States Admission of States to Union
|
Rank
|
State
|
Admission Date
|
|
1
|
Delaware
|
December 7, 1787
|
|
2
|
Pennsylvania
|
December 12, 1787
|
|
3
|
New Jersey
|
December 18, 1787
|
|
4
|
Georgia
|
January 2, 1788
|
|
5
|
Connecticut
|
January 9, 1788
|
|
6
|
Massachusetts
|
February 6, 1788
|
|
7
|
Maryland
|
April 28, 1788
|
|
8
|
South Carolina
|
May 23, 1788
|
|
9
|
New Hampshire
|
June 21, 1788
|
|
10
|
Virginia
|
June 25, 1788
|
|
11
|
New York
|
July 26, 1788
|
|
12
|
North Carolina
|
November 21, 1789
|
|
13
|
Rhode Island
|
May 29, 1790
|
|
14
|
Vermont
|
March 4, 1791
|
|
15
|
Kentucky
|
June 1, 1792
|
|
16
|
Tennessee
|
June 1, 1796
|
|
17
|
Ohio
|
March 1, 1803
|
|
18
|
Louisiana
|
April 30, 1812
|
|
19
|
Indiana
|
December 11, 1816
|
|
20<
|
Mississippi
|
December 10, 1817
|
|
21
|
Illinois
|
December 3, 1818
|
|
22
|
Alabama
|
December 14, 1819
|
|
23
|
Maine
|
March 15, 1820
|
|
24
|
Missouri
|
August 10, 1821
|
|
25
|
Arkansas
|
June 15, 1836
|
|
26
|
Michigan
|
Jan 26, 1837
|
|
27
|
Florida
|
March 3, 1845
|
|
28
|
Texas
|
December 29, 1845
|
|
29
|
Iowa
|
December 28, 1846
|
|
30
|
Wisconsin
|
May 29, 1848
|
|
31
|
California
|
September 9, 1850
|
|
32
|
Minnesota
|
May 11, 1858
|
|
33
|
Oregon
|
February 14, 1859
|
|
34
|
Kansas
|
January 29, 1861
|
|
35
|
West Virginia
|
June 20, 1863
|
|
36
|
Nevada
|
October 31, 1864
|
|
37
|
Nebraska
|
March 1, 1867
|
|
38
|
Colorado
|
August 1, 1876
|
|
39
|
North Dakota
|
November 2, 1889
|
|
40
|
South Dakota
|
November 2, 1889
|
|
41
|
Montana
|
November 8, 1889
|
|
42
|
Washington
|
November 11, 1889
|
|
43
|
Idaho
|
July 3, 1890
|
|
44
|
Wyoming
|
July 10, 1890
|
|
45
|
Utah
|
January 4, 1896
|
|
46
|
Oklahoma
|
November 16, 1907
|
|
47
|
New Mexico
|
January 6, 1912
|
|
48
|
Arizona
|
February 14, 1912
|
|
49
|
Alaska
|
January 3, 1959
|
|
50
|
Hawaii
|
August 21, 1959
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