#10: South Carolina
Population: 4,625,364
Growth rate: 15.3.%
Unemployment rate: 10.6%
Many retirees are making South Carolina their choice both along the coast and up in the Piedmont, where some altitude tempers hot, humid weather. Tourism has added to a mostly traditional economy dominated by farming and agricultural processing, paper and textile manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing.
Growth rate: 15.3.%
Unemployment rate: 10.6%
Many retirees are making South Carolina their choice both along the coast and up in the Piedmont, where some altitude tempers hot, humid weather. Tourism has added to a mostly traditional economy dominated by farming and agricultural processing, paper and textile manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing.
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Last updated December 21 2010: 12:52 PM ET
