Recent internal data records $2 billion in land for sale in Georgia. This represents 297,248 acres of land for sale in Georgia. The most expensive property listed for sale on Lands of America recently was $43 million, while the median price for land, ranches and farms in Georgia came in at $347,566. The average price of land advertised for sale in Georgia was $681,942. There was 5,707 acres of sold land in Georgia recorded in April 2018 through the Lands of America sales program. This reflects an 11 percent decrease in sales activity over the previous month. The total value of this sold land and rural real estate was $21.7 million. Georgia covers a diverse landscape that rolls from the Appalachian Mountains in its northwest corner to the barrier islands and beaches along its Atlantic coastline. The state is home to over 100 wildlife management areas that offer over one million acres of hunting lands, where hunters can bag deer, duck, quail and more. Fishing is also popular in the state, with 4, 000 miles of trout streams and some 12, 000 miles of other streams packed with bass, catfish and bluegill and bream. In terms of size, Georgia is the country's 24th-largest state, covering an area of 59,441 square miles (38 million acres). Of its total landmass, 57,513 square miles (97 percent) of the state is land, while the remaining 1,912 square miles is covered by water. Less than ten percent of land in Georgia is public land (i.e. national and state parks, national forests, BLM land). As befits a state with excellent hunting for big and small game like deer, waterfowl and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in Georgia. The financial publication Kiplinger has ranked the state among the ten best states for retirees based on factors including property and income taxes, health care and cost of living. Of the 159 counties in the state, Towns County had the most land and rural real estate for sale.