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| | | GEORGIA: Empire State of the South
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| State
Home Page: | | http://www.state.ga.us/ | | Capital: | | Atlanta | | Year Admitted
to Union: | | 1787 -
4th of the original 13 | | Population: | | 9,072,576 (2005) |
| Density: | | 141.4
persons per sq. mi. (18th) | | Per Capita
Income: | | $29,259
(21th) | | Land Area: | | 58,910
sq mi | | Percent
of Land Federally Owned: | | 5.0 | | Governor: | | Sonny
Perdue(R) | | Lottery start-up year: | | 1993 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White
persons: | | 5,996,973 (66.1%) |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 644,152 (7.1%) |
| African-American
or Black persons: | | 2,703,628 (29.8%) |
| American
Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 27,218 (0.3%) |
| Asian,
Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 254, 032 (2.8%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats
in House: | | 180 two-year term | | Seats
in Senate: | | 56 four-year term | | Number
of Constitutions: | | 10 | | Effective
Date of Present Constitution: | | July
1, 1983 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 13 | | Curious
Facts: | | Colonized in 1732 by James Edward Oglethorpe, Georgia was the last of the original thirteen English colonies. Georgia was the first state to allow 18-year-olds to vote. Named for King George II of England, Georgia became the fourth state after ratifying the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788. |
| | | The Girl
Scouts of the USA was founded in Georgia by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 | | | | The First
African Baptist Church was the first African-American church in the U.S.
It was founded in Savannah in 1788 | | Sources
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