| Population (1994): 3,664,000
(25th in size)
State size: 31,113 square miles (40th in
size)
State Capital: Columbia (named after Christopher
Columbus)
Major cities: Charleston, Columbia, Greenville,
Spartanburg and Rock Hill
Admission to union: The 8th State
Date entered the union: May 23, 1788
Origin of state name: Named after King Charles I of
England (Carolus is the Latin form of Charles).
Nicknames: The Palmetto State
Bordering states: Georgia and North Carolina, with the
Atlantic Ocean on the east.
State bird: Carolina Wren
State flower: Yellow Jasmine
State tree: Palmetto
Motto: While I Breathe, I Hope Prepared in Mind and
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