SOUTH CAROLINA (SC)
Palmetto State

Population (2003): 4,147,152 (25th)
Area: 32,020 sq. mi. (40th) (82,931 sq. km.)
Flower: Yellow jessamine
Bird: Carolina wren
Tree: Palmetto
Song: "Carolina"
Entered Union: May 23, 1788 (8th)
Capital and Largest City: Columbia (population, 117,394)
Other Large Cities (with pop.): Charleston, 98,795; North Charleston, 80,691; Greenville, 56,181

Important Products: clothing and textiles, chemicals, industrial machinery, metal products, livestock, tobacco, Portland cement

Places to Visit: Grand Strand and Hilton Head Island beaches; Revolutionary War battlefields; historic sites in Charleston; Fort Sumter; Charleston Museum