According to the 1990 census, Georgia had
6,478,216 inhabitants, an increase of 18.6 percent over
1980. The average population density in 1990 were 42 people
109 per square mile. Whites made up 71 percent of the
population and blacks 27 percent; other groups included
15,275 persons of Korean origin, 13,926 persons of Asian
Indian background, 12,926 American Indians, 12,657 persons
of Chinese ancestry. About 109,000 people were of Hispanic
origin. Baptists made up 50.8 percent of the state
population, followed by Methodists 11.5 percent, and Roman
Catholics 6.3 percent. In 1990 approximately 63 percent of
all Georgians lived in areas defined as urban, and the rest
in rural areas. The state's biggest cities were Atlanta, the
capital, Columbus, Savannah, Macon, Dalton, and
Albany.
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