Portal:Georgia (U.S. state)/State facts


 * Nickname: Peach State
 * Capital and largest city: Atlanta
 * Governor: Brian Kemp (R)
 * Lieutenant Governor: Burt Jones (R)
 * Total area: 153,909 km2
 * 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"