Here are some fun and interesting facts about the great state of Georgia:
- Capital: Atlanta
- Population: 9,919,945 (Source: 2012 U.S. Census)
- Major Cities: Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah, Athens Borders: Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and the Atlantic Ocean
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $433,569 million (2012 U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Key Industries: Agriculture including peanuts, peaches, cotton, and poultry Timber, carpet, textiles, and paper products
- How Georgia got its name: Georgia was named for King George II who signed the charter for James Oglethorpe to start the colony.
State Nickname: Peach State State Slogan: Georgia on My Mind; also its state song
State Motto: Wisdom, justice, and moderation
State Flower: Cherokee Rose
State Bird: Brown Thrasher
State Fish: Largemouth bass
State Tree: Live Oak
State Mammal: Right whale
State Foods: Grits, Peaches, Vidalia Sweet Onions
- Atlanta, GA hosted the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympic Games.
- It is the largest state east of the Mississippi River.
- There is a giant carving (3 acres large!) on the side of Stone Mountain of Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. You can see a laser show projected onto the carving at night during the summer.
- There are over 50 streets with the word 'Peachtree' in their name in Atlanta, Georgia.
- It is also called the Goober State because of all the peanuts they grow there.
- Georgia Tech once beat Cumberland University 222 - 0 in a football game. This was the worst defeat in the history of college football.
- The first woman US Senator, Rebecca Latimer Felton, was from Georgia.
- Why didn't the chicken cross the road in Quitman, Georgia? Because it is illegal there!
- The world's largest college campus is Berry College.
- President Jimmy Carter was born in Plains, GA.