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This is a list of U.S. states by date of statehood, or is it that is, the date when each U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 joined the Union
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Although the first 13 states
Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were part of what became known as British America, a name that was used by Great Britain until the Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the original thirteen United States of America in 1783....
 can be considered to have been members of the United States from the date of the Declaration of Independence
United States Declaration of Independence

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the Thirteen Colonies then at war with Kingdom of Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire....
 – Thursday, July 4, 1776 – they are presented here as being "admitted" on the date each ratified the present United States Constitution
United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
; most other such lists, including the 50 State Quarters
50 State Quarters

The 50 State Quarters program is the release of a series of United States Commemorative Coins by the United States Mint. Between 1999 and 2008, it featured each of the 50 individual U.S....
 program, do the same.






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This is a list of U.S. states by date of statehood, or is it that is, the date when each U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 joined the Union
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Although the first 13 states
Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were part of what became known as British America, a name that was used by Great Britain until the Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the original thirteen United States of America in 1783....
 can be considered to have been members of the United States from the date of the Declaration of Independence
United States Declaration of Independence

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the Thirteen Colonies then at war with Kingdom of Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire....
 – Thursday, July 4, 1776 – they are presented here as being "admitted" on the date each ratified the present United States Constitution
United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
; most other such lists, including the 50 State Quarters
50 State Quarters

The 50 State Quarters program is the release of a series of United States Commemorative Coins by the United States Mint. Between 1999 and 2008, it featured each of the 50 individual U.S....
 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
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
, whose date of admission was determined by act of Congress
United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 in 1953 (see note below).

This list does not account for the secession
Ordinance of Secession

The Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially secession from the United States. Each state ratified its own ordinance of secession, typically by means of a specially elected Political convention or general referendum....
 during the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
 of 13 states, 11 of which formed the Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
, and the subsequent restoration of those states to representation in Congress (sometimes called "readmission") between 1866 and 1870
Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
, or the end of Reconstruction in those states.




# State Ratification‡ or Admission Preceding Entity
1Delaware
Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
Friday, December 7, 1787 ‡Lower Counties on Delaware
Delaware Colony

Delaware Colony was an English colony in North America. It was part of the Middle Colonies....
, then sovereign
Sovereignty

File:Leviathan gr.jpgSovereignty is the exclusive right to control a government, a State, a people, or oneself. A sovereign is a supreme lawmaking authority....
 state
State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
 in Confederation
Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the constitution of the revolutionary wartime alliance of the thirteen United States. The Articles' ratification was completed in 1781, and legally federated several sovereign and independent states, allied under the Articles of Association into a new federation styled the "United States...
2Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
Wednesday, December 12, 1787 ‡Province of Pennsylvania
Province of Pennsylvania

The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as Pennsylvania Colony, was a North American colony granted to William Penn on March 4, 1681 by King Charles II of England....
, then sovereign state in Confederation
3New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
Tuesday, December 18, 1787 ‡Province of New Jersey
Province of New Jersey

The Province of New Jersey was an English colony that existed within the boundaries of the current U.S. state of New Jersey from 1674 until 1702....
, then sovereign state in Confederation
4Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
Wednesday, January 2, 1788 ‡Province of Georgia
Province of Georgia

The Province of Georgia was one of the Southern colonies in British North America. It was the last of the Thirteen original colonies established by Kingdom of Great Britain in what later became the United States....
, then sovereign state in Confederation
5Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
Wednesday, January 9, 1788 ‡Connecticut Colony
Connecticut Colony

The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen....
, then sovereign state in Confederation
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |6 | |Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 |Wednesday, February 6, 1788 ‡ |Province of Massachusetts Bay
Province of Massachusetts Bay

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a British overseas territories chartered October 7, 1691 in North America by William and Mary, the joint monarchs of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland....
, then sovereign state in Confederation |- valign="top" halign="left" |7 | |Maryland
Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
 |Monday, April 28, 1788 ‡ |Province of Maryland
Province of Maryland

The Province of Maryland was an English colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen colonies in establishing the United States and became the U.S....
, then sovereign state in Confederation |- valign="top" halign="left" |8 | |South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
 |Friday, May 23, 1788 ‡ |Province of South Carolina
Province of South Carolina

The South Carolina Colony was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663. The colony later became the U.S. state of South Carolina....
, then sovereign state in Confederation |- valign="top" halign="left" |9 | |New Hampshire
New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States of America. The state was named after the southern English Counties of England of Hampshire....
 |Saturday, June 21, 1788 ‡ |Province of New Hampshire
Province of New Hampshire

The Province of New Hampshire was a British overseas territories organized on October 7, 1691, during the period of British colonization of the Americas....
, then sovereign state in Confederation |- valign="top" halign="left" |10 | |Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
 |Wednesday, June 25, 1788 ‡ |Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation |- valign="top" halign="left" |11 | |New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 |Saturday, July 26, 1788 ‡ |Province of New York
Province of New York

The Province of New York resulted from the capture of the Dutch Republic colony of Provincie New Netherland by the Kingdom of England, and included all of the present U.S....
, then sovereign state in Confederation |- valign="top" halign="left" |12 | |North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
 |Saturday, November 21, 1789 ‡ |Province of North Carolina
Province of North Carolina

The Province of North Carolina was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered by eight Lords Proprietors. The province later became the U.S....
, then sovereign state in Confederation |- valign="top" halign="left" |13 | |Rhode Island
Rhode Island

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
 |Saturday, May 29, 1790 ‡ |Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams , a theologian, nonconformist, and linguist on land gifted by the Narragansett sachem Canonicus....
, then sovereign state in Confederation |- valign="top" halign="left" |14 | |Vermont
Vermont

Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
 |Friday, March 4, 1791 |Province of New York
Province of New York

The Province of New York resulted from the capture of the Dutch Republic colony of Provincie New Netherland by the Kingdom of England, and included all of the present U.S....
 and New Hampshire Grants
New Hampshire Grants

File:Vermont .pngThe New Hampshire Grants or Benning Wentworth Grants were land grants made between 1749 and 1764 by the Governor of New Hampshire of Province of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth....
 (ownership disputed), Vermont Republic
Vermont Republic

The term Vermont Republic has been used by 20th and 21st century writers to describe the period of the U.S. state of Vermont from July 1777, when delegates met and declared independence from jurisdictions and land claims of British colonies in New Hampshire and New York, until its admission to the United States in 1791 as the fourteenth s...
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |15 | |Kentucky
Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
 |Friday, June 1, 1792 |Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
 (Kentucky County
Kentucky County, Virginia

Kentucky County was formed in Virginia in 1776. Four years later it was divided into the Fayette County, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Lincoln County, Kentucky counties of Virginia....
) |- valign="top" halign="left" |16 | |Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
 |Wednesday, June 1, 1796 |Province of North Carolina
Province of North Carolina

The Province of North Carolina was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered by eight Lords Proprietors. The province later became the U.S....
, Southwest Territory
Southwest Territory

The Southwest Territory, formally known as the Territory South of the River Ohio, was a historic, organized territory of the United States corresponding to modern-day Tennessee....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |17 | |Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
 |Tuesday, March 1, 1803* |Northwest Territory
Northwest Territory

The Northwest Territory, formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was a governmental region within the early United States....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |18 | |Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
 |Thursday, April 30, 1812 |Territory of Orleans |- valign="top" halign="left" |19 | |Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
 |Wednesday, December 11, 1816 |Indiana Territory
Indiana Territory

Indiana Territory was an organized territory of the United States from 1800 to 1816, created by United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams on May 7, 1800, effective on July 4....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |20 | |Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
 |Wednesday, December 10, 1817 |Mississippi Territory
Mississippi Territory

Mississippi Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from April 7, 1798, and expanded twice , until it extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the southern border of Tennessee....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |21 | |Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
 |Thursday, December 3, 1818 |Illinois Territory
Illinois Territory

Illinois Territory was a historic, Territories of the United States of the United States established on March 1, 1809. A portion of the area was accepted into the Union as the State of Illinois on December 3, 1818, at which time the Territory ceased to exist....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |22 | |Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
 |Tuesday, December 14, 1819 |Alabama Territory
Alabama Territory

The Alabama Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that was formed from the eastern portion of the Mississippi Territory, split in half....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |23 | |Maine
Maine

The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
 |Wednesday, March 15, 1820 | District of Maine
District of Maine

The District of Maine was a legal designation for what is now the U.S. state of Maine from American independence until the Missouri Compromise on March 4, 1820, after which it gained its independence from Massachusetts and became the 23rd state in the Union....
 in Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |24 | |Missouri
Missouri

Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
 |Friday, August 10, 1821 |Missouri Territory
Missouri Territory

The Missouri Territory was a historic, organized territory in the United States. It was originally known as the Louisiana Territory and was renamed on June 4, 1812 to avoid confusion with the U.S....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |25 | |Arkansas
Arkansas

Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....
 |Wednesday, June 15, 1836 |Arkansas Territory
Arkansas Territory

The Arkansas Territory was a historic organized territory of the United States from July 4, 1819, until June 15, 1836, when the territory was admitted to the United States as the state Arkansas, the 25th U.S....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |26 | |Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
 |Thursday, January 26, 1837 |Michigan Territory
Michigan Territory

Michigan Territory was an organized territory of the United States in the early 19th century, between June 30, 1805 and January 26, 1837, at which point it became Michigan, the 26th U.S....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |27 | |Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 |Monday, March 3, 1845 |Florida Territory
Florida Territory

The Florida Territory was a historic organized territory of the United States from 1822 to 1845....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |28 | |Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 |Monday, December 29, 1845 |Republic of Texas
Republic of Texas

The Republic of Texas was a sovereignty nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the nation claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |29 | |Iowa
Iowa

The State of Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It is bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Nebraska and South Dakota to the west, and Missouri to the south....
 |Monday, December 28, 1846 |Iowa Territory
Iowa Territory

Iowa Territory was an organized territory of the United States from July 4, 1838 until December 28, 1846 when the southeastern portion of it was separated to become Iowa, the 29th state....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |30 | |Wisconsin
Wisconsin

Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
 |Monday, May 29, 1848 |Wisconsin Territory
Wisconsin Territory

Wisconsin Territory became an organized territory of the United States by an act of Congress of the United States passed on April 20, 1836, which took effect on July 3, 1836....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |31 | |California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 |Monday, September 9, 1850 |California Republic
California Republic

The California Republic, also called the Bear Flag Republic, was a government proclaimed by settlers from the United States on June 14 1846, in Sonoma, California in the then History of California to 1899....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |32 | |Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
 |Tuesday, May 11, 1858 |Minnesota Territory
Minnesota Territory

Minnesota Territory was an organized territory of the United States from March 3 1849 to May 11 1858, when Minnesota was admitted as the List of U.S....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |33 | |Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
 |Monday, February 14, 1859 |Oregon Territory
Oregon Territory

The Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized Oregon Country claimed by both the United States and United Kingdom , as well as to the Organized incorporated territories of the United States formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |34 | |Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....
 |Tuesday, January 29, 1861 |Kansas Territory
Kansas Territory

The Territory of Kansas was an organized territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became the 34th U.S....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |35 | |West Virginia
West Virginia

West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
 |Saturday, June 20, 1863 |Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
 (divided up) |- valign="top" halign="left" |36 | |Nevada
Nevada

Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
 |Monday, October 31, 1864 |Nevada Territory
Nevada Territory

Nevada Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from March 2, 1861 until October 31, 1864, when it became Nevada, the 36th state....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |37 | |Nebraska
Nebraska

Nebraska is a U.S. state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States.Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere language words ?? Br?sge or the Omaha-Ponca language N? Bth?ska meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state....
 |Friday, March 1, 1867 |Nebraska Territory
Nebraska Territory

The Territory of Nebraska was a historic organized territory of the United States from May 30, 1854 until March 1, 1867 when Nebraska became the 37th U.S....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |38 | |Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
 |Tuesday, August 1, 1876 |Colorado Territory
Colorado Territory

The Territory of Colorado was an organized territory of the United States of America that existed from 28 Feb 1861, to 1 Aug 1876. The boundaries of the territory were identical with those of the current State of Colorado....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |39 † | |North Dakota
North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States and Western United States regions of the United States of America. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the US; it is the 48th most populous, with just over 640,000 residents as of 2006....
 |Saturday, November 2, 1889 |Dakota Territory
Dakota Territory

Dakota Territory was the name of an Territories of the United States of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1889. The territory consisted of the northernmost part of the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of the United States....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |40 † | |South Dakota
South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota people and Sioux Sioux Native Americans in the United States tribes....
 |Saturday, November 2, 1889 |Dakota Territory
Dakota Territory

Dakota Territory was the name of an Territories of the United States of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1889. The territory consisted of the northernmost part of the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of the United States....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |41 | |Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
 |Friday, November 8, 1889 |Montana Territory
Montana Territory

File:MontanaTerritory1879.jpgThe Montana Territory was an organized territory of the United States that existed between 1864 and 1889.The territory was organized out of the existing Idaho Territory by Act of United States Congress and signed into law by Abraham Lincoln on May 28, 1864....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |42 | |Washington
Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
 |Monday, November 11, 1889 |Washington Territory
Washington Territory

The Washington Territory was a historic organized territory of the United States that was formed in February 8, 1853 from the portion of the Oregon Territory north of the lower Columbia River and north of the 46th parallel north east of the Columbia; which had been ceded by Britain in the 1846 Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundar...
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |43 | |Idaho
Idaho

The State of Idaho is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city and Capital is Boise, Idaho....
 |Thursday, July 3, 1890 |Idaho Territory
Idaho Territory

Idaho Territory was an organized territory of the United States which existed from 1863 to 1890....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |44 | |Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
 |Thursday, July 10, 1890 |Wyoming Territory
Wyoming Territory

The Territory of Wyoming was an organized territory of the United States that existed from 1868 until its admission to the Union as the State of Wyoming in 1890....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |45 | |Utah
Utah

The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
 |Saturday, January 4, 1896 |Utah Territory
Utah Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized territory of the United States of America that existed from its organic act on September 9, 1850, until the admission of the State of Utah to the United States on January 4, 1896....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |46 | |Oklahoma
Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a U.S. state and a sovereignty located in the South Central United States and Southern United States of the United States of America ....
 |Saturday, November 16, 1907 |Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma Territory

Oklahoma Territory was an organized territory of the United States from May 2, 1890 until November 16, 1907, when Oklahoma became the 46th U.S....
 and Indian Territory
Indian Territory

The Indian Territory, also known as The Indian Country, The Indian territory or the Indian territories, was land set aside within the United States for the use of Native Americans in the United States....
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New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
 |Saturday, January 6, 1912 |New Mexico Territory
New Mexico Territory

The Territory of New Mexico became an organized territory of the United States on September 9, 1850, and it existed until New Mexico became the 47th U.S....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |48 | |Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
 |Wednesday, February 14, 1912 |Arizona Territory
Arizona Territory

The Territory of Arizona was an organized territory of the United States that existed between 1863 and 1912. A forerunner, almost identical in name but largely differing in location and size, was the Arizona Territory that existed officially from 1861 to 1863, when it was re-captured by the U.S., after which the Union created in 1863 their...
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Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
 |Saturday, January 3, 1959 |Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and then Alaska Territory
Alaska Territory

The Alaska Territory was an incorporated territory of the United States from 1912 to 1959. The territory became the state of Alaska....
 |- valign="top" halign="left" |50 | |Hawaii
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
 |Friday, August 21, 1959 |Kingdom of Hawai'i
Kingdom of Hawaii

The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government....
, Republic of Hawai'i
Republic of Hawaii

The Republic of Hawaii was the formal name of the government that controlled Hawaii from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a republic. The republic period occurred between the administration of the Provisional Government of Hawaii which ended on July 4, 1894 and the adoption of the Newlands Resolution in the United States Congress in which th...
 and then Hawaii Territory
Territory of Hawaii

The Territory of Hawaii, abbreviated officially as T.H., was established on July 7, 1898 and dissolved on August 21, 1959 when Hawaii became a state....
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See also

  • 51st state
    51st state

    51st state, in Politics of the United States, is a phrase that refers to areas either seriously or derisively considered candidates for addition to the 50 U.S....