 Facts About Georgia USA

1. Georgia USA was the only colony to prohibit slavery from its inception.

2. Georgia USA has 500 cities in 159 counties with 13 congressional districts.

3. Georgia USA is the 24th largest state in the United States in terms of total area with 153,909 square kilometers.

4. Georgia USA is the 24th largest state in the United States, the 8th most populous state (as of 2016) and the largest state east of the Mississippi River.

5. Georgia USA has the second most counties in the United States with 159.

6. Georgia USA was a civil rights movement leader fighting for rights for African Americans and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

7. The University System of Georgia USA is the presiding body over public education in the state.

8. Georgia USA is a major railway hub, has the most extensive rail system in the Southeast, and has the service of two Class I railroads, CSX and Norfolk Southern, plus 24 short-line railroads.

9. Georgia USA was ranked the No 2 state for infrastructure and global access by Area Development magazine.

10. Georgia USA is in the top five blueberry producers in the United States.

11. In 2016, Georgia USA had median annual income per person of between $50,000–$59,999 which is inflated adjusted dollars for 2016.

12. In recent decades Georgia USA has voted Republican in six consecutive presidential elections since 1996.

13. Georgia USA does not provide for townships or independent cities, though there have been bills proposed in the Legislature to provide for townships; it does allow consolidated city-county governments by local referendum.

14. Georgia USA recognizes all local units of government as cities, so every incorporated town is legally a city.

15. Georgia USA is the only state with current Sole Commissioner counties.

16. Georgia USA had 161 counties until the end of 1931, when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton.

17. Georgia USA consists of 159 counties, second only to Texas, with 254.

18. Georgia USA is the state with the third-lowest percentage of older people, at 12.8 percent (as of 2015).

19. Georgia USA had the second-fastest-growing Asian population growth in the US from 1990 to 2000, more than doubling in size during the ten-year period.

20. Georgia USA was the state with the largest numerical increase in the black population from 2006 to 2007 with 84,000.

21. In 2018, Georgia USA had an estimated population of 10,519,475 which was an increase of 90,096 from the previous year, and an increase of 831,822 since 2010.

22. Georgia USA often is affected by hurricanes that strike the Florida panhandle, weaken over land, and bring strong tropical storm winds and heavy rain to the interior, as well as hurricanes that come close to the Georgia coastline, brushing the coast on their way north.

23. Georgia USA is one of the leading states in frequency of tornadoes, though they are rarely stronger than EF1.

24. State of Georgia USA has approximately 250 tree species and 58 protected plants.

25. In early 1861, Georgia USA joined the Confederacy and became a major theater of the Civil War.

26. Georgia USA became a crown colony, with a governor appointed by the king.

27. Georgia USA is bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina, to the northeast by South Carolina, to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Florida, and to the west by Alabama.

28. Georgia USA is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States.

29. Georgia USA declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states.