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Background • Federal Census Summary • State Map with County Boundaries • Counties • Links to State Resources Background
Georgia was one of the 13 original States. At the close of the Revolution it included most of present-day Alabama and Mississippi, an area which finally became Mississippi Territory in 1802. In that year Georgia reached essentially its present boundaries, although survey uncertainties resulted in continuing disputes with bordering States over subsequent decades.
| Capital: Atlanta | Total Area: 59,411 sq mi | ||
| Latitude: 30°31'N to 35°N | Longitude: 81°W to 85°53'W | ||
| Last Significant Boundary Change: 1810 | |||
Census coverage in 1790 and 1800 was limited to the eastern portions of the present State near the Savannah River and the Atlantic coast; there was no coverage of present-day Alabama or Mississippi. The population for 1810 excludes 1,026 persons in (old) Walton County, reported as a Georgia county but later determined to be in North Carolina. Census coverage of the State was relatively complete by 1840.
| 1790: 82,548 | 1800: 162,686 | 1810: 251,407 | 1820: 340,989 |
| 1830: 516,823 | 1840: 691,392 | 1850: 906,185 | 1860: 1,057,286 |
| 1870: 1,184,109 | 1880: 1,542,180 | 1890: 1,837,353 | 1900: 2,216,331 |
| 1910: 2,609,121 | 1920: 2,895,832 | 1930: 2,908,506 | 1940: 3,123,723 |
| 1950: 3,444,578 | 1960: 3,943,116 | 1970: 4,589,575 | 1980: 5,463,105 |
| 1990: 6,478,216 | 2000: 8,186,453 |