Indigo Blue

South Carolina Facts and Figures:

Founded: 1670 (1st Permanent European Settlement-Albemarle Point)                     

Date of Statehood: May 23, 1788 (8th State)

Seceded From Union: December 20,1860 (1st to Secede)  

Readmitted to the Union: June 25,1868

Nickname: The Palmetto State

State Capital: Columbia

State Size: 40th in Area (31,113 sq. miles), 24th in Population ( 4,479,800)

 State Motto: Dum Spiro Spero (While I Breathe I Hope) & Animis opibusque parati (Prepared in Mind & Resources)

State Songs: “Carolina” & “Carolina on my Mind”

State Tree: Sabal Palmetto

State Bird: Carolina Wren

State Slogan: Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places

State Flower: Yellow Jessamine

State Dog:  Boykin Spaniel     

State Color: Indigo Blue (our inspiration for our site and a tribute to Eliza Lucas Pinckney)

State Animal: White Tailed Deer

State Reptile: Loggerhead Sea Turtle

State Fish: Striped Bass

State Insect: Carolina Mantid

State Spider: Carolina Wolf Spider

State Butterfly: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

State Amphibian: Spotted Salamander

State Shell: Lettered Olive

State Fruit: Peach (S.C. is 2nd only to California in annual peach production)

State Beverage: Milk 

State Hospitality Beverage: Tea

State Dance: Shag

State Popular Music: Beach Music

State Snack: Boiled Peanuts

State Craft: Sweetgrass Basket Weaving

 

STATE POPULATION FIGURES: Total State Population Est. 2008- 4,479,800

By County:

Abbeville- 25,404         

Aiken- 154,071                  

Allendale- 10,447 

Anderson- 182,825

Bamberg- 15,307

Barnwell- 22,872

Beaufort- 150,415

Berkeley-169,327

Calhoun- 15,185

Charleston- 348,046

Cherokee- 54,394

Chester- 32,618

Chesterfield- 42,882

Clarendon- 33,149

Colleton- 39,019

Darlington- 67,031

Dillon- 30,698

Dorchester- 127,133

Edgefield- 25,546

Fairfield- 23,435

Florence- 132,800

Georgetown-60,731

Greenville- 438,119

Greenwood- 68,549

Hampton- 21,075

Horry- 257,380             

Jasper- 22,330

Kershaw- 58,901

Lancaster- 75,913

Laurens- 69,681

Lee- 19,891

Lexington- 248,518                       

McCormick- 10,093

Marion- 33,843

Marlboro- 28,704

Newberry- 37,823

Oconee- 71,274

Orangeburg- 90,336                 

Pickens- 116,915

Richland- 364,001                

Saluda- 18,625

Spartanburg- 280,738

Sumter- 104,148

Union- 27,672             

Williamsburg- 35,090

York- 217,448