South Carolina

established May 23, 1788 formerly known as Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation

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South Carolina two letter code: SC

capital: Columbia est. 1786

population:

5,210,095 ( 155.40 people per square mile )

Nicknames:

Palmetto State
Iodine Products State

2 Neighboring States:

Georgia
North Carolina

3 Areacodes:

803 843 864

Airport : 158
Gliderport : 1
Heliport : 33
Seaplane Base : 2
Ultralight : 3

Electoral Votes: 9

State Motto: Dum spiro spero Animis opibusque parati
english translation: While I breathe, I hope Ready in soul and resource

Highest point in South Carolina: Sassafras Mountain , 3,554 feet

fossil	Columbian mammoth
fossil scientific name	Mammuthus columbi
tree	Sabal Palm
tree binomial nomenclature	Sabal palmetto
flower	Yellow jessamine
flower scientificname	Gelsemium sempervirens
grass	Indian grass
grass scientific name	Sorghastrum nutans
fish	Striped bass
fish binomial nomenclature	Morone saxatilis
bird	Great Carolina Wren
game bird	Wild turkey
shell	Lettered olive
reptile	Loggerhead sea turtle
reptile scientific name	Caretta caretta
insect	Carolina mantis
insect scientific name	Stagmomantis carolina
horse	Carolina Marsh Tacky
pet	Boykin Spaniel
butterfly	Eastern tiger swallowtail
butterfly binomial nomenclature	Papilio glaucus
amphibian	Spotted salamander
amphibian binomial nomenclature	Ambystoma maculatum
dog	Boykin Spaniel
land mammal	White-tailed deer
marine mammal	Bottlenose dolphin
rock or stone	Blue granite
gemstone	Amethyst

zipcodes for South Carolina : 29001 29003 29006 29009 29010 29016 29018
all 466 zipcodes for South Carolina

Crime Chart	South Carolina Crime (2014)	USA Crime (2014)
population	4,832,482	318,857,056
violent crimes	24,052	1,197,987
violent crime rate	497.7	375.7
murder and manslaughter	311	14,249
murder and manslaughter rate	6.4	4.5
rape	2,068	116,645
rape rate	42.8	36.6
robbery	3,997	325,802
robbery rate	82.7	102.2
aggravated assault	17,676	741,291
aggravated assault rate	365.8	232.5
property crimes	167,217	8,277,829
property crime rate	3460.3	2596.1
burglary	36,721	1,729,806
burglary rate	759.9	542.5
larceny theft	117,594	5,858,496
larceny theft rate	2433.4	1837.3
motor vechicle theft	12,902	689,527
motor vehicle theft rate	267.0	216.2

396 cities in South Carolina
Map	City	Population
	Columbia	133,803
	Charleston	132,609
	North Charleston	108,304
	Mount Pleasant	81,317
	Rock Hill	71,548
	Greenville	64,579
	Summerville	48,848
	Sumter	40,816
	Goose Creek	40,633
	Hilton Head Island	40,512
	Florence	38,228
	Spartanburg	37,867
	Myrtle Beach	31,035
	Aiken	30,604
	Greer	28,365
	Anderson	27,335
	Mauldin	25,135
	Taylors	23,490
	Greenwood	23,260
	North Augusta	22,522
	Hanahan	21,575
	St. Andrews	21,298
	Conway	21,053
	Easley	20,765
	Simpsonville	20,736
	Socastee	20,496
	Lexington	20,138
	Wade Hampton	19,586
	Bluffton	16,728
	Five Forks	16,173
	West Columbia	16,060
	Seven Oaks	15,906
	North Myrtle Beach	15,579
	Clemson	15,446
	Ladson	15,369
	Gantt	14,630
	Red Hill	14,565
	Berea	14,230
	Dentsville	14,122
	Fort Mill	13,662
	Cayce	13,619
	Orangeburg	13,460
	Beaufort	13,306
	Gaffney	12,566
	Port Royal	12,122
	Irmo	12,056
	Parker	11,987
	James Island	11,789
	Forest Acres	10,615
	Oak Grove	10,344
	Newberry	10,331
	Moncks Corner	9,873
	Lake Wylie	9,640
	Tega Cay	9,608
	Woodfield	9,484
	Little River	9,273
	Laurens	9,166
	Red Bank	9,128
	Georgetown	9,062
	Lancaster	8,956
	Garden City	8,824
	Sangaree	8,782
	Clinton	8,637
	Bennettsville	8,605
	Boiling Springs	8,542
	Fountain Inn	8,317
	Seneca	8,279
	Union	8,045
	Lugoff	8,039
	Murrells Inlet	8,027
	York	8,009
	Hartsville	7,826
	Sans Souci	7,743
	Powdersville	7,513
	Camden	7,085
	Lake City	6,788
	Centerville	6,749
	Marion	6,714
	Dillon	6,677
	Homeland Park	6,574
	Laurel Bay	6,404
	Burton	6,173
	Darlington	6,155
	Welcome	5,972
	Valley Falls	5,886
	Cheraw	5,778
	Clover	5,744
	Belvedere	5,504
	Chester	5,486
	Lake Murray of Richland	5,475
	Batesburg-Leesville	5,441
	Piedmont	5,396
	Hardeeville	5,301
	Walterboro	5,278
	Abbeville	5,191
	Central	5,167
	Travelers Rest	4,994
	Hollywood	4,962
	Edgefield	4,760
	Barnwell	4,592
	Forestbrook	4,539
	Mullins	4,519
	Dalzell	4,504
	Clearwater	4,470
	Southern Shops	4,394
	Isle of Palms	4,371
	Belton	4,336
	Northlake	4,317
	Surfside Beach	4,280
	Brookdale	4,271
	Walhalla	4,251
	Woodruff	4,129
	Williamston	4,124
	Manning	4,037
	Ridgeland	3,999
	Dunean	3,906
	India Hook	3,804
	Newport	3,724
	Honea Path	3,707
	Saxon	3,603
	Saluda	3,596
	Lyman	3,423
	Bamberg	3,383
	Winnsboro	3,351
	Duncan	3,317
	Denmark	3,315
	Bishopville	3,274
	East Gaffney	3,258
	Hopkins	3,257
	Liberty	3,246
	North Hartsville	3,211
	Kingstree	3,183
	Pickens	3,173
	Pendleton	3,152
	Allendale	3,126
	Arcadia	3,123
	Gloverville	3,117
	Williston	3,028
	Privateer	3,003
	Lakewood	2,942
	Andrews	2,888
	Springdale	2,783
	Blythewood	2,782
	Burnettown	2,777
	Folly Beach	2,774
	Elgin	2,767
	Pageland	2,746
	Arial	2,739
	Graniteville	2,725
	Hampton	2,664
	Ravenel	2,600
	Loris	2,591
	McCormick	2,578
	Wellford	2,526
	Wilkinson Heights	2,514
	Landrum	2,493
	Westminster	2,484
	Slater-Marietta	2,414
	Lesslie	2,408
	South Congaree	2,388
	Shell Point	2,384
	Timmonsville	2,378
	Pacolet	2,352
	Johnston	2,348
	Edisto	2,329
	Cherryvale	2,316
	Blackville	2,295
	Inman	2,273
	Cowpens	2,267
	Pine Ridge	2,230
	Springdale	2,216
	Bonneau Beach	2,195
	St. George	2,176
	Ware Shoals	2,175
	South Sumter	2,154
	Golden Grove	2,133
	New Ellenton	2,121
	McColl	2,068
	Varnville	2,067
	Roebuck	2,065
	Inman Mills	2,058
	Kershaw	2,052
	Ninety Six	2,048
	Judson	2,028
	St. Matthews	1,984
	Calhoun Falls	1,964
	Estill	1,950
	Great Falls	1,932
	Sullivan's Island	1,915
	Blacksburg	1,883
	Monarch Mill	1,850
	Seabrook Island	1,844
	Tigerville	1,839
	Ridgeville	1,836
	Fairfax	1,822
	St. Stephen	1,814
	Jackson	1,762
	Kiawah Island	1,749
	Watts Mills	1,736
	Fairforest	1,728
	Winnsboro Mills	1,727
	Gadsden	1,696
	Gaston	1,658
	Murphys Estates	1,635
	Stateburg	1,615
	Eureka Mill	1,583
	Chapin	1,554
	Johnsonville	1,504
	Elgin	1,475
	City View	1,467
	Whitmire	1,462
	Chesterfield	1,452
	Catawba	1,438
	Lake Secession	1,388
	Awendaw	1,371
	Joanna	1,369
	Buffalo	1,359
	Irwin	1,354
	Latta	1,351
	Wedgefield	1,337
	Meggett	1,315
	Iva	1,278
	East Sumter	1,275
	Oakland	1,267
	Utica	1,247
	Pamplico	1,245
	Due West	1,239
	Holly Hill	1,237
	Mayo	1,234
	Lincolnville	1,211
	Prosperity	1,200
	Langley	1,118
	Cane Savannah	1,118
	Startex	1,100
	Branchville	989
	Yemassee	981
	Lamar	971
	Warrenville	971
	Summerton	965
	Pinopolis	944
	Quinby	943
	Santee	935
	Bowman	934
	West Pelzer	906
	Heath Springs	900
	Chesnee	899
	Swansea	891
	Wallace	878
	Arcadia Lakes	869
	Fort Lawn	867
	Jonesville	864
	Scranton	863
	McBee	855
	Converse	835
	Gayle Mill	833
	Enoree	823
	Wagener	822
	Norris	819
	Eastover	817
	Turbeville	804
	Gray Court	791
	Lake View	790
	Bucksport	760
	Coward	750
	Ridge Spring	746
	Jefferson	745
	North	742
	Cottageville	738
	Mayesville	728
	Pelion	704
	Promised Land	702
	Harleyville	694
	Clio	689
	Six Mile	683
	Elloree	681
	Fair Play	674
	Russellville	672
	Aynor	667
	Reidville	619
	Gilbert	604
	Alcolu	596
	Olanta	570
	Sharon	554
	Society Hill	548
	Pinewood	537
	McClellanville	530
	Briarcliffe Acres	529
	Campobello	526
	Brunson	523
	Ehrhardt	507
	Bonneau	505
	Springfield	503
	Cross Hill	497
	Jacksonboro	493
	Hickory Grove	490
	Lane	477
	Lockhart	473
	Mulberry	453
	Summit	432
	Hemingway	432
	Hilda	426
	Salley	417
	Cameron	415
	Edisto Beach	415
	Carlisle	413
	Greeleyville	409
	Lydia	407
	Atlantic Beach	384
	Neeses	358
	Nichols	358
	Lynchburg	354
	Ruby	351
	Patrick	347
	Bethune	345
	Donalds	343
	Norway	328
	Clifton	325
	West Union	312
	Ridgeway	306
	Eutawville	306
	Little Mountain	296
	Rowesville	296
	Gifford	273
	McConnells	270
	Richburg	264
	Snelling	259
	Clarks Hill	240
	Olar	239
	Perry	236
	Stuckey	235
	Monetta	233
	Riverview	232
	Rembert	231
	Furman	228
	Central Pacolet	224
	Sellers	213
	Cross Anchor	211
	Modoc	210
	Scotia	207
	Reevesville	206
	Lowrys	196
	Mount Croghan	194
	Kline	191
	Starr	191
	Trenton	191
	Elko	187
	Paxville	185
	Pomaria	181
	Woodford	180
	Vance	166
	Cordova	165
	Silverstreet	163
	Sycamore	161
	Waterloo	160
	Glendale	159
	Bradley	157
	Hodges	154
	Mount Carmel	149
	Blenheim	148
	Salem	148
	Rockville	140
	Cokesbury	138
	Livingston	133
	Willington	129
	Shiloh	126
	Coronaca	126
	Smoaks	124
	Lowndesville	123
	Luray	122
	Windsor	122
	Antreville	120
	Lodge	118
	Williams	115
	Boykin	114
	Parksville	112
	Pawleys Island	107
	Troy	93
	Ward	92
	Pelzer	91
	Mountville	89
	Ware Place	83
	Jamestown	80
	Ulmer	78
	Plum Branch	78
	Cope	75
	Tatum	72
	Newry	71
	Peak	65
	Oswego	62
	Govan	61
	Princeton	60
	Islandton	52
	Smyrna	46
	Jenkinsville	44
	Fingerville	36
	Gramling	0

46 counties in South Carolina
County	Population
Greenville	523,542
Richland	415,759
Charleston	411,406
Horry	354,081
Spartanburg	319,785
Lexington	298,750
York	280,979
Berkeley	227,907
Anderson	202,558
Beaufort	192,122
Aiken	170,872
Dorchester	162,809
Florence	138,293
Pickens	126,884
Sumter	106,721
Lancaster	98,012
Orangeburg	86,175
Oconee	79,546
Greenwood	70,811
Laurens	67,493
Darlington	66,618
Kershaw	66,551
Georgetown	62,680
Cherokee	57,300
Chesterfield	45,650
Newberry	38,440
Colleton	37,677
Clarendon	34,355
Williamsburg	33,067
Chester	32,578
Marion	32,072
Dillon	31,229
Union	28,030
Marlboro	28,003
Jasper	26,629
Edgefield	26,436
Abbeville	25,007
Fairfield	23,109
Barnwell	22,119
Hampton	20,408
Saluda	20,091
Lee	18,347
Bamberg	15,430
Calhoun	15,055
McCormick	9,947
Allendale	9,839