SC COMMERCE RECOGNITIONS 

• Cost of living: SC is below the national average in terms of cost of housing, groceries, utilities, transportation, health care, & misc goods.
   
• Taxes:  SC has one of the lowest per capita tax rates in the country according to U.S. Bureau of the Census.
   
• SC - one of the original American colonies with a rich history and culture shared by Europeans, African, & Caribbean influences.  It offers everything from sunny beaches and recreation lakes to historical towns and scenic mountains.  The many beautiful waterfalls of SC's Blue Ridge Mountain Upcountry include the tallest falls in the Southeastern United States.  There are also 400+ golf courses in SC!

 
State Information: 

• Name:  Named in honor of England's King Charles I
   
• Population: SC was the nation's 10th fastest-growing state, with a population growth rate of 1.7% from July 1, 2007 to July 1, 2008, according to the latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.  SC has a population of more than 5.2 million.  Both Greenwood County and Laurens County populations are just under 70,000 each.  Abbeville has a population of 24,000+ and Newberry County has a population of 38,000+ (source: U.S. Census Bureau, Dec. 2019).
   
• State Bird: SC Wren
   
• Weather: 
  Average temperature: 63.8
  Average high temperature: 75.3
• Average low temperature:  52.3
  Annual rainfall: 44.29"

A Few Famous South Carolinians: 

Whispering Bill Anderson - songwriter
James Godfather Brown - singer
John C. Calhoun - statesman
Joe Frazier - prize fighter
Dizzy Gillespie - jazz trumpeter
Andrew Jackson - U.S. President
Jesse Louis Jackson - civil rights leader
Eartha Kitt - singer
Vanna White - TV personality
 

 Economic Recognition & Stats: 

• Area Development has named SC #2 in the nation for Top States For Doing Business. SC received its 5th Silver/ Golden Shovel Award in 2013 for its economic development projects. 
   
• Business Facilities has consistently rated SC as one of the strongest states in the Southeast for manufacturing
   
• SC was 6th in the nation for alternative energy use (source:The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation and the Kauffman Foundation, November 2008.
   
• SC is a right-to-work state and has one of the lowest unionization rates in the U.S., ranking 3rd lowest at 2.2% (source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 22, 2020.  Data is fom 2019).

Miscellaneous: 

• Today, there are more than 100,000 looms in SC weaving more than 4 billion yards of fabric yearly, enough to circle the earth 80 times.
   
• SC's leading cash crop is TREES, most of which are harvested on lands once planted in corn and cotton. Boiller chickens, cattle provide strong livestock business & tobacco & soybeans now rival cotton.
   
• SC is 2nd only to CA (not GA!) in peaches.
   
• Granite + Limestone are the 2 top mined products. Also, gold, mica, vermiculate & kaolin.

 
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