Capital (and largest city): Columbia
Area: 32,020 sq mi—200 mi wide and 260 mi long—6% water—ranked 40th in US
Population: 4,625,384—153.90 per sq mi—ranked 24th in US
Highest Point: 3,560 ft
Statehood: May 23, 1788 (8th state)
State bird: Carolina wrenState animal: White-tailed deer
State flower: South Carolina yellow jessamine
State fruit: Peach
State Gemstone: Amethyst
State Mottos: “Dum spiro spero” (While I breathe, I hope); “Animis opibusque parati” (Prepared in mind and resources)
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