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| | | SOUTH CAROLINA: The Palmetto State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.MySCGov.com/ | | Capital: | | Columbia | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1787 - 8th of original 13 | | Population: | | 4,255,083 (2005) |
| Density: | | 133.2 persons per sq. mi. (21st) | | Per Capita Income: | | $26,138 (37th) | | Land Area: | | 31,113 sq mi (40th) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 5.7 | | Governor: | | Mark Sanford (R) | | Lottery start-up year: | | 2002 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 2,910,476 (68.4%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 140,418 (3.3%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 1,246,739 (29.3%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 17,020 (0.4)% |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 51,061 (1.2%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 124 two-year term | | Seats in Senate: | | 46 four-year term | | Number of Constitutions: | | 7 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | | Jan. 1, 1896 contains 432 amendments | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 6 | | Curious Facts:
| | The first engagement of the American Civil War occurred at Fort Sumter in 1861.The state was the first to secede from the Union before the Civil War. |
| | | The oldest formal gardens
in the U.S., Middleton Place, was founded in 1740 and took 100
people more than 10 years to complete. | | | | In 1830, the first U.S. Steam
locomotive built for railroad use was put into service in the state. | |
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