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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 region 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 40th-largest and 23rd-most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the 2020 census. In 2019^[update], 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 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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The Clemson Tigers football program is a college football team that represents Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Tigers compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The team has had 25 head coaches since it began play in the 1896 season. Since October 2008, Dabo Swinney has served as Clemson's head coach.

The team has played in over 1,300 games over 129 seasons. In that time, eight coaches have led Clemson to postseason bowl games: Jess Neely, Frank Howard, Charley Pell, Danny Ford, Ken Hatfield, Tommy West, Tommy Bowden, and Swinney. Five coaches have won conference championships with the Tigers: John Heisman won two as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Howard won two as a member of the Southern Conference; and Howard, Pell, Ford, Hatfield, and Swinney won a combined 14 as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 1981, Ford led the Tigers to the national championship. Swinney has guided the Tigers to six ACC championships and four national title appearances, winning the 2016 and 2018 championships, while losing the 2015 and 2019 championships. (Full article...)

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Viola Davis (/vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century (2020). Davis received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2025.

A graduate of Juilliard, Davis began her career in Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small stage productions. She made her Broadway debut in the August Wilson play Seven Guitars (1996) for which she earned her first Tony nomination. She would later win two Tony Awards, both for Wilson plays. Her first win was for Best Featured Actress in a Play playing the titular character Tonya, a woman grappling with trauma and loss in King Hedley II (2001), followed by her second win for Best Actress in a Play playing Rose Maxson, a working class mother in Fences (2010). (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 2Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina)
Image 3A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 4Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 5Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 6Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 7Statue of Ben Tillman, one of the most outspoken advocates of racism to serve in U.S. Congress (from History of South Carolina)
Image 8A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 9An 1861 engraving of Fort Sumter before the attack that began the Civil War (from History of South Carolina)
Image 10A historic home on the Battery in Charleston (from History of South Carolina)
Image 11Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 12Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 13Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 14Myrtle Beach, North Ocean Boulevard in 2010 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 15The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 16A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 17Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 18Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 19South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 20Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 21Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 22Map 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%

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Image 23Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 24Lord Charles Montagu, the last Royal Governor of South Carolina (from History of South Carolina)
Image 25A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 26Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 27Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 28Joseph 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 29Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 30South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 31South Carolina was formed in 1712. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 32Joseph 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 33Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina)
Image 34Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 35North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 36Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 37The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 38North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 39Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 40Inside Ft. Sumter, 1861 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 41Census listing number of slaves in South Carolina, 1721 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 42A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 43Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 44Children 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 45Children 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 46A cotton farmer and his children pose before taking their crop to a cotton gin, circa 1870 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 47A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 48Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 49Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 50Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 51South 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 52A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 53A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 54Wade Hampton III, leader of "Redeemers" political coalition after Reconstruction era (from History of South Carolina)
Image 55Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 56Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 57Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)

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... that the Kingstree jail fire killed 22 freedmen amidst the "unsettled" labor conditions of Reconstruction in South Carolina?
... that an attempt to jazz up a South Carolina radio station did not get much response from listeners?
... that South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp told Jalin Hyatt: "Man, you're fast, but you need to eat more peanut butter"?
... that the 2019 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball recruiting class is known as the Freshies after the name of the group chat they created before their freshman year?
... that in 1974, Oliver C. Dawson was the first black person to be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame?
... that a South Carolina TV station went on the air 12 years after its owner said the odds of it existing were "fairly long"?

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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
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