Portal:Georgia (U.S. state)/State facts
Appearance
- Nickname: Peach State
- Capital and largest city: Atlanta
- Governor: Brian Kemp (R)
- Lieutenant Governor: Burt Jones (R)
- Total area: 153,909 km2 (59,425 sq mi)
- Population (2021 estimate): 10,799,566
- Date admitted to the Union: January 2, 1788
- Senators: Jon Ossoff (D), Raphael Warnock (D)
State symbols:
- State amphibian: American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea)
- State bird: Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- State flower: Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata)
- State marine Mammal: North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- Butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
- Fruit: Peach
- Insect: Honeybee
- Prepared Food: Grits
- Fish: Largemouth Bass
- Crop: Peanut
- Tree: Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)
- Vegetable: Vidalia onion
- Reptile: Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
- Game Bird: Bobwhite Quail
- Seashell: Knobbed Whelk
- Gem: Quartz
- Fossil: Shark Tooth
- Mineral: Staurolite
- Agriculture: Poultry
- Art Museum: Georgia Museum of Art in Athens
- Atlas: The Atlas of Georgia
- Ballet: Atlanta Ballet
- Beef Barbecue Championship Cook-off: The Hawkinsville Civitan Club’s “Shoot the Bull” barbecue championship
- Center for Character Education: Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum
- Folk Dance Square Dance
- Folk Festival: Georgia Folk Festival
- Folk Life Play: “Swamp Gravy”
- Frontier and Southern Indian Interpretive Center: The Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt University, Waleska
- Historic Drama: “The Reach of Song” presented on the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds near Hiawassee
- Musical Theatre: Peach State Summer Theatre
- Peanut Monument: Turner County on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn
- Pork Barbecue Championship Cook-off: The Dooly County Chamber of Commerce’s “Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig”
- Railroad Museum: The Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex, Savannah
- Songs: "Georgia on My Mind"