South Carolina , US

South Carolina, state of the United States of America

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South Carolina has a total area of 32,019.84 square miles (82931 km²).

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Population :	5,148,714
Country :	United States of America
Head of government :	Governor of South Carolina
Area :	82931 km²
Water as percent of area :	6.12%
Land as percent of area :	93.88%
Easternmost point :	Point(-78.540861111 33.850888888)
Northernmost point :	Point(-82.390358333 35.2154)
Legislative body :	South Carolina General Assembly
Named for :	Province of Carolina
Official language :	English
Altitude :	344 feet / 105 meters
Capital :	Columbia
Establishment :	May 05, 1788 (232 years ago)
Time Zone :	America/New_York
Local time :	07:28:51 (18th April 2021)
Weather :	74℉ Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny 7-days weather

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South Carolina has 2 neighbors .

Georgia state in the southeastern United States
North Carolina state of the United States of America

Edgefield County
Allendale County
Greenwood County
Charleston County
Florence County
Fairfield County
Oconee County
Beaufort County
Newberry County
Jasper County
Spartanburg County
Georgetown County
Berkeley County
Anderson County
Lancaster County
Greenville County
Calhoun County
Marion County
Kershaw County
Pickens County
Dorchester County
Chester County
Marlboro County
McCormick County
Chesterfield County
Dillon County
Union County
Orangeburg County
Barnwell County
Aiken County
Lexington County
Bamberg County
Clarendon County
Colleton County
Cherokee County
Horry County
Williamsburg County
York County
Abbeville County
Richland County
Saluda County
Laurens County
Darlington County
Sumter County
Lee County
Hampton County

Year	Population	Method
1910	1,515,400	census
1920	1,683,724	census
1940	1,899,804	census
1950	2,117,027	census
1960	2,382,594	census
1970	2,590,516	census
1990	3,486,703	census
2000	4,012,012	census
2010	4,625,364	census
2011	4,671,994	estimation process
2012	4,717,354	estimation process
2013	4,764,080	estimation process
2014	4,823,617	estimation process
2015	4,891,938	estimation process
2016	4,957,968	estimation process
2017	5,021,268	estimation process
2018	5,084,156	estimation process
2019	5,148,714	estimation process

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People born in South Carolina (200)

People born in South Carolina, including Confederate States Army brigadier general James Cantey, professional wrestler A.J. Styles, Confederate Army general Zachariah Cantey Deas, you can see a list of people who born in South Carolina.

James Hampton (American outsider artist)
Wade Hampton I (United States general (1754-1835))
Robert Marion (American politician (1766-1811))
James Longstreet (Confederate Army general)
Micah Jenkins (Confederate Army general)
Samuel Maverick (American politician (1803-1870))
Arthur Smith (American country musician, songwriter and producer)
John Hunter (American farmer and senator from Newberry, South Carolina (1750-1802))
Gayle Rubin (American cultural anthropologist, activist, and feminist)
Velma Barfield (American serial killer)
Amos White (American trumpeter)
Guy Davenport (Novelist, short story writer, poet, illustrator, translator, teacher (1927-2005))
Bettye Ackerman (American actress (1924-2006))
Buck Baker (American racecar driver)
Oran M. Roberts (American politician (1815-1898))
Derek Roddy (American musician)
Arnoldus Vanderhorst (politician (1748-1815))
Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr. (American politician (1847-1918))

Largest Cities in South Carolina (more)

Cities, Towns, Villages, Neighborhoods & Other Populated Places in South Carolina.

City Name	Title	County	Population
Anderson County Airport	County in South Carolina, United States	Anderson	194,692
Charleston	City in Charleston County South Carolina, United States	Charleston	137,566
Columbia	Capital of South Carolina, United States	Richland	131,674
North Charleston	City in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties, South Carolina, United States	Charleston	115,382
Mount Pleasant	City in Isabella County, Michigan, United States	Charleston	91,684
Rock Hill	City in South Carolina	Fairfield	75,048
Greenville	County seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States	Greenville	70,635
Summerville	Town in South Carolina, United States	Dorchester	52,549
Goose Creek	City in South Carolina, United States	Berkeley	43,665
Hilton Head Island	Resort town in South Carolina, USA	Beaufort	39,861
Sumter	City in and county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States	Sumter	39,642
Florence	Civil town in Florence County, Wisconsin	Florence	38,531
Spartanburg	County seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States	Spartanburg	37,399
Myrtle Beach	Coastal city in South Carolina, United States	Horry	34,695
Greer	City between Greenville and Spartanburg counties in the US state of South Carolina	Greenville	33,373
Aiken	City in South Carolina, United States	Aiken	30,869

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South Carolina Counties (more)

Towns, Neighborhoods & Other Populated

County Name	Population
Greenville County	523,542
Richland County	415,759
Charleston County	411,406
Horry County	354,081
Spartanburg County	319,785
Lexington County	298,750
York County	280,979
Berkeley County	227,907
Anderson County	202,558
Beaufort County	192,122
Aiken County	170,872
Dorchester County	162,809
Florence County	138,293
Pickens County	126,884
Sumter County	106,721
Lancaster County	98,012