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- Admission to Statehood: May 23, 1788. The eighth of the original 13 colonies
- Area: 32007 sq.mi, 40th Land 30111 sq. mi., 40th Water 1896 sq.mi., 21st Coastline 187 mi.,11th Shoreline 2,876 mi., 11th
- Area Codes: 803 - 843 - 864
- Biographies: Famous South Carolinians
- Bird: Great Carolina Wren
- Border States:Georgia North Carolina
- Cam World: Live Web Cams
- Climate: South Carolina
- Constitution: 8th State
- County Profile: Text List 46 Counties
- Courts: Judicial System
- Current Events: South Carolina News Headlines
- Department of: Education Certification
- Driving: DMV
- Economy:
- Agriculture: Tobacco, poultry, cattle, dairy products, soybeans, hogs.
- Industry: Textile goods, chemical products, paper products, machinery, tourism.
- Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
- Flower: Yellow Jasmine Gelsemium sempervirens
- Genealogical Resources: LastName.com
Cyndi's List Historical Societies
- Geographic Center: Richland, 13 miles southeast of Columbia
- Governor: Mark Sanford (R)
- Highest Point: Sassafras Mountain; 3,560 feet, 29th
- Highway Markers: South Carolina Resource Manual
- History: Historical Civil War
- Largest Cities: Columbia Charleston North Charleston Greenville Rock Hill Mount Pleasant Spartanburg Sumter Hilton Head Island Florence
- Library: South Carolina
- License Plates: South Carolina
- Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd
- Maps:
Rand McNally DMOZ
- Media: Radio TV
- Mottoes: Animis Opibusque Parati
/ Dum Spiro Spero
- Prepared in mind and resources / While I breathe, I hope
- Museums: The Virtual Library
- National Forest: South Carolina
- Nickname: Palmetto State
- Origin of state's name: Named in honor of England's King Charles I
- Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
- Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
- Population: Quick facts 4,012,012; 26th, 12/00
- Presidential Birthplace:
- Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837 {7th}
- Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw, South Carolina
- Representatives:
- US House: 108th Congress
- US Senate: 108th Congress
- South Carolina House: Members
- South Carolina Senate: Members
- Road Side America: South Carolina
- Soil: South Carolina - Lynchburg
- Song: Carolina Sheet
Music
- words by: Henri Timrod
- music by: Anne C. Burgess
- State Parks: South Carolina
- Symbols: Symbols & Emblems
- Topography: Image Blue Ridge province in northwest has highest peaks; piedmont lies between the mountains and fall line; coastal plain covers two-thirds of the state.
- Tree: Saw Palmetto
- Unclaimed Funds: South Carolina
- Veteran Affairs: South Carolina VA Military Links
- Weather: Columbia, Columbia Metropolitan Airport