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class="vector-toc-link" href="#21st_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>21st century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-21st_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Atlantic_Coastal_Plain" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Atlantic_Coastal_Plain"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Atlantic Coastal Plain</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Atlantic_Coastal_Plain-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Piedmont" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Piedmont"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Piedmont</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Piedmont-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Blue_Ridge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Blue_Ridge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Blue Ridge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Blue_Ridge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lakes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lakes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Lakes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lakes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Earthquakes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Earthquakes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Earthquakes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Earthquakes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hurricanes_and_tropical_cyclones" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hurricanes_and_tropical_cyclones"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7.1</span> <span>Hurricanes and tropical cyclones</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hurricanes_and_tropical_cyclones-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate_change" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate_change"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7.2</span> <span>Climate change</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate_change-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Federal_lands_in_South_Carolina" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Federal_lands_in_South_Carolina"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Federal lands in South Carolina</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Federal_lands_in_South_Carolina-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flora_and_fauna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flora_and_fauna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Flora and fauna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flora_and_fauna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Major cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Statistical_areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statistical_areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Statistical areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statistical_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%B3%E1%8B%8D%E1%8B%9D_%E1%8A%AB%E1%88%AE%E1%88%8B%E1%8B%AD%E1%8A%93" title="ሳውዝ ካሮላይና – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ሳውዝ ካሮላይና" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maad%C3%A2-Carolina" title="Maadâ-Carolina – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Maadâ-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%C3%BEcarolina" title="Suþcarolina – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Suþcarolina" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="كارولاينا الجنوبية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كارولاينا الجنوبية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_d%27o_Sud" title="Carolina d'o Sud – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Carolina d'o Sud" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_del_Sur" title="Carolina del Sur – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Carolina del Sur" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvy_Karolina" title="Yvy Karolina – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Yvy Karolina" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_suyu" title="South Carolina suyu – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="South Carolina suyu" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C9%99nubi_Karolina" title="Cənubi Karolina – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Cənubi Karolina" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="جنوبی کارولینا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جنوبی کارولینا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Kelod" title="Carolina Kelod – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Carolina Kelod" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="দক্ষিণ ক্যারোলাইনা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দক্ষিণ ক্যারোলাইনা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Паўднёвая Караліна – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Паўднёвая Караліна" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Паўднёвая Караліна – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Паўднёвая Караліна" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="साउथ कैरोलिना – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="साउथ कैरोलिना" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saut_Carolina" title="Saut Carolina – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Saut Carolina" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Южна Каролина – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Южна Каролина" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid-Karolina" title="Sid-Karolina – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Sid-Karolina" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%81%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%B7%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%95%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8D" title="ཁ་རོ་ལི་ན་ལྷོ་ཕྱོགས། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཁ་རོ་ལི་ན་ལྷོ་ཕྱོགས།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEna_Karolina" title="Južna Karolina – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Južna Karolina" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Урда Каролина – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Урда Каролина" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_del_Sud" title="Carolina del Sud – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Carolina del Sud" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%C4%83%D0%BD%D1%82%C4%83%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Кăнтăр Каролина – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Кăнтăр Каролина" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%BEn%C3%AD_Karol%C3%ADna" title="Jižní Karolína – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jižní Karolína" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_di_u_Sudu" title="Carolina di u Sudu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Carolina di u Sudu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Carolina" title="De Carolina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="De Carolina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="كارولينا لجنوبية – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="كارولينا لجنوبية" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulli-Carolina" title="Lulli-Carolina – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Lulli-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudd-Carolina" title="Sudd-Carolina – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Sudd-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/At%CA%BCa%CA%BC_Yilt%CA%BC%C4%85%C4%85%CA%BC%C3%AD_Y%C3%A1zh%C3%AD_Hahoodzo" title="Atʼaʼ Yiltʼąąʼí Yázhí Hahoodzo – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Atʼaʼ Yiltʼąąʼí Yázhí Hahoodzo" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B5una-Carolina" title="Lõuna-Carolina – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lõuna-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1" title="Νότια Καρολίνα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νότια Καρολίνα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carul%C3%ACna_dal_Sud" title="Carulìna dal Sud – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Carulìna dal Sud" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_del_Sur" title="Carolina del Sur – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Carolina del Sur" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suda_Karolino" title="Suda Karolino – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Suda Karolino" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hego_Carolina" title="Hego Carolina – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hego Carolina" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ee mw-list-item"><a href="https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Ewe" lang="ee" hreflang="ee" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Eʋegbe" data-language-local-name="Ewe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eʋegbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="کارولینای جنوبی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کارولینای جنوبی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_du_Sud" title="Caroline du Sud – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Caroline du Sud" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BAd-Karolina" title="Súd-Karolina – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Súd-Karolina" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Theas" title="Carolina Theas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Carolina Theas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Yiass" title="Carolina Yiass – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Carolina Yiass" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9C%C3%BClen_Karolina" title="Üülen Karolina – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Üülen Karolina" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_a_Deas" title="Carolina a Deas – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Carolina a Deas" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_do_Sur" title="Carolina do Sur – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Carolina do Sur" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7" title="نسايي کارؤلينا – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="نسايي کارؤلينا" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8D%83%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8C%B8%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%B0_%F0%90%8C%BA%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8C%BB%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BE%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8C%B0" title="𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌾𐌽𐌰 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌾𐌽𐌰" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4%EC%BA%90%EB%A1%A4%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EB%82%98%EC%A3%BC" title="사우스캐롤라이나주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="사우스캐롤라이나주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalolaina_Hema" title="Kalolaina Hema – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Kalolaina Hema" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1" title="Հարավային Կարոլինա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հարավային Կարոլինա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="साउथ कैरोलीना – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="साउथ कैरोलीना" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEna_Karolina" title="Južna Karolina – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Južna Karolina" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudal_Karolina" title="Sudal Karolina – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Sudal Karolina" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nleda_anyanwu_K%C3%A0r%C3%B2lina" title="Nleda anyanwu Kàròlina – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Nleda anyanwu Kàròlina" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Selatan" title="Carolina Selatan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Carolina Selatan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_del_Sud" title="Carolina del Sud – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Carolina del Sud" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud-Carolina" title="Sud-Carolina – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Sud-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-iu mw-list-item"><a href="https://iu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%91%B3%E1%95%89%E1%93%96%E1%93%88_%E1%93%82%E1%92%8B%E1%96%85" title="ᑳᕉᓖᓈ ᓂᒋᖅ – Inuktitut" lang="iu" hreflang="iu" data-title="ᑳᕉᓖᓈ ᓂᒋᖅ" data-language-autonym="ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut" data-language-local-name="Inuktitut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ik mw-list-item"><a href="https://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Inupiaq" lang="ik" hreflang="ik" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Iñupiatun" data-language-local-name="Inupiaq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Iñupiatun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%C3%A6" title="Хуссар Каролинæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Хуссар Каролинæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%C3%B0ur-Kar%C3%B3l%C3%ADna" title="Suður-Karólína – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Suður-Karólína" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_del_Sud" title="Carolina del Sud – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Carolina del Sud" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA" title="קרוליינה הדרומית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קרוליינה הדרומית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolina_Had%C9%9B_Ki%C5%8B" title="Karolina Hadɛ Kiŋ – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Karolina Hadɛ Kiŋ" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B7%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A3_%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE" title="ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೆರೊಲಿನಾ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೆರೊಲಿನಾ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauling_Carolina" title="Mauling Carolina – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Mauling Carolina" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90" title="სამხრეთი კაროლინა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სამხრეთი კაროლინა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D2%A3%D1%82%D2%AF%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Оңтүстік Каролина – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Оңтүстік Каролина" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolina_Dheghow" title="Karolina Dheghow – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Karolina Dheghow" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Kusini" title="Carolina Kusini – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Carolina Kusini" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolin_disid" title="Karolin disid – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Karolin disid" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol%C3%AEnaya_Ba%C5%9F%C3%BBr" title="Karolînaya Başûr – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Karolînaya Başûr" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D2%AF%D1%88%D1%82%D2%AF%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Түштүк Каролина (штат) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Түштүк Каролина (штат)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%87%D3%B9%D0%B2%D3%93%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Кечӹвӓлвел Каролина – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Кечӹвӓлвел Каролина" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolina_del_Sud" title="Karolina del Sud – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Karolina del Sud" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Meridiana" title="Carolina Meridiana – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Carolina Meridiana" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dienvidkarol%C4%ABna" title="Dienvidkarolīna – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Dienvidkarolīna" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C5%B3_Karolina" title="Pietų Karolina – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pietų Karolina" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolinn-a_do_Sud" title="Carolinn-a do Sud – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Carolinn-a do Sud" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Sude" title="Carolina Sude – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Carolina Sude" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_del_S%C3%BCd" title="Carolina del Süd – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Carolina del Süd" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9l-Karolina" title="Dél-Karolina – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dél-Karolina" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="साउथ क्यारोलाइना – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="साउथ क्यारोलाइना" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Јужна Каролина – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јужна Каролина" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C3%B4lina_Antsimo" title="Karôlina Antsimo – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Karôlina Antsimo" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%A8" title="തെക്കൻ കരൊലൈന – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="തെക്കൻ കരൊലൈന" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karorena-ki-te-tonga" title="Karorena-ki-te-tonga – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Karorena-ki-te-tonga" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="साउथ कॅरोलिना – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="साउथ कॅरोलिना" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%9F%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%94_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90" title="ობჟათე კაროლინა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ობჟათე კაროლინა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AB_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7" title="ساوث كارولاينا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ساوث كارولاينا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="جنوبی کارولینا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="جنوبی کارولینا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Selatan" title="Carolina Selatan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Carolina Selatan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%88%EA%AF%A5_%EA%AF%8A%EA%AF%AA%EA%AF%95_%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A5" title="ꯈꯥ ꯊꯪꯕ ꯀꯦꯔꯣꯂꯤꯅꯥ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯈꯥ ꯊꯪꯕ ꯀꯦꯔꯣꯂꯤꯅꯥ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D3%A9%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Өмнөд Каролина – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Өмнөд Каролина" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA" title="တောင်ကယ်ရိုလိုင်းနားပြည်နယ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="တောင်ကယ်ရိုလိုင်းနားပြည်နယ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuud-Carolina" title="Zuud-Carolina – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Zuud-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="साउथ क्यारोलाइना – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="साउथ क्यारोलाइना" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="साउथ क्यारोलाइना – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="साउथ क्यारोलाइना" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E5%B7%9E" title="サウスカロライナ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="サウスカロライナ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Къилба Каролина – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Къилба Каролина" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8r-Carolina" title="Sør-Carolina – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sør-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8r-Carolina" title="Sør-Carolina – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sør-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_del_Sud" title="Carolina del Sud – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Carolina del Sud" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Кечывалвел Каролина – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Кечывалвел Каролина" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janubiy_Karolina" title="Janubiy Karolina – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Janubiy Karolina" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%A3%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE" title="ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੈਰੋਲੀਨਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੈਰੋਲੀਨਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="दक्षिण क्यारोलिना – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="दक्षिण क्यारोलिना" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%86%D8%A7" title="جنوبی کیرولائنا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="جنوبی کیرولائنا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%8A_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="سویلي کارولینا – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="سویلي کارولینا" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_du_Sud" title="Caroline du Sud – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Caroline du Sud" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolin-a_d%C3%ABl_Sud" title="Carolin-a dël Sud – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Carolin-a dël Sud" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BC%C3%BCd-Carolina" title="Süüd-Carolina – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Süüd-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolina_Po%C5%82udniowa" title="Karolina Południowa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Karolina Południowa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_do_Sul" title="Carolina do Sul – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Carolina do Sul" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cen%C3%BCbiy_Karolina" title="Cenübiy Karolina – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Cenübiy Karolina" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_de_Sud" title="Carolina de Sud – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Carolina de Sud" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_suyu" title="South Carolina suyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="South Carolina suyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Южная Каролина – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Южная Каролина" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D2%95%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83%D1%83_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Соҕуруу Каролина – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Соҕуруу Каролина" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolaina_i_Saute" title="Karolaina i Saute – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Karolaina i Saute" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="साउथ केरोलैना – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="साउथ केरोलैना" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_de_Sud" title="Carolina de Sud – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Carolina de Sud" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooth_Carolina" title="Sooth Carolina – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Sooth Carolina" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolina_e_Jugut" title="Karolina e Jugut – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Karolina e Jugut" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_d%C3%BB_Sud" title="Carolina dû Sud – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Carolina dû Sud" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%94_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F" title="දකුණු කැරොලිනා – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="දකුණු කැරොලිනා" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%8F%DA%A9%DA%BB_%DA%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7" title="ڏکڻ ڪيرولينا – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ڏکڻ ڪيرولينا" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEn%C3%A1_Karol%C3%ADna" title="Južná Karolína – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Južná Karolína" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEna_Karolina" title="Južna Karolina – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Južna Karolina" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C5%82ed%C5%84owo_Karolina" title="Połedńowo Karolina – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Połedńowo Karolina" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koonfur_Karolina" title="Koonfur Karolina – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Koonfur Karolina" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%86%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1" title="کارۆلینای باشوور – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کارۆلینای باشوور" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Јужна Каролина – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Јужна Каролина" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEna_Karolina" title="Južna Karolina – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Južna Karolina" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etel%C3%A4-Carolina" title="Etelä-Carolina – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Etelä-Carolina" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timog_Carolina" title="Timog Carolina – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Timog Carolina" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE" title="தென் கரொலைனா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="தென் கரொலைனா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Көньяк Каролина – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Көньяк Каролина" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2" title="รัฐเซาท์แคโรไลนา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐเซาท์แคโรไลนา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B8_%D2%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B1%D3%A3" title="Каролинаи Ҷанубӣ – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Каролинаи Ҷанубӣ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCney_Karolina" title="Güney Karolina – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Güney Karolina" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Південна Кароліна – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Південна Кароліна" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%86%D8%A7" title="جنوبی کیرولائنا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="جنوبی کیرولائنا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenubiy_Karolina_Shitati" title="Jenubiy Karolina Shitati – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="Jenubiy Karolina Shitati" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Baihnamz" title="Carolina Baihnamz – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Carolina Baihnamz" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E5%8D%A1%E7%BE%85%E4%BE%86%E7%B4%8D%E5%B7%9E" title="南卡羅來納州 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="南卡羅來納州" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E5%8D%A1%E7%BD%97%E6%9D%A5%E7%BA%B3%E5%B7%9E" title="南卡罗来纳州 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="南卡罗来纳州" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A2" title="דרום קאראליינע – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="דרום קאראליינע" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BA%C3%BAs%C3%B9_Carolina" title="Gúúsù Carolina – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Gúúsù Carolina" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E5%8D%A1%E7%BE%85%E8%90%8A%E7%B4%8D%E5%B7%9E" title="南卡羅萊納州 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="南卡羅萊納州" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolinay_Veroci" title="Karolinay Veroci – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Karolinay Veroci" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" data-title="South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Zeêuws" data-language-local-name="Zeelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zeêuws</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%97it%C5%AB_Karol%C4%97na" title="Pėitū Karolėna – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Pėitū Karolėna" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E5%8D%A1%E7%BD%97%E6%9D%A5%E7%BA%B3%E5%B7%9E" title="南卡罗来纳州 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="南卡罗来纳州" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kge mw-list-item"><a href="https://kge.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolina_Hulu" title="Karolina Hulu – Komering" lang="kge" hreflang="kge" data-title="Karolina 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">South Carolina</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style 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South Carolina">Flag</a></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of South Carolina"><img alt="Official seal of South Carolina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg/99px-Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="99" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg/149px-Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg/199px-Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="715" data-file-height="720" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_South_Carolina" title="Seal of South Carolina">Seal</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_nicknames" title="List of U.S. state and territory nicknames">Nickname</a>: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Palmetto State</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_mottos" title="List of U.S. state and territory mottos">Motto(s)</a>: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Dum_spiro_spero" title="Dum spiro spero">Dum spiro spero</a></i></span><br />"While I breathe, I hope"<br /><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Animis_opibusque_parati" class="mw-redirect" title="Animis opibusque parati">Animis opibusque parati</a></i></span><br />"Prepared in mind and resources"</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_songs" title="List of U.S. state songs">Anthem:</a> "<a href="/wiki/Carolina_(state_song)" title="Carolina (state song)">Carolina</a>"<br />"<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_on_my_Mind" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina on my Mind">South Carolina on my Mind</a>"</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Carolina_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of South Carolina within the United States"><img alt="Location of South Carolina within the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/South_Carolina_in_United_States.svg/330px-South_Carolina_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/South_Carolina_in_United_States.svg/500px-South_Carolina_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population" title="List of largest cities of U.S. states and territories by population">Largest city</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_most_populous_counties_by_U.S._state" title="List of the most populous counties by U.S. state">Largest county or equivalent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greenville_County,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville County, South Carolina">Greenville</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Statistical_area_(United_States)" title="Statistical area (United States)">Largest metro</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas" title="List of United States urban areas">urban</a> areas</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Greenville</a> (combined and metro)<br /><a href="/wiki/Columbia_metropolitan_area,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia metropolitan area, South Carolina">Columbia</a> (urban)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Governor of South Carolina">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_McMaster" title="Henry McMaster">Henry McMaster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina">Lieutenant Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Evette" title="Pamela Evette">Pamela Evette</a> (R)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="South Carolina General Assembly">General Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">Senate</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="South Carolina House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">Judiciary</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Supreme_Court" title="South Carolina Supreme Court">South Carolina Supreme Court</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">U.S. senators</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">Lindsey Graham</a> (R)</span><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">Tim Scott</a> (R)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">U.S. House delegation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6 Republicans<br />1 <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_South_Carolina" title="United States congressional delegations from South Carolina">list</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">32,020.49 sq mi (82,932.7 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">30,060.70 sq mi (77,856.9 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">1,959.79 sq mi (5,075.8 km<sup>2</sup>)  6.12%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area" title="List of U.S. states and territories by area">40th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Dimensions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Length</th><td class="infobox-data">260 mi (420 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Width</th><td class="infobox-data">200 mi (320 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">350 ft (110 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Sassafras_Mountain" title="Sassafras Mountain">Sassafras Mountain</a><sup id="cite_ref-USGS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,560 ft (1,085 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (Atlantic Ocean<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 ft (0 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2024)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Neutral increase"><img alt="Neutral increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/11px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/17px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/22px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="346" /></span></span> 5,478,831<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population" title="List of U.S. states and territories by population">23rd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">170.27/sq mi (65.74/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population_density" title="List of states and territories of the United States by population density">18th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States" title="Household income in the United States">Median household income</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">$67,800 (2<span>0</span>23)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Income rank<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_income#States_and_territories_ranked_by_median_household_income" title="List of U.S. states and territories by income">40th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonyms</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_residents_names" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. state residents names">South Carolinian</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Language<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States" title="Languages of the United States">Official language</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States" title="Languages of the United States">Spoken language</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> 93.82%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> 4.62 %</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language"> German</a> 0.26%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a> 0.25%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> 0.23%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Tagalog</a> 0.18%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a> 0.16%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> 0.15%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> 0.12%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a> 0.11%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a> 0.10% <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−05:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−04:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_abbreviations" title="List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations">USPS abbreviation</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">SC</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US" title="ISO 3166-2:US">US-SC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_abbreviations" title="List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations">Traditional abbreviation</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">S.C.</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Latitude</th><td class="infobox-data">32°02′ N to 35°13′ N</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longitude</th><td class="infobox-data">78°32′ W to 83°21′ W</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sc.gov">sc<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-none{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-center{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-title{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-subheader{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cddeff}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-island{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cef2e0}</style><table class="infobox ib-region-symbols"><caption class="infobox-title">State symbols of South Carolina</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:85%; white-space:nowrap;"><span style="font-size:120%;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_state_symbols" title="List of South Carolina state symbols">List of state symbols</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg/250px-Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg/500px-Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_South_Carolina" title="Flag of South Carolina">Flag of South Carolina</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg/150px-Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg/225px-Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg/300px-Seal_of_South_Carolina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="715" data-file-height="720" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_South_Carolina" title="Seal of South Carolina">Seal of South Carolina</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid">Living insignia</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_amphibians" title="List of U.S. state amphibians">Amphibian</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spotted_Salamander" class="mw-redirect" title="Spotted Salamander">Spotted Salamander</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_birds" title="List of U.S. state birds">Bird</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Wren" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolina Wren">Carolina Wren</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_insects" title="List of U.S. state insects">Butterfly</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Tiger_Swallowtail" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Tiger Swallowtail">Eastern Tiger Swallowtail</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_dogs" title="List of U.S. state dogs">Dog breed</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boykin_Spaniel" title="Boykin Spaniel">Boykin Spaniel</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_fish" title="List of U.S. state fish">Fish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Striped_bass" title="Striped bass">Striped bass</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_flowers" title="List of U.S. state and territory flowers">Flower</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gelsemium_sempervirens" title="Gelsemium sempervirens">Yellow jessamine</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_insects" title="List of U.S. state insects">Insect</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carolina_mantis" title="Carolina mantis">Carolina mantis</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mammals" title="List of U.S. state mammals">Mammal</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/White-tailed_deer" title="White-tailed deer">White-tailed deer</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_reptiles" title="List of U.S. state reptiles">Reptile</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Loggerhead_sea_turtle" title="Loggerhead sea turtle">Loggerhead sea turtle</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_trees" title="List of U.S. state and territory trees">Tree</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sabal_palmetto" title="Sabal palmetto">Sabal palmetto</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid">Inanimate insignia</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_beverages" title="List of U.S. state beverages">Beverage</a></th><td 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title="Larvikite">Blue Granite</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_shells" title="List of U.S. state shells">Shell</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lettered_olive" title="Lettered olive">Lettered olive</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hogna_carolinensis" title="Hogna carolinensis">Hogna carolinensis</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_the_United_States#State_highways" title="Numbered highways in the United States">State route marker</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Carolina_9.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Route marker"><img alt="Route marker" 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width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/South_Carolina_quarter%2C_reverse_side%2C_2000.jpg/250px-South_Carolina_quarter%2C_reverse_side%2C_2000.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="1105" /></a></span><div>Released in 2000</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_United_States_state_symbols" title="Lists of United States state symbols">Lists of United States state symbols</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>South Carolina</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ær/: 'arr' in 'marry'">ær</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/5\/5a\/En-us-South_Carolina.ogg\/En-us-South_Carolina.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-us-South Carolina.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/En-us-South_Carolina.ogg/En-us-South_Carolina.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:En-us-South_Carolina.ogg" title="File:En-us-South Carolina.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">KARR</span>-ə-<span style="font-size:90%">LY</span>-nə</i></a>) is a <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeastern</a> region of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. It borders <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> to the north and northeast, the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> to the southeast, and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> to the west and south across the <a href="/wiki/Savannah_River" title="Savannah River">Savannah River</a>. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the <a href="/wiki/Carolinas" title="Carolinas">Carolinas</a> region of the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast</a>. South Carolina is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area" title="List of U.S. states and territories by area">40th-largest</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population" title="List of U.S. states and territories by population">23rd-most populous U.S. state</a> with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, its GDP was $213.45 billion. South Carolina is composed of <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_South_Carolina" title="List of counties in South Carolina">46 counties</a>. The capital is <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a> with a population of 136,632 in 2020;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while its <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_South_Carolina" title="List of municipalities in South Carolina">most populous city</a> is <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a> with a 2020 population of 150,227.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area</a> is the most populous <a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">combined metropolitan area</a> in the state, with an estimated 2023 population of 1,590,636.<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstCBSA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCBSA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Carolina was named in honor of King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I of England</a>, who first formed the English colony, with <i>Carolus</i> being Latin for "Charles".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1712 the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina" title="Province of South Carolina">Province of South Carolina</a> was formed. One of the original <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a>, South Carolina became a <a href="/wiki/Royal_colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal colony">royal colony</a> in 1719. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, South Carolina was the site of major activity among the American colonies, with more than 200 battles and skirmishes fought within the state.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">U.S. Constitution</a> on May 23, 1788. A <a href="/wiki/Slave_states_and_free_states" title="Slave states and free states">slave state</a>, it was the first state to vote in favor of secession from the <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> on December 20, 1860. After the Civil War ended, the state was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868. </p><p>During the early-to-mid 20th century, the state started to see economic progress as many <a href="/wiki/Textile_manufacturing" title="Textile manufacturing">textile mills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mill_town" title="Mill town">factories</a> were built across the state. The <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a> of the mid-20th century helped end segregation and legal discrimination policies within the state. <a href="/wiki/Economic_diversity" title="Economic diversity">Economic diversification</a> in South Carolina continued to pick up speed during and in the ensuing decades after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. In the early 21st century, <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_South_Carolina" title="Economy of South Carolina">South Carolina's economy</a> is based on industries such as <a href="/wiki/Aerospace" title="Aerospace">aerospace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agribusiness" title="Agribusiness">agribusiness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry" title="Automotive industry">automotive manufacturing</a>, and tourism.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within South Carolina from east to west are three main geographic regions, the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic coastal plain">Atlantic coastal plain</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a> in the northwestern corner of <a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Upstate South Carolina</a>. South Carolina has primarily a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a>, with hot, humid summers and mild winters. Areas in the Upstate have a <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">subtropical highland climate</a>. Along South Carolina's eastern coastal plain are many <a href="/wiki/Salt_marsh" title="Salt marsh">salt marshes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuaries</a>. South Carolina's southeastern <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Lowcountry" title="South Carolina Lowcountry">Lowcountry</a> contains portions of the <a href="/wiki/Sea_Islands" title="Sea Islands">Sea Islands</a>, a chain of <a href="/wiki/Barrier_island" title="Barrier island">barrier islands</a> along the Atlantic Ocean. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_South_Carolina" title="History of South Carolina">History of South Carolina</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Precolonial_period">Precolonial period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Precolonial period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anonimo_portoghese,_carta_navale_per_le_isole_nuovamente_trovate_in_la_parte_dell%27india_(de_cantino),_1501-02_(bibl._estense)_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Anonimo_portoghese%2C_carta_navale_per_le_isole_nuovamente_trovate_in_la_parte_dell%27india_%28de_cantino%29%2C_1501-02_%28bibl._estense%29_02.jpg/220px-Anonimo_portoghese%2C_carta_navale_per_le_isole_nuovamente_trovate_in_la_parte_dell%27india_%28de_cantino%29%2C_1501-02_%28bibl._estense%29_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Anonimo_portoghese%2C_carta_navale_per_le_isole_nuovamente_trovate_in_la_parte_dell%27india_%28de_cantino%29%2C_1501-02_%28bibl._estense%29_02.jpg/330px-Anonimo_portoghese%2C_carta_navale_per_le_isole_nuovamente_trovate_in_la_parte_dell%27india_%28de_cantino%29%2C_1501-02_%28bibl._estense%29_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Anonimo_portoghese%2C_carta_navale_per_le_isole_nuovamente_trovate_in_la_parte_dell%27india_%28de_cantino%29%2C_1501-02_%28bibl._estense%29_02.jpg/440px-Anonimo_portoghese%2C_carta_navale_per_le_isole_nuovamente_trovate_in_la_parte_dell%27india_%28de_cantino%29%2C_1501-02_%28bibl._estense%29_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5076" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the <a href="/wiki/Cantino_planisphere" title="Cantino planisphere">Cantino planisphere</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There is evidence of human activities in the area dating to about 50,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time Europeans arrived, marking the end <a href="/wiki/Pre-Columbian_era" title="Pre-Columbian era">Pre-Columbian era</a> around 1600, there were many separate Native American tribes, the largest being the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Catawba_people" title="Catawba people">Catawba</a>, with a total population being up to 20,000.<sup id="cite_ref-leifermann_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leifermann-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Up the rivers of the eastern coastal plain lived about a dozen tribes of <a href="/wiki/Siouan_languages" title="Siouan languages">Siouan</a> background. Along the <a href="/wiki/Savannah_River" title="Savannah River">Savannah River</a> were the <a href="/wiki/Apalachee" title="Apalachee">Apalachee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yuchi" title="Yuchi">Yuchi</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Yamasee" title="Yamasee">Yamasee</a>. Further west were the Cherokee, and along the <a href="/wiki/Catawba_River" title="Catawba River">Catawba River</a>, the Catawba. These tribes were village-dwellers, relying on agriculture as their primary food source.<sup id="cite_ref-leifermann_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leifermann-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cherokee lived in <a href="/wiki/Wattle_and_daub" title="Wattle and daub">wattle and daub</a> houses made with wood and clay, roofed with wood or <a href="/wiki/Thatching" title="Thatching">thatched</a> grass.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About a dozen or more separate small tribes summered on the coast harvesting oysters and fish, and cultivating corn, peas and beans. Travelling inland as much as 50 miles (80 km) mostly by canoe, they wintered on the coastal plain, hunting deer and gathering nuts and fruit. The names of these tribes survive in place names like <a href="/wiki/Edisto_Island,_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Edisto Island, South Carolina">Edisto Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiawah_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Kiawah Island, South Carolina">Kiawah Island</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Ashepoo_River" title="Ashepoo River">Ashepoo River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-leifermann_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leifermann-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exploration">Exploration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Exploration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Florida" title="Spanish Florida">Spanish Florida</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_Florida" title="French Florida">French Florida</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Floride_francaise_Pierre_du_Val.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Floride_francaise_Pierre_du_Val.jpg/220px-Floride_francaise_Pierre_du_Val.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Floride_francaise_Pierre_du_Val.jpg/330px-Floride_francaise_Pierre_du_Val.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Floride_francaise_Pierre_du_Val.jpg/440px-Floride_francaise_Pierre_du_Val.jpg 2x" data-file-width="711" data-file-height="486" /></a><figcaption>Map of <a href="/wiki/French_Florida" title="French Florida">French Florida</a>, which included modern-day South Carolina</figcaption></figure> <p>The Spanish were the first Europeans in the area. From June 24 to July 14, 1521, they explored the land around <a href="/wiki/Winyah_Bay" title="Winyah Bay">Winyah Bay</a>. On October 8, 1526, they founded <a href="/wiki/San_Miguel_de_Gualdape" title="San Miguel de Gualdape">San Miguel de Gualdape</a>, near present-day <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_South_Carolina" title="Georgetown, South Carolina">Georgetown, South Carolina</a>. It was the first European settlement in what is now the <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">contiguous United States</a>. Established with five hundred settlers, it was abandoned eight months later by one hundred and fifty survivors. In 1540, <a href="/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto" title="Hernando de Soto">Hernando de Soto</a> explored the region and the main town of <a href="/wiki/Cofitachequi" title="Cofitachequi">Cofitachequi</a>, where he captured the queen of the <a href="/wiki/Muscogee" title="Muscogee">Maskoki</a> (Muscogee) and the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Chelaque</a> (Cherokee) who had welcomed him. </p><p>In 1562 French <a href="/wiki/Huguenot" class="mw-redirect" title="Huguenot">Huguenots</a> established a settlement at what is now the <a href="/wiki/Charlesfort-Santa_Elena_Site" title="Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site">Charlesfort-Santa Elena</a> archaeological site on <a href="/wiki/Parris_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Parris Island, South Carolina">Parris Island</a>. Many of these settlers preferred a natural life far from civilization and the atrocities of the <a href="/wiki/French_Wars_of_Religion" title="French Wars of Religion">Wars of Religion</a>. The garrison lacked supplies, however, and the soldiers (as in the <a href="/wiki/France_Antarctique" title="France Antarctique">France Antarctique</a>) soon ran away. The French returned two years later but settled in present-day Florida rather than South Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-leifermann_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leifermann-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonization">Colonization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Colonization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Carolana" title="Carolana">Carolana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Province of Carolina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina" title="Province of South Carolina">Province of South Carolina</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mississippian_shatter_zone" title="Mississippian shatter zone">Mississippian shatter zone</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wpdms_carolina_colony_grant.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Wpdms_carolina_colony_grant.png/250px-Wpdms_carolina_colony_grant.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Wpdms_carolina_colony_grant.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="260" /></a><figcaption>The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665</figcaption></figure> <p>Sixty years later, in 1629, King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I of England</a> established the province of <a href="/wiki/Carolana" title="Carolana">Carolana</a>, an area covering what is now South and <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>. Carolana was granted to <a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Heath" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Robert Heath">Sir Robert Heath</a>, who intended to allow French <a href="/wiki/Huguenots" title="Huguenots">Huguenots</a> to settle there; however, King Charles refused to grant permission to settle to anyone who was not a member of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Anglican Church</a>, leading to the failure of the colony. In 1663, King <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a> created the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Province of Carolina</a> by granting the same land to eight <a href="/wiki/Lords_Proprietors" class="mw-redirect" title="Lords Proprietors">Lords Proprietors</a> in return for their financial and political assistance in <a href="/wiki/Restoration_(1660)" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration (1660)">restoring</a> him to the throne in 1660.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Ashley_Cooper,_1st_Earl_of_Shaftesbury" title="Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury">Anthony Ashley Cooper</a>, one of the Lord Proprietors, planned the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Model_for_the_Province_of_Carolina" title="Grand Model for the Province of Carolina">Grand Model for the Province of Carolina</a> and wrote the <a href="/wiki/Fundamental_Constitutions_of_Carolina" title="Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina">Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina</a>, which laid the basis for the future colony.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/Utopia" title="Utopia">utopia</a> was inspired by <a href="/wiki/John_Locke" title="John Locke">John Locke</a>, an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". </p><p>The Carolina slave trade, which included both trading and direct raids by colonists,<sup id="cite_ref-Ethridge2010_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethridge2010-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 109">: 109 </span></sup> was the largest among the British colonies in North America.<sup id="cite_ref-Ethridge2010_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethridge2010-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 65">: 65 </span></sup> Between 1670 and 1715, between 24,000 and 51,000 captive Native Americans were exported from South Carolina – more than the number of Africans imported to the colonies of the future United States during the same period.<sup id="cite_ref-gallay_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallay-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ethridge2010_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethridge2010-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 237">: 237 </span></sup> Additional enslaved Native Americans were exported from South Carolina to other U.S. colonies.<sup id="cite_ref-gallay_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallay-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The historian <a href="/wiki/Alan_Gallay" title="Alan Gallay">Alan Gallay</a> says, "the trade in Indian slaves was at the center of the English empire's development in the American South. The trade in Indian slaves was the most important factor affecting the South in the period 1670 to 1715".<sup id="cite_ref-gallay_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallay-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1670s, English planters from Barbados established themselves near what is now Charleston. Settlers from all over Europe built rice plantations in the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Lowcountry" title="South Carolina Lowcountry">South Carolina Lowcountry</a>, east of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Seaboard_fall_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Seaboard fall line">Atlantic Seaboard fall line</a>. Plantation labor was done by African slaves who formed the majority of the population by 1720.<sup id="cite_ref-sc-lib_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-lib-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another cash crop was the <a href="/wiki/Indigofera" title="Indigofera">indigo plant</a>, a plant source of blue dye, developed by <a href="/wiki/Eliza_Lucas" title="Eliza Lucas">Eliza Lucas</a>. </p><p>Meanwhile, <a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Upstate South Carolina</a>, west of the Fall Line, was settled by small farmers and traders, who due to resource competition fought a number of wars with confederated Native American tribes westward. Colonists overthrew the proprietors' rule, seeking more direct representation. In 1712, the former <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Province of Carolina</a> split into North and South Carolina. In 1719, South Carolina was officially made a <a href="/wiki/Crown_colony" title="Crown colony">royal colony</a>. </p><p>South Carolina prospered from the fertility of the lowcountry and the harbors, such as at <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a>. It allowed religious toleration, encouraging settlement, and trade in deerskin, lumber, and beef thrived. Rice cultivation was developed on a large scale on the back of slave labor. </p><p>By the second half of the 1700s, South Carolina was one of the richest of the <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sc-lib_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-lib-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_American_Revolution">The American Revolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The American Revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_in_the_American_Revolution" title="South Carolina in the American Revolution">South Carolina in the American Revolution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_theater_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War" title="Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War">Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Recto_South_Carolina_20_dollars_1777_urn-3_HBS.Baker.AC_1104492.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 with the inscription: "SOUTH CAROLINA. This Bill intitles the Bearer to Twenty Dollars or Thirty two Pounds ten shillings Current Money of this State pursuant to an Ordinance of the General Assembly passed the 14th Day of Feb. 1777." ; Denominations stated as: "TWENTY DOLLARS" and "L32.10". ; Within emblem: "UBI LIBERTAS IBI PATRIA" ; Verso: "XX Dollars. DEATH TO COUNTERFEIT. L. 32:10:0"." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Recto_South_Carolina_20_dollars_1777_urn-3_HBS.Baker.AC_1104492.jpeg/250px-Recto_South_Carolina_20_dollars_1777_urn-3_HBS.Baker.AC_1104492.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Recto_South_Carolina_20_dollars_1777_urn-3_HBS.Baker.AC_1104492.jpeg/330px-Recto_South_Carolina_20_dollars_1777_urn-3_HBS.Baker.AC_1104492.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Recto_South_Carolina_20_dollars_1777_urn-3_HBS.Baker.AC_1104492.jpeg/500px-Recto_South_Carolina_20_dollars_1777_urn-3_HBS.Baker.AC_1104492.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1675" /></a><figcaption>A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777</figcaption></figure> <p>On March 26, 1776, the colony adopted the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_South_Carolina" title="Constitution of South Carolina">Constitution of South Carolina</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> electing <a href="/wiki/John_Rutledge" title="John Rutledge">John Rutledge</a> as the state's first president. In February 1778, South Carolina became the first state to ratify the <a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation" title="Articles of Confederation">Articles of Confederation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the initial governing document of the United States, and in May 1788, South Carolina ratified the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a>, becoming the eighth state to enter the union. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> (1775–1783), about a third of combat action took place in South Carolina,<sup id="cite_ref-gordon_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gordon-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> more than any other state.<sup id="cite_ref-sc-lib_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-lib-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inhabitants of the state endured being invaded by British forces and an ongoing civil war between loyalists and partisans that devastated the backcountry.<sup id="cite_ref-gordon_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gordon-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is estimated 25,000 slaves (30% of those in South Carolina) fled, migrated or died during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antebellum">Antebellum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Antebellum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Antebellum_South_Carolina" title="Antebellum South Carolina">Antebellum South Carolina</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Millford_Plantation_HABS_color_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Millford_Plantation_HABS_color_2.jpg/250px-Millford_Plantation_HABS_color_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Millford_Plantation_HABS_color_2.jpg/330px-Millford_Plantation_HABS_color_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Millford_Plantation_HABS_color_2.jpg/500px-Millford_Plantation_HABS_color_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="946" data-file-height="736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Millford_Plantation" title="Millford Plantation">Millford Plantation</a> built 1839–41, is an example of <a href="/wiki/Greek_Revival_architecture" title="Greek Revival architecture">Greek Revival architecture</a></figcaption></figure> <p>America's first census in 1790 put the state's population at nearly 250,000. By the 1800 census, the population had increased 38 per cent to nearly 340,000 of which 146,000 were slaves. At that time South Carolina had the largest population of Jews in the sixteen states of the United States, mostly based in Savannah and Charleston,<sup id="cite_ref-har_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-har-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the latter being the country's fifth largest city.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Antebellum period (before the Civil War) the state's economy and population grew. Cotton became an important crop after the invention of the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_gin" title="Cotton gin">cotton gin</a>. While nominally democratic, from 1790 until 1865, wealthy male landowners were in control of South Carolina. For example, a man was not eligible to sit in the State House of Representatives unless he possessed an estate of 500 acres of land and 10 Negroes, or at least 150 pounds sterling.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a>, the new state capital was founded in the center of the state, and the State Legislature first met there in 1790. The town grew after it was connected to Charleston by the <a href="/wiki/Santee_Canal" title="Santee Canal">Santee Canal</a> in 1800, one of the first canals in the United States. </p><p>As dissatisfaction of the planters ruling class with the federal government grew, in the 1820s <a href="/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</a> became a leading proponent of <a href="/wiki/States%27_rights" title="States' rights">states' rights</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limited_government" title="Limited government">limited government</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nullification_(U.S._Constitution)" title="Nullification (U.S. Constitution)">nullification of the U.S. Constitution</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Free_trade" title="Free trade">free trade</a>. In 1832, the <a href="/wiki/Ordinance_of_Nullification" title="Ordinance of Nullification">Ordinance of Nullification</a> declared federal tariff laws unconstitutional and not to be enforced in the state, leading to the <a href="/wiki/Nullification_Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Nullification Crisis">Nullification Crisis</a>. The federal <a href="/wiki/Force_Bill" title="Force Bill">Force Bill</a> was enacted to use whatever military force necessary to enforce federal law in the state, bringing South Carolina back into line. </p><p> An 1831 House Report from the Committee on Military Affairs noted that <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Before the commencement of the war with Great Britain, and for a long time afterwards, the State of South Carolina was almost destitute of any of the means of military protection, excepting as such could be furnished by her own resources. In the harbor of Charleston alone were there any forts, and these were in so feeble a condition, that at a period, when a British squadron was engaged in sounding the depth of water off the bar, and its commander apparently meditating an attack upon the forts, the quantity of gunpowder in the harbor, belonging to the United States, was not more than sufficient to have enabled the garrison to fire a single round.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election" title="1860 United States presidential election">United States presidential election of 1860</a>, voting was sharply divided, with the South voting for the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Democrats" title="Southern Democrats">Southern Democrats</a> and the North for <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>. Lincoln was anti-slavery, did not acknowledge the right to <a href="/wiki/Secession_in_the_United_States" title="Secession in the United States">secession</a>, and would not yield federal property in Southern states. Southern secessionists believed Lincoln's election meant long-term doom for their slavery-based agrarian economy and social system.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lincoln was elected president on November 6, 1860. The state House of Representatives three days later passed the "Resolution to Call the Election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. President a Hostile Act",<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and within weeks South Carolina became the first state to <a href="/wiki/Secession_in_the_United_States" title="Secession in the United States">secede</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sc-lib_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-lib-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_War_1861–1865"><span id="Civil_War_1861.E2.80.931865"></span>Civil War 1861–1865</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Civil War 1861–1865"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Ordinance_of_Secession" title="Ordinance of Secession">Ordinance of Secession</a>, <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a>, and <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="South Carolina in the American Civil War">South Carolina in the American Civil War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Broad_Street_Charleston_South_Carolina_1865.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Broad_Street_Charleston_South_Carolina_1865.jpg/250px-Broad_Street_Charleston_South_Carolina_1865.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Broad_Street_Charleston_South_Carolina_1865.jpg/330px-Broad_Street_Charleston_South_Carolina_1865.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Broad_Street_Charleston_South_Carolina_1865.jpg/500px-Broad_Street_Charleston_South_Carolina_1865.jpg 2x" data-file-width="971" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a> in ruins, 1865</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries began shelling the Union <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sumter" title="Fort Sumter">Fort Sumter</a> in Charleston Harbor, and the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> began. In November of that year, the Union attacked <a href="/wiki/Port_Royal_Sound" title="Port Royal Sound">Port Royal Sound</a> and soon occupied <a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort County, South Carolina">Beaufort County</a> and the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Sea_Islands" title="Sea Islands">Sea Islands</a>. For the rest of the war, this area served as a Union base and staging point for other operations. Whites abandoned their plantations,<sup id="cite_ref-palm-hist_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palm-hist-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leaving behind about ten thousand enslaved people. Several Northern charities partnered with the federal government to help these people run the cotton farms themselves under the <a href="/wiki/Port_Royal_Experiment" title="Port Royal Experiment">Port Royal Experiment</a>. Workers were paid by the pound harvested and thus became the first enslaved people freed by the Union forces to earn wages.<sup id="cite_ref-vcu_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcu-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the state was not a major battleground, the war ruined the state's economy. More than 60,000 soldiers from South Carolina served in the war,<sup id="cite_ref-palm-hist_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palm-hist-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the state losing an estimated 18,000 troops.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though no regiments of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Unionists" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Unionists">Southern Unionists</a> were formed in South Carolina due to a smaller unionist presence, the <a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Upstate</a> region of the state would be a haven for Confederate Army deserters and resisters, as they used the Upstate topography and traditional community relations to resist service in the Confederate ranks.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the war in early 1865, the troops of General <a href="/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman" title="William Tecumseh Sherman">William Tecumseh Sherman</a> marched across the state devastating plantations and most of Columbia. South Carolina would be readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reconstruction_1865–1877"><span id="Reconstruction_1865.E2.80.931877"></span>Reconstruction 1865–1877</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reconstruction 1865–1877"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction era</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Rainey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Joseph_Rainey.jpg/220px-Joseph_Rainey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Joseph_Rainey.jpg/330px-Joseph_Rainey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Joseph_Rainey.jpg/440px-Joseph_Rainey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="645" data-file-height="864" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Rainey" title="Joseph Rainey">Joseph Rainey</a> was the first black person to serve in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a>. He represented <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 1st congressional district">SC's 1st congressional district</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Texas_vs._White" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas vs. White">Texas vs. White</a></i> (1869), the Supreme Court ruled the ordinances of secession (including that of South Carolina) were invalid, and thus those states had never left the Union. However, South Carolina did not regain representation in Congress until that date. </p><p>Until the <a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_presidential_election" title="1868 United States presidential election">1868 presidential election</a>, South Carolina's legislature, not the voters, chose the state's electors for the presidential election. South Carolina was the last state to choose its electors in this manner. During Reconstruction, South Carolina maintained a majority-black government, which lasted until approximately 1876 when Democrats and former Confederates committed voter fraud to regain power.<sup id="cite_ref-Richardson2018_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richardson2018-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 19, 1871, President <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> suspended <a href="/wiki/Habeas_corpus" title="Habeas corpus">habeas corpus</a> in nine South Carolina counties under the authority of the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_Act" title="Ku Klux Klan Act">Ku Klux Klan Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McFeely_pp._367-374_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McFeely_pp._367-374-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Led by Grant's Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Amos_T._Akerman" title="Amos T. Akerman">Amos T. Akerman</a>, hundreds of Klansmen were arrested while 2,000 Klansmen fled the state.<sup id="cite_ref-McFeely_pp._367-374_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McFeely_pp._367-374-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was done to suppress Klan violence against African-American and white voters in the South.<sup id="cite_ref-McFeely_pp._367-374_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McFeely_pp._367-374-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-to-late 1870s, white Democrats used paramilitary groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Red_Shirts_(Southern_United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Shirts (Southern United States)">Red Shirts</a> to intimidate and terrorize black voters. They regained political control of the state under conservative white "<a href="/wiki/Redeemers" title="Redeemers">Redeemers</a>" and pro-business <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Bourbon Democrats">Bourbon Democrats</a>. In 1877, the federal government withdrew its troops as part of the <a href="/wiki/Compromise_of_1877" title="Compromise of 1877">Compromise of 1877</a> that ended Reconstruction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Populist_and_agrarian_movements">Populist and agrarian movements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Populist and agrarian movements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The state became a hotbed of racial and economic tensions during the Populist and Agrarian movements of the 1890s. A Republican-Populist biracial coalition took power away from White Democrats temporarily. To prevent that from happening again, Democrats gained passage of a new constitution in 1895 which effectively <a href="/wiki/Disfranchisement#United_States" title="Disfranchisement">disenfranchised</a> almost all blacks and many poor whites by new requirements for <a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Poll tax (United States)">poll taxes</a>, residency, and <a href="/wiki/Literacy_test" title="Literacy test">literacy tests</a> that dramatically reduced the voter rolls. By 1896, only 5,500 black voters remained on the voter registration rolls, although they constituted a majority of the state's population.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1900 census demonstrated the extent of disenfranchisement: the 782,509 African American citizens comprised more than 58% of the state's population, but they were essentially without any political representation in the <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crow" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Crow">Jim Crow</a> society.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1895 constitution overturned local representative government, reducing the role of the counties to agents of state government, effectively ruled by the General Assembly, through the legislative delegations for each county. As each county had one state senator, that person had considerable power. The counties lacked representative government until home rule was passed in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-governance_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-governance-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Governor <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Tillman" title="Benjamin Tillman">"Pitchfork Ben" Tillman</a>, a Populist, led the effort to disenfranchise the blacks and poor whites, although he controlled Democratic state politics from the 1890s to 1910 with a base among poor white farmers. During the constitutional convention in 1895, he supported another man's proposal that the state adopt a <a href="/wiki/One-drop_rule" title="One-drop rule">one-drop rule</a>, as well as prohibit marriage between whites and anyone with any known African ancestry. </p><p>Some members of the convention realized prominent white families with some African ancestry could be affected by such legislation. In terms similar to a debate in Virginia in 1853 on a similar proposal (which was dropped), George Dionysius Tillman said in opposition: </p> <blockquote><p>If the law is made as it now stands respectable families in <a href="/wiki/Aiken_County,_South_Carolina" title="Aiken County, South Carolina">Aiken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barnwell_County,_South_Carolina" title="Barnwell County, South Carolina">Barnwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colleton_County,_South_Carolina" title="Colleton County, South Carolina">Colleton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orangeburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Orangeburg County, South Carolina">Orangeburg</a> will be denied the right to intermarry among people with whom they are now associated and identified. At least one hundred families would be affected to my knowledge. They have sent good soldiers to the Confederate Army, and are now landowners and taxpayers. Those men served creditably, and it would be unjust and disgraceful to embarrass them in this way. It is a scientific fact that there is not one full-blooded Caucasian on the floor of this convention. Every member has in him a certain mixture of<span class="nowrap"> </span>... colored blood. The pure-blooded white has needed and received a certain infusion of darker blood to give him readiness and purpose. It would be a cruel injustice and the source of endless litigation, of scandal, horror, feud, and bloodshed to undertake to annul or forbid marriage for a remote, perhaps obsolete trace of Negro blood. The doors would be open to scandal, malice and greed; to statements on the witness stand that the father or grandfather or grandmother had said that A or B had Negro blood in their veins. Any man who is half a man would be ready to blow up half the world with dynamite to prevent or avenge attacks upon the honor of his mother in the legitimacy or purity of the blood of his father.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The state postponed such a one-drop law for years. Virginian legislators adopted a one-drop law in 1924, forgetting that their state had many people of mixed ancestry among those who identified as white. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Some_of_the_children_who_go_to_school_half_a_day.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Some_of_the_children_who_go_to_school_half_a_day.jpg/220px-Some_of_the_children_who_go_to_school_half_a_day.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Some_of_the_children_who_go_to_school_half_a_day.jpg/330px-Some_of_the_children_who_go_to_school_half_a_day.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Some_of_the_children_who_go_to_school_half_a_day.jpg/440px-Some_of_the_children_who_go_to_school_half_a_day.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="828" /></a><figcaption>Children workers <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1912</span>. 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.</figcaption></figure> <p>Early in the 20th century, South Carolina developed a thriving <a href="/wiki/Textile_industry" title="Textile industry">textile industry</a>. The state also converted its main agricultural base from cotton, to more profitable crops. It would attract large <a href="/wiki/Military_base" title="Military base">military bases</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, through its majority Democratic congressional delegation, part of the one-party <a href="/wiki/Solid_South" title="Solid South">Solid South</a> following disfranchisement of blacks. </p><p>In the late 19th century, South Carolina would implement <a href="/wiki/List_of_Jim_Crow_law_examples_by_state" title="List of Jim Crow law examples by state">Jim Crow laws</a> which enforced <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">racial segregation</a> policies until the 1960s. During the early-to-mid part of the 20th century, millions of African Americans left South Carolina and other southern states for jobs, opportunities, and relative freedom in U.S. cities outside the former Confederate states. In total from 1910 to 1970, 6.5 million blacks left the South in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">Great Migration</a>. By 1930, South Carolina had a white majority population for the first time since 1708.<sup id="cite_ref-info_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-info-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Carolina was one of several states that initially rejected the <a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Nineteenth Amendment</a> (1920) giving women the right to vote. The South Carolina legislature later ratified the amendment on July 1, 1969. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_in_the_civil_rights_movement" title="South Carolina in the civil rights movement">South Carolina in the civil rights movement</a></div> <p>The struggle of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a> took place in South Carolina, as they did in other Southern states and elsewhere within the country. South Carolina would experience a much less violent movement than other Deep South states.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This tranquil transition from a <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws" title="Jim Crow laws">Jim Crow</a> society occurred because the state's white and black leaders were willing to accept slow change, rather than being utterly unwilling to accept change at all.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other South Carolina political figures, like Sen. <a href="/wiki/Strom_Thurmond" title="Strom Thurmond">Strom Thurmond</a>, on the other hand, were among the nation's most radical and effective opponents of social equality and integration. </p><p>During the mid-to-late 20th century, South Carolina started to see economic progress first in the textile industry and then in manufacturing. Tourism also started to form into a major industry within the state during the 20th century, especially in areas such as <a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Myrtle Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Myrtle_Beach,_North_Ocean_Boulevard_100420-F-4155R-021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Myrtle_Beach%2C_North_Ocean_Boulevard_100420-F-4155R-021.jpg/220px-Myrtle_Beach%2C_North_Ocean_Boulevard_100420-F-4155R-021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Myrtle_Beach%2C_North_Ocean_Boulevard_100420-F-4155R-021.jpg/330px-Myrtle_Beach%2C_North_Ocean_Boulevard_100420-F-4155R-021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Myrtle_Beach%2C_North_Ocean_Boulevard_100420-F-4155R-021.jpg/440px-Myrtle_Beach%2C_North_Ocean_Boulevard_100420-F-4155R-021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>North Ocean Boulevard in <a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Myrtle Beach</a>, 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>As the 21st century progresses, South Carolina has attracted new business by having a 5% <a href="/wiki/Corporate_income_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporate income tax">corporate income tax</a> rate, no state <a href="/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax">property tax</a>, no local income tax, no inventory tax, no <a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales tax</a> on manufacturing equipment, industrial power or materials for finished products; no wholesale tax, and no unitary tax on worldwide profits.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Carolina was one of the first states to stop paying for "early elective" deliveries of <a href="/wiki/Infant" title="Infant">babies</a>, under either <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> and private insurance.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term early elective is defined as a <a href="/wiki/Labor_induction" title="Labor induction">labor induction</a> or <a href="/wiki/Cesarean_section" class="mw-redirect" title="Cesarean section">Cesarean section</a> between 37 and 39 weeks. The change was intended to result in healthier <a href="/wiki/Infant" title="Infant">babies</a> and fewer costs for the state of South Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-urlSC_DHHS_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlSC_DHHS-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 20, 2014, South Carolina became the 35th state to legalize <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_South_Carolina" title="Same-sex marriage in South Carolina">same-sex marriages</a>, when a federal court ordered the change.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2022, South Carolina had one of the lowest percentages among all states of women in state legislature, at 17.6% (only five states had a lower percentage; the national average is 30.7%; with the highest percentage being in <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> at 61.9%).<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="5" data-lat="34" data-lon="-81" data-overlays="["_4454bd75f51aaedb55b1d7590d0bb1cecf77cb88"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/5/34/-81/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,34,-81,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=South_Carolina&revid=1282221748&groups=_4454bd75f51aaedb55b1d7590d0bb1cecf77cb88" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,34,-81,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=South_Carolina&revid=1282221748&groups=_4454bd75f51aaedb55b1d7590d0bb1cecf77cb88 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Interactive map of South Carolina</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regions">Regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geographical_regions_of_South_Carolina" title="Geographical regions of South Carolina">Geographical regions of South Carolina</a></div> <p>The state can be divided into three natural geographic areas which then can be subdivided into five distinct cultural regions. The natural environment is divided from east to west by the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic coastal plain">Atlantic coastal plain</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a>. Culturally, the coastal plain is split into the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Lowcountry" title="South Carolina Lowcountry">Lowcountry</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pee_Dee" title="Pee Dee">Pee Dee</a> region. While, the upper <a href="/wiki/Piedmont,_South_Carolina" title="Piedmont, South Carolina">Piedmont</a> region is referred to as the Piedmont and the lower Piedmont region is referred to as the Midlands. The area surrounding the Blue Ridge Mountains is known as the <a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Upstate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-netstate_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-netstate-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Atlantic Coastal Plain makes up two-thirds of the state. Its eastern border is the <a href="/wiki/Sea_Islands" title="Sea Islands">Sea Islands</a>, a chain of tidal and <a href="/wiki/Barrier_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrier islands">barrier islands</a>. The border between the lowcountry and the upcountry is defined by the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Seaboard_fall_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Seaboard fall line">Atlantic Seaboard fall line</a>, which marks the limit of navigable rivers. </p><p>Altogether, the state has a total area of 32,020.49 square miles (82,932.7 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 30,060.70 square miles (77,856.9 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 1,959.79 square miles (5,075.8 km<sup>2</sup>) (6.12%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-2010TotalArea_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010TotalArea-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atlantic_Coastal_Plain">Atlantic Coastal Plain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Atlantic Coastal Plain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Lowcountry" title="South Carolina Lowcountry">South Carolina Lowcountry</a></div> <p>The Atlantic <a href="/wiki/Coastal_plain" title="Coastal plain">Coastal plain</a> consists of sediments and sedimentary rocks that range in age from Cretaceous to Present. The terrain is relatively flat and the soil is composed predominantly of sand, silt, and clay. Areas with better drainage make excellent farmland, though some land is swampy. An unusual feature of the coastal plain is a large number of low-relief topographic depressions named <a href="/wiki/Carolina_bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolina bay">Carolina bays</a>. The bays tend to be oval, lining up in a northwest to southeast orientation. The eastern portion of the coastal plain contains many <a href="/wiki/Salt_marsh" title="Salt marsh">salt marshes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuaries</a>, as well as natural ports such as <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_South_Carolina" title="Georgetown, South Carolina">Georgetown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Nature" title="Nature">natural</a> areas of the coastal plain are part of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Atlantic_coastal_forests" title="Middle Atlantic coastal forests">Middle Atlantic coastal forests</a> <a href="/wiki/Ecoregion" title="Ecoregion">ecoregion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ecoregions_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecoregions-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Sandhills_(Carolina)" title="Sandhills (Carolina)">Sandhills</a> or Carolina Sandhills is a 10–35 mi (16–56 km) wide region within the Atlantic Coastal Plain province, along the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inland" class="extiw" title="wikt:inland">inland</a> margin of this province. The Carolina Sandhills are interpreted as eolian (wind-blown) sand sheets and dunes that were mobilized episodically from approximately 75,000 to 6,000 years ago. Most of the published luminescence ages from the sand are coincident with the last glaciation, a time when the southeastern United States was characterized by colder air temperatures and stronger winds.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Piedmont">Piedmont</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Piedmont"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Much of Piedmont consists of Paleozoic metamorphic and igneous rocks, and the landscape has relatively low relief. Due to the changing economics of farming, much of the land is now reforested in <a href="/wiki/Loblolly_pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Loblolly pine">loblolly pine</a> for the lumber industry. These forests are part of the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_mixed_forests" title="Southeastern mixed forests">Southeastern mixed forests</a> ecoregion.<sup id="cite_ref-ecoregions_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecoregions-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the southeastern edge of Piedmont is the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Seaboard_fall_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Seaboard fall line">fall line</a>, where rivers drop to the coastal plain. The fall line was an important early source of water power. Mills built to this resource encouraged the growth of several cities, including the capital, <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a>. The larger rivers are navigable up to the fall line, providing a trade route for mill towns. </p><p>The northwestern part of Piedmont is also known as the Foothills. The <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Highway_11" title="South Carolina Highway 11">Cherokee Parkway</a> is a scenic driving route through this area. This is where <a href="/wiki/Table_Rock_State_Park_(South_Carolina)" title="Table Rock State Park (South Carolina)">Table Rock State Park</a> is located. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blue_Ridge">Blue Ridge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Blue Ridge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinnacle_Mountain_(South_Carolina)_viewed_from_Caesars_Head,_June_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Pinnacle_Mountain_%28South_Carolina%29_viewed_from_Caesars_Head%2C_June_2019.jpg/250px-Pinnacle_Mountain_%28South_Carolina%29_viewed_from_Caesars_Head%2C_June_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Pinnacle_Mountain_%28South_Carolina%29_viewed_from_Caesars_Head%2C_June_2019.jpg/330px-Pinnacle_Mountain_%28South_Carolina%29_viewed_from_Caesars_Head%2C_June_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Pinnacle_Mountain_%28South_Carolina%29_viewed_from_Caesars_Head%2C_June_2019.jpg/500px-Pinnacle_Mountain_%28South_Carolina%29_viewed_from_Caesars_Head%2C_June_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pinnacle_Mountain_(South_Carolina)" title="Pinnacle Mountain (South Carolina)">Pinnacle Mountain</a> viewed from <a href="/wiki/Caesars_Head" title="Caesars Head">Caesars Head</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Blue Ridge consists primarily of Precambrian metamorphic rocks, and the landscape has relatively high relief. The Blue Ridge Region contains an <a href="/wiki/Escarpment" title="Escarpment">escarpment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a> that continues into <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> as part of the southern <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Mountains</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sassafras_Mountain" title="Sassafras Mountain">Sassafras Mountain</a>, South Carolina's highest point at 3,560 feet (1,090 m), is in this area.<sup id="cite_ref-usgs_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usgs-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in this area is <a href="/wiki/Caesars_Head_State_Park" title="Caesars Head State Park">Caesars Head State Park</a>. The environment here is that of the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian-Blue_Ridge_forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests">Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests</a> ecoregion.<sup id="cite_ref-ecoregions_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecoregions-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Chattooga_River" title="Chattooga River">Chattooga River</a>, on the border between South Carolina and Georgia, is a favorite <a href="/wiki/Whitewater_rafting" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitewater rafting">whitewater rafting</a> destination. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lakes">Lakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Lakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lakes in South Carolina">List of lakes in South Carolina</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Hartwell_reservoir_in_Georgia_and_South_Carolina_includes_parts_of_the_Savannah,_Tugaloo,_and_Seneca_rivers_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Lake_Hartwell_reservoir_in_Georgia_and_South_Carolina_includes_parts_of_the_Savannah%2C_Tugaloo%2C_and_Seneca_rivers_01.jpg/220px-Lake_Hartwell_reservoir_in_Georgia_and_South_Carolina_includes_parts_of_the_Savannah%2C_Tugaloo%2C_and_Seneca_rivers_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Lake_Hartwell_reservoir_in_Georgia_and_South_Carolina_includes_parts_of_the_Savannah%2C_Tugaloo%2C_and_Seneca_rivers_01.jpg/330px-Lake_Hartwell_reservoir_in_Georgia_and_South_Carolina_includes_parts_of_the_Savannah%2C_Tugaloo%2C_and_Seneca_rivers_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Lake_Hartwell_reservoir_in_Georgia_and_South_Carolina_includes_parts_of_the_Savannah%2C_Tugaloo%2C_and_Seneca_rivers_01.jpg/440px-Lake_Hartwell_reservoir_in_Georgia_and_South_Carolina_includes_parts_of_the_Savannah%2C_Tugaloo%2C_and_Seneca_rivers_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Lake Hartwell includes parts of the <a href="/wiki/Savannah_River" title="Savannah River">Savannah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tugaloo_River" title="Tugaloo River">Tugaloo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Seneca_River_(South_Carolina)" title="Seneca River (South Carolina)">Seneca</a> rivers</figcaption></figure> <p>South Carolina has several major lakes covering over 683 square miles (1,770 km<sup>2</sup>). All major lakes in South Carolina are human-made. The following are the lakes listed by size.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ofr_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ofr-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Marion_(South_Carolina)" title="Lake Marion (South Carolina)">Lake Marion</a> 110,000 acres (450 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Strom_Thurmond" title="Lake Strom Thurmond">Lake Strom Thurmond</a> (also known as <a href="/wiki/Clarks_Hill_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Clarks Hill Lake">Clarks Hill Lake</a>) 71,100 acres (290 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Moultrie" title="Lake Moultrie">Lake Moultrie</a> 60,000 acres (240 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Hartwell" title="Lake Hartwell">Lake Hartwell</a> 56,000 acres (230 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Murray_(South_Carolina)" title="Lake Murray (South Carolina)">Lake Murray</a> 50,000 acres (200 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Russell_Lake" title="Richard B. Russell Lake">Russell Lake</a> 26,650 acres (110 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Keowee" title="Lake Keowee">Lake Keowee</a> 18,372 acres (70 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wylie" title="Lake Wylie">Lake Wylie</a> 13,400 acres (50 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wateree" title="Lake Wateree">Lake Wateree</a> 13,250 acres (50 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Greenwood_(South_Carolina)" title="Lake Greenwood (South Carolina)">Lake Greenwood</a> 11,400 acres (50 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Jocassee" title="Lake Jocassee">Lake Jocassee</a> 7,500 acres (30 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Bowen" title="Lake Bowen">Lake Bowen</a> 1,534 acres (6.21 km<sup>2</sup>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Earthquakes">Earthquakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Earthquakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_South_Carolina" title="List of earthquakes in South Carolina">List of earthquakes in South Carolina</a></div> <p>South Carolina is the most seismically active state on the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022, there were 74 recorded earthquakes in South Carolina,<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> six of which exceeded a 3 magnitude.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021 and 2022, most of which were concentrated in <a href="/wiki/Kershaw_County,_South_Carolina" title="Kershaw County, South Carolina">Kershaw County</a> and the coastal area of <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Charleston area demonstrates the greatest frequency of earthquakes in South Carolina. South Carolina averages 10–15 earthquakes a year below magnitude<span class="nowrap"> </span>3 (FEMA). The <a href="/wiki/1886_Charleston_earthquake" title="1886 Charleston earthquake">Charleston earthquake of 1886</a> was the largest quake ever to hit the eastern United States. The 7.0–7.3 magnitude earthquake killed 60 people and destroyed much of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faults in this region are difficult to study at the surface due to thick sedimentation on top of them. Many of the ancient faults are within plates rather than along plate boundaries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_South_Carolina" title="Climate of South Carolina">Climate of South Carolina</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SCprecipitation.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/SCprecipitation.gif/220px-SCprecipitation.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/SCprecipitation.gif/330px-SCprecipitation.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/SCprecipitation.gif/440px-SCprecipitation.gif 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="377" /></a><figcaption>A map of the average annual <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> in South Carolina</figcaption></figure><p> South Carolina has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cfa</i>), although high-elevation areas in the Upstate area have fewer subtropical characteristics than areas on the Atlantic coastline. In the summer, South Carolina is hot and humid, with daytime temperatures averaging between 86–93 °F (30–34 °C) in most of the state and overnight lows averaging 70–75 °F (21–24 °C) on the coast and from 66–73 °F (19–23 °C) inland. Winter temperatures are much less uniform in South Carolina. Coastal areas of the state have very mild winters, with high temperatures approaching an average of 60 °F (16 °C) and overnight lows around 40 °F (5–8 °C). </p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Carolina_Snow_Plow.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/South_Carolina_Snow_Plow.png/220px-South_Carolina_Snow_Plow.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/South_Carolina_Snow_Plow.png/330px-South_Carolina_Snow_Plow.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/South_Carolina_Snow_Plow.png/440px-South_Carolina_Snow_Plow.png 2x" data-file-width="1748" data-file-height="1202" /></a><figcaption>A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall.</figcaption></figure><p>Inland, the average January overnight low is around 32 °F (0 °C) in Columbia and temperatures well below freezing in the Upstate. While precipitation is abundant the entire year in almost the entire state, the coast tends to have a slightly wetter summer, while inland, the spring and autumn transitions tend to be the wettest periods and winter the driest season, with November being the driest month. The highest recorded temperature is 113 °F (45 °C) in <a href="/wiki/Johnston,_South_Carolina" title="Johnston, South Carolina">Johnston</a> and Columbia on June 29, 2012, and the lowest recorded temperature is −19 °F (−28 °C) at <a href="/wiki/Caesars_Head" title="Caesars Head">Caesars Head</a> on January 21, 1985. </p><p>Snowfall in South Carolina is minimal in the lower elevation areas south and east of Columbia. It is not uncommon for areas along the southernmost coast to not receive measurable snowfall for several years. In the Piedmont and Foothills, especially along and north of Interstate 85, measurable snowfall occurs one to three times in most years. Annual average total amounts range from 2 to 6 inches. The Blue Ridge Escarpment receives the most average total measurable snowfall; amounts range from 7 to 12 inches. </p><p>South Carolina averages around 50 days of <a href="/wiki/Thunderstorm" title="Thunderstorm">thunderstorm</a> activity a year. This is less than some of the states further south, and it is slightly less vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Tornado" title="Tornado">tornadoes</a> than the states which border on the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>. Some notable tornadoes have struck South Carolina, and the state averages around 14 tornadoes annually. <a href="/wiki/Hail" title="Hail">Hail</a> is common with many of the thunderstorms in the state, as there is often a marked contrast in temperature of warmer ground conditions compared to the cold air aloft.<sup id="cite_ref-Annual_average_number_of_tornadoes_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annual_average_number_of_tornadoes-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hurricanes_and_tropical_cyclones">Hurricanes and tropical cyclones</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Hurricanes and tropical cyclones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_hurricanes" title="List of South Carolina hurricanes">List of South Carolina hurricanes</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hugo_1989-09-21_1900Z.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Hugo_1989-09-21_1900Z.png/220px-Hugo_1989-09-21_1900Z.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Hugo_1989-09-21_1900Z.png/330px-Hugo_1989-09-21_1900Z.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Hugo_1989-09-21_1900Z.png/440px-Hugo_1989-09-21_1900Z.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989</figcaption></figure> <p>The state is occasionally affected by <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclones</a>. This is an annual concern during hurricane season, which lasts from June<span class="nowrap"> </span>1 to November 30. The peak time of vulnerability for the southeast Atlantic coast is from early August to early October, during the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde_hurricane" title="Cape Verde hurricane">Cape Verde hurricane</a> season. Memorable <a href="/wiki/Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane">hurricanes</a> to hit South Carolina include <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Hazel" title="Hurricane Hazel">Hazel</a> (1954), <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Hugo" title="Hurricane Hugo">Hugo</a> (1989), and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Florence" title="Hurricane Florence">Florence</a> (2018). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Climate_change">Climate change</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Climate change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_South_Carolina" title="Climate change in South Carolina">Climate change in South Carolina</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_South_Carolina&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Carolina_K%C3%B6ppen.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/South_Carolina_K%C3%B6ppen.png/250px-South_Carolina_K%C3%B6ppen.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/South_Carolina_K%C3%B6ppen.png/330px-South_Carolina_K%C3%B6ppen.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/South_Carolina_K%C3%B6ppen.png/500px-South_Carolina_K%C3%B6ppen.png 2x" data-file-width="6300" data-file-height="6419" /></a><figcaption>Köppen climate types in South Carolina, showing a large majority of the state being humid subtropical, with smaller, outlier pockets of an oceanic climate in the Blue Ridge Mountains.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_South_Carolina" title="Climate change in South Carolina">Climate change in South Carolina</a> encompasses the effects of <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a>, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. </p><p>Studies show that South Carolina is among a string of "<a href="/wiki/Deep_South" title="Deep South">Deep South</a>" states that will experience the worst effects of climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>South Carolina's climate is changing. Most of the state has warmed by one-half to one degree Fahrenheit (300-600 m°C) in the last century, and the sea is rising about one to one-and-a-half inches (2.5-3.8 cm) every decade. Higher water levels are eroding beaches, submerging low lands, and exacerbating <a href="/wiki/Coastal_flooding" title="Coastal flooding">coastal flooding</a>. Like other southeastern states, South Carolina has warmed less than most of the nation. But in the coming decades, the region's changing climate is likely to reduce crop yields, harm livestock, increase the number of unpleasantly hot days, and increase the risk of heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses.<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_change_in_South_Carolina_EPA_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate_change_in_South_Carolina_EPA-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote>As of January 2020, "South Carolina's failure to develop a comprehensive climate plan means the state has no overall effort to cut <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_the_United_States" title="Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States">greenhouse gas pollution</a>, limit <a href="/wiki/Urban_sprawl" title="Urban sprawl">sprawl</a> or educate the public on how to <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_adaptation" title="Climate change adaptation">adapt to the changing climate</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_change_in_South_Carolina_:0_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate_change_in_South_Carolina_:0-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div><p>South Carolina released its Climate, Energy, and Commerce Committee Final Report in 2008. The report recommends a voluntary economy-wide goal of reducing emissions to 5% below 1990 levels by 2020. Key policy recommendations in the report include developing renewable portfolio standards, increasing use of local agricultural products, and increasing advanced recycling and composting. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_lands_in_South_Carolina">Federal lands in South Carolina</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Federal lands in South Carolina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_lands_in_South_Carolina" title="List of federal lands in South Carolina">List of federal lands in South Carolina</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort-sumter-from-battery-sc1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Fort-sumter-from-battery-sc1.jpg/500px-Fort-sumter-from-battery-sc1.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Fort-sumter-from-battery-sc1.jpg/960px-Fort-sumter-from-battery-sc1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2097" data-file-height="658" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fort_Sumter_National_Monument" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Sumter National Monument">Fort Sumter National Monument</a>, site of the first battle of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Pinckney_National_Historic_Site" title="Charles Pinckney National Historic Site">Charles Pinckney National Historic Site</a> at <a href="/wiki/Mt._Pleasant,_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina">Mt. Pleasant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congaree_National_Park" title="Congaree National Park">Congaree National Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hopkins,_South_Carolina" title="Hopkins, South Carolina">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowpens_National_Battlefield" title="Cowpens National Battlefield">Cowpens National Battlefield</a> near <a href="/wiki/Chesnee,_South_Carolina" title="Chesnee, South Carolina">Chesnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Moultrie_National_Monument" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Moultrie National Monument">Fort Moultrie National Monument</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sullivan%27s_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Sullivan's Island, South Carolina">Sullivan's Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Sumter_National_Monument" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Sumter National Monument">Fort Sumter National Monument</a> in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain_National_Military_Park" title="Kings Mountain National Military Park">Kings Mountain National Military Park</a> at <a href="/wiki/Blacksburg,_South_Carolina" title="Blacksburg, South Carolina">Blacksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninety_Six_National_Historic_Site" title="Ninety Six National Historic Site">Ninety Six National Historic Site</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ninety_Six,_South_Carolina" title="Ninety Six, South Carolina">Ninety Six</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overmountain_Victory_National_Historic_Trail" title="Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail">Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Jackson_(South_Carolina)" title="Fort Jackson (South Carolina)">Fort Jackson</a> near <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Charleston" title="Joint Base Charleston">Joint Base Charleston</a> near <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base" title="Shaw Air Force Base">Shaw Air Force Base</a> near <a href="/wiki/Sumter,_South_Carolina" title="Sumter, South Carolina">Sumter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_Parris_Island" title="Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island">Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island</a> at <a href="/wiki/Parris_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Parris Island, South Carolina">Parris Island</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_South_Carolina" title="List of mammals of South Carolina">List of mammals of South Carolina</a></div><p>South Carolina is home to two dominant ecosystems, the bottomlands, which consist of floodplains and creeks, and the toplands. The floodplains contain large tracts of old and mature second growth cypress and tupelo forest. The uplands are home to longleaf pine, shortleaf pine, and mixed hardwood forests.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Longleaf Pine are an important part of South Carolina's coastal ecosystem. They improve soil, water, and air quality while providing a habitat for deer and songbirds.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These forests are endangered by logging for agriculture and development.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oysters are a critical part of South Carolina's coastal ecology. They serve a dual function, filtering the water and forming reefs that provide a habitat for small fish and crabs. Oysters are imperiled by overharvesting because young oysters need older oysters to latch on to as they age.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Carolina is home to many shorebirds including various <a href="/wiki/Sandpiper" title="Sandpiper">sandpipers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ibis" title="Ibis">ibises</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state serves as a stopover site for birds migrating farther south and a wintering ground for birds that do not fly as far south.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_cities">Major cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Major cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_South_Carolina" title="List of municipalities in South Carolina">List of municipalities in South Carolina</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1219497266">.mw-parser-output .largestCities-table-background{background:#f9f9f9;color:#222}.mw-parser-output .largestCities-cell-background{background:#f0f0f0;color:#222}</style> <div> <table style="font-size:88%;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="padding:0.3em 0.75em;"><div style="float:right; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div><div style="float:left; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div> <div style="height:2.6em;line-height:1.3em;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Largest cities or towns in South Carolina</span><br /><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal;">(2023 <a href="/wiki/Population_Estimates_Program" title="Population Estimates Program">census estimate</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CensusListCount_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusListCount-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th>Rank </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in South Carolina">Name</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of South Carolina">County</a> </th> <th>Pop. </th> <th>Rank </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in South Carolina">Name</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of South Carolina">County</a> </th> <th>Pop.</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Broad_Street_(Charleston,_South_Carolina)_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Charleston"><img alt="Charleston" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Broad_Street_%28Charleston%2C_South_Carolina%29_02.JPG/120px-Broad_Street_%28Charleston%2C_South_Carolina%29_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Broad_Street_%28Charleston%2C_South_Carolina%29_02.JPG/180px-Broad_Street_%28Charleston%2C_South_Carolina%29_02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Broad_Street_%28Charleston%2C_South_Carolina%29_02.JPG/240px-Broad_Street_%28Charleston%2C_South_Carolina%29_02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="685" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fall_skyline_of_Columbia_SC_from_Arsenal_Hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Columbia"><img alt="Columbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fall_skyline_of_Columbia_SC_from_Arsenal_Hill.jpg/120px-Fall_skyline_of_Columbia_SC_from_Arsenal_Hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fall_skyline_of_Columbia_SC_from_Arsenal_Hill.jpg/250px-Fall_skyline_of_Columbia_SC_from_Arsenal_Hill.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1844" data-file-height="892" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a> </td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Charleston_County,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston County, South Carolina">Charleston</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">155,369</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Florence_County,_South_Carolina" title="Florence County, South Carolina">Florence</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">40,609 </td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:City_of_North_Charleston_city_hall.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="North Charleston"><img alt="North Charleston" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/City_of_North_Charleston_city_hall.JPG/120px-City_of_North_Charleston_city_hall.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/City_of_North_Charleston_city_hall.JPG/250px-City_of_North_Charleston_city_hall.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/North_Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="North Charleston, South Carolina">North Charleston</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BooneHall2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mount Pleasant"><img alt="Mount Pleasant" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BooneHall2.jpg/120px-BooneHall2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BooneHall2.jpg/250px-BooneHall2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_South_Carolina" title="Mount Pleasant, South Carolina">Mount Pleasant</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_South_Carolina" title="Richland County, South Carolina">Richland</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">142,416</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">12</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Myrtle Beach</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Horry_County,_South_Carolina" title="Horry County, South Carolina">Horry</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">39,697 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/North_Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="North Charleston, South Carolina">North Charleston</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Charleston_County,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston County, South Carolina">Charleston</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">121,469</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">13</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg County, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">39,040 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_South_Carolina" title="Mount Pleasant, South Carolina">Mount Pleasant</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Charleston_County,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston County, South Carolina">Charleston</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">95,232</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">14</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Head_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Hilton Head Island, South Carolina">Hilton Head Island</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort County, South Carolina">Beaufort</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">38,097 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rock_Hill,_South_Carolina" title="Rock Hill, South Carolina">Rock Hill</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/York_County,_South_Carolina" title="York County, South Carolina">York</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">75,654</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">15</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bluffton,_South_Carolina" title="Bluffton, South Carolina">Bluffton</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort County, South Carolina">Beaufort</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">35,243 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greenville_County,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville County, South Carolina">Greenville</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">72,824</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">16</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Mill,_South_Carolina" title="Fort Mill, South Carolina">Fort Mill</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/York_County,_South_Carolina" title="York County, South Carolina">York</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">33,626 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Summerville,_South_Carolina" title="Summerville, South Carolina">Summerville</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dorchester_County,_South_Carolina" title="Dorchester County, South Carolina">Dorchester</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">51,884</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">17</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aiken,_South_Carolina" title="Aiken, South Carolina">Aiken</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aiken_County,_South_Carolina" title="Aiken County, South Carolina">Aiken</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">32,947 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Goose_Creek,_South_Carolina" title="Goose Creek, South Carolina">Goose Creek</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_South_Carolina" title="Berkeley County, South Carolina">Berkeley</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">49,249</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">18</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Anderson,_South_Carolina" title="Anderson, South Carolina">Anderson</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_South_Carolina" title="Anderson County, South Carolina">Anderson</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">29,980 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greer,_South_Carolina" title="Greer, South Carolina">Greer</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greenville_County,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville County, South Carolina">Greenville</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">44,387</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">19</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mauldin,_South_Carolina" title="Mauldin, South Carolina">Mauldin</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greenville_County,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville County, South Carolina">Greenville</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">28,010 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sumter,_South_Carolina" title="Sumter, South Carolina">Sumter</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sumter_County,_South_Carolina" title="Sumter County, South Carolina">Sumter</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">42,766</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">20</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Conway,_South_Carolina" title="Conway, South Carolina">Conway</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Horry_County,_South_Carolina" title="Horry County, South Carolina">Horry</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">27,985 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistical_areas">Statistical areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Statistical areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_statistical_areas" title="South Carolina statistical areas">South Carolina statistical areas</a></div> <p>The following tables show the major <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">metropolitan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">combined statistical areas</a> of South Carolina. Some statistical areas of South Carolina overlap with neighboring states of North Carolina and Georgia. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)<sup id="cite_ref-2023OMB_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023OMB-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstCBSA_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCBSA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Counties </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia,_NC-SC_MSA" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA">Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC</a> </td> <td align="center">2,805,115 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_South_Carolina" title="Chester County, South Carolina">Chester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lancaster County, South Carolina">Lancaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/York_County,_South_Carolina" title="York County, South Carolina">York</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">975,480 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_South_Carolina" title="Anderson County, South Carolina">Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenville_County,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville County, South Carolina">Greenville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laurens_County,_South_Carolina" title="Laurens County, South Carolina">Laurens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pickens_County,_South_Carolina" title="Pickens County, South Carolina">Pickens</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia_metropolitan_area_(South_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia metropolitan area (South Carolina)">Columbia, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">858,302 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_South_Carolina" title="Calhoun County, South Carolina">Calhoun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fairfield_County,_South_Carolina" title="Fairfield County, South Carolina">Fairfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kershaw_County,_South_Carolina" title="Kershaw County, South Carolina">Kershaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lexington_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lexington County, South Carolina">Lexington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_South_Carolina" title="Richland County, South Carolina">Richland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saluda_County,_South_Carolina" title="Saluda County, South Carolina">Saluda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston_metropolitan_area,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston metropolitan area, South Carolina">Charleston-North Charleston, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">849,417 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_South_Carolina" title="Berkeley County, South Carolina">Berkeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charleston_County,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston County, South Carolina">Charleston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_County,_South_Carolina" title="Dorchester County, South Carolina">Dorchester</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augusta-Richmond_County,_GA-SC_Metro_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area">Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC</a> </td> <td align="center">629,429 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aiken_County,_South_Carolina" title="Aiken County, South Carolina">Aiken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edgefield_County,_South_Carolina" title="Edgefield County, South Carolina">Edgefield</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_metropolitan_area" title="Myrtle Beach metropolitan area">Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">397,478 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Horry_County,_South_Carolina" title="Horry County, South Carolina">Horry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg County, South Carolina">Spartanburg, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">383,327 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg County, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Head_Island%E2%80%93Bluffton_metropolitan_area" title="Hilton Head Island–Bluffton metropolitan area">Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">232,523 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort County, South Carolina">Beaufort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_South_Carolina" title="Jasper County, South Carolina">Jasper</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina_metropolitan_area" title="Florence, South Carolina metropolitan area">Florence, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">199,630 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darlington_County,_South_Carolina" title="Darlington County, South Carolina">Darlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florence_County,_South_Carolina" title="Florence County, South Carolina">Florence</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sumter_County,_South_Carolina" title="Sumter County, South Carolina">Sumter, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">104,165 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sumter_County,_South_Carolina" title="Sumter County, South Carolina">Sumter</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Combined statistical area (CSA)<sup id="cite_ref-2023OMB_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023OMB-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstCBSA_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCBSA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Counties </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia,_NC-SC_MSA" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA">Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC</a> </td> <td align="center">3,387,115 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_South_Carolina" title="Chester County, South Carolina">Chester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lancaster County, South Carolina">Lancaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/York_County,_South_Carolina" title="York County, South Carolina">York</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">1,590,636 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abbeville_County,_South_Carolina" title="Abbeville County, South Carolina">Abbeville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_South_Carolina" title="Anderson County, South Carolina">Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_South_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, South Carolina">Cherokee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenville_County,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville County, South Carolina">Greenville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenwood_County,_South_Carolina" title="Greenwood County, South Carolina">Greenwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laurens_County,_South_Carolina" title="Laurens County, South Carolina">Laurens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oconee_County,_South_Carolina" title="Oconee County, South Carolina">Oconee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pickens_County,_South_Carolina" title="Pickens County, South Carolina">Pickens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg County, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_County,_South_Carolina" title="Union County, South Carolina">Union</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia_metropolitan_area,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia metropolitan area, South Carolina">Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">1,084,112 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_South_Carolina" title="Calhoun County, South Carolina">Calhoun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fairfield_County,_South_Carolina" title="Fairfield County, South Carolina">Fairfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kershaw_County,_South_Carolina" title="Kershaw County, South Carolina">Kershaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lexington_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lexington County, South Carolina">Lexington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newberry_County,_South_Carolina" title="Newberry County, South Carolina">Newberry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orangeburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Orangeburg County, South Carolina">Orangeburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_South_Carolina" title="Richland County, South Carolina">Richland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saluda_County,_South_Carolina" title="Saluda County, South Carolina">Saluda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_metropolitan_area" title="Myrtle Beach metropolitan area">Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC</a> </td> <td align="center">463,209 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_County,_South_Carolina" title="Georgetown County, South Carolina">Georgetown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horry_County,_South_Carolina" title="Horry County, South Carolina">Horry</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_South_Carolina" title="Demographics of South Carolina">Demographics of South Carolina</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>249,073</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>345,591</td><td></td><td>38.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>415,115</td><td></td><td>20.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>502,741</td><td></td><td>21.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>581,185</td><td></td><td>15.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>594,398</td><td></td><td>2.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>668,507</td><td></td><td>12.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>703,708</td><td></td><td>5.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>705,606</td><td></td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>995,577</td><td></td><td>41.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>1,151,149</td><td></td><td>15.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>1,340,316</td><td></td><td>16.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>1,515,400</td><td></td><td>13.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>1,683,724</td><td></td><td>11.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>1,738,765</td><td></td><td>3.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>1,899,804</td><td></td><td>9.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>2,117,027</td><td></td><td>11.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>2,382,594</td><td></td><td>12.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>2,590,516</td><td></td><td>8.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>3,121,820</td><td></td><td>20.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>3,486,703</td><td></td><td>11.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>4,012,012</td><td></td><td>15.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>4,625,364</td><td></td><td>15.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>5,118,425</td><td></td><td>10.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2024 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">5,478,831</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>7.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">Source: 1910–2020<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible"> <caption style="font-size:90%">Ethnic composition as of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race and ethnicity<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2" data-sort-type="number">Alone </th> <th colspan="2" data-sort-type="number">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White (non-Hispanic)</a> </td> <td align="right">62.1% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">62.1</span><div style="width:124.2px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:gray"> </div> </td> <td align="right">65.5% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">65.5</span><div style="width:131px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:gray"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American (non-Hispanic)</a> </td> <td align="right">24.8% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">24.8</span><div style="width:49.6px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:mediumblue"> </div> </td> <td align="right">26.3% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">26.3</span><div style="width:52.6px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:mediumblue"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">— </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">6.9% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">6.9</span><div style="width:13.8px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:green"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> </td> <td align="right">1.7% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">1.7</span><div style="width:3.4px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:purple"> </div> </td> <td align="right">2.3% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">2.3</span><div style="width:4.6px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:purple"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Native American </td> <td align="right">0.3% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">0.3</span><div style="width:0.6px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:gold"> </div> </td> <td align="right">1.8% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">1.8</span><div style="width:3.6px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:gold"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> </td> <td align="right">0.1% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">0.1</span><div style="width:0.2px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:pink"> </div> </td> <td align="right">0.1% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">0.1</span><div style="width:0.2px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:pink"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other </td> <td align="right">0.4% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">0.4</span><div style="width:0.8px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:brown"> </div> </td> <td align="right">1.0% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">1</span><div style="width:2px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:brown"> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethnic_Origins_in_South_Carolina.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ethnic_Origins_in_South_Carolina.png/270px-Ethnic_Origins_in_South_Carolina.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="152" class="mw-file-element" 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.col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <b>Non-Hispanic White</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#dd7e6b; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 40–50%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cc4125; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 50–60%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#a61c00; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 60–70%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#85200c; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 70–80%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#5b0f00; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 80–90%</div> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <b>Black or African American</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffe599; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 40–50%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffd966; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 50–60%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f1c232; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 60–70%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#bf9000; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 70–80%</div>   </td></tr></tbody></table></div></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"> <caption><b>South Carolina racial breakdown of population</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Racial composition</th> <th>1990<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>2000<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>2010<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020DP1_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020DP1-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2022<sup id="cite_ref-US_Census_Bureau_South_Carolina_Quickfacts_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Census_Bureau_South_Carolina_Quickfacts-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a></td> <td>69.0%</td> <td>67.2%</td> <td>66.2%</td> <td>63.4% </td> <td>69.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black</a></td> <td>29.8%</td> <td>29.5%</td> <td>27.9%</td> <td>25.0% </td> <td>26.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a></td> <td>0.6%</td> <td>0.9%</td> <td>1.3%</td> <td>1.8% </td> <td>2.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Native American</td> <td>0.2%</td> <td>0.3%</td> <td>0.4%</td> <td>0.5% </td> <td>0.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiian" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Hawaiian">Native Hawaiian</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander" title="Pacific Islander">other Pacific Islander</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>0.1%</td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">Two or more races</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>1.0%</td> <td>1.7%</td> <td>5.8% </td> <td>2.3% </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Carolina_population_density_2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/South_Carolina_population_density_2020.png/250px-South_Carolina_population_density_2020.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/South_Carolina_population_density_2020.png/330px-South_Carolina_population_density_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/South_Carolina_population_density_2020.png/500px-South_Carolina_population_density_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption>Population density of South Carolina</figcaption></figure> <p>The 2020 census determined the state had a population of 5,118,425, a 10.7% percentage increase since the 2010 census.<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstUS_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstUS-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Department of Housing and Urban Development">HUD</a>'s 2022 <a href="/wiki/Annual_Homeless_Assessment_Report_to_Congress" title="Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress">Annual Homeless Assessment Report</a>, there were an estimated 3,608 <a href="/wiki/Homelessness" title="Homelessness">homeless</a> people in South Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 2020 census, the racial make up of the state was 63.4% White (62.1% <a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_white" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic white">non-Hispanic white</a>), 25.0% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.8% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 3.5% from some other race, and 5.8% from two or more races. 6.9% of the total population was of Hispanic or Latino origin of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-2020DP1_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020DP1-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 2019 <a href="/wiki/United_States_census" title="United States census">census</a> estimate, South Carolina had an estimated population of 5,148,714, which is an increase of 64,587 from the prior year and an increase of 523,350, or 11.31%, since the year 2010. <a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States" title="Immigration to the United States">Immigration</a> from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 36,401 people, and <a href="/wiki/Human_migration" title="Human migration">migration</a> within the country produced a net increase of 115,084 people. According to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina" title="University of South Carolina">University of South Carolina</a>'s Arnold School of Public Health, Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies, South Carolina's foreign-born population grew faster than any other state between 2000 and 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-USC_Aug2007_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USC_Aug2007-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Carolina has banned <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary cities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The top countries of origin for South Carolina's immigrants were <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, as of 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Enslaved Africans were brought to the state during the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade" title="Atlantic slave trade">slave trade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a <a href="/wiki/Gullah" title="Gullah">Gullah</a> community in South Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, there is one federally recognized tribe in South Carolina, the Catawba Indian Nation, and 24,303 identified as being Native American alone, and 83,808 did in combination with one or more other races in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="floatright" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on <a class="external text" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/charts/">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Chart" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Chart">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many indigenous languages such as Muskogean languages have disappeared. Cherokee and Catawba lasted the longest. European settlers in South Carolina spoke Spanish, French, German, Irish, English, Welsh, and Scots. Gullah is spoken in the state by African Americans. Newer residents in South Carolina speak Tagalog, Greek, Indic, Italian, Chinese, Korean or Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1279587269">.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:none;position:relative;width:100px;height:100px;border-radius:50%;background-color:yellowgreen;color:black;border:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie div{position:absolute;transform-origin:left bottom;background-color:#655;color:black;top:0;left:50%;width:50%;height:50%;border-radius:0 500%0 0}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie50{transform-origin:left center;height:100%;border-radius:0 100%100%0/50%}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie12-5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,100%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,32.49197%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie7{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,47.056428%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie1{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,6.2914667%0%,0 100%)}@supports(clip-path:circle(50%)){.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:block}}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-container{display:flex;align-items:flex-start;gap:1em;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend{list-style-type:none!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li{display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:.5em;margin:0;margin-bottom:0.1em}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li>span{display:block;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li>.l-color{border:1px solid var(--color-base,black);width:.8em;height:.8em;flex-shrink:0}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-container{padding:.5em;padding-bottom:0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-caption{margin-bottom:1em;font-size:94%}.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>.smooth-pie-container{flex-direction:column-reverse}@media screen and (min-width:641px){.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>.smooth-pie-container{width:min-content}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-container{break-inside:avoid-page}}body.mw-mf .mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-container{align-items:center}body.mw-mf .mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend-container{font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:1.5;color:var(--color-subtle,#54595d)}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(190px,1fr));gap:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-footer{margin-top:.5em}}</style> <div class="pie-thumb thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="smooth-pie-container" style=""> <div class="smooth-pie-legend-container"><div class="smooth-pie-caption">Religious self-identification, per <a href="/wiki/Public_Religion_Research_Institute" title="Public Religion Research Institute">Public Religion Research Institute</a>'s 2022 <i>American Values Survey</i><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <ol class="smooth-pie-legend"> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Blue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_the_United_States" title="Protestantism in the United States">Protestantism</a> (64%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:White;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_States" title="Irreligion in the United States">Unaffiliated</a> (20%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Purple;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_States" title="Catholic Church in the United States">Catholicism</a> (11%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Red;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Age</a> (3%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Teal;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witness</a> (1%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Pink;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/American_Jews" title="American Jews">Judaism</a> (1%)</span></li> </ol> </div> <div class="smooth-pie" style="width:200px;height:200px;background:Pink;color:#000;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;" title="Judaism (1%)" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pie50" style="background:Blue;color:#000" title="Protestantism (64%)"></div> <div class="pie50" style="background:Blue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.140turn)" title="Protestantism (64%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:White;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.640turn)" title="Unaffiliated (20%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:White;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.715turn)" title="Unaffiliated (20%)"></div> <div class="pie7" style="background:Purple;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.840turn)" title="Catholicism (11%)"></div> <div class="pie7" style="background:Purple;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.880turn)" title="Catholicism (11%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.950turn); background:Red;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 19.07602022% 0%, 0 100%)" title="New Age (3%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.980turn); background:Teal;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 6.29146673% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Jehovah's Witness (1%)"></div> </div> </div></div></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Religion_Data_Archives" title="Association of Religion Data Archives">Association of Religion Data Archives</a> (ARDA), in 2010, the largest religion is Christianity, of which the largest denominations were the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention" title="Southern Baptist Convention">Southern Baptist Convention</a> with 913,763 adherents, the <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a> with 274,111 adherents, and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> with 181,743 adherents. Fourth-largest is the <a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a> with 564 congregations and 121,000 members and fifth-largest is the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_(USA)" title="Presbyterian Church (USA)">Presbyterian Church (USA)</a> with 320 congregations and almost 100,000 members.<sup id="cite_ref-www.thearda.com_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.thearda.com-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2010, South Carolina was the American state with the highest per capita proportion of citizens who follow the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>, with 17,559 adherents,<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making Baháʼí the second-largest religion in the state at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Public_Religion_Research_Institute" title="Public Religion Research Institute">Public Religion Research Institute</a> in 2020, Christianity remained the largest religion at approximately 74% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the Christian population, <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">evangelical Protestantism</a> remained the majority; the irreligious community was 18% of the total population. Per ARDA's 2020 religion census, Southern Baptists remained the majority with 816,405 adherents, and Roman Catholics had 407,840 adherents, followed by United Methodists at 242,467. As other Baptist denominations had from 10 to 40,000+ members individually, <a href="/wiki/Nondenominational_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Nondenominational Christianity">nondenominational/interdenominational Protestants</a> increased to 454,063 adherents.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outside of Christianity, ARDA's 2020 study reported 6,677 <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> in the state, and 830 <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Jews</a>; <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform Judaism</a> consisted of 3,430 adherents. Altogether, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> had 8,383 adherents.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, the Public Religion Research Institute estimated that Christians increased to 76% of the population (64% Protestant, 11% Catholic, and 1% Jehovah's Witness). The unaffiliated also increased, forming 20% of the state's population, although <a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Agers</a> constituted 3% of the state. Judaism was 1% of the total population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_South_Carolina" title="Economy of South Carolina">Economy of South Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_locations_by_per_capita_income" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina locations by per capita income">South Carolina locations by per capita income</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Afterburn_overview.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Afterburn_overview.jpg/250px-Afterburn_overview.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Afterburn_overview.jpg/330px-Afterburn_overview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Afterburn_overview.jpg/500px-Afterburn_overview.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of <a href="/wiki/Carowinds" title="Carowinds">Carowinds</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Total employment (2021): 1,936,015<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Total employer establishments (2021): 116,896<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In 2019, South Carolina's GDP was $249.9 billion, making the state the 26th largest by GDP in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Economic_Analysis" title="Bureau of Economic Analysis">Bureau of Economic Analysis</a>, South Carolina's <a href="/wiki/Gross_state_product" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross state product">gross state product</a> (GSP) was $97 billion in 1997 and $153 billion in 2007. Its per-capita real gross domestic product (GDP) in <a href="/wiki/Chained_dollars" title="Chained dollars">chained 2000 dollars</a> was $26,772 in 1997 and $28,894 in 2007; which represented 85% of the $31,619 per-capita real GDP for the United States overall in 1997, and 76% of the $38,020 for the U.S. in 2007. The state debt in 2012 was calculated by one source to be $22.9bn, or $7,800 per taxpayer.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Industrial outputs include textile goods, chemical products, paper products, machinery, automobiles, automotive products and tourism. Major agricultural outputs of the state are tobacco, poultry, cotton, cattle, dairy products, soybeans, hay, rice, and swine.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of March 2012, South Carolina had 1,852,700 nonfarm jobs of which 12% are in manufacturing, 11.5% are in leisure and hospitality, 19% are in trade, transportation, and utilities, and 11.8% are in education and health services. The service sector accounts for 83.7% of the South Carolina economy.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many large corporations have moved their locations to South Carolina. <a href="/wiki/Boeing_South_Carolina" title="Boeing South Carolina">Boeing</a> opened an aircraft manufacturing facility at <a href="/wiki/Charleston_International_Airport" title="Charleston International Airport">Charleston International Airport</a> in 2011, which serves as one of two final assembly sites for the <a href="/wiki/787_Dreamliner" class="mw-redirect" title="787 Dreamliner">787 Dreamliner</a>. South Carolina is a right-to-work state<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and many businesses use staffing agencies to temporarily fill positions.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Domtar" title="Domtar">Domtar</a>, in Rock Hill, used to be the only <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> company headquartered in South Carolina, but it was later moved into the <a href="/wiki/Fortune_1000" title="Fortune 1000">Fortune 1000</a> list.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three Fortune 1000 companies headquartered in the state are Domtar, <a href="/wiki/Sonoco_Products" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonoco Products">Sonoco Products</a>, and ScanSource.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Carolina also benefits from foreign investment. There are 1,950 foreign-owned firms operating in South Carolina employing almost 135,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) brought 1.06 billion dollars to the state economy in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1994, <a href="/wiki/BMW" title="BMW">BMW</a> has had a production facility in Spartanburg County near Greer and since 1996 the <a href="/wiki/Zapp_Group" title="Zapp Group">Zapp Group</a> operates in Summerville near Charleston. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation_and_infrastructure">Transportation and infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Transportation and infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravenel_Bridge_at_night_from_Mt_Pleasant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Ravenel_Bridge_at_night_from_Mt_Pleasant.jpg/220px-Ravenel_Bridge_at_night_from_Mt_Pleasant.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Ravenel_Bridge_at_night_from_Mt_Pleasant.jpg/330px-Ravenel_Bridge_at_night_from_Mt_Pleasant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Ravenel_Bridge_at_night_from_Mt_Pleasant.jpg/440px-Ravenel_Bridge_at_night_from_Mt_Pleasant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6038" data-file-height="4025" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ravenel_Jr._Bridge" title="Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge">Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge</a> from <a href="/wiki/Charleston_Harbor" title="Charleston Harbor">Charleston Harbor</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The state has the fourth largest state-maintained highway system in the country, consisting of 11 <a href="/wiki/List_of_Interstate_Highways_in_South_Carolina" title="List of Interstate Highways in South Carolina">Interstates</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_numbered_highways_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of numbered highways in South Carolina">numbered highways</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_highways" class="mw-redirect" title="State highways">state highways</a>, and secondary roads, totalling approximately 41,500 miles (66,800 km).<sup id="cite_ref-STIP_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STIP-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On secondary roads, South Carolina uses a numbering system to keep track of all non-interstate and primary highways that the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Department_of_Transportation" title="South Carolina Department of Transportation">South Carolina Department of Transportation</a> maintains. Secondary roads are numbered by the number of the county followed by a unique number for the particular road. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Highway_System" title="South Carolina State Highway System">South Carolina State Highway System</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Interstate_Highways_in_South_Carolina" title="List of Interstate Highways in South Carolina">List of Interstate Highways in South Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._Highways_in_South_Carolina" title="List of U.S. Highways in South Carolina">List of U.S. Highways in South Carolina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_South_Carolina" title="List of state highways in South Carolina">List of state highways in South Carolina</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_Interstates">Primary Interstates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Primary Interstates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/I-26.svg/48px-I-26.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_26_in_South_Carolina" title="Interstate 26 in South Carolina">I-26</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/I-73_%28Future%29.svg/24px-I-73_%28Future%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/I-73_%28Future%29.svg/36px-I-73_%28Future%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/I-73_%28Future%29.svg/48px-I-73_%28Future%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_73_in_South_Carolina" title="Interstate 73 in South Carolina">Future I-73</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/I-74_%28Future%29.svg/24px-I-74_%28Future%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/I-74_%28Future%29.svg/36px-I-74_%28Future%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/I-74_%28Future%29.svg/48px-I-74_%28Future%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_74_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 74 in South Carolina">Future I-74</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/I-77.svg/40px-I-77.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/I-77.svg/60px-I-77.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_77_in_South_Carolina" title="Interstate 77 in South Carolina">I-77</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/I-85.svg/24px-I-85.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/I-85.svg/36px-I-85.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/I-85.svg/48px-I-85.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_85_in_South_Carolina" title="Interstate 85 in South Carolina">I-85</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/40px-I-95.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/60px-I-95.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_South_Carolina" title="Interstate 95 in South Carolina">I-95</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Auxiliary_(three-digit)_Interstates"><span id="Auxiliary_.28three-digit.29_Interstates"></span>Auxiliary (three-digit) Interstates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Auxiliary (three-digit) Interstates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/I-126.svg/40px-I-126.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/I-126.svg/60px-I-126.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_126_(South_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 126 (South Carolina)">I-126</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-185.svg/30px-I-185.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-185.svg/45px-I-185.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-185.svg/60px-I-185.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Toll_plate_yellow.svg/40px-Toll_plate_yellow.svg.png" 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decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/I-385.svg/60px-I-385.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_385_(South_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 385 (South Carolina)">I-385</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/I-520.svg/40px-I-520.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/I-520.svg/60px-I-520.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_520_(South_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 520 (South Carolina)">I-520</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/I-526.svg/40px-I-526.svg.png" 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and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Southern">Norfolk Southern</a> are the only Class I railroad companies in South Carolina, as other freight companies in the state are short lines. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> operates four passenger routes in South Carolina: the <i><a href="/wiki/Crescent_(Amtrak)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crescent (Amtrak)">Crescent</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Palmetto_(Amtrak)" class="mw-redirect" title="Palmetto (Amtrak)">Palmetto</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Meteor" title="Silver Meteor">Silver Meteor</a></i>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Star_(Amtrak_train)" title="Silver Star (Amtrak train)">Silver Star</a></i>. The <i>Crescent</i> route serves the Upstate cities, the <i>Silver Star</i> serves the Midlands cities, and the <i>Palmetto</i> and <i>Silver Meteor</i> routes serve the lowcountry cities. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Station </th> <th>Connections </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Camden_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camden (Amtrak station)">Camden</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Star_(Amtrak_train)" title="Silver Star (Amtrak train)">Silver Star</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charleston, South Carolina (Amtrak station)">North Charleston</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Palmetto_(train)" title="Palmetto (train)">Palmetto</a></i></div><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Meteor" title="Silver Meteor">Silver Meteor</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia_station_(South_Carolina)" title="Columbia station (South Carolina)">Columbia</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Star_(Amtrak_train)" title="Silver Star (Amtrak train)">Silver Star</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clemson_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Clemson (Amtrak station)">Clemson</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Crescent_(train)" title="Crescent (train)">Crescent</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denmark_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Denmark (Amtrak station)">Denmark</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Star_(Amtrak_train)" title="Silver Star (Amtrak train)">Silver Star</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dillon_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dillon (Amtrak station)">Dillon</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Palmetto_(train)" title="Palmetto (train)">Palmetto</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Florence_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Florence (Amtrak station)">Florence</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Palmetto_(train)" title="Palmetto (train)">Palmetto</a></i></div><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Meteor" title="Silver Meteor">Silver Meteor</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenville_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenville (Amtrak station)">Greenville</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Crescent_(train)" title="Crescent (train)">Crescent</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingstree_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingstree (Amtrak station)">Kingstree</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Palmetto_(train)" title="Palmetto (train)">Palmetto</a></i></div><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Meteor" title="Silver Meteor">Silver Meteor</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartanburg (Amtrak station)">Spartanburg</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Crescent_(train)" title="Crescent (train)">Crescent</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yemassee_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemassee (Amtrak station)">Yemassee</a> </td> <td><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Palmetto_(train)" title="Palmetto (train)">Palmetto</a></i></div><div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#00537E"> </span> <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Meteor" title="Silver Meteor">Silver Meteor</a></i></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_and_regional_airports">Major and regional airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Major and regional airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_South_Carolina" title="List of airports in South Carolina">List of airports in South Carolina</a></div> <p>There are seven significant airports in South Carolina, all of which act as regional airport hubs. The busiest by passenger volume is Charleston International Airport.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Just across the border in North Carolina is <a href="/wiki/Charlotte/Douglas_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte/Douglas International Airport">Charlotte/Douglas International Airport</a>, the 30th busiest airport in the world, in terms of passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Metropolitan_Airport" title="Columbia Metropolitan Airport">Columbia Metropolitan Airport</a> – Columbia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_International_Airport" title="Charleston International Airport">Charleston International Airport</a> – North Charleston</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville-Spartanburg_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport">Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport</a> – Greenville/Spartanburg</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Regional_Airport" title="Florence Regional Airport">Florence Regional Airport</a> – Florence</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_International_Airport" title="Myrtle Beach International Airport">Myrtle Beach International Airport</a> – Myrtle Beach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Head_Airport" title="Hilton Head Airport">Hilton Head Airport</a> – Hilton Head Island/Beaufort</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Hill/York_County_Airport" title="Rock Hill/York County Airport">Rock Hill/York County Airport</a> – Rock Hill</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_South_Carolina" title="Education in South Carolina">Education in South Carolina</a></div> <p>South Carolina has 1,167 K–12 schools in 79 school districts with an enrollment of 751,660 as of 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, South Carolina spent $11,747 per public school student.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, the average SAT score in South Carolina was 1028, in line with the national average.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Carolina does not currently implement <a href="/wiki/Common_Core" title="Common Core">Common Core</a> in schools, having repealed the standards in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Supreme_Court" title="South Carolina Supreme Court">South Carolina Supreme Court</a> ruled the state had failed to provide a "minimally adequate" education to children in all parts of the state as required by the state's constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Carolina is the only state which owns and operates a statewide school bus system. As of December 2016, the state maintains a 5,582-bus fleet with the average vehicle in service being fifteen years old (the national average is six) having logged 236,000 miles.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Half of the state's school buses are more than 15 years old and some are reportedly up to 30 years old. In 2017 in the budget proposal, Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman requested the state lease to purchase 1,000 buses to replace the most decrepit vehicles. An additional 175 buses could be purchased immediately through the State Treasurer's master lease program.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 5, 2017, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</a> awarded South Carolina more than $1.1 million to replace 57 school buses with new cleaner models through its <a href="/wiki/Diesel_Emissions_Reduction_Act" title="Diesel Emissions Reduction Act">Diesel Emissions Reduction Act</a> program.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_South_Carolina" title="List of colleges and universities in South Carolina">List of colleges and universities in South Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina_System" title="University of South Carolina System">University of South Carolina System</a></div> <p>South Carolina has diverse institutions from large state-funded research universities to small colleges that cultivate a liberal arts, religious, or military tradition. (List below sorted by year established.) </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/College_of_Charleston" title="College of Charleston">College of Charleston</a>, founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, is the oldest institution of higher learning in South Carolina, the 13th oldest in the United States, and the first <a href="/wiki/Municipal_college" title="Municipal college">municipal college</a> in the country. The college is in company with the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Colleges" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Colleges">Colonial Colleges</a> as one of the original and foundational institutions of higher education in the United States. Its founders include three signers of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">United States Declaration of Independence</a> and three signers of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a>. The college's historic campus, listed on the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_the_Interior" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of the Interior">U.S. Department of the Interior</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>, forms an integral part of Charleston's colonial-era urban center. The Graduate School of the College of Charleston offers a number of degree programs and coordinates support for its nationally recognized faculty research efforts.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina" title="University of South Carolina">University of South Carolina</a>, in Columbia, is a <a href="/wiki/Flagship_campus" class="mw-redirect" title="Flagship campus">flagship</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_university_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="State university (U.S.)">public</a>, co-educational, <a href="/wiki/Research_university" title="Research university">research university</a> with seven satellite campuses. It was founded in 1801 as <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_College" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina College">South Carolina College</a>, and its original campus, <a href="/wiki/Old_Campus_District,_University_of_South_Carolina" title="Old Campus District, University of South Carolina">The Horseshoe</a>, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The university's main campus covers over 359 acres (1.5 km<sup>2</sup>) in the urban core less than one city block from the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_House" title="South Carolina State House">South Carolina State House</a>. The University of South Carolina has around 35,000 students on the Columbia campus.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Furman-Belltower2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Furman-Belltower2.jpg/250px-Furman-Belltower2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Furman-Belltower2.jpg/330px-Furman-Belltower2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Furman-Belltower2.jpg/500px-Furman-Belltower2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Furman_University" title="Furman University">Furman University</a> bell tower near <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Furman_University" title="Furman University">Furman University</a> is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian, liberal arts university in <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville</a>. Founded in 1826, Furman enrolls approximately 2,900 undergraduate and 500 graduate students. Furman is the largest private institution in South Carolina. The university is primarily focused on undergraduate education (only two departments, education and chemistry, offer graduate degrees).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erskine_College" title="Erskine College">Erskine College</a> is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in <a href="/wiki/Due_West,_South_Carolina" title="Due West, South Carolina">Due West, South Carolina</a>. The college was founded in 1839 and is affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Associate_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church" title="Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church">Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church</a>, which maintains a theological seminary on the campus.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Citadel" title="The Citadel">The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina</a> is a state-supported, comprehensive college in Charleston. Founded in 1842, it is best known for its undergraduate Corps of Cadets military program for men and women, which combines academics, physical challenges and military discipline. In addition to the cadet program, the Citadel Graduate College offers evening certificate, undergraduate and graduate programs to civilians. The Citadel has 2,200 undergraduate cadets in its residential military program and 1,200 civilian students in the evening programs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wofford_College" title="Wofford College">Wofford College</a> is a small liberal arts college in <a href="/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a>. Wofford was founded in 1854 with a bequest of $100,000 from the Rev. Benjamin Wofford (1780–1850), a Methodist minister and Spartanburg native who sought to create a college for "literary, classical, and scientific education in my native district of Spartanburg". It is one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> that operates on its original campus.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newberry_College" title="Newberry College">Newberry College</a> is a small liberal arts college in <a href="/wiki/Newberry,_South_Carolina" title="Newberry, South Carolina">Newberry</a>. Founded in 1856, Newberry is a co-educational, private liberal-arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on a historic 90-acre (36 ha) campus in Newberry, South Carolina. It has roughly 1,110 students and a 14:1 student-teacher ratio. According to U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges, Newberry College ranks among the nation's top colleges in the southern region.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claflin_University" title="Claflin University">Claflin University</a>, founded in 1869 by the <a href="/wiki/American_Missionary_Association" title="American Missionary Association">American Missionary Association</a>, is the oldest <a href="/wiki/Historically_black_college" class="mw-redirect" title="Historically black college">historically black college</a> in the state. After the Democratic-dominated legislature closed the university in 1877, before passing a law to restrict admission to whites, it designated Claflin as the only state college for blacks.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lander_University" title="Lander University">Lander University</a> is a public liberal arts university in <a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_South_Carolina" title="Greenwood, South Carolina">Greenwood</a>. Lander was founded in 1872 as Willamston Female College.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school moved to Greenwood in 1904 and was renamed Lander College in honor of its founder, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Lander" title="Samuel Lander">Samuel Lander</a>. In 1973 Lander became part of the state's higher education system and is now a co-educational institution. The university is focused on undergraduate education and enrolls approximately 3,000 undergraduates.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_College" title="Presbyterian College">Presbyterian College</a> (PC) is a private liberal arts college founded in 1880 in Clinton. Presbyterian College enrolls around 1000 undergraduate students and around 200 graduate students in its pharmacy school. In 2007, <i>Washington Monthly</i> ranked PC as the No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>1 Liberal Arts College in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winthrop_University" title="Winthrop University">Winthrop University</a>, founded in 1886 as an all-female teaching school in <a href="/wiki/Rock_Hill,_South_Carolina" title="Rock Hill, South Carolina">Rock Hill</a>, became a co-ed institution in 1974. It is now a public university with an enrollment of just over 6,100 students. It is one of the fastest growing universities in the state, with several new academic and recreational buildings being added to the main campus in the past five years, as well as several more planned for the near future. The Richard W. Riley College of Education is still the school's most well-known area of study.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemson_University" title="Clemson University">Clemson University</a>, founded in 1889, is a public, coeducational, <a href="/wiki/Land-grant_university" title="Land-grant university">land-grant</a> research university in <a href="/wiki/Clemson,_South_Carolina" title="Clemson, South Carolina">Clemson</a>. It has more than 19,000 undergraduate students and 5,200 graduate students from all 50 states and from more than 70 countries. Clemson is also the home to the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Botanical_Garden" title="South Carolina Botanical Garden">South Carolina Botanical Garden</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Greenville_University" title="North Greenville University">North Greenville University</a>, founded in 1891, is a comprehensive university in <a href="/wiki/Tigerville,_South_Carolina" title="Tigerville, South Carolina">Tigerville</a>. It is affiliated with South Carolina Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention, and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It has an enrollment of around 2,500 undergraduates.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_University" title="South Carolina State University">South Carolina State University</a>, founded in 1896, is a <a href="/wiki/Historically_black_university" class="mw-redirect" title="Historically black university">historically black university</a> in Orangeburg. SCSU has an enrollment of nearly 5,000, and offers undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate degrees. SCSU boasts the only Doctor of Education program in the state.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_University_(South_Carolina)" title="Anderson University (South Carolina)">Anderson University</a>, founded in 1911, is a selective comprehensive university that offers bachelor's and master's degrees. It enrolls about 2,900 students.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster_University" title="Webster University">Webster University</a>, founded in 1915 in St. Louis, MO, with five extended campuses in SC, offers undergraduate and graduate degrees.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Jones_University" title="Bob Jones University">Bob Jones University</a>, founded in 1927, is a private, non-denominational and conservative Christian liberal arts university with a 2019 total enrollment of 3,000. BJU offers more than 60 undergraduate majors and 70 graduate programs.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Carolina_University" title="Coastal Carolina University">Coastal Carolina University</a>, founded in 1954, became an independent state-supported liberal arts university in 1993. The university enrolls approximately 10,500 students on its 307-acre (1.24 km<sup>2</sup>) campus in Conway, part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. Baccalaureate programs are offered in 51 major fields of study, along with graduate programs in education, business administration (MBA), and coastal marine and wetland studies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_Southern_University" title="Charleston Southern University">Charleston Southern University</a>, founded in 1969, is a liberal arts university, and is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Charleston Southern (CSU) is on 300 acres, formerly the site of a rice and indigo plantation, in the city of <a href="/wiki/North_Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="North Charleston, South Carolina">North Charleston</a> one of South Carolina's largest accredited, independent universities, enrolling approximately 3,400 students.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Marion_University" title="Francis Marion University">Francis Marion University</a>, formerly Francis Marion College, is a state-supported liberal arts university near <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a>, South Carolina. It was founded in 1970 and achieved university status in 1992.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_care">Health care</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For overall health care, South Carolina is ranked 37th out of the 50 states in 2022, according to <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Fund" title="Commonwealth Fund">The Commonwealth Fund</a>, a private health foundation working to improve the health care system.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state's teen birth rate was 53 births per 1,000 teens, compared to the national average of 41.9 births, according to the <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Family_Foundation" title="Kaiser Family Foundation">Kaiser Family Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state's <a href="/wiki/Infant_mortality_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Infant mortality rate">infant mortality rate</a> was 9.4 deaths per 1,000 births compared to the national average of 6.9 deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 2.6 physicians per 1,000 people compared to the national average of 3.2 physicians.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was $5,114 spent on health expenses per capita in the state, compared to the national average of $5,283.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were 26 percent of children and 13 percent of elderly living in poverty in the state, compared to 23 percent and 13 percent, respectively, doing so in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were 34 percent of children that were <a href="/wiki/Overweight" title="Overweight">overweight</a> or <a href="/wiki/Obese" class="mw-redirect" title="Obese">obese</a>, compared to the national average of 32 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_South_Carolina" title="List of newspapers in South Carolina">List of newspapers in South Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_South_Carolina" title="Category:Mass media in South Carolina">Category:Mass media in South Carolina</a></div> <p>There are 36 TV stations (including PBS affiliates) serving South Carolina with terrestrial, and some online streaming access. Markets in which the stations are located include Columbia, Florence, Allendale, Myrtle Beach, Greenville, Charleston, Conway, Beaufort, Hardeeville, Spartanburg, Greenwood, Anderson and Sumter. There are multiple news companies in South Carolina, some major ones are <a href="/wiki/The_Charleston_Chronicle" title="The Charleston Chronicle">The Charleston Chronicle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenville_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenville News">Greenville News</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Post_and_Courier" title="The Post and Courier">The Post and Courier</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_State_(newspaper)" title="The State (newspaper)">The State</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Sun_News" title="The Sun News">The Sun News</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_government_and_politics" title="South Carolina government and politics">South Carolina government and politics</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_South_Carolina" title="Political party strength in South Carolina">Political party strength in South Carolina</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Carolina_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/South_Carolina_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg/250px-South_Carolina_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/South_Carolina_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg/330px-South_Carolina_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/South_Carolina_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg/500px-South_Carolina_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="648" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_South_Carolina" title="2024 United States presidential election in South Carolina">2024 U.S. presidential election results</a> by county in South Carolina <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#4389E3; color:black; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Democratic</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#AA0000; color:white; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Republican</div></figcaption></figure> <p>South Carolina's <a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_the_United_States" title="State governments of the United States">state government</a> consists of executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Governor of South Carolina">governor of South Carolina</a> heads the executive branch; the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="South Carolina General Assembly">South Carolina General Assembly</a> heads the legislative branch; and the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Supreme_Court" title="South Carolina Supreme Court">South Carolina Supreme Court</a> heads the judicial branch. </p><p>South Carolina is a largely conservative state. Since the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a>, South Carolina's politics have been controlled by three main parties: the <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Republican Party (United States)">Democratic-Republican Party</a> in the early 1800s, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> through most of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> in the 21st century. Since the mid-1990s, the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="South Carolina General Assembly">South Carolina General Assembly</a> has been controlled by the Republican party, and currently, eight of nine statewide offices are held by Republican officeholders and one by a Democratic officeholder.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> At the federal level, South Carolina has voted Republican in every presidential election since the <a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980 election of Ronald Reagan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> candidate to carry the state was <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> in <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976</a>. Both of South Carolina's <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">senators</a> are Republican. The most recent Democratic senator to serve was <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Hollings" title="Fritz Hollings">Fritz Hollings</a>, who left office in 2005. South Carolina has seven representatives in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, six of whom are Republican. </p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SCCapitol0270.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/SCCapitol0270.jpg/220px-SCCapitol0270.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/SCCapitol0270.jpg/330px-SCCapitol0270.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/SCCapitol0270.jpg/440px-SCCapitol0270.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_House" title="South Carolina State House">South Carolina State House</a></figcaption></figure><p>As of November 8, 2022, there were 3,740,743 registered voters.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2020 study, South Carolina was ranked by the <i><a href="/wiki/Election_Law_Journal" title="Election Law Journal">Election Law Journal</a></i> as the 7th hardest state for citizens to vote in.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Carolina retains the <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_South_Carolina" title="Capital punishment in South Carolina">death penalty</a>. Authorized methods of execution include by <a href="/wiki/Electric_chair" title="Electric chair">electric chair</a> or firing squad.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An April 2023 <i><a href="/wiki/Winthrop_University" title="Winthrop University">Winthrop University</a></i> poll found that an overwhelming majority of South Carolinians supported legalizing <a href="/wiki/Medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States" title="Medical cannabis in the United States">medical marijuana</a> and believed that a <a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States" title="Separation of church and state in the United States">separation between church and state</a> was "critical". A large majority were also found to support <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States" title="Same-sex marriage in the United States">same-sex marriage</a>, legalized <a href="/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis_by_U.S._jurisdiction" title="Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction">recreational marijuana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sports_betting" title="Sports betting">sports gambling</a>, along with an <a href="/wiki/Redistricting_commission" title="Redistricting commission">independent commission</a> system for <a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">congressional redistricting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_literature" title="South Carolina literature">South Carolina literature</a></div> <p>South Carolina has many venues for visual and performing arts. The <a href="/wiki/Gibbes_Museum_of_Art" title="Gibbes Museum of Art">Gibbes Museum of Art</a> in Charleston, the <a href="/wiki/Greenville_County_Museum_of_Art" title="Greenville County Museum of Art">Greenville County Museum of Art</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Museum_of_Art" title="Columbia Museum of Art">Columbia Museum of Art</a>, Spartanburg Art Museum, and the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Museum" title="South Carolina State Museum">South Carolina State Museum</a> in Columbia among others provide access to visual arts to the state. There are also numerous historic sites and museums scattered throughout the state paying homage to many events and periods in the state's history from Native American inhabitation to the present day. </p><p>South Carolina also has performing art venues including the <a href="/wiki/Peace_Center" title="Peace Center">Peace Center</a> in Greenville, the <a href="/wiki/Koger_Center_for_the_Arts" title="Koger Center for the Arts">Koger Center for the Arts</a> in Columbia, and the <a href="/wiki/Newberry_Opera_House" title="Newberry Opera House">Newberry Opera House</a>, among others to bring local, national, and international talent to the stages of South Carolina. Several large venues can house major events, including <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Life_Arena" title="Colonial Life Arena">Colonial Life Arena</a> in Columbia, <a href="/wiki/Bon_Secours_Wellness_Arena" title="Bon Secours Wellness Arena">Bon Secours Wellness Arena</a> in Greenville, and <a href="/wiki/North_Charleston_Coliseum" title="North Charleston Coliseum">North Charleston Coliseum</a>. </p><p>One of the nation's major performing arts festivals, <a href="/wiki/Spoleto_Festival_USA" title="Spoleto Festival USA">Spoleto Festival USA</a>, is held annually in Charleston. There are also countless local festivals throughout the state highlighting many cultural traditions, historical events, and folklore. </p><p>According to the South Carolina Arts Commission, creative industries generate $9.2 billion annually and support over 78,000 jobs in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2009 statewide poll by the University of South Carolina Institute for Public Service and Policy Research found that 67% of residents had participated in the arts in some form during the past year and on average citizens had participated in the arts 14 times in the previous year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_South_Carolina" title="Sports in South Carolina">Sports in South Carolina</a></div> <p>Although no major league professional sports teams are based in South Carolina, the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> have training facilities in the state and played their inaugural season's home games at Clemson's <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Clemson)" title="Memorial Stadium (Clemson)">Memorial Stadium</a> in 1995. They now play at <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America_Stadium" title="Bank of America Stadium">Bank of America Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a>. The Panthers consider themselves "The Carolinas' Team" and refrained from naming themselves after Charlotte or either of the Carolinas. The state is also home to numerous minor league professional teams. College teams represent their particular South Carolina institutions, and are the primary options for <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a>, basketball and baseball attendance in the state. South Carolina is also a top destination for golf and <a href="/wiki/List_of_water_sports" title="List of water sports">water sports</a>. </p><p>South Carolina is also home to one of <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a>'s first tracks and its first paved speedway, <a href="/wiki/Darlington_Raceway" title="Darlington Raceway">Darlington Raceway</a>, located northwest of <a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Carolina&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Strand" title="Grand Strand">Grand Strand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Hills_of_Santee" title="High Hills of Santee">High Hills of Santee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Murray_Country" title="Lake Murray Country">Lake Murray Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Lowcountry" title="South Carolina Lowcountry">Lowcountry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Metrolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midlands_of_South_Carolina" title="Midlands of South Carolina">Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninety-Six_District,_South_Carolina" title="Ninety-Six District, South Carolina">Ninety-Six District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olde_English_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Olde English District">Olde English District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pee_Dee" title="Pee Dee">Pee Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandhills_(Carolina)" title="Sandhills (Carolina)">Sandhills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Islands" title="Sea Islands">Sea Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Upstate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_South_Carolina" title="List of municipalities in South Carolina">Larger cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="North Charleston, South Carolina">North Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Hill,_South_Carolina" title="Rock Hill, South Carolina">Rock Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_South_Carolina" title="List of municipalities in South Carolina">Smaller cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aiken,_South_Carolina" title="Aiken, South Carolina">Aiken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson,_South_Carolina" title="Anderson, South Carolina">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort, South Carolina">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennettsville,_South_Carolina" title="Bennettsville, South Carolina">Bennettsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden,_South_Carolina" title="Camden, South Carolina">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayce,_South_Carolina" title="Cayce, South Carolina">Cayce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway,_South_Carolina" title="Conway, South Carolina">Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easley,_South_Carolina" title="Easley, South Carolina">Easley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Acres,_South_Carolina" title="Forest Acres, South Carolina">Forest Acres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaffney,_South_Carolina" title="Gaffney, South Carolina">Gaffney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_South_Carolina" title="Georgetown, South Carolina">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Creek,_South_Carolina" title="Goose Creek, South Carolina">Goose Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_South_Carolina" title="Greenwood, South Carolina">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greer,_South_Carolina" title="Greer, South Carolina">Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Head_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Hilton Head Island, South Carolina">Hilton Head Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Palms,_South_Carolina" title="Isle of Palms, South Carolina">Isle of Palms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurens,_South_Carolina" title="Laurens, South Carolina">Laurens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_South_Carolina" title="Lexington, South Carolina">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauldin,_South_Carolina" title="Mauldin, South Carolina">Mauldin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Myrtle Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Augusta,_South_Carolina" title="North Augusta, South Carolina">North Augusta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">North Myrtle Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orangeburg,_South_Carolina" title="Orangeburg, South Carolina">Orangeburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simpsonville,_South_Carolina" title="Simpsonville, South Carolina">Simpsonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summerville,_South_Carolina" title="Summerville, South Carolina">Summerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumter,_South_Carolina" title="Sumter, South Carolina">Sumter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union,_South_Carolina" title="Union, South Carolina">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walterboro,_South_Carolina" title="Walterboro, South Carolina">Walterboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="West Columbia, South Carolina">West Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_South_Carolina" title="York, South Carolina">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_South_Carolina" title="List of municipalities in South Carolina">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbeville,_South_Carolina" title="Abbeville, South Carolina">Abbeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnwell,_South_Carolina" title="Barnwell, South Carolina">Barnwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batesburg-Leesville,_South_Carolina" title="Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina">Batesburg-Leesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluffton,_South_Carolina" title="Bluffton, South Carolina">Bluffton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemson,_South_Carolina" title="Clemson, South Carolina">Clemson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington,_South_Carolina" title="Darlington, South Carolina">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dillon,_South_Carolina" title="Dillon, South Carolina">Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgefield,_South_Carolina" title="Edgefield, South Carolina">Edgefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Mill,_South_Carolina" title="Fort Mill, South Carolina">Fort Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_Inn,_South_Carolina" title="Fountain Inn, South Carolina">Fountain Inn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Falls,_South_Carolina" title="Great Falls, South Carolina">Great Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardeeville,_South_Carolina" title="Hardeeville, South Carolina">Hardeeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irmo,_South_Carolina" title="Irmo, South Carolina">Irmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson,_South_Carolina" title="Jefferson, South Carolina">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingstree,_South_Carolina" title="Kingstree, South Carolina">Kingstree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty,_South_Carolina" title="Liberty, South Carolina">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion,_South_Carolina" title="Marion, South Carolina">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCormick,_South_Carolina" title="McCormick, South Carolina">McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moncks_Corner,_South_Carolina" title="Moncks Corner, South Carolina">Moncks Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_South_Carolina" title="Mount Pleasant, South Carolina">Mount Pleasant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newberry,_South_Carolina" title="Newberry, South Carolina">Newberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pageland,_South_Carolina" title="Pageland, South Carolina">Pageland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendleton,_South_Carolina" title="Pendleton, South Carolina">Pendleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickens,_South_Carolina" title="Pickens, South Carolina">Pickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seneca,_South_Carolina" title="Seneca, South Carolina">Seneca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan%27s_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Sullivan's Island, South Carolina">Sullivan's Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travelers_Rest,_South_Carolina" title="Travelers Rest, South Carolina">Travelers Rest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walhalla,_South_Carolina" title="Walhalla, South Carolina">Walhalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_South_Carolina" title="Westminster, South Carolina">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamston,_South_Carolina" title="Williamston, South Carolina">Williamston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_census-designated_places_in_South_Carolina" title="List of census-designated places in South Carolina">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berea,_South_Carolina" title="Berea, South Carolina">Berea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Forest,_South_Carolina" title="Carolina Forest, South Carolina">Carolina Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dentsville,_South_Carolina" title="Dentsville, South Carolina">Dentsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Forks,_South_Carolina" title="Five Forks, South Carolina">Five Forks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gantt,_South_Carolina" title="Gantt, South Carolina">Gantt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_City,_South_Carolina" title="Garden City, South Carolina">Garden City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladson,_South_Carolina" title="Ladson, South Carolina">Ladson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker,_South_Carolina" title="Parker, South Carolina">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Hill,_South_Carolina" title="Red Hill, South Carolina">Red Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Andrews,_South_Carolina" title="St. Andrews, South Carolina">Saint Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Oaks,_South_Carolina" title="Seven Oaks, South Carolina">Seven Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socastee,_South_Carolina" title="Socastee, South Carolina">Socastee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylors,_South_Carolina" title="Taylors, South Carolina">Taylors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Hampton,_South_Carolina" title="Wade Hampton, South Carolina">Wade Hampton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_South_Carolina" title="List of counties in South Carolina">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbeville_County,_South_Carolina" title="Abbeville County, South Carolina">Abbeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aiken_County,_South_Carolina" title="Aiken County, South Carolina">Aiken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allendale_County,_South_Carolina" title="Allendale County, South Carolina">Allendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_South_Carolina" title="Anderson County, South Carolina">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bamberg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Bamberg County, South Carolina">Bamberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnwell_County,_South_Carolina" title="Barnwell County, South Carolina">Barnwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort County, South Carolina">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_County,_South_Carolina" title="Berkeley County, South Carolina">Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_South_Carolina" title="Calhoun County, South Carolina">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_County,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston County, South Carolina">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_South_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, South Carolina">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_South_Carolina" title="Chester County, South Carolina">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_South_Carolina" title="Chesterfield County, South Carolina">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarendon_County,_South_Carolina" title="Clarendon County, South Carolina">Clarendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colleton_County,_South_Carolina" title="Colleton County, South Carolina">Colleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_County,_South_Carolina" title="Darlington County, South Carolina">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dillon_County,_South_Carolina" title="Dillon County, South Carolina">Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorchester_County,_South_Carolina" title="Dorchester County, South Carolina">Dorchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgefield_County,_South_Carolina" title="Edgefield County, South Carolina">Edgefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield_County,_South_Carolina" title="Fairfield County, South Carolina">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_County,_South_Carolina" title="Florence County, South Carolina">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_County,_South_Carolina" title="Georgetown County, South Carolina">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville_County,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville County, South Carolina">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_County,_South_Carolina" title="Greenwood County, South Carolina">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_County,_South_Carolina" title="Hampton County, South Carolina">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horry_County,_South_Carolina" title="Horry County, South Carolina">Horry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_South_Carolina" title="Jasper County, South Carolina">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kershaw_County,_South_Carolina" title="Kershaw County, South Carolina">Kershaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lancaster County, South Carolina">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurens_County,_South_Carolina" title="Laurens County, South Carolina">Laurens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lee County, South Carolina">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lexington County, South Carolina">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_South_Carolina" title="Marion County, South Carolina">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlboro_County,_South_Carolina" title="Marlboro County, South Carolina">Marlboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCormick_County,_South_Carolina" title="McCormick County, South Carolina">McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newberry_County,_South_Carolina" title="Newberry County, South Carolina">Newberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oconee_County,_South_Carolina" title="Oconee County, South Carolina">Oconee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orangeburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Orangeburg County, South Carolina">Orangeburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickens_County,_South_Carolina" title="Pickens County, South Carolina">Pickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_South_Carolina" title="Richland County, South Carolina">Richland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saluda_County,_South_Carolina" title="Saluda County, South Carolina">Saluda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg County, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumter_County,_South_Carolina" title="Sumter County, South Carolina">Sumter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_South_Carolina" title="Union County, South Carolina">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Williamsburg County, South Carolina">Williamsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_County,_South_Carolina" title="York County, South Carolina">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Index_of_South_Carolina%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of South Carolina–related articles">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_South_Carolina" title="Outline of South Carolina">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_South_Carolina" title="List of airports in South Carolina">Airports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Amusement_parks_in_South_Carolina" title="Category:Amusement parks in South Carolina">Amusement parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_statistical_areas" title="South Carolina statistical areas">Census areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_congressional_districts" title="South Carolina's congressional districts">Congressional districts</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Famous_people_from_South_Carolina">Famous people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of South Carolina">Geography</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_South_Carolina" title="List of rivers of South Carolina">Rivers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Carolina" title="List of governors of South Carolina">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Highway_System" title="South Carolina State Highway System">Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_South_Carolina" title="History of South Carolina">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_South_Carolina" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in South Carolina">Historic places</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="South Carolina General Assembly">Legislature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_South_Carolina" title="Category:Mass media in South Carolina">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_South_Carolina" title="List of newspapers in South Carolina">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_South_Carolina" title="List of radio stations in South Carolina">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_South_Carolina" title="List of television stations in South Carolina">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Shopping_malls_in_South_Carolina" title="Category:Shopping malls in South Carolina">Shopping malls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Sports_venues_in_South_Carolina" title="Category:Sports venues in South Carolina">Sports venues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_House" title="South Carolina State House">State House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_state_parks" title="List of South Carolina state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_state_symbols" title="List of South Carolina state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_South_Carolina" title="Category:Tourist attractions in South Carolina">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_wildlife_management_areas" title="List of South Carolina wildlife management areas">Wildlife management areas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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Wilderness">Congaree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellicott_Rock_Wilderness" title="Ellicott Rock Wilderness">Ellicott Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hell_Hole_Swamp" title="Hell Hole Swamp">Hell Hole Swamp</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Little_Wambaw_Swamp_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Little Wambaw Swamp Wilderness (page does not exist)">Little Wambaw Swamp</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wambaw_Creek_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wambaw Creek Wilderness (page does not exist)">Wambaw Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wambaw_Swamp" title="Wambaw Swamp">Wambaw Swamp</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wild_and_Scenic_Rivers_System" title="National Wild and Scenic Rivers System">Wild and Scenic River</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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href="/wiki/Baker_Creek_State_Park" title="Baker Creek State Park">Baker Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnwell_State_Park" title="Barnwell State Park">Barnwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caesars_Head_State_Park" title="Caesars Head State Park">Caesars Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_Falls_State_Park" title="Calhoun Falls State Park">Calhoun Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheraw_State_Park" title="Cheraw State Park">Cheraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_State_Park" title="Chester State Park">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colleton_State_Park" title="Colleton State Park">Colleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croft_State_Park" title="Croft State Park">Croft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devils_Fork_State_Park" title="Devils Fork State Park">Devils Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreher_Island_State_Park" title="Dreher Island State Park">Dreher Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edisto_Beach_State_Park" title="Edisto Beach State Park">Edisto Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givhans_Ferry_State_Park" title="Givhans Ferry State Park">Givhans Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodale_State_Park" title="Goodale State Park">Goodale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Cooper_Black_Jr._Memorial_Field_Trial_and_Recreation_Area" title="H. Cooper Black Jr. Memorial Field Trial and Recreation Area">H. Cooper Black Jr. Memorial Field Trial and Recreation Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Branch_State_Park" title="Hamilton Branch State Park">Hamilton Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory_Knob_State_Resort_Park" title="Hickory Knob State Resort Park">Hickory Knob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_Island_State_Park" title="Hunting Island State Park">Hunting Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington_Beach_State_Park" title="Huntington Beach State Park">Huntington Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_Gap_State_Park" title="Jones Gap State Park">Jones Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keowee-Toxaway_State_Park" title="Keowee-Toxaway State Park">Keowee-Toxaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain_State_Park" title="Kings Mountain State Park">Kings Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Greenwood_State_Park" title="Lake Greenwood State Park">Lake Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Hartwell_State_Park" title="Lake Hartwell State Park">Lake Hartwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Warren_State_Park" title="Lake Warren State Park">Lake Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wateree_State_Park" title="Lake Wateree State Park">Lake Wateree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landsford_Canal_State_Park" title="Landsford Canal State Park">Landsford Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_State_Park" title="Lee State Park">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Pee_Dee_State_Park" title="Little Pee Dee State Park">Little Pee Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_State_Park" title="Myrtle Beach State Park">Myrtle Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oconee_State_Park" title="Oconee State Park">Oconee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paris_Mountain_State_Park" title="Paris Mountain State Park">Paris Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poinsett_State_Park" title="Poinsett State Park">Poinsett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadlers_Creek_State_Park" title="Sadlers Creek State Park">Sadlers Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santee_State_Park" title="Santee State Park">Santee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sesquicentennial_State_Park" title="Sesquicentennial State Park">Sesquicentennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Table_Rock_State_Park_(South_Carolina)" title="Table Rock State Park (South Carolina)">Table Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woods_Bay_State_Park" title="Woods Bay State Park">Woods Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_state_parks" title="List of South Carolina state parks">State Historic Sites</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Towne_Landing" title="Charles Towne Landing">Charles Towne Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Dorchester_State_Historic_Site" title="Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site">Colonial Dorchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Plantation" title="Hampton Plantation">Hampton Plantation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musgrove_Mill_State_Historic_Site" title="Musgrove Mill State Historic Site">Musgrove Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oconee_Station_State_Historic_Site" title="Oconee Station State Historic Site">Oconee Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcliffe_Plantation_State_Historic_Site" title="Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site">Redcliffe Plantation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_Bridge_State_Historic_Site" title="Rivers Bridge State Historic Site">Rivers Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Hill_Plantation_State_Historic_Site" title="Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site">Rose Hill Plantation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_state_forests" title="List of South Carolina state forests">State Forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harbison_State_Forest" title="Harbison State Forest">Harbison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_State_Forest" title="Manchester State Forest">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poe_Creek_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poe Creek State Forest (page does not exist)">Poe Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sand_Hills_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sand Hills State Forest (page does not exist)">Sand Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wee_Tee_State_Forest" title="Wee Tee State Forest">Wee Tee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_heritage_preserves" title="List of South Carolina heritage preserves">Heritage Preserves</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiken_Gopher_Tortoise_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Aiken Gopher Tortoise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altamaha_Town" title="Altamaha Town">Altamaha Towne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashmore_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashmore Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Ashmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bald_Rock_Heritage_Preserve" title="Bald Rock Heritage Preserve">Bald Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bear_Branch_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bear Branch Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Bear Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belvue_Springs_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belvue Springs Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Belvue Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bennett%27s_Bay_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bennett's Bay Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Bennett's Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackwell_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blackwell Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Blackwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botany_Bay_Plantation_Wildlife_Management_Area" title="Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area">Botany Bay Plantation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brasstown_Creek_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Brasstown Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bunched_Arrowhead_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Bunched Arrowhead</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buzzard_Island_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buzzard Island Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Buzzard Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buzzard_Roost_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buzzard Roost Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Buzzard Roost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capers_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Capers Island, South Carolina">Capers Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cartwheel_Bay_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cartwheel Bay Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Cartwheel Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathedral_Bay_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cathedral Bay Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Cathedral Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chestnut_Ridge_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Chestnut Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strawberry_Chapel_and_Childsbury_Town_Site" title="Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site">Childsbury Towne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clear_Creek_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clear Creek Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Clear Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Congaree_Bluffs_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Congaree Bluffs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Congaree_Creek_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Congaree Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crosby_Oxypolis_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crosby Oxypolis Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Crosby Oxypolis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daws_Island_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daws Island Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Daws Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ditch_Pond_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Ditch Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dungannon_Plantation_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dungannon Plantation Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Dungannon Plantation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastatoe_Creek_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastatoe Creek Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Eastatoe Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eva_Russell_Chandler_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Eva Russell Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Frederick_Heritage_Preserve" title="Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve">Fort Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Lamar_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fort Lamar Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Fort Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Forty_Acre_Rock_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Forty Acre Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glassy_Mountain_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Glassy Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gopher_Branch_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gopher Branch Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Gopher Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Pee_Dee_River_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great Pee Dee River Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Great Pee Dee River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green%27s_Shell_Enclosure" title="Green's Shell Enclosure">Green's Shell Enclosure</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henderson_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henderson Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janet_Harrison_High_Pond_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janet Harrison High Pond Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Janet Harrison High Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Fork_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Laurel Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Ocean_Bay_Heritage_Preserve" title="Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve">Lewis Ocean Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lighthouse_Inlet_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Lighthouse Inlet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Little_Pee_Dee_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Little Pee Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Little_Pee_Dee_State_Park_Bay_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Little Pee Dee State Park Bay Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Little Pee Dee State Park Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Long_Branch_Bay_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Long Branch Bay Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Long Branch Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longleaf_Pine_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Longleaf Pine Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Longleaf Pine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lynchburg_Savanna_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Lynchburg Savanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nipper_Creek_(38RD18)" title="Nipper Creek (38RD18)">Nipper Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Old_Island_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Old Island Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Old Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pacolet_River_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pacolet River Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Pacolet River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peachtree_Rock_Heritage_Preserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve">Peachtree Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peters_Creek_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peters Creek Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Peters Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poinsett_Bridge" title="Poinsett Bridge">Poinsett Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rock_Hill_Blackjacks_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rock Hill Blackjacks Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Rock Hill Blackjacks</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savage_Bay_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Savage Bay Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Savage Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savannah_River_Bluffs_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Savannah River Bluffs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Segars-McKinnon_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Segars-McKinnon Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Segars-McKinnon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shealy%27s_Pond_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shealy's Pond Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Shealy's Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bluff_Heritage_Preserve" class="mw-redirect" title="South Bluff Heritage Preserve">South Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Helena_Sound_Heritage_Preserve" title="St. Helena Sound Heritage Preserve">St. Helena Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stevens_Creek_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Stevens Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoney_Creek_Battery_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stoney Creek Battery Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Stoney Creek Battery</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stumphouse_Mountain_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stumphouse Mountain Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Stumphouse Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tillman_Sand_Ridge_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tillman Sand Ridge Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Tillman Sand Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Yawkey_Wildlife_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center (page does not exist)">Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Bluff_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waccamaw_River_Heritage_Preserve" title="Waccamaw River Heritage Preserve">Waccamaw River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wadakoe_Mountain_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wadakoe Mountain Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Wadakoe Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wateree_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wateree Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Wateree</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watson-Cooper_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Watson-Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woods_Bay_Heritage_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Woods Bay Heritage Preserve (page does not exist)">Woods Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_wildlife_management_areas" title="List of South Carolina wildlife management areas">Wildlife Management Areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Island_(South_Carolina)" title="Bear Island (South Carolina)">Bear Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belfast Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bonneau_Ferry_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bonneau Ferry Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Bonneau Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campbell%27s_Crossroads_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Campbell's Crossroads Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Campbell's Crossroads</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canal_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canal Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Causey_Tract,_Gravely_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Causey Tract, Gravely Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Causey Tract</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cliff_Pitts_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cliff Pitts Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Cliff Pitts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clinton_Reservoir_Tract_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clinton Reservoir Tract Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Clinton Reservoir Tract</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crackerneck_Wildlife_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crackerneck Wildlife Preserve (page does not exist)">Crackerneck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnelley_Wildlife_Management_Area" title="Donnelley Wildlife Management Area">Donnelley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draper_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Draper Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Draper</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edisto_River_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edisto River Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Edisto River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fant%27s_Grove_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fant's Grove Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Fant's Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gray_Court_Tract_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gray Court Tract Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Gray Court Tract</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Ridge_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hamilton Ridge Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Hamilton Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hatchery_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hatchery Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Hatchery</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herbert_Kirsh_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herbert Kirsh Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Herbert Kirsh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hickory_Top_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hickory Top Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Hickory Top</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_L._Mason_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James L. 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Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ross_Wildlife_Reservation" title="James Ross Wildlife Reservation">James Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Timmerman_Natural_Resources_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Timmerman Natural Resources Area (page does not exist)">Jim Timmerman</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keowee_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keowee Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Keowee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Landsford_Canal_Forest_Legacy_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Landsford Canal Forest Legacy Area (page does not exist)">Landsford Canal Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberty_Hill_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liberty Hill Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Liberty Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marsh_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marsh Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=McBee_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McBee Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">McBee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=McCalla_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McCalla Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">McCalla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=McConnells_Tract_Wildlife_Management&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McConnells Tract Wildlife Management (page does not exist)">McConnells Tract</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moultrie_Hunt_Unit_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moultrie Hunt Unit Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Moultrie Hunt Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nine_Times_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nine Times Preserve (page does not exist)">Nine Times</a></li> 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href="/w/index.php?title=Santee_Cooper_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santee Cooper Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Santee Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santee_Cooper_Tract_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santee Cooper Tract Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Santee Cooper Tract</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santee_Dam_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santee Dam Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Santee Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santee-Delta_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santee-Delta Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Santee-Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thurmond_Tract_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thurmond Tract Wildlife Management Area (page does not exist)">Thurmond Tract</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_heritage_preserves" title="List of South Carolina heritage preserves">Seabird Sanctuaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_Point_Shoal_Seabird_Sanctuary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay Point Shoal Seabird Sanctuary (page does not exist)">Bay Point Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird_Key_-_Stono_Seabird_Sanctuary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bird Key - Stono Seabird Sanctuary (page does not exist)">Bird Key - Stono</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crab_Bank_Seabird_Sanctuary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary (page does not exist)">Crab Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deveaux_Bank,_South_Carolina" title="Deveaux Bank, South Carolina">Deveaux Bank</a></li> <li><a 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title="Delaware Colony">Delaware</a> (1664–1776)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey" title="Province of New Jersey">New Jersey</a> (1664–1673; 1702–1776)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">New York</a> (1664–1776)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> (1681–1776)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Massachusetts Bay</a> (1691–1776)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina" title="Province of North Carolina">North Carolina</a> (1712–1776)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina" title="Province of South Carolina">South Carolina</a> (1712–1776)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Georgia" title="Province of Georgia">Georgia</a> (1732–1776)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-weight:bold;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Other British colonial entities in the contemporary <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Colony" title="Roanoke Colony">Roanoke</a> (1585–1590)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popham_Colony" title="Popham Colony">Popham</a> (1607–1608)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown</a> (1607–1699)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Hundred" title="Berkeley Hundred">Berkeley Hundred</a> (1619)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth</a> (1620–1686; 1689–1691)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Maine" title="Province of Maine">Maine</a> (1622–1658)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix#History" title="Saint Croix">Saint Croix</a> (1625–1650)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolana" title="Carolana">Carolana</a> (1629–1663)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a> (1629–1686; 1689–1691)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saybrook_Colony" title="Saybrook Colony">Saybrook</a> (1635–1644)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Colony" title="New Haven Colony">New Haven</a> (1638–1664)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England_Confederation" title="New England Confederation">New England Confederation</a> (1643–1654; 1675–<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1680</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Carolina</a> (1663–1712)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert%27s_Land" title="Rupert's Land">Rupert's Land</a> (1670–1811)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-Western_Territory" title="North-Western Territory">North-Western Territory</a> (1670–1870)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Jersey" title="East Jersey">East Jersey</a> (1674–1702)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Jersey" title="West Jersey">West Jersey</a> (1674–1702)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_England" title="Dominion of New England">Dominion of New England</a> (1686–1689)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Reserve_(1763)" title="Indian Reserve (1763)">Indian Reserve</a> (1763–1783)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Quebec_(1763%E2%80%931791)" title="Province of Quebec (1763–1791)">Quebec</a> (1763–1783)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Florida" title="East Florida">East Florida</a> (1763–1783)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Florida" title="West Florida">West Florida</a> (1763–1783)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(Maine)" title="New Ireland (Maine)">New Ireland</a> (1779–1783; 1814–1815)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_District" title="Columbia District">Columbia District</a> (1810–1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_Colony" title="Red River Colony">Red River Colony</a> (1811–1818)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stickeen_Territories" title="Stickeen Territories">Stickeen Territories</a> (1862–1863)</li> <li><a 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<ul><li>1521–1821; <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Florida" title="Spanish Florida">Spanish Florida</a>, 1565–1763</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Navarre" title="New Navarre">New Navarre</a>, 1565–1821</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captaincy_General_of_the_Philippines" title="Captaincy General of the Philippines">Captaincy General of the Philippines</a>, 1565–1898</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captaincy_General_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Captaincy General of Puerto Rico">Captaincy General of Puerto Rico</a>, 1580–1898</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_de_Nuevo_M%C3%A9xico" title="Santa Fe de Nuevo México">Santa Fe de Nuevo México</a>, 1598–1821</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captaincy_General_of_Cuba" title="Captaincy General of Cuba">Captaincy General of Cuba</a>, 1607–1801</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix#History" title="Saint Croix">Spanish Saint Croix</a>, 1650–1651</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Texas" title="Spanish Texas">Spanish Texas</a>, 1690–1821</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Las_Californias" title="Province of Las Californias">Las Californias</a>, 1767–1804</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_(New_Spain)" title="Louisiana (New Spain)">Spanish Louisiana</a>, 1769–1801</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincias_Internas" title="Provincias Internas">Provincias Internas</a>, 1776–1821</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Florida" title="East Florida">Spanish East Florida</a>, 1783–1821</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Florida" title="Spanish West Florida">Spanish West Florida</a>, 1783–1821</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alta_California" title="Alta California">Alta California</a>, 1804–1821</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_France" title="New France">New France</a> <ul><li>1534–1763; <a href="/wiki/French_Florida" title="French Florida">French Florida</a>, 1562–1565</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospitaller_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Hospitaller colonization of the Americas">Hospitaller Saint Croix</a>, 1651–1665</li> <li><a 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Company</a> (1698)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian America">Russian America</a> (1799–1867)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>Related Documents</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Discourse_Concerning_Western_Planting" title="Discourse Concerning Western Planting">Discourse Concerning Western Planting</a> <small>(1584)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayflower_Compact" title="Mayflower Compact">Mayflower Compact</a> <small>(1620)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mourt%27s_Relation" title="Mourt's Relation">Mourt's Relation</a> <small>(1622)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Of_Plymouth_Plantation" title="Of Plymouth Plantation">Of Plymouth Plantation</a> <small>(1630–1651)</small></li> <li><a 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