List of U.S. states by date of statehood

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Image:US states by date of statehood.PNG This 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 be members of the United States from the date of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, or from the date of ratification of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (the first United States Constitution), each subsequently ratified the present United States Constitution, and are presented in that order.

The dates on this list do not account for the ostensible secession during the American Civil War of several states to form the Confederate States of America or the subsequent restoration of those states to the U.S. between 1866 and 1870.

#	State	Ratification‡ or Admission	Preceding Entity
1	Template:Flagicon Delaware	July 4, 1776 † December 7, 1787 ‡	Lower Counties on Delaware, then sovereign state in Confederation
2	Template:Flagicon Pennsylvania	July 4, 1776 † December 12, 1787 ‡	Province of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation
3	Template:Flagicon New Jersey	July 4, 1776 † December 18, 1787 ‡	Province of New Jersey, then sovereign state in Confederation
4	Template:Flagicon Georgia	July 4, 1776 † January 2, 1788 ‡	Province of Georgia, then sovereign state in Confederation
5	Template:Flagicon Connecticut	July 4, 1776 † January 9, 1788 ‡	Connecticut Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation
6	Template:Flagicon Massachusetts	July 4, 1776 † February 6, 1788 ‡	Province of Massachusetts Bay, then sovereign state in Confederation
7	Template:Flagicon Maryland	July 4, 1776 † April 28, 1788 ‡	Province of Maryland, then sovereign state in Confederation
8	Template:Flagicon South Carolina	July 4, 1776 † May 23, 1788 ‡	Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
9	Template:Flagicon New Hampshire	July 4, 1776 † June 21, 1788 ‡	Province of New Hampshire, then sovereign state in Confederation
10	Template:Flagicon Virginia	July 4, 1776 † June 25, 1788 ‡	Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation
11	Template:Flagicon New York	July 4, 1776 † July 26, 1788 ‡	Province of New York, then sovereign state in Confederation
12	Template:Flagicon North Carolina	July 4, 1776 † November 21, 1789 ‡	Province of North Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
13	Template:Flagicon Rhode Island	July 4, 1776 † May 29, 1790 ‡	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, then sovereign state in Confederation
14	Template:Flagicon Vermont	March 4, 1791	Province of New York, Vermont Republic
15	Template:Flagicon Kentucky	June 1, 1792	Virginia
16	Template:Flagicon Tennessee	June 1, 1796	North Carolina, then Southwest Territory
17	Template:Flagicon Ohio	March 1, 1803 *	Northwest Territory
18	Template:Flagicon Louisiana	April 30, 1812	Orleans Territory
19	Template:Flagicon Indiana	December 11, 1816	Indiana Territory
20	Template:Flagicon Mississippi	December 10, 1817	Mississippi Territory
21	Template:Flagicon Illinois	December 3, 1818	Illinois Territory
22	Template:Flagicon Alabama	December 14, 1819	Alabama Territory
23	Template:Flagicon Maine	March 15, 1820	Massachusetts
24	Template:Flagicon Missouri	August 10, 1821	Missouri Territory
25	Template:Flagicon Arkansas	June 15, 1836	Arkansas Territory
26	Template:Flagicon Michigan	January 26, 1837	Michigan Territory
27	Template:Flagicon Florida	March 3, 1845	Florida Territory
28	Template:Flagicon Texas	December 29, 1845	Republic of Texas
29	Template:Flagicon Iowa	December 28, 1846	Iowa Territory
30	Template:Flagicon Wisconsin	May 29, 1848	Wisconsin Territory
31	Template:Flagicon California	September 9, 1850	Mexican Cession, Alta California, Republic of California
32	Template:Flagicon Minnesota	May 11, 1858	Minnesota Territory
33	Template:Flagicon Oregon	February 14, 1859	Oregon Territory
34	Template:Flagicon Kansas	January 29, 1861	Kansas Territory
35	Template:Flagicon West Virginia	June 20, 1863	Virginia
36	Template:Flagicon Nevada	October 31, 1864	Nevada Territory
37	Template:Flagicon Nebraska	March 1, 1867	Nebraska Territory
38	Template:Flagicon Colorado	August 1, 1876	Colorado Territory
39, 40	Template:Flagicon North Dakota	November 2, 1889	Dakota Territory
39, 40	Template:Flagicon South Dakota	November 2, 1889	Dakota Territory
41	Template:Flagicon Montana	November 8, 1889	Montana Territory
42	Template:Flagicon Washington	November 11, 1889	Washington Territory
43	Template:Flagicon Idaho	July 3, 1890	Idaho Territory
44	Template:Flagicon Wyoming	July 10, 1890	Wyoming Territory
45	Template:Flagicon Utah	January 4, 1896	Utah Territory
46	Template:Flagicon Oklahoma	November 16, 1907	Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
47	Template:Flagicon New Mexico	January 6, 1912	New Mexico Territory
48	Template:Flagicon Arizona	February 14, 1912	Arizona Territory
49	Template:Flagicon Alaska	January 3, 1959	Alaska Territory
50	Template:Flagicon Hawaii	August 21, 1959	Hawaii Territory

Notes 

† Signed the Declaration of Independence.

‡ Date ratified United States Constitution.

^*The date of admission of Ohio (March 1, 1803) was declared retroactively on August 7, 1953.

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References

• 50 State Quarter Program from the United States Mint (including dates of statehood) [Retrieved: 19 January 2006]
• Dates of statehood (includes notes) [Retrieved: 19 January 2006]

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