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Georgia Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units3,281,737100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached2,107,31764.21-unit, attached94,1502.92 units90,3702.83 or 4 units132,5354.05 to 9 units173,3855.310 to 19 units129…

Georgia Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school2,211,688100.0Nursery school, preschool176,8428.0Kindergarten126,6415.7Elementary school (grades 1-8)1,003,49545.4High…

Georgia Map Quiz

Welcome to the Georgia Quiz! Do you think you know a lot about this beautiful country? From the capital city to traditional dishes, this quiz covers a wide range of topics related to the beautiful…

Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe was born in Wisconsin, raised in Virginia and schooled in Chicago and New York, but she is generally associated with the American southwest, particularly New Mexico. She was one of…

Tskhinvali

(Encyclopedia) TskhinvaliTskhinvalitskhĭnˈvälĭ [key], city (1989 pop. 42,934), capital of South Ossetia, a region of N Georgia that has had de facto independence since the 1990s. The city has lumber…

Milledgeville

(Encyclopedia) Milledgeville, city (1990 pop. 17,727), seat of Baldwin co., central Ga., on the Oconee River, in a fertile farm area; inc. 1836. Among its industries are the manufacture of clothing,…

Nunn, Sam

(Encyclopedia) Nunn, Sam (Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr.), 1938–, U.S. Senator from Georgia (1973–97), b. Perry, Ga. A lawyer, he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1968–72) and won…

Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1932–, African-American leader, clergyman, and public official, b. New Orleans. He was a leading civil-rights activist in the 1960s and, as a Democrat from…

Cleland, Max

(Encyclopedia) Cleland, Max, 1942-2021, American politician, b. Atlanta, GA, as Joseph Maxwell Cleland, Stetson Univ. (B.A., 1964), Emory Univ. (M.A., 1968). Cleland enlisted in the Army in 1965…

Isakson, John Hardy

(Encyclopedia) Isakson, John Hardy "Johnny,", 1944-2021, American politician, b. Atlanta, Ga., Univ. of Georgia (B.B.A., 1966). After working in…