List of U.S. states by date of statehood

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 have been members of the United States from the date of the Declaration of Independence – July 4, 1776 – or from the date on which they ratified the Articles of Confederation, they are presented here as being "admitted," as was Vermont, 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 as March 1, 1803, when its legislature first met because of a clerical error of omission—the original act omitted setting a date that the act took effect.

This list does not account for the secession of 11 states during the American Civil War to form the Confederate States of America, 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; since their secession was declared illegal by the Supreme Court in Texas v. White, they never legally left the Union. It also does not account for secessionist governments formed in two other states, as their Unionist governments generally remained in control.

Maps

The order in which the original 13 states ratified the constitution, then the order in which the others were admitted to the union

U.S. states by date of statehood

  1776-1790

  1791-1799

  1800-1819

  1820-1839

  1840-1859

  1860-1879

  1880-1899

  1900-1950

  1950-1959

Table

#	State		Admission	Preceding Entity
!C 1		Delaware	01787-12-07December 7, 1787	Delaware !Lower Counties on Delaware, i.e., lower counties of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9993068528194 2		Pennsylvania	01787-12-12December 12, 1787	Pennsylvania !Province of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation.
!B9989013877113 3		New Jersey	01787-12-18December 18, 1787	New Jersey !Province of New Jersey, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9986137056388 4		Georgia	01788-01-02January 2, 1788	Georgia !Province of Georgia, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9983905620875 5		Connecticut	01788-01-09January 9, 1788	Connecticut Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9982082405307 6		Massachusetts	01788-02-06February 6, 1788	Massachusetts !Province of Massachusetts Bay, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9980540898509 7		Maryland	01788-04-28April 28, 1788	Maryland !Province of Maryland, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9979205584583 8		South Carolina	01788-05-23May 23, 1788	South Carolina !Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9978027754226 9		New Hampshire	01788-06-21June 21, 1788	New Hampshire !Province of New Hampshire, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9976974149070 10		Virginia	01788-06-25June 25, 1788	Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9976021047272 11		New York	01788-07-26July 26, 1788	New York !Province of New York, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9975150933502 12		North Carolina	01789-11-21November 21, 1789	North Carolina !Province of North Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9974350506425 13		Rhode Island	01790-05-29May 29, 1790	Rhode Island !Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, then sovereign state in Confederation
!B9973609426703 14		Vermont	01791-03-04March 4, 1791	New York !Province of New York and New Hampshire Grants (ownership disputed), Vermont Republic
!B9972919497988 15		Kentucky	01792-06-01June 1, 1792	Virginia !Kentucky County, Virginia. Split off with consent of that state.
!B9972274112777 16		Tennessee	01796-06-01June 1, 1796	North Carolina !Formed from western land donated to the federal government by North Carolina, and first territorially risen state
!B9971667866559 17		Ohio	01803-03-01March 1, 1803	Northwest Territory !The Northwest Territory, land donated to the federal government by the East Coast states such as Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut, and New York
!B9971096282421 18		Louisiana	01812-04-30April 30, 1812	Orleans, Territory of !Territory of Orleans
!B9970555610208 19		Indiana	01816-12-11December 11, 1816	Indiana Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory
!B9970042677264 20		Mississippi	01817-12-10December 10, 1817	Mississippi Territory, formed from land donated to the federal government by Georgia
!B9969554775622 21		Illinois	01818-12-03December 3, 1818	Illinois Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory
!B9969089575466 22		Alabama	01819-12-14December 14, 1819	Alabama Territory, formed from the Mississippi Territory, formerly part of the state of Georgia
!B9968645057840 23		Maine	01820-03-15March 15, 1820	Massachusetts !Split off from Massachusetts with consent of that state (the former District of Maine)
!B9968219461696 24		Missouri	01821-08-10August 10, 1821	Missouri Territory
!B9967811241751 25		Arkansas	01836-06-15June 15, 1836	Arkansas Territory
!B9967419034619 26		Michigan	01837-01-26January 26, 1837	Michigan Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory
!B9967041631339 27		Florida	01845-03-03March 3, 1845	Florida Territory
!B9966677954898 28		Texas	01845-12-29December 29, 1845	Texas !Republic of Texas
!B9966327041700 29		Iowa	01846-12-28December 28, 1846	Iowa Territory
!B9965988026183 30		Wisconsin	01848-05-29May 29, 1848	Wisconsin Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory
!B9965660127955 31		California	01850-09-09September 9, 1850	Directly admitted from the Mexican Cession
!B9965342640972 32		Minnesota	01858-05-11May 11, 1858	Minnesota Territory
!B9965034924385 33		Oregon	01859-02-14February 14, 1859	Oregon Territory
!B9964736394753 34		Kansas	01861-01-29January 29, 1861	Kansas Territory
!B9964446519385 35		West Virginia	01863-06-20June 20, 1863	Virginia !Divided off from Virginia, with the consent of a pro-Union Virginia government in Wheeling unrecognized by that state's rebelling legislature in Richmond
!B9964164810615 36		Nevada	01864-10-31October 31, 1864	Nevada Territory, with parts of the Arizona Territory and the Utah Territory added on later
!B9963890820873 37		Nebraska	01867-03-01March 1, 1867	Nebraska Territory
!B9963624138402 38		Colorado	01876-08-01August 1, 1876	Colorado Territory
!B9963364383538 39		North Dakota	01889-11-02November 2, 1889	Dakota Territory
!B9963111205458 40		South Dakota	01889-11-02November 2, 1889	Dakota Territory
!B9962864279332 41		Montana	01889-11-08November 8, 1889	Montana Territory
!B9962623303817 42		Washington	01889-11-11November 11, 1889	Washington Territory, formed from the Oregon Territory
!B9962387998843 43		Idaho	01890-07-03July 3, 1890	Idaho Territory
!B9962158103660 44		Wyoming	01890-07-10July 10, 1890	Wyoming Territory
!B9961933375102 45		Utah	01896-01-04January 4, 1896	Utah Territory
!B9961713586035 46		Oklahoma	01907-11-16November 16, 1907	Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
!B9961498523982 47		New Mexico	01912-01-06January 6, 1912	New Mexico Territory
!B9961287989890 48		Arizona	01912-02-14February 14, 1912	Arizona Territory
!B9961081797018 49		Alaska	01959-01-03January 3, 1959	Russian America, Department of Alaska, District of Alaska and then Territory of Alaska
!B9960879769945 50		Hawaii	01959-08-21August 21, 1959	Hawaii !Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, Republic of Hawaii and then Territory of Hawaii

See also

• United States of America
• Enabling Act of 1802, for the formation of Ohio from the Northwest Territory
• Enabling Act of 1889, for the formation of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington
• Texas annexation of 1845 and the subsequent legal status of Texas
• Enabling Act of 1906 for the formation of Oklahoma from Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
• Alaska Statehood Act (signed July 7, 1958) and the subsequent legal status of Alaska
• Hawaii Admission Act (enacted March 18, 1959) and the subsequent legal status of Hawaii
• 51st state
• District of Columbia statehood movement
• Puerto Rico (proposed state) and the political status of Puerto Rico

References

• "50 State Quarter Program". United States Mint. Retrieved January 19, 2006.  (including dates of statehood)
• "Dates of statehood". 50states.com. Retrieved January 19, 2006.  (includes notes)