Georgia State (U.S.A.), a land of military installations, agriculture, tourism, Fortune 1000 companies, and mining
Georgia is a success in terms
economic growth. Georgia is a market of + 10 million consumers.
There are 15
Fortune 500 companies and 26 Fortune 1000 companies with
headquarters in Georgia, including such names as Home Depot, UPS, Coca-Cola,
Delta Air Lines, Aflac, Southern Company, Anthem Inc. (one of the largest health benefits companies),
Honeywell, and SunTrust Banks.
Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport as measured by both passenger traffic and
aircraft traffic, is located in Georgia.
Georgia has over 1,700 internationally headquartered facilities representing 43
countries, employing more than 112,000 Georgians with an estimated capital
investment of $23 billion.
Atlanta has
a large effect on the state of Georgia, the
Southeastern United States, and beyond. Atlanta
has been the site of growth in real estate, service, logistics and the
communications and film industries, while tourism is important to the economy. Atlanta is a global city, also called world
city or sometimes alpha city or world center, as a city
generally considered to be an important node in the global economic system.
Widespread
farms produce peanuts, corn, and soybeans across middle and
south Georgia. The state is the
number one producer of pecans in the world, with the region around Albany in
southwest Georgia being the center of Georgia's pecan production. Georgia is in the top five blueberry
producers in the United States
Georgia's
agricultural outputs include poultry and eggs, pecans, peaches, cotton, peanuts, rye, cattle, hogs, dairy products,
turfgrass, timber, particularly pine trees, tobacco and vegetables.
Major
products in the mineral industry include a variety of clays, stones, sands and the
clay palygorskite, known as attapulgite.
There is
still a textile industry located around the cities of
Rome, Columbus, Augusta, Macon and along the I-75 corridor between Atlanta and
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Industrial
products include textiles and apparel, transportation equipment,
food processing, paper products, chemicals and products, and electric
equipment.
The Georgia
Ports Authority owns and operates four ports in the state: Port
of Savannah, Port of Brunswick, Port Bainbridge, and Port Columbus.
Southern
Congressmen have attracted major investment by the US
military in the state.
Georgia's
electricity generation and consumption are among
the highest in the United States, with natural gas being the primary electrical
generation fuel, followed by coal.
Georgia has a progressive income tax structure with six brackets of state income
tax rates that range from 1% to 6%.
The state
legislature may allow municipalities to institute local
sales taxes and special local taxes, such as the 2% SPLOST tax and the 1% sales
tax for MARTA serviced counties.
The Georgia
Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office promotes
filming in the state.
In the
Atlanta area, World of Coke, Georgia Aquarium, Zoo Atlanta
and Stone Mountain are important tourist attractions.
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