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

South Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ ^ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern, South Atlantic and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the west and south across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 11th-smallest and 23rd-most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the 2020 census. In 2019, its GDP was $213.45 billion. South Carolina is composed of 46 counties. The capital is Columbia with a population of 136,632 in 2020; while its most populous city is Charleston with a 2020 population of 150,227. The Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area is the most populous combined metropolitan area in the state, with an estimated 2023 population of 1,590,636.

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

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

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Official portrait, c. 2007

Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American former politician. A Democrat, Jackson served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2012.

In October 2012, Jackson was investigated for financial improprieties including misuse of campaign funds. Jackson resigned from Congress on November 21, 2012, citing mental and physical health problems, including bipolar disorder and gastrointestinal problems. (Full article...)

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Parker at the 74th Tony Awards in 2021

Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress. After making her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990 (for which she received a Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for film roles in Grand Canyon (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Client (1994), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), A Place for Annie (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), and The Maker (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's Proof, among other accolades. Between 2001 and 2006, she recurred as Amy Gardner in the NBC television series The West Wing, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002. She received both a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Harper Pitt in the acclaimed HBO television miniseries Angels in America in 2003.

Parker enjoyed critical success as Nancy Botwin, the lead character in the television series Weeds, which ran from 2005 to 2012. She received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series between 2007 and 2009 and received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2006. (Full article...)

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

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(from South Carolina)

Image 2Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 3Joseph Rainey was the first black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 4Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 5Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 6The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 7North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 8Children workers c. 1912. Some children who worked in South Carolina textile mills went to school half a day and worked before and after school—and eight or nine hours on Saturday. (from South Carolina)
Image 9Lord Charles Montagu, the last Royal Governor of South Carolina (from History of South Carolina)
Image 10A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 11South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England. Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 12A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 13Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 14Myrtle Beach, North Ocean Boulevard in 2010 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 15Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 16Inside Ft. Sumter, 1861 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 17An 1861 engraving of Fort Sumter before the attack that began the Civil War (from History of South Carolina)
Image 18Charleston after the end of the American Civil War, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 19Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 20Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 21Wade Hampton III, leader of "Redeemers" political coalition after Reconstruction era (from History of South Carolina)
Image 22Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 23Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 24South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 25A cotton farmer and his children pose before taking their crop to a cotton gin, circa 1870 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 26Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 27Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers. (from South Carolina)
Image 28Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 29Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 30Charleston after the end of the American Civil War, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 312024 U.S. presidential election results by county in South Carolina
Democratic
Republican
(from South Carolina)
Image 32A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 33Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 34Children workers c. 1912. Some children who worked in South Carolina textile mills went to school half a day and worked before and after school—and eight or nine hours on Saturday. (from South Carolina)
Image 352024 U.S. presidential election results by county in South Carolina
Democratic
Republican
(from South Carolina)
Image 36North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 37A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 38A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 39A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 40A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 41Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 42A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 43South Carolina was formed in 1712. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 44Census listing number of slaves in South Carolina, 1721 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 45Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 46Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 47Joseph Rainey was the first black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 48Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Non-Hispanic White
  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

Black or African American
  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

(from South Carolina)
Image 49Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 50Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 51Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 52Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 53Statue of Ben Tillman, one of the most outspoken advocates of racism to serve in U.S. Congress (from History of South Carolina)
Image 54Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers. (from South Carolina)
Image 55South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 56A historic home on the Battery in Charleston (from History of South Carolina)
Image 57The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)

Did you know -

... that a South Carolina TV station began broadcasting just in time to ring in the New Year?
... that in 1974, Oliver C. Dawson was the first black person to be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame?
... that the owner of a South Carolina TV station admitted, "I'm not a broadcaster"?
... that the 2020 Hampton County tornado was the first recorded F4- or EF4-rated tornado in the South Carolina Lowcountry?
... that Tommy Suggs recommended using Also sprach Zarathustra as his college football team's entrance music, because he saw Elvis Presley do it first?
... that a 1998 referendum to repeal South Carolina's unenforceable interracial marriage ban was opposed by more than 38 percent of voters?

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State of South Carolina
Columbia (capital)
Regions	Atlantic Coastal Plain Blue Ridge Mountains Grand Strand High Hills of Santee Lake Murray Country Lowcountry Metrolina Midlands Ninety-Six District Olde English District Pee Dee Piedmont Sandhills Sea Islands Upstate	Seal of South Carolina
Larger cities	Charleston Columbia Greenville North Charleston Rock Hill Spartanburg
Smaller cities	Aiken Anderson Beaufort Bennettsville Camden Cayce Conway Easley Florence Forest Acres Gaffney Georgetown Greenwood Greer Goose Creek Hilton Head Island Isle of Palms Laurens Lexington Mauldin Myrtle Beach North Augusta North Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Simpsonville Summerville Sumter Union Walterboro West Columbia York
Towns	Abbeville Barnwell Batesburg-Leesville Bluffton Clemson Darlington Dillon Edgefield Fort Mill Fountain Inn Great Falls Hardeeville Irmo Jefferson Kingstree Liberty Marion McCormick Moncks Corner Mount Pleasant Newberry Pageland Pendleton Pickens Seneca Sullivan's Island Travelers Rest Walhalla Westminster Williamston
CDPs	Berea Carolina Forest Dentsville Five Forks Gantt Garden City Ladson Parker Red Hill Saint Andrews Seven Oaks Socastee Taylors Wade Hampton
Counties	Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort Berkeley Calhoun Charleston Cherokee Chester Chesterfield Clarendon Colleton Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgefield Fairfield Florence Georgetown Greenville Greenwood Hampton Horry Jasper Kershaw Lancaster Laurens Lee Lexington Marion Marlboro McCormick Newberry Oconee Orangeburg Pickens Richland Saluda Spartanburg Sumter Union Williamsburg York
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