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The population of South Carolina went from 4,023,570 to 4,723,723 from 2000 to 2012 for a total growth of 700,153. The population of the United States for that same time period went from 282,171,957 to 313,914,040 for a total population growth of 31,742,083. South Carolina had a total percentage growth for those 12 years of 17.4 percent which was faster than the overall United States total percentage growth which was 11.2 over those same years. The trends of growth for both the United States and South Carolina can be seen on the logarithmic graph below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Estimates and data of the Resident Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NST-EST2009-01) |
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References: Population Estimates, 2013, United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/2010s/index.html List of U.S. states and territories by population, 2013, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population |
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