#greenscreen Looking at the population map of #Georgia! Georgia is the 8th most populous state (though its likely to surpass #Ohio soon…) with about 10,823,520 residents as of 2020. The state #capital and largest #city, #Atlanta, is home to 500,000 residents, but the much larger #AtlantaMetro is home to 6.3m residents, the 6th largest in the #USA, largest in the #South, and home to nearly 60% of the #state’s population. #GreaterAtlanta expands into 21 counties, such as #Cobb, #DeKalb, #Gwinnett, #Rockdale, and #Clayton, home to the #AtlantaHartsfieldJackson #Airport, the worlds busiest by passenger flights. Other population centers in Georgia include #Athens, home of #UGA, #Augusta, #Columbus, suburban #Chattanooga, #Macon, #WarnerRobins, #Tipton, #Valdosta, #Albany, #Brunswick, and #Savannah, a large city and tourist destination along Georgia’s #i95 corridor by the #AtlanticOcean. With 159 #counties, Georgia has the second most of any state. Some are incredibly small, like #TaliaferroCounty, #EcholsCounty and #QuitmanCounty. This propensity for tiny counties in Georgia dates back to its more rural upbringing, and the idea that every Georgian should be within a days horse-ride to the county seat, mixed with a sort of psuedo-electoral college Georgia has/had on the state level, where governors were elected based on how many counties they carried, not how many votes they received. Deemed unconstitutional in 1962, this explains why Georgia has so many compared to nearly every other state, with only #Texas having more counties. Overall, while one may expect Georgia to be very centralized, much like #Illinois, its not as much as one may think, though as Atlanta continues to grow, this may change in the future. What state should I do next? #atl #hotlanta #southern #unitedstates #geography #population #populationmap #populationdensity #politics #gerrymandering #electoralcollege #states #america #americageography #geographyjoe #history #education #fultoncounty #sandysprings #southfulton #decatur #metropolitan #statistics