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The Peach State

Living in Georgia with its lower cost of living enables you to do more with the money you make, and maintain a higher standard of living. Georgia offers world-class healthcare and throughout the state you can find quality medical and dental care in large and small communities via 151 general hospitals, more than 15,000 doctors and nearly 6,000 dentists. Atlanta’s hospitals offer some of the most advanced care and facilities in the nation.

Georgia has everything from rock climbing to art museums. Recreational and cultural opportunities are unlimited. Do your interested run to boating, camping, fishing, golfing, hiking or tennis? Georgia is the state fro you. The capital city of Atlanta has world-class museums, like the High Museum of Art and Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Two resident ballet companies, numerous theatre groups and an award-winning symphony can also be found here.

Manufactured Goods produced by the state of Georgia include textiles, food, pulp and paper products. The main agricultural crops are peanuts, cotton, corn, tobacco, hay and soybeans. Poultry, cattle and hogs make up the agricultural livestock sector.

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Population: over 6 million
Size: 58,910 sq mi (152,576 sq km),
Per Capita Personal Income: over $33,457 as of 2007
Capital: Atlanta

Professional Sports Teams


Football: Atlanta Falcons

Basketball: Atlanta Hawks

Hockey: Atlanta Thrashers


That Georgia is known as the “Peach State” because of the growers' reputation for producing the highest quality fruit. The peach became the official state fruit in 1995.

That the following people are from Georgia: James Bowie, James Brown, Jimmy Carter, Ray Charles, Ty Cobb, John C. Fremont, Martin Luther King Jr., Gladys Knight, Margaret Mitchell, Otis Redding, Jackie Robinson, Alice Walker.