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 (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"