Friday, December 28, 2007

SC Is Growing: Maybe We'll Pick Up a Congressional Seat In a Few Years...



Census estimates State ranks 10th in growth

Migration helps S.C. add 77,601 residents in year

By JAMES T. HAMMOND - jhammond@thestate.com

Migration, particularly from the Northeast, has helped boost South Carolina’s growth rate to one of the highest in the nation.

South Carolina ranked No. 10 among the 50 states in rate of population growth in the past year, growing 1.8 percent with 77,601 residents added between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday.
South Carolina’s population has grown by 9.9 percent, or 395,893 people, since the 2000 Census, and 68 percent of the growth is due to migration into the state, according to the population estimates.

The state now has more than 4.4 million residents, according to the new estimates. The State

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