GEORGIA CENSUS NUMBERS2000-2010Total area: 59,424.77-59,425.15Water area: 1,518.63-1,911.67Land area: 57,906.14-57,513.49
A chunk of land the size of Fannin County has gone missing from Georgia.
Geography data in the 2010 census shows the Peach State’s land area is nearly 400 square miles smaller than it was in 2000.
“Did we throw ourselves in the dryer or something? I don’t know,” said Georgia Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga. “I’m amazed that that statistic is out there.”
On the 2000 census, Georgia’s land area came in at 57,906.14 square miles. Recently released figures from the 2010 census show 392.65 fewer square miles, at 57,513.49.