South Carolina

  • Year Settled:1670
  • First Person Name:Henry McMaster
  • First Person Title:Governor
  • Period:2017-2019
  • Capital:Columbia (2019)
  • Largest City:Columbia (2019)
  • Land Area in Square Miles:30060.7 (2021)
  • Total Population in Thousands:5190.705 (2021)
  • Population per Square Mile:172.7 (2021)
  • Fertility Rate in Births per 1000 Women:58.1 (2018)
  • Median Age:39.9 (2019)
  • GDP, Millions of Current $:247,543.8 (2019)
  • GDP per capita, Current Prices:41,457.00 (2019)
  • Real GDP at Chained 2009 Prices:189,102 (2017)
  • New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits:2595 (2017)
  • Per capita Personal Income:29,426 (2019)
  • Total Employment, Thousands of Jobs:2,842.43 (2018)
  • Unemployment Rate (SA),%:4.7 (2019)
  • People of All Ages in Poverty, %:15.2 (2019)
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    • Geographic Profile from Current Population Survey, U.S. (discontinued)
      February 2000
      Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 02 July, 2020
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      Geographic Profile series are taken from the Current Population Survey (CPS; see the Labor Force survey), conducted by the Bureau of the Census, which produces information about employment and unemployment in States, classified by a variety of demographic and economic characteristics.
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    • U.S. Weekly Unemployment Insurance Data
      May 2025
      Source: U.S. Department of Labor
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 29 May, 2025
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      Note: This dataset presents the weekly unemployment insurance (UI) claims reported by each state's unemployment insurance program offices. These claims may be used for monitoring workload volume. Where the claimant claims the claim is filed directly with the claimant. These are the basis for the initial claims and continued claims reported each week. These data come from ETA 538, Advance Weekly Initial and Continued Claims Report. The following week initial claims and continuing claims are based on a second reporting by the state of residence. These data come from the ETA 539, Weekly Claims and Extended Benefits Trigger Data Report.
    • Union Affiliation Data from the Current Population Survey, U.S.
      February 2025
      Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 10 February, 2025
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