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List of United States by Statehood Date.Docx List of United States by statehood date Wikipedia (as of 2019) Date State (admitted or Formed from ratified) December 7, [8] [b] 1 Delaware 1787 Colony of Delaware (ratified) December 12, 2 Pennsylvania 1787[10] Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania (ratified) December 18, 3 New Jersey 1787[11] Crown Colony of New Jersey (ratified) January 2, 4 Georgia 1788[8] Crown Colony of Georgia (ratified) January 9, 5 Connecticut 1788[12] Crown Colony of Connecticut (ratified) February 6, 6 Massachusetts 1788[8] Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay (ratified) April 28, 1788[8] 7 Proprietary Province of Maryland Maryland (ratified) Date State (admitted or Formed from ratified) May 23, 1788[8] 8 Crown Colony of South Carolina South Carolina (ratified) June 21, 1788[8] 9 New Crown Colony of New Hampshire Hampshire (ratified) June 25, 1788[8] Crown Colony and Dominion 10 Virginia (ratified) of Virginia July 26, 1788[13] 11 New York Crown Colony of New York (ratified) November 21, 12 North Carolina 1789[14] Crown Colony of North Carolina (ratified) May 29, 1790[8] Crown Colony of Rhode Island and 13 Rhode Island (ratified) Providence Plantations [15] March 4, 1791 [c] 14 Vermont Republic Vermont (admitted) June 1, 1792[16] Virginia (nine counties in its District of 15 Kentucky (admitted) Kentucky[d]) June 1, 1796[18] 16 Southwest Territory Tennessee (admitted) Date State (admitted or Formed from ratified) March 1, 17 Ohio 1803[19][e] Northwest Territory (part) (admitted) April 30, 1812[21] 18 Territory of Orleans Louisiana (admitted) December 11, 19 Indiana 1816 Indiana Territory (admitted) December 10, [22] 20 Mississippi 1817 Mississippi Territory (admitted) December 3, 21 Illinois 1818[23] Illinois Territory (part) (admitted) December 14, [24] 22 Alabama 1819 Alabama Territory (admitted) March 15, 23 Maine 1820[25] Massachusetts (District of Maine[f]) (admitted) August 10, 24 Missouri 1821[26] Missouri Territory (part) (admitted) Date State (admitted or Formed from ratified) June 15, 1836[27] 25 Arkansas Territory Arkansas (admitted) January 26, [28] 26 Michigan 1837 Michigan Territory (admitted) March 3, 1845 27 Florida Territory Florida (admitted) December 29, 28 Texas 1845 Republic of Texas (admitted) December 28, 29 Iowa 1846 Iowa Territory (part) (admitted) May 29, 1848[29] 30 Wisconsin Territory (part) Wisconsin (admitted) September 9, 31 California 1850[30] unorganized territory (part) (admitted) May 11, 1858[31] 32 Minnesota Territory (part) Minnesota (admitted) February 14, 33 Oregon 1859 Oregon Territory (part) (admitted) Date State (admitted or Formed from ratified) January 29, 34 Kansas 1861[32] Kansas Territory (part) (admitted) June 20, 1863[33] Virginia (50 Trans-Allegheny region 35 West Virginia (admitted) counties[g]) October 31, 36 Nevada 1864 Nevada Territory (admitted) March 1, 1867 37 Nebraska Territory Nebraska (admitted) August 1, [36] 38 Colorado 1876 Colorado Territory (admitted) November 2, 39[h] North Dakota 1889[38][i] Dakota Territory (part) (admitted) November 2, 40 South Dakota 1889[38][i] Dakota Territory (part) (admitted) November 8, [39] 41 Montana 1889 Montana Territory (admitted) Date State (admitted or Formed from ratified) November 11, [40] 42 Washington 1889 Washington Territory (admitted) July 3, 1890 43 Idaho Territory Idaho (admitted) July 10, 1890 44 Wyoming Territory Wyoming (admitted) January 4, [41] 45 Utah 1896 Utah Territory (admitted) November 16, Oklahoma Territory and Indian 46 1907[42] Oklahoma Territory (admitted) January 6, 1912 47 New Mexico Territory New Mexico (admitted) February 14, 48 Arizona 1912 Arizona Territory (admitted) January 3, 1959 49 Territory of Alaska Alaska (admitted) August 21, 1959 50 Hawaii Territory of Hawaii (admitted) .
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