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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 derives its name from King Charles I of England, who was instrumental in establishing the English colony, with Carolus being the Latin equivalent of "Charles". The Province of South Carolina was officially created in 1712. As one of the original Thirteen Colonies, it transitioned to a royal colony in 1719. Throughout the American Revolutionary War, South Carolina witnessed significant military engagement, hosting over 200 battles and skirmishes. On May 23, 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. As a slave state, it was the first to vote for secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. Following the American Civil War, South Carolina was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868.

In the early to mid-20th century, South Carolina experienced significant economic development with the establishment of numerous textile mills and factories throughout the state. The civil rights movement during the mid-20th century played a crucial role in dismantling segregation and discriminatory laws in the state. Following World War II, South Carolina's economic diversification accelerated, leading to a broader range of industries. By the early 21st century, the state's economy had evolved to include sectors such as aerospace, agribusiness, automotive manufacturing, and tourism. (Full article...)

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The Clemson Tigers football program is a college football team that represents Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Tigers compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The team has had 25 head coaches since it began play in the 1896 season. Since October 2008, Dabo Swinney has served as Clemson's head coach.

The team has played in 1,050 games over 116 seasons. In that time, eight coaches have led Clemson to postseason bowl games: Jess Neely, Frank Howard, Charley Pell, Danny Ford, Ken Hatfield, Tommy West, Tommy Bowden, and Swinney. Five coaches have won conference championships with the Tigers: John Heisman won two as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Howard won two as a member of the Southern Conference; and Howard, Pell, Ford, Hatfield, and Swinney won a combined 14 as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 1981, Ford led the Tigers to the national championship. Swinney has guided the Tigers to six ACC championships and four national title appearances, winning the 2016 and 2018 championships, while losing the 2015 and 2019 championships. (Full article...)

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Eustace Robinson Conway IV (born September 15, 1961) is an American naturalist and the subject of the book The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert. He has also been the subject of Adventures in the Simple Life by Sarah Vowell on the weekly radio show This American Life with Ira Glass. He is the owner of the 1,000-acre (4.0 km²) Turtle Island Preserve in Boone, North Carolina. He was a featured personality on the History channel show Mountain Men. (Full article...)

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Image 1Joseph 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 2Myrtle Beach, North Ocean Boulevard in 2010 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 3Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 4A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 5Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 6Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina)
Image 7Census listing number of slaves in South Carolina, 1721 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 8South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 9A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 10Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 11Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 12Inside Ft. Sumter, 1861 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 13Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 14Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 15Children 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 16Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 17Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 18Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 19A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 20Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 21A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 22Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina)
Image 23Lord Charles Montagu, the last Royal Governor of South Carolina (from History of South Carolina)
Image 24A cotton farmer and his children pose before taking their crop to a cotton gin, circa 1870 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 25A historic home on the Battery in Charleston (from History of South Carolina)
Image 26A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 27Children 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 28Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 29North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 30Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 31Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 32Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 33A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 34Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 35Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 36An 1861 engraving of Fort Sumter before the attack that began the Civil War (from History of South Carolina)
Image 37South 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 38Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 39Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)

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

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Image 41Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 42The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 43Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 44North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 45Joseph 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 46Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 47A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 48Wade Hampton III, leader of "Redeemers" political coalition after Reconstruction era (from History of South Carolina)
Image 49Map 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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Black or African American
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(from South Carolina)
Image 50The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 51Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 52South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 53Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 54A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 55South Carolina was formed in 1712. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 56Statue of Ben Tillman, one of the most outspoken advocates of racism to serve in U.S. Congress (from History of South Carolina)
Image 57Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)

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... that in 2021, Tropical Storm Danny became just the third named system to make landfall in South Carolina in the month of June since 1867?
... that U.S. regulators determined that a South Carolina radio station broadcast from unauthorized facilities for more than 15 years?
... that South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp told Jalin Hyatt: "Man, you're fast, but you need to eat more peanut butter"?
... 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 in 1974, Oliver C. Dawson was the first black person to be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame?
... that a Federal Communications Commission examiner found that billing fraud at a South Carolina radio station "merited the severest sanctions"?

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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
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