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View of Blue Ridge Mountains from Sassafras Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina (2016)

South Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ ^ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the southwest and south across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 40th-largest and 23rd-most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the 2020 census. In 2019^[update], its GDP was $213.45 billion. South Carolina is composed of 46 counties. The capital is Columbia with a population of 136,632 in 2020; while its most populous city is Charleston with a 2020 population of 150,227. The Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area is the most populous combined metropolitan area in the state, with an estimated 2023 population of 1,590,636.

South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles I of England, who first formed the English colony, with Carolus being Latin for "Charles". In 1712 the Province of South Carolina was formed. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, South Carolina became a royal colony in 1719. During the American Revolutionary War, South Carolina was the site of major activity among the American colonies, with more than 200 battles and skirmishes fought within the state. South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on May 23, 1788. A slave state, it was the first state to vote in favor of secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. After the American Civil War, it was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868.

During the early-to-mid 20th century, the state started to see economic progress as many textile mills and factories were built across the state. The civil rights movement of the mid-20th century helped end segregation and legal discrimination policies within the state. Economic diversification in South Carolina continued to pick up speed during and in the ensuing decades after World War II. In the early 21st century, South Carolina's economy is based on industries such as aerospace, agribusiness, automotive manufacturing, and tourism. (Full article...)

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Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was a politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A white supremacist who opposed civil rights for black Americans, Tillman led a paramilitary group of Red Shirts during South Carolina's violent 1876 election. On the floor of the U.S. Senate, he defended lynching, and frequently ridiculed black Americans in his speeches, boasting of having helped kill them during that campaign.

In the 1880s, Tillman, a wealthy landowner, became dissatisfied with the Democratic leadership and led a movement of white farmers calling for reform. He was initially unsuccessful, though he was instrumental in the founding of Clemson University as an agricultural land-grant college. In 1890, Tillman took control of the state Democratic Party, and was elected governor. During his four years in office, 18 black Americans were lynched in South Carolina; in the 1890s, the state had its highest number of lynchings of any decade. Tillman tried to prevent lynchings as governor but also spoke in support of the lynch mobs, alleging his own willingness to lead one. In 1894, at the end of his second two-year term, he was elected to the U.S. Senate by vote of the state legislature, who elected senators at the time. (Full article...)

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Jordan at the ESKA Music Awards in May 2011

Alexis Jordan (born April 7, 1992) is an American former singer, actress and dancer from Columbia, South Carolina. Jordan rose to fame as a contestant on the first season of America's Got Talent in 2006 at the age of 14. After being eliminated from the show, she began to upload cover songs to YouTube, which received millions of views. The exposure led Jordan to the attention of Norwegian production team Stargate and American rapper Jay Z, who both went on to sign her to their joint label, StarRoc.

Jordan's debut single, "Happiness", was released in September 2010, and reached number one in the Netherlands and Norway, and also became a top-three hit in Australia and the United Kingdom. Jordan's debut self-titled album was released on February 25, 2011. "Good Girl" was released as Jordan's second single in February 2011. It debuted on the UK Albums Chart at No. 9 and on the Australian Albums Chart at No. 11. Jordan also featured on Sean Paul's single "Got 2 Luv U", which reached number one in Switzerland and Bulgaria. (Full article...)

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Image 1Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 2South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England. Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 3Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 4Children workers c. 1912. Some children who worked in South Carolina textile mills went to school half a day and worked before and after school—and eight or nine hours on Saturday. (from South Carolina)
Image 5A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 6Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina)
Image 7Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 8The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 9Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 10A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 11A historic home on the Battery in Charleston (from History of South Carolina)
Image 12Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)

Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Non-Hispanic White

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50–60%

60–70%

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80–90%

Black or African American

40–50%

50–60%

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(from South Carolina)

Image 14North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 15A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 16Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 17South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 18Statue of Ben Tillman, one of the most outspoken advocates of racism to serve in U.S. Congress (from History of South Carolina)
Image 19A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 20Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 21A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 22Myrtle Beach, North Ocean Boulevard in 2010 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 23Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 24A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 25Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 26Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 27Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 28A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 29Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 30Children workers c. 1912. Some children who worked in South Carolina textile mills went to school half a day and worked before and after school—and eight or nine hours on Saturday. (from South Carolina)
Image 31South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 32Joseph Rainey was the first black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 33Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 34Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina)
Image 35Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 36Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 37Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 38South Carolina was formed in 1712. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 39Joseph Rainey was the first black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 40A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 41North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 42Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 43Lord Charles Montagu, the last Royal Governor of South Carolina (from History of South Carolina)
Image 44The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 45Inside Ft. Sumter, 1861 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 46Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 47Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 48Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 49Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 50Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 51Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 52Census listing number of slaves in South Carolina, 1721 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 53Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 54Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Non-Hispanic White
  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

Black or African American
  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

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Image 55An 1861 engraving of Fort Sumter before the attack that began the Civil War (from History of South Carolina)
Image 56A cotton farmer and his children pose before taking their crop to a cotton gin, circa 1870 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 57Wade Hampton III, leader of "Redeemers" political coalition after Reconstruction era (from History of South Carolina)

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... that a Federal Communications Commission examiner found that billing fraud at a South Carolina radio station "merited the severest sanctions"?
... that in 1974, Oliver C. Dawson was the first black person to be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame?
... that the Kingstree jail fire killed 22 freedmen amidst the "unsettled" labor conditions of Reconstruction in South Carolina?
... that Faith Cabin Library at Seneca Junior College in South Carolina is also called the "Oberlin Unit" because of the donations of books by the students of Oberlin College in Ohio?
... that a South Carolina TV station went on the air 12 years after its owner said the odds of it existing were "fairly long"?
... that Annie Dove Denmark was offered residency on campus for the rest of her life after resigning as the president of Anderson College?

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v t e State of South Carolina
Columbia (capital)
Regions	Atlantic Coastal Plain Blue Ridge Mountains Grand Strand High Hills of Santee Lake Murray Country Lowcountry Metrolina Midlands Ninety-Six District Olde English District Pee Dee Piedmont Sandhills Sea Islands Upstate	Seal of South Carolina
Larger cities	Charleston Columbia Greenville North Charleston Rock Hill Spartanburg
Smaller cities	Aiken Anderson Beaufort Bennettsville Camden Cayce Conway Easley Florence Forest Acres Gaffney Georgetown Greenwood Greer Goose Creek Hilton Head Island Isle of Palms Laurens Lexington Mauldin Myrtle Beach North Augusta North Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Simpsonville Summerville Sumter Union Walterboro West Columbia York
Towns	Abbeville Barnwell Batesburg-Leesville Bluffton Clemson Darlington Dillon Edgefield Fort Mill Fountain Inn Great Falls Hardeeville Irmo Jefferson Kingstree Liberty Marion McCormick Moncks Corner Mount Pleasant Newberry Pageland Pendleton Pickens Seneca Sullivan's Island Travelers Rest Walhalla Westminster Williamston
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