South Carolina
US state
South Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state known for its shoreline of subtropical beaches and marshlike sea islands. Coastal Charleston is a historic city, defined by pastel-colored houses, Old South plantations and Fort Sumter, where the Civil...
Capital: Columbia
Senators: Tim Scott (Republican Party) and Lindsey Graham (Republican Party)
Population: 5.283 million (2022)
Sales tax rate: six percent
Admitted to the Union: May 23, 1788 (8th)
Before statehood: Province of South Carolina
Demonyms: South Carolinian