The Peach State
- State Site: Official Web Site of the State of Georgia
- Capital City:
- Savannah, 1733-1782. Augusta, 1786-1795. Louisville, 1796-1806. Millidgeville, 1807-1868. Atlanta, since 1868.
- Atlanta
- Atlanta Apartments
- Capitol:
- Abbreviations:
- Postal: GA
- Traditional: Ga.
- Admission to Union:
- Ancestry / Genealogy:
- Apartments: Georgia Apartments
- Area:
- Area Codes: Georgia Area Codes
- Biographies: Notable Georgians
- Bird:
- Birth Records: Birth Certificate Requests
- Border States:
- Citizens: Georgia Citizens
- Climate: Climatology For Georgia
- Constitution: Georgia Constitution, 4th state to enter the Union.
- County Profile: Georgia Counties
- Courts: Judicial Branch of Georgia
- Current Events: Georgia News
- Death Records: Death Certificate Request
- Department of: Complete List of State Agencies & Organizations
- Driving: Driver's License Services
- Economy:
- Agriculture: Georgia is one of the leading egg and broiler (5-12 week-old chicken)
producing states. Beef cattle, hogs and milk are also important. Georgia leads the country in the
production of peanuts and pecans. Cotton ranks second among Georgia's crops, followed by tobacco,
soybeans and corn. Other crops include hay, oats, sorghum grain and wheat. Sweet potatoes are Georgia's
most important vegetable. Georgia is a leading producer of peaches. Other fruits are apples and
watermelons. [Find out more]
- Manufacturing: Processed foods and beverages (baked goods, beer, packaged chicken, and
peanut butter) lead in the manufacturing sector followed by textiles (carpeting, cotton and synthetic fabrics, tire cord, yarn). Ranking
third is transportation equipment (automobile assembly, aircraft parts, military aircraft, missiles).
- Services: Service industries are the largest sector of Georgia's economy led by
wholesale (food, petroleum products, transportation equipment) and retail (automobile dealerships,
discount stores, grocery stores, restaurants) trade activities. Community, business and personal
services (doctors' offices, private hospitals, hotels, law firms, computer programming and data
processing companies, repair shops) rank second in the services sector, followed by finance, insurance
and real estate (home and office developments, banking, insurance).
- Mining: Georgia ranks first in the production of clay and kaolin and is a
leading producer of fuller's earth. Georgia is among the leading producers of crushed stone and
building stone. Granite is its most important quarried stone. Limestone and marble are also quarried
in Georgia. Other important products include sand and gravel. Barite, bauxite, feldspar, kyanite, mica,
and talc are also mined.
- Fishing: Fishing in Georgia is a relatively minor portion of the state's economy.
Shrimp are Georgia's most valuable catch. Crabs rank second. Oysters and clams are also caught.
- Flag:
- Fishing:
- Flower:
- Genealogical Resources:
- Geographic Center: Georgia Geography
- Governor:
- Highest Point: Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet above sea level.
- Highway Markers: Georgia
- History:
- Hunting:
- Judiciary: Judicial Branch of Georgia
- Largest Cities: 10 Largest Cities
- Legislature: Georgia State Legislature
- Library: The Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia
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| Courtesy: Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Safety |
- License Plates: Georgia
- Lottery: Georgia Lottery
- Lowest Point: Georgia Geography
- Maps: Georgia Maps
- Marriage: Marriage Records
- Media:
- Motor Vehicles: Department of Motor Vehicle Safety
- Motto:
- Museums: Georgia Museums
- National Forests:
- National Parks: National Parks in Georgia
- Natural Resources: Georgia's natural resources include a variety of mineral deposits (clays,
large granite deposits, marble, feldspar, some gold, barite, manganese, bauxite, fuller's earth, kaolin,
bentonites, coal, kyanite, limestone, mica), great forests and abundant water supplies.
- Newspapers: Georgia
- Nickname: for Georgia
- Non-transients: Find A Grave
- Online Services: Georgia Online Services
- Origin of State's name: Georgia
- Political Cartoons: PoliticalCartoons.com
- Population:
- Representatives:
- Road Side America: Georgia
- Senior Citizens: Senior Services
- Song: Georgia on My Mind
- State Parks: Georgia State Parks
- State Quarter: Georgia
- Symbols: Georgia Symbols
- Tax Forms:
- Topography: State Topography Image: Georgia
- Travel:
- Tree: Live Oak
- Unclaimed Funds: Georgia Unclaimed Property Program
- Veteran Affairs: Department of Veterans Service
- Vital Records: Division of Public Health
- Weather:
- Web Cams: Georgia Webcams
- Zip Codes:
- Zoos:
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