NCP Blog: Spotlight on Panel Members in Georgia

Georgia was established as the 13th colony in 1733, and it became the fourth state on January 2, 1788. The state is bordered by Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Atlanta, the capital city of Georgia, is also the state’s largest city.

 

According to the US Census Bureau, the estimated population of Georgia was 10,617,426 in 2019. It ranks 8th among states in population and 24th in land area.

Official Georgia State Symbols

 

– Fruit: Peach
– Crop: Peanut
– Bird: Brown Thrasher
– Mammal: White-tailed deer
– Insect: Honeybee
– Tree: Live oak
– Vegetable: Vidalia onion
– Flower: Cherokee rose

 

Find more information about Georgia’s state symbols here.

Fun Facts about Georgia

 

Georgia is home to the oldest state park in the nation, Indian Springs State Park.

 

There are 350 species of birds in Georgia.

 

Georgia became the first state to charter a state-supported university on January 27, 1785 when the University of Georgia was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly.

 

The Okefenokee in south Georgia is the largest swamp in North America.

 

The largest wild hog ever discovered was found and killed in Alapaha, Georgia. Weighing in at 1,000 pounds and measuring 12 feet in length, the creature was nicknamed “Hogzilla”.

 

Famous people from Georgia include the singers Ray Charles, Trisha Yearwood, and Amy Grant, Martin Luther King, Jr., the baseball player Jackie Robinson, and Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts.

NCP Panel Members in Georgia

 

Want to learn more about your fellow panel members in another state? Here’s how our Georgia panel members answered some of our survey questions!

 

 

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