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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2013-01-25</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000764038</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SOUTH STATE Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SSB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001225907</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HORGER ROBERT R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SOUTH STATE CORP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>520 GERVAIS STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>COLUMBIA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>SC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>29201</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>COMMON STOCK</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType></transactionFormType>
            </transactionCoding>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>74357</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>HORGER FAMILY TRUST</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares are held in a trust of which an immediate family member of the reporting person is the trustee, but the reporting person may be deemed to share investment control over the securities held by the trust. During the period that the reporting person may be deemed to have shared investment control over the securities held by the trust, the trust has not engaged in any transaction that requires reporting under Section 16.  The filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.  The reporting person expressly disclaims any beneficial ownership of these securities for purposes of Section 16, except to the extent of his pecuniary interests therein. The shares reflected herein were omitted from the reporting person's Forms 4 and 5 filed after the date of the Form 4 amended by this Form 5.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>ROBERT R HORGER</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-02-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
