Demographics of Georgia (U.S. state)

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	82,548	—
1800	162,686	97.1%
1810	251,407	54.5%
1820	340,989	35.6%
1830	516,823	51.6%
1840	691,392	33.8%
1850	906,185	31.1%
1860	1,057,286	16.7%
1870	1,184,109	12.0%
1880	1,542,181	30.2%
1890	1,837,353	19.1%
1900	2,216,331	20.6%
1910	2,609,121	17.7%
1920	2,895,832	11.0%
1930	2,908,506	0.4%
1940	3,123,723	7.4%
1950	3,444,578	10.3%
1960	3,943,116	14.5%
1970	4,589,575	16.4%
1980	5,463,105	19.0%
1990	6,478,216	18.6%
2000	8,186,453	26.4%
2010	9,687,653	18.3%
2020	10,711,908	10.6%
Sources: 1910–2020^[1]

Georgia is a South Atlantic U.S. state with a population of 10,711,908 according to the 2020 United States census, or just over 3% of the U.S. population. The majority of the state's population is concentrated within Metro Atlanta, although other highly populated regions include: West Central and East Central Georgia; West, Central, and East Georgia; and Coastal Georgia; and their Athens, Columbus, Macon and Warner Robins, Augusta, Savannah, Hinesville, and Brunswick metropolitan statistical areas.

^ "Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020)". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.