Title: List of counties in Georgia
Content:  The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely local in nature. Also, eight consolidated city-counties have been established in Georgia: Athens–Clarke County, Augusta–Richmond County, Columbus–Muscogee County, Georgetown–Quitman County, Statenville–Echols County, Macon–Bibb County, Cusseta–Chattahoochee County, and Preston-Webster County.
Title: List of counties in Georgia
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Title: List of county seats in Georgia
Content:  The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely local in nature. Each county has a county seat. In Georgia, county seats typically have a courthouse at a town square. Of the current 159 counties and two historic counties, 47 counties have changed their county seat at least once.
Title: List of counties by U.S. state and territory
Content:  County, Georgia ; 142) Turner County, Georgia ; 143) Twiggs County, Georgia ; 144) Union County, Georgia ; 145) Upson County, Georgia ; 146) Walker County, Georgia ; 147) Walton County, Georgia ; 148) Ware County, Georgia ; 149) Warren County, Georgia ; 150) Washington County, Georgia ; 151) Wayne County, Georgia ; 152) Webster County, Georgia ; 153) Wheeler County, Georgia ; 154) White County, Georgia ; 155) Whitfield County, Georgia ; 156) Wilcox County, Georgia ; 157) Wilkes County, Georgia ; 158) Wilkinson County, Georgia ; 159) Worth County, Georgia The State of Georgia comprises 159 counties. 
Title: Geography of Georgia (U.S. state)
Content:   Georgia is made up of more than 500 cities in 159 counties within 13 congressional districts. The map to the right shows the county boundaries for all 159 counties in Georgia. 149 of the 159 counties in the state are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners while the other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner. All commissioners are elected by the voters of their county for terms that range between two and six years with most counties having terms lasting four years. Serving members wield both executive and legislative power in their county. Most of the 536 cities in Georgia are governed by a mayor-council system. All municipalities in the state are considered cities. There are no lesser incorporations such as towns, villages, or boroughs. Most basic public services rendered outside of the cities are provided by the counties.
Title: Georgia (U.S. state)
Content:  Georgia consists of 159 counties, second only to Texas, with 254. Georgia had 161 counties until the end of 1931, when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton. Some counties have been named for prominent figures in both American and Georgian history, and many bear names with Native American origin. Counties in Georgia have their own elected legislative branch, usually called the Board of Commissioners, which usually also has executive authority in the county. Several counties have a sole Commissioner form of government, with legislative and executive authority vested in a single person. Georgia is the only state with current 
Title: List of counties in Georgia
Content:  From 1732 until 1758, the minor civil divisions in Georgia were districts and towns. In 1758, the Province of Georgia was divided into eight parishes, and another four parishes were partitioned in 1765. On February 5, 1777, the original eight counties of the state were created: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond and Wilkes. Georgia has the second largest number of counties of any state in the United States, following Texas, which has 254 counties. One traditional reasoning for the creation and location of so many counties in Georgia was that a country farmer, rancher, or lumberman should be able to travel to the legal county seat town or city, and then back home, in one 
Title: List of counties by U.S. state and territory
Content:  County, Georgia ; 82) Jenkins County, Georgia ; 83) Johnson County, Georgia ; 84) Jones County, Georgia ; 85) Lamar County, Georgia ; 86) Lanier County, Georgia ; 87) Laurens County, Georgia ; 88) Lee County, Georgia ; 89) Liberty County, Georgia ; 90) Lincoln County, Georgia ; 91) Long County, Georgia ; 92) Lowndes County, Georgia ; 93) Lumpkin County, Georgia ; 94) Macon County, Georgia ; 95) Madison County, Georgia ; 96) Marion County, Georgia ; 97) McDuffie County, Georgia ; 98) McIntosh County, Georgia ; 99) Meriwether County, Georgia ; 100) Miller County, Georgia ; 101) 
Title: List of counties by U.S. state and territory
Content:  County, Georgia ; 102) Monroe County, Georgia ; 103) Montgomery County, Georgia ; 104) Morgan County, Georgia ; 105) Murray County, Georgia ; 106) Muscogee County, Georgia ; 107) Newton County, Georgia ; 108) Oconee County, Georgia ; 109) Oglethorpe County, Georgia ; 110) Paulding County, Georgia ; 111) Peach County, Georgia ; 112) Pickens County, Georgia ; 113) Pierce County, Georgia ; 114) Pike County, Georgia ; 115) Polk County, Georgia ; 116) Pulaski County, Georgia ; 117) Putnam County, Georgia ; 118) Quitman County, Georgia ; 119) Rabun County, Georgia ; 120) Randolph County, Georgia ; 121) 
Title: List of county courthouses in Georgia
Content:  The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties. In Georgia, county seats typically have a courthouse at a town square. Courthouses in Georgia have been replaced for a variety of reasons. Courthouses have typically been replaced over time due to natural wear on courthouses, being destroyed in the Civil War, or communities outgrowing their current courthouse. When county seats have been moved, a new courthouse was typically constructed. Courthouses in Georgia have also been destroyed by disasters including fire, tornadoes, war, and arson. The most recent county courthouse to suffer a disaster was the burning of Hancock County, Georgia's courthouse in August 2014.

Question: how many counties does the state of georgia have?
Answer: 159.
159 counties.