FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 340 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 12.9 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 23 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
POPULATION: 3,512,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 3,906,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 11.20%
POPULATION DENSITY: 114.9 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.8
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 60.5%
MARRIAGE RATE: 15.7 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 4.2 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 15.4 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 16.6% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 29% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 27.3%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 10.9%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 71.8 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 67.6 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 76.1 years
DEATH RATE: 8.3 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 30.1%
JEWISH POPULATION: 0.3%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 16.6%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.1%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 21.0%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 118,000
.EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $653 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $3,465 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 18.8 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $24,500 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $26,100 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 141,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 32,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 78,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 44,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,638 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,632 per student
.HEALTH IN SOUTH CAROLINA
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $201 average
PHYSICIANS: 156 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 43 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 8.6 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12.6 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 6 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 13.4 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 19.2 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.8 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 228 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 610 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 239 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 8 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 322
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 55.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 171 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 292.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 9.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 9.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 24.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 11.4 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
OFFICIAL NAME: State of South Carolina
ADMITTED TO UNION: May 23, 1788
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 8th
CAPITAL: Columbia
MOTTO: Animus Opibusque Parati (Prepared in mind and resources), Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope)
SONG: Carolina
SYMBOLS: Animal--White-tailed deer; Bird--Carolina wren; Flower--Yellow jessamine; Gem--Amethyst; Tree--Palmetto tree
FLAG: A palmetto tree with a white crescent moon at the union on a blue field.
GOVERNOR: Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 38.9% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 8
SENATORS: Ernest F. Hollings (D) 1992, Strom Thurmond (R) 1990
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 6
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: Female-14 Male-18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.9 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,491 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,074 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,130 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $2,911 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 32,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 14.9% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 5.8% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 7.3% of population
.CRIME IN SOUTH CAROLINA
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 5,412 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 741 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 9.3 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 43 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 125 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 564 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,671 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,416 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,950 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 305 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 12,938 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 370 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 2 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 23.2 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 657 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
INCOME PER CAPITA: $12,926
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $11,102
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $44,727 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $613 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $103 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $1,790 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $11,949 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $3,781 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $2,596 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $4,966 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $5,786 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $5,571 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $7,573 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $2,431 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $566 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 332 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 59 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 9,792 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 62.6% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 56.5% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 4.5% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 3.1% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 24,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $763 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.8%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $19,119 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 0.7%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 11.1% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $16,503
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 43.5%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $341 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 65.2 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 16.3 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 7
.AGRICULTURE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Tobacco, cattle, soybeans, broilers (48% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Tobacco, soybeans, peaches, wheat
LAND IN FARMS: 5,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 2,283,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 26,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 208 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -14.9%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $953 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $324 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 27.4%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 560 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 56 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 30,940 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 91 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 155 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 631 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 564 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.40 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 2,360 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 59 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 0 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 20,160 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 21 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 102,480 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 2,135 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 17,835 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 41 bushels per acre
BROILERS PRODUCED: 70.8 millions
TURKEYS RAISED: 4 millions
CATTLE AND CALVES: 590 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 430 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 790 miles; 1,271 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 476 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 616.6 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 31.7 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 517 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 9 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 44.9%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 113
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 60
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 14
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 14
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 10
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 17
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.19 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: South Carolina Division of Tourism, 1205 Pendleton Street #106, Columbia, 29201, (803) 734-0122, (803) 734-0135
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Columbia--State Capitol, zoo; Kings Mountain National Military Park; Charleston--historic architecture (Charles Town Landing, Fort Sumter, Dock Street Theater, etc.), Spoleto Festival (dance, theatre, jazz, opera, etc.); Florence--Air and Missile Museum, Beaufort--antebellum homes; Hilton Head and Kiawah Island resort areas; Edisto Island (historic cotton plantations); Myrtle Beach--Grand Strand resort and beach area.
