About Georgia

Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River by land area and one of the fastest-growing states in the country. Founded in 1733 as the last of the thirteen original colonies, it has spent nearly three centuries at the center of American history, from the Revolution to the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement to the Senate runoffs that determined control of Congress in 2021.

Atlanta is the undisputed capital of the American South , a city of 6 million in its metro area that hosts more corporate headquarters, more film production, and more international air traffic than any city in the region. Coca-Cola was born here. Delta Air Lines is based here. The CDC is headquartered here. Martin Luther King Jr. was born, preached, and is buried here.

Beyond Atlanta, Georgia is a state of remarkable geographic and cultural diversity: Blue Ridge mountain towns in the north, the antebellum grandeur of Savannah on the coast, vast agricultural plains in the south, and a corridor of college towns and small cities in between. Its red clay soil, sweet Vidalia onions, and Georgia peaches are as much a part of its identity as its skyline.