Georgia, one of the original 13 colonies, entered the Union in January 1788. The state has participated in every presidential election except 1864 (due to secession). From 1868 through 1960, the state was "blue"—voting Democratic in every election. Its residents were conservative Democrats who went "red" in 1964 in response to unhappiness over the Civil Rights Act. In 1968, Georgia voted for Independent George Wallace in an election that marked the last time a third-party candidate received any electoral votes.
Georgia was reliably Republican from 1972 through 2016, except when a southern Democrat was on the ticket. However, the state has become increasingly competitive, and in 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won by 0.2% over Donald Trump. It was the narrowest margin of victory in the country that year.
Also known as the "Peach State", Georgia has an estimated 2023 population of 11,019,186 residents—the eighth-most in the US—representing approximately 3.26% of the American populace. Located just above Florida on the southern Atlantic coast, Georgia is the 24th-largest state geographically, with a total area of 59,425 mi².
The largest city in Georgia is Atlanta, which has a population of 498,715 in the city proper and 6,144,050 in its greater metropolitan area—which, due to the peculiarities of metropolitan-area boundaries, stretches across 29 counties (8,376 square miles) and includes more than 140 cities and towns. Georgia's most populated county is Fulton County, which boasts more than one million residents. Georgia is divided into 159 counties and contains 535 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, consolidated city-counties, and consolidated cities.
The median age in Georgia is 36.2, with a gender difference of 51.3% females and 48.7% males.
In religious terms, Georgia shows a 79% affiliation with any Christian-based faith, a 3% preference for non-Christian-based faiths, and an 18% ambivalence or non-preference toward religion over the entire state.
According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Georgia was:
White: 55.85%
Black or African American: 31.54%
Two or more races: 4.85%
Asian: 4.22%
Other race: 3.15%
Native American: 0.33%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.06%
Muslims are 123,632 or 1.2 percent.
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