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South Carolina vs Texas Geography
Land area
- South Carolina has a land area of 30,064 square miles (77,866 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 8.7 times (769%) larger than South Carolina's.
Total area
- South Carolina: 32,024 square miles (82,940 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 8.4 times (739%) larger than South Carolina's.
Length
- South Carolina is 236 miles (380 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 3.4 times (242%) longer than South Carolina's.
Width
- South Carolina spans 279 miles (449 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.8 times (178%) wider than South Carolina's.
Highest point
- South Carolina's highest point is Sassafras Mountain at 3,497 feet (1,066 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 5,233 feet higher than Sassafras Mountain.
Lowest point
- South Carolina's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
South Carolina vs Texas Population and History
Population
- South Carolina has a population of 5,478,831 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 5.7 times (471%) larger than South Carolina's.
Population density
- South Carolina: 182.2 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- South Carolina's population density is 1.5 times (52%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- South Carolina's biggest city is Charleston with 157,665 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 15.2 times larger than Charleston's.
Largest metro area
- South Carolina's largest metropolitan area is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 2.9 times (189%) larger than Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's.
History
- South Carolina: Admitted to the Union on May 23, 1788, as the 8th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, South Carolina is the older of the two by 57 years.
South Carolina vs Texas Economy
GDP
- South Carolina's GDP is $357.1 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 7.8 times (676%) larger than South Carolina's.
GDP per capita
- South Carolina: $65,173 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.4 times (36%) higher than South Carolina's.
Average income
- South Carolina: $60,776 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.1 times (15%) higher than South Carolina's.
South Carolina vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- South Carolina has 46 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 5.5 times (452%) higher than South Carolina's.
Biggest county by area
- South Carolina's largest county is Horry County at 1,133 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 5.5 times (446%) larger than Horry County's.
Smallest county by area
- South Carolina: McCormick County (359 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- McCormick County's land area is 2.8 times (182%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- South Carolina: Greenville County (570,745 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 8.8 times (778%) larger than Greenville County's.
Least populous county
- South Carolina: Allendale County (7,551 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Allendale County's population is 157.3 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- South Carolina: Charleston County ($90,550 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.4 times (144%) richer than Charleston County's.
Poorest county
- South Carolina: Marlboro County ($41,332 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Marlboro County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than Starr County's.
South Carolina vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- South Carolina has a top income tax rate of 6%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- South Carolina's top rate is 6 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- South Carolina: 0.45% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.86 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- South Carolina: 7.49% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 0.71 percentage points higher.
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