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State |
Date Ratified Constitution or Admitted by Congress |
Preceding Entity |
1 |
Delaware |
Dec. 7, 1787 |
Lower Counties on Delaware, then sovereign state in Confederation |
2 |
Pennsylvania |
Dec. 12, 1787 |
Province of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation |
3 |
New Jersey |
Dec. 18, 1787 |
Province of New Jersey, then sovereign state in Confederation |
4 |
Georgia |
Jan. 2, 1788 |
Province of Georgia, then sovereign state in Confederation |
5 |
Connecticut |
Jan. 9, 1788 |
Connecticut Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation |
6 |
Massachusetts |
Feb. 6, 1788 |
Province of Massachusetts Bay, then sovereign state in Confederation |
7 |
Maryland |
April 28, 1788 |
Province of Maryland, then sovereign state in Confederation |
8 |
South Carolina |
May 23, 1788 |
Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation |
9 |
New Hampshire |
June 21, 1788 |
Province of New Hampshire, then sovereign state in Confederation |
10 |
Virginia |
June 25, 1788 |
Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation |
11 |
New York |
July 26, 1788 |
Province of New York, then sovereign state in Confederation |
12 |
North Carolina |
Nov. 2, 1789 |
Province of North Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation |
13 |
Rhode Island |
May 29, 1790 |
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, then sovereign state in Confederation |
14 |
Vermont |
Mar. 4, 1791 |
Province of New York and New Hampshire Grants (ownership disputed), Vermont Republic |
15 |
Kentucky |
June 1, 1792 |
Virginia (Kentucky County) |
16 |
Tennessee |
June 1, 1796 |
Province of North Carolina, Southwest Territory |
17 |
Ohio |
Mar. 1, 1803 |
Northwest Territory |
18 |
Louisiana |
April 30, 1812 |
Territory of Orleans (Louisiana Purchase1803) |
19 |
Indiana |
Dec. 11, 1816 |
Indiana Territory (originally part of Northwest Territory) |
20 |
Mississippi |
Dec. 10, 1817 |
Mississippi Territory (part from Spain 1795; part from Georgia 1804; part from West Florida 1817) |
21 |
Illinois |
Dec. 3, 1818 |
Illinois Territory (originally part of Northwest Territory) |
22 |
Alabama |
Dec. 14, 1819 |
Alabama Territory (part from Spain 1795; part from Georgia 1804; part from West Florida 1817) |
23 |
Maine |
Mar. 15, 1820 |
District of Maine in Massachusetts following the Misssouri Compromise |
24 |
Missouri |
Aug. 10, 1821 |
Missouri Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803) |
25 |
Arkansas |
June 15, 1836 |
Arkansas Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803) |
26 |
Michigan |
Jan. 26, 1837 |
Michigan Territory (originally part of Northwest Territory) |
27 |
Florida |
Mar. 3, 1845 |
Florida Territory (West Florida annexed 1810; East Florida after Seminole Wars & Adams-Onis Treaty with Spain in 1819). |
28 |
Texas |
Dec. 29, 1845 |
Republic of Texas (originally part of Mexico) |
29 |
Iowa |
Dec. 28, 1846 |
Iowa Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803) |
30 |
Wisconsin |
May 29, 1848 |
Wisconsin Territory (originally part of Northwest Territory) |
31 |
California |
Sept. 9, 1850 |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending Mexican-American War (1848) ceded California to US; gold rush & military govt.; admitted as state as part of Compromise of 1850 |
32 |
Minnesota |
May 11, 1858 |
Minnesota Territory (originally part of Northwest Territory & part from Louisian Purchase) |
33 |
Oregon |
Feb. 14, 1859 |
Oregon Territory |
34 |
Kansas |
Jan. 29, 1861 |
Kansas Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803) |
35 |
West Virginia |
June 20, 1863 |
Virginia (created out of counties that joined the union after Virginia seceded) |
36 |
Nevada |
Oct. 31, 1864 |
Nevada Territory |
37 |
Nebraska |
Mar. 1, 1867 |
Nebraska Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803) |
38 |
Colorado |
Aug. 1, 1876 |
Colorado Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803) |
39 |
North Dakota |
Nov. 2, 1889 |
Dakota Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803) |
40 |
South Dakota |
Nov. 2, 1889 |
Dakota Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803) |
41 |
Montana |
Nov. 8, 1889 |
Montana Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803 and part from Oregon Territory 1864) |
42 |
Washington |
Nov. 11, 1889 |
Washington Territory (from Oregon Territory 1853) |
43 |
Idaho |
July 3, 1890 |
Idaho Territory (from Oregon Territory 1863) |
44 |
Wyoming |
July 10, 1890 |
Wyoming Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803 & part from Oregon Territory 1868)) |
45 |
Utah |
Jan. 4, 1896 |
Utah Territory (created as part of Compromise of 1850) |
46 |
Oklahoma |
Nov. 16, 1907 |
Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory (from Louisiana Purchase1803) |
47 |
New Mexico |
Jan. 6, 1912 |
New Mexico Territory (acquired in Mexican-American War; originally included Arizona and part of Nevada; part of state from Louisian Purchase)) |
48 |
Arizona |
Feb. 14, 1912 |
Arizona Territory (acquired in Mexican-American War; originally part of New Mexico Territory) |
49 |
Alaska |
Jan. 3, 1959 |
Purchased from Russia in 1867 and then District of Alaska 1884 and then Alaska Territory 1912 |
50 |
Hawaii |
Aug. 21, 1959 |
Kingdom of Hawaii and then Hawaii Territory (US annexed 1898) |
51 |
New Columbia |
? |
Ceded by State of Maryland & Commonwealth of Virginia to USG in 1800 (Virginia portion retroceded back in 1846) |