The State of Georgia is located in the southern region of the United States of America. Georgia is bordered by Florida; the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; then on the west by Alabama; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina.
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The State of Georgia is located in the southern region of the United States of America. Georgia is bordered by Florida; the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; then on the west by Alabama; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina.
Georgia is one of the fastest-growing states in the United States, with its population increasing from 8,186,453 in 2000 to an estimated 9,072,576 people in 2005. The largest city, and capital, is Atlanta. The state of Georgia has twenty metropolitan areas with populations above fifty-thousand. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 228,415 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 378,258 people. As of 2006, Georgia is the 9th most populated state. Its population has grown 44.5% (2,885,725) since 1990, again making it one of the fastest-growing states in the country.
Georgia's agricultural outputs are poultry and eggs, pecans, peaches, peanuts, rye, cattle, hogs, dairy products, and vegetables. Its industrial outputs are textiles and apparel, transportation equipment, food processing, paper products, chemical products, electric equipment. Tourism also makes an important contribution to the economy.
The climate in most of Georgia is primarily a humid subtropical climate tempered sometimes by occasional polar air masses in the winter. Hot and
humid summers are typical, except at the highest elevations.
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