South carolina

South carolina
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Capital:	Columbia
State motto:	Dum Spiro Spero (lat .: as long as I breathe, I hope ) Animis opibusque parati (lat .: ready for mind and means )
Official language :	English
Area:	82,932 km²
Residents:	5,084,127 (2018 estimated) (60.6 U / km²)
Member since:	May 23, 1788
Time zone:	Eastern UTC − 5 / −4
The highest point:	1,085 m (Sassafras Mountain)
Average Height:	105 m
Deepest point:	0 m Atlantic Ocean
Governor :	Henry McMaster ( R )
Post  / Office /  ISO	SC / SC / US-SC
Map of South Carolina
South Carolina Geographic Map

South Carolina ( . English pronunciation  [ saʊθ ˌkæɹəlaɪ̯nə ] ; German South Carolina , outdated and South Carolina or Südkarolinien ) is a state of the United States of America and as North Carolina after the Latin name Carolus for the English King Charles I referred. The nickname of South Carolina is Palmetto State (" Palmetto Palm State "). In the extreme northwest, South Carolina is part of the Appalachian Mountains . South Carolina is 82,932 km² - only slightly smaller than Austria - and has a population of over 4.9 million, of which about 30% are African American . The capital is Columbia . The capital until 1788 was Charleston , located on the coast . South Carolina ratified the US Constitution on May 23, 1788 and is therefore the 8th  founding state of the USA.

geography

South Carolina borders North Carolina to the north and Georgia to the south and west , with the Savannah River forming the border between the two states. Other large rivers are the Pee Dee (after the Indian people of the same name ) and the Wateree . There are extensive marshes in the estuary of these rivers . In the east the state is bounded by the Atlantic .

South Carolina is characterized by four geographic structures, the boundaries of which run parallel to the southeastern coastlines. The lowest part is the so-called Coastal Plain , the coastal plain, which runs very flat and is formed from layers of sediment such as sand, clay and silt . Areas with good drainage can become good arable land, even if some areas tend to form swamps . The coastal zone has many salt marshes and estuaries . The latter have led to the formation of some natural harbors such as in Georgetown or Charleston. An unusual expression for a coastline is the multitude of Carolina bays , for whose origin an explanation has not yet been found. Even meteorites are considered as the cause. These bays are oval and mostly lie in a north-west to south-east direction.

Directly afterwards in the west of the coastal plain runs the Sandhills region , which contains larger sand mountains , which originate from sand dunes from those geological epochs when the course of the sea was different.

The Piedmont is essentially formed by old eroded mountain layers. It is partly interspersed with hills, with small deposits of loam and clay, and contains a few areas where agriculture is worthwhile. Many areas of the Piedmont were once used for agriculture without much success. Today's fallow land is being renatured and reforested. The so-called Fall Line runs along the edge of the Piedmont. As the watershed of most rivers, it is of particular importance for the use of water power. Some cities were able to prosper economically by using mills, such as Georgetown. In addition, the larger rivers are navigable up to the fall line, so they were considered as transport routes.

The upper part of the Piedmont is known as the foothills . The Cherokee Parkway runs there, with good views, and Table Rock State Park is also to be found here.

The highest point is the Upstate, which contains a foothill of the Blue Ridge Mountains , which runs as far as Georgia and North Carolina as part of the Appalachian Belt. Here is also the Sassafras Mountain with 1085 m, the highest mountain in South Carolina.

structure

Abbeville County Aiken County Allendale County Anderson County Bamberg County Barnwell County Beaufort County Berkeley County Calhoun County Charleston County Cherokee County Chester County

Chesterfield County Clarendon County Colleton County Darlington County Dillon County Dorchester County Edgefield County Fairfield County Florence County Georgetown County Greenville County Greenwood County

Hampton County Horry County Jasper County Kershaw County Lancaster County Laurens County Lee County Lexington County Marion County Marlboro County McCormick County

Newberry County Oconee County Orangeburg County Pickens County Richland County Saluda County Spartanburg County Sumter County Union County Williamsburg County York County

See also : List of Counties in South Carolina

population

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	249,073		-
1800	345,591		38.8%
1810	415.115		20.1%
1820	502.741		21.1%
1830	581.185		15.6%
1840	594,398		2.3%
1850	668.507		12.5%
1860	703.708		5.3%
1870	705606		0.3%
1880	995.577		41.1%
1890	1,151,149		15.6%
1900	1,340,316		16.4%
1910	1,515,400		13.1%
1920	1,683,724		11.1%
1930	1,738,765		3.3%
1940	1,899,804		9.3%
1950	2,117,027		11.4%
1960	2,382,594		12.5%
1970	2,590,516		8.7%
1980	3,121,820		20.5%
1990	3,486,703		11.7%
2000	4,012,012		15.1%
2010	4,625,364		15.3%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

South Carolina had 4,625,364 inhabitants at the 2010 census , of which 68.4% are white, 28.1% African-American, 5.3% Hispanic, 1.4% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.1% and Hawaiian from other Pacific Islands as of July 1, 2011.

Biggest cities

The biggest cities are:

See also : List of Cities in South Carolina

story

The province of Carolina named by Charles II of England after his father was de facto separated into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1710/12 (officially only in 1729).

As the first North American colony, South Carolina declared its independence from Great Britain on March 15, 1776 and became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation , the first constitution of the United States , on February 5, 1778 . On May 23, 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to become part of the United States of America.

With its secession from the Union on December 20, 1860, this state gave the impetus to found the confederation . This led directly to the American Civil War , which began on April 12, 1861 with the bombardment of Fort Sumter (on an island off Charleston ). The crucial role that South Carolina played in the outbreak of the Civil War was also reflected in the songs of the Confederate soldiers during the war. The Bonnie Blue Flag was the most famous and widely used song in the Southern Army after Dixie . In this song, South Carolina is described as "chivalrous", which the other secessionist states joined on its way (" First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand, then came Alabama ... ").

South Carolina lost approximately one-third of its white male population of military age during the war.

politics

Presidential election results

year	Democrats	republican
2020	43.5% 1,091,348	55.1% 1,384,852
2016	40.7% 855,373	54.9% 1,155,389
2012	44.1% 865,941	54.6% 1,071,645
2008	44.9% 862,449	53.9% 1,034,896
2004	40.9% 661,699	58.0% 0.937,974
2000	40.9% 566,039	56.8% 0.786,426
1996	43.9% 504,051	49.9% 0.573,458
1992	39.9% 479,514	48.0% 0.577,507
1988	37.6% 370,554	61.5% 0.606,443
1984	35.6% 344,470	63.6% 0.615,539
1980	48.0% 427,560	49.6% 0.441,207
1976	56.2% 450,825	43.1% 346,140
1972	27.9% 189,270	70.6% 0.478,427
1968	29.6% 197,486	48.1% 0.254,062
1964	41.1% 215,700	58.9% 0.309,048
1960	51.2% 198,129	48.8% 0.188,558

Like its neighbors North Carolina and Georgia, South Carolina is a southern state shaped by conservative republican ideas . Such was Strom Thurmond , the presidential candidate of the segregationist wing of the Democrats ( Dixiecrats ) in the election in 1948, Senator here. However, after the decline of agriculture, new metropolises like the IT districts of North Carolina or modern Atlanta have not emerged here. Therefore, the population is growing proportionally less than in the other states of the Sun Belt . Between 1960 and 2004, the Democrats only won the 1976 election. Since there are no larger cities apart from Charleston and Columbia, the Democrats here lack the electoral structure of the metropolitan areas that is so important to them in Virginia . The strong influence of the Bible Belt outweighs the advantage of the Democrats, the high percentage of African-Americans in the total population. From 1932 to 2008, South Carolina continuously provided eight electors to Electoral College ; In 2012 there were nine again for the first time.

The state is currently represented in the US Senate by Republicans Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott . The South Carolina delegation to the 116th Congress House of Representatives consists of five Republicans and two Democrats.

Nikki Haley was the first woman to step down in governorship from 2011 to 2017 after being appointed US Ambassador to the United Nations . Henry McMaster was her successor .

The state legislature, the South Carolina General Assembly , is a bicameral parliament . It consists of the Senate with 46 members and the House of Representatives with 124 seats. Republicans hold a majority in both chambers. The seat of the South Carolina General Assembly is the South Carolina State House , the state capitol of the state in the capital Columbia.

Governors

• List of South Carolina Governors
• List of Lieutenant Governors of South Carolina

congress

• List of US Senators from South Carolina
• List of South Carolina Congressmen

Others

South Carolina has a partnership with Rhineland-Palatinate .

Parks

National park	location	view
Congaree National Park South carolina 126,247 visitors (2004) founded October 18, 1976 Commons : Congaree National Park  - Pictures

• State Parks in South Carolina

economy

The real gross domestic product per capita real GDP was USD 42,272 in 2016 (national average of the 50 US states: USD 57,118; national ranking: 45). The unemployment rate was 4.0% in November 2017 (national average: 4.1%).

Are of importance

• Wood processing
• Textile industry
• Automotive and aerospace industries
• Electronic industry
• Chemical industry
• Cultivation of cotton, tobacco, fruit
• Livestock
• Tourism on the Atlantic coast

education

The most important state universities are grouped together in the University of South Carolina system . Other well-known state colleges include Clemson University and Coastal Carolina University . Other universities are included in the list of universities in South Carolina .

Web links

Commons : South Carolina  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Wikivoyage: South Carolina  Travel Guide

Wiktionary: South Carolina  - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

• Official website of the State of South Carolina (English)
• South Carolina (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ USA at a glance: State of South Carolina / South Carolina
2. ^ Dominik Nagl: No Part of the Mother Country, But Distinct Dominions. Legal Transfer, State Formation, and Governance in England, Massachusetts, and South Carolina, 1630–1769. LIT Verlag, Berlin 2013, p. 253. online
3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ^ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Quickfacts: South Carolina (English) ( Memento from January 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Walter B. Edgar. South Carolina: A History. "Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1998, p. 375.
8. ^ David Leip: Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 28, 2018 . 
9. ↑ www.270towin.com
10. ↑ Partnerships of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate ( Memento from June 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ US Department of Commerce, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved August 27, 2017 (American English). 
12. ^ Unemployment Rates for States. Retrieved January 8, 2018 . 

Coordinates: 33 ° 57 ′  N , 80 ° 57 ′  W