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

South Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ ^ⓘ KARR-ə-LIE-nə) is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the southwest across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 40th-largest and 23rd-most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the 2020 census. In , 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

U.S. Constitution on May 23, 1788. A slave state, it was the first state to vote in favor of secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. After the American Civil War

, it was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868.

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

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Detail from a 1733 map showing the North American coastline between Charles Town and St. Augustine

Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition (September 1706) was a combined French and Spanish attempt under Captain Jacques Lefebvre to capture the capital of the English Province of Carolina, Charles Town, during Queen Anne's War (as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession is sometimes known).

Organized and funded primarily by the French and launched from

Nathaniel Johnson when word of the fleet's approach reached the area, and an improvised flotilla commanded by Colonel William Rhett successfully captured the Brillant, which arrived after the other five ships had already sailed away in defeat. (Full article...

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Official portrait, 1961

James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951. Thurmond was a member of the Democratic Party until 1964 when he joined the Republican Party for the remainder of his legislative career. He also ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate, receiving over a million votes and winning four states.

A staunch opponent of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s, Thurmond conducted the longest speaking filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. In the 1960s, he voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Despite his support for racial segregation, Thurmond denied the accusation that he was a racist by insisting he was a supporter of states' rights and an opponent of excessive federal authority. Thurmond switched parties ahead of the 1964 United States presidential election, saying that the Democratic Party no longer represented people like him, and endorsed Republican nominee Barry Goldwater, who also opposed the Civil Rights Act. By the 1970s, Thurmond started to moderate his stance on race, but continued to defend his prior support for segregation based on states' rights and Southern society at the time. (Full article...)

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Image 1Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 2Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 3Lord Charles Montagu, the last Royal Governor of South Carolina (from History of South Carolina)
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Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina
)

Image 5Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 6North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 7Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 8A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 9North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 10Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 11A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 12A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)

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

Non-Hispanic White

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60–70%

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80–90%

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Image 14Statue of
Ben Tillman, one of the most outspoken advocates of racism to serve in U.S. Congress (from History of South Carolina
)

Image 15Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 16A cotton farmer and his children pose before taking their crop to a cotton gin, circa 1870 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 17Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 18Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 19An 1861 engraving of Fort Sumter before the attack that began the Civil War (from History of South Carolina)
Image 20Children 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)
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Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina
)

Image 22Inside Ft. Sumter, 1861 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 23Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 24A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 25A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 26Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 27South 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 28A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 29Children 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 30Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 31Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 32Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 33Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 34Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 35A historic home on the Battery in Charleston (from History of South Carolina)
Image 36A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 37A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 38Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 39Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 40
Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina
)

Image 41Joseph 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 42South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 43Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 44Wade Hampton III, leader of "Redeemers" political coalition after Reconstruction era (from History of South Carolina)
Image 45Joseph Rainey was the first black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 46Census listing number of slaves in South Carolina, 1721 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 47South Carolina was formed in 1712. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 48South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 49Map 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 50
Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina
)

Image 51Myrtle Beach, North Ocean Boulevard in 2010 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 52The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 53Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 54Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 55The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)

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... that when Felicia Schroeder signed to play soccer for the University of South Carolina, the school did not have a sign-language interpreter available for her?
... that Annie Dove Denmark was offered residency on campus for the rest of her life after resigning as the president of Anderson College?
... that in 2021, Tropical Storm Danny became just the third named system to make landfall in South Carolina in the month of June since 1867?
... that Marsh Hen Mill in South Carolina grinds heirloom grains with a 1945 gristmill that was found in a barn in 2007?
... that South Carolina's Buford High School was named in 1925 after Continental Army Colonel Abraham Buford, who fought at a nearby battlefield in 1780?
... that an attempt to jazz up a South Carolina radio station did not get much response from listeners?

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