Statehood:  May 23, 1788 (8^th State)

State song: "Carolina" (1911)

State bird: Carolina wren (1948)

State tree: palmetto tree (1939)

State flower: Carolina yellow jessamine (1924)
State fruit: peach

State shell: lettered olive

State amphibian: Spotted salamander

State fish: striped bass

State insect: Carolina Mantid

State spider: Carolina wolf spider

State reptile: Loggerhead Turtle

State dog: Boykin spaniel

State animal: whitetail deer

State Nickname: Palmetto State

State Motto: "Dum Spiro Spero" - While I breathe, I hope

Highest Point: The highest point in South Carolina is Sassafras Mountain at 3,560 feet above sea level.

Lowest Point: The lowest point in South Carolina is sea level, where South Carolina meets the Atlantic Ocean .

Largest cities: Columbia, 117,088; Charleston, 106,712; North Charleston, 86,313; Rock Hill, 59,554; Mount Pleasant, 57,932; Greenville, 56,676; Sumter, 39,679; Spartanburg, 38,379; Summerville, 37,714; Hilton Head Island, 34,497:

Famous  South Carolinians: Whispering Bill Anderson songwriter, Columbia
Bernard Baruch statesman, Camden
Mary McLeod Bethune educator, Mayesville
James Godfather Brown singer, Barnwell
Joseph H. Burckhalter inventor, Columbia
James F. Byrnes senator, jurist, Charleston
John C. Calhoun statesman, Calhoun Mills
Joe Frazier prize fighter, Beaufort
Althea Gibson tennis champion, Silver
Dizzy Gillespie jazz trumpeter, Cheraw
DuBose Heyward poet, playwright, author, Charleston
Charlayne Hunter-Gault journalist, Due West

Population (Quick Facts): 4,321,249:

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45000.html

Official State website:

http://www.sc.gov/

State Legislature:

 http://www.scstatehouse.net/

Capital of South Carolina:

http://www.columbiasc.net/

Department of Public Safety:

http://www.scdps.org/

Economy:

http://stats.bls.gov/eag/eag.sc.htm

Transportation:

http://www.scdot.org/

Natural Resources:

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/

Maps for the state of South Carolina:

http://www.sciway.net/maps/

South Carolina State Job link:

http://www.job-hunt.org/jobs/southcarolina.shtml

Tourism and Travel:

http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/

State Parks:

 http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/

United States Department of Agriculture:

http://www.scda.state.sc.us/

Museums:

http://www.southcarolinamuseums.org/

Public Library Service:

http://www.publiclibraries.com/southcarolina.htm

Zip Codes:

 http://zipcodes.addresses.com/zip_codes_by_state/SC/A.html

State Newspapers:

http://www.usnpl.com/scnews.php