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How South Carolina ranks
SC
Among the 50 states + DC —
median rank 32nd
·
all states
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
73.5 years
’21
42nd
▸
Lowest homicide rate
9.4 per 100k
’24
45th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
19.8 per 100k
’24
40th
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
299 per 100k
’23
25th
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
0 weeks
’26
14th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
0 days
’26
1st
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
18.9 per 100k
’24
48th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
23.9 per 100k
’25
37th
▸
Minimum wage
†
$7.25
’26
32nd
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
34.6 % of adults
’24
30th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$69,374
’24
48th
▸
Lowest unemployment
4.1%
’24
35th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
7.5 per 1k births
’24
47th
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
16.8 per 100k
’24
28th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
12.7 t per person
’22
23rd
▸
Renewable energy share
†
9%
’24
23rd
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
0.54 per million
’25
30th
▸
Population
5.6M people
’25
23rd
▸
Land area
77,866 km²
’25
40th
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