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Everything about List Of U S States By Date Of Statehood totally explainedThis is a list of U.S. states by date of statehood, that is, the date when each U.S. state joined the Union. Although the first 13 states can be considered to have been members of the United States from the date of the Declaration of Independence – Thursday, July 4 1776 – they're presented here as being "admitted" on the date each ratified the present United States Constitution; most other such lists, including the 50 State Quarters program, do the same. The admission dates for later states were set by either the act of admission or a later resolution issued under that act, except for Ohio, whose date of admission was determined by act of Congress in 1953 (see note below).
This list doesn't account for the secession during the American Civil War of 13 states, 11 of which formed the Confederate States of America, and the subsequent restoration of those states to representation in Congress (sometimes called "readmission") between 1866 and 1870, or the end of Reconstruction in those states. Nor do the dates on the list reflect ratification of the Articles of Confederation, which is the original document naming the United States as such.
| # |
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State |
Ratification‡ or Admission |
Preceding Entity |
| 1 |
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Delaware |
Friday, December 7 1787 ‡ |
Lower Counties on Delaware, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 2 |
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Pennsylvania |
Wednesday, December 12 1787 ‡ |
Province of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 3 |
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New Jersey |
Tuesday, December 18 1787 ‡ |
Province of New Jersey, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 4 |
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Georgia |
Wednesday, January 2 1788 ‡ |
Province of Georgia, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 5 |
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Connecticut |
Wednesday, January 9 1788 ‡ |
Connecticut Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation |
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|6
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|Massachusetts
|Wednesday, February 6 1788 ‡
|Province of Massachusetts Bay, then sovereign state in Confederation
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|7
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|Maryland
|Monday, April 28 1788 ‡
|Province of Maryland, then sovereign state in Confederation
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|8
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|South Carolina
|Friday, May 23 1788 ‡
|Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|9
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|New Hampshire
|Saturday, June 21 1788 ‡
|Province of New Hampshire, then sovereign state in Confederation
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|10
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|Virginia
|Wednesday, June 25 1788 ‡
|Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|11
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|New York
|Saturday, July 26 1788 ‡
|Province of New York, then sovereign state in Confederation
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|12
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|North Carolina
|Saturday, November 21 1789 ‡
|Province of North Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|13
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|Rhode Island
|Saturday, May 29 1790 ‡
|Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, then sovereign state in Confederation
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|14
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|Vermont
|Friday, March 4 1791
|Province of New York and New Hampshire Grants (ownership disputed), Vermont Republic
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|15
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|Kentucky
|Friday, June 1 1792
|Virginia (Kentucky County)
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|16
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|Tennessee
|Wednesday, June 1 1796
|Province of North Carolina, Southwest Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|17
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|Ohio
|Tuesday, March 1 1803*
|Northwest Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|18
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|Louisiana
|Thursday, April 30 1812
|Orleans Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|19
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|Indiana
|Wednesday, December 11 1816
|Indiana Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|20
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|Mississippi
|Wednesday, December 10 1817
|Mississippi Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|21
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|Illinois
|Thursday, December 3 1818
|Illinois Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|22
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|Alabama
|Tuesday, December 14 1819
|Alabama Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|23
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|Maine
|Wednesday, March 15 1820
|Massachusetts
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|24
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|Missouri
|Friday, August 10 1821
|Missouri Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|25
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|Arkansas
|Wednesday, June 15 1836
|Arkansas Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|26
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|Michigan
|Thursday, January 26 1837
|Michigan Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|27
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|Florida
|Monday, March 3 1845
|Florida Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|28
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|Texas
|Monday, December 29 1845
|Republic of Texas
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|29
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|Iowa
|Monday, December 28 1846
|Iowa Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|30
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|Wisconsin
|Monday, May 29 1848
|Wisconsin Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|31
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|California
|Monday, September 9 1850
|California Republic
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|32
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|Minnesota
|Tuesday, May 11 1858
|Minnesota Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|33
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|Oregon
|Monday, February 14 1859
|Oregon Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|34
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|Kansas
|Tuesday, January 29 1861
|Kansas Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|35
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|West Virginia
|Saturday, June 20 1863
|Virginia (divided up)
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|36
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|Nevada
|Monday, October 31 1864
|Nevada Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|37
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|Nebraska
|Friday, March 1 1867
|Nebraska Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|38
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|Colorado
|Tuesday, August 1 1876
|Colorado Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|39 †
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|North Dakota
|Saturday, November 2 1889
|Dakota Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|40 †
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|South Dakota
|Saturday, November 2 1889
|Dakota Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|41
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|Montana
|Friday, November 8 1889
|Montana Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|42
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|Washington
|Monday, November 11 1889
|Washington Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|43
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|Idaho
|Thursday, July 3 1890
|Idaho Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|44
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|Wyoming
|Thursday, July 10 1890
|Wyoming Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|45
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|Utah
|Saturday, January 4 1896
|Utah Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|46
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|Oklahoma
|Saturday, November 16 1907
|Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|47
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|New Mexico
|Saturday, January 6 1912
|New Mexico Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|48
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|Arizona
|Wednesday, February 14 1912
|Arizona Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|49
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|Alaska
|Saturday, January 3 1959
|Alaska Territory
|- valign="top" halign="left"
|50
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|Hawaii
|Friday, August 21 1959
|Kingdom of Hawai'i, Republic of Hawai'i and then Hawaii Territory
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