When you take facts and put them into perspective by comparing them to other things in the world, what you get can be pretty incredible! All of these facts about Georgia are almost unbelievable, yet true.
- The population of Georgia could fill Rhode Island 9.5 times over!
wikipedia There are 10.1 million people in Georgia and only 1.055 million people in Rhode Island!
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- Agriculture contributes $72.5 billion to Georgia’s economy each year. That’s more than the GDP of the Bahamas, San Marino, Iceland, Jamaica and Nepal combined!
UGA College of Ag & Environmental Sciences - OCCS via Flickr Source
- Cattle is grown in all 159 counties of Georgia. It’s the 6th largest export for the state.
UGA College of Ag & Environmental Sciences - OCCS via Flickr Source
- There are more obese people in Georgia than there are people in Mississippi, Arkansas, Utah, Kansas and many other states. That’s more than 3 million obese people in the state of Georgia.
Vinnie Lauria via Flickr Source
- There are also enough uninsured people in Georgia to fill both Wyoming and Vermont combined. Georgia has the fifth highest rate of uninsured people in the country.
Wally Gobetz via Flickr Source
- In 2012, Georgia had 500,000 registered gun holders. That’s enough to give every college student in the state of Georgia (more than 300,000) a gun.
Keary O. via Flickr Source 1 Source 2
- Georgia is ranked 9th for the highest number of adults without high school diplomas. That’s about 866,000 adults…and California, Nevada and Texas have more than that.
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- North Georgia replaced 100,000 old toilets this year and saved 2.4 million gallons of water per day.
Josh Santelli via Flick Source
- Georgia has the most insurance claims for lighting related incidents in the country.
Elvis Kennedy via Flickr Georgia had more than 3,700 claims in 2014, and insurance companies paid more than $16 million. That’s 1,500 more claims than Texas, which had 2,201 claims related to lightning incidents in 2014. Source
- Distracted driving fatalities are up 73% in Georgia for the last five years. The number of people injured in distracted driving incidents are up 181% in the past five years.
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What are some other crazy facts that you know to be true about Georgia? Tell us in the comments below!
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There are 10.1 million people in Georgia and only 1.055 million people in Rhode Island!
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UGA College of Ag & Environmental Sciences - OCCS via Flickr
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Vinnie Lauria via Flickr
Wally Gobetz via Flickr
Keary O. via Flickr
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Jeff Meyer via Flickr
Josh Santelli via Flick
Elvis Kennedy via Flickr
Georgia had more than 3,700 claims in 2014, and insurance companies paid more than $16 million. That’s 1,500 more claims than Texas, which had 2,201 claims related to lightning incidents in 2014. Source
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