List of state capitols in the United States

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This is a list of U.S. state capitols (buildings) in the United States, not to be confused with a list of state capitals (the cities where they are located).

A capitol typically contains the meeting place for its state's legislature and offices for the state's governor, though this is not true in every state. The Arizona State Capitol is now strictly a museum; the legislature and the governor's office are both in nearby buildings. The legislatures of Alabama, Nevada and North Carolina also meet in other nearby buildings, but their governor's offices remain in the capitol. Other than Arizona, only Virginia does not have its governor's office in the state capitol, though in Delaware, Ohio, Michigan & Vermont, the office there is for ceremonial use only. (These do not include Idaho, whose legislature and governor are as of 2008^[update] temporarily displaced from the capitol due to renovations.)

In 9 states--Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma (both civil and criminal), Pennsylvania (one of three sites), South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin--the state's highest court also routinely meets in the capitol. The other 40 states have separate buildings for their highest courts, though in Minnesota and Utah the high court also holds ceremonial meetings at the capitol.

State capital	Capitol	Year of current capitol construction
Montgomery	Alabama State Capitol	1851
Juneau	Alaska State Capitol	1929–1931
Phoenix	Arizona State Capitol	1899–1900
Little Rock	Arkansas State Capitol	1895–1915
Sacramento	California State Capitol	1860–1874
Denver	Colorado State Capitol	1886–1907
Hartford	Connecticut State Capitol	1872–1879
Dover	Delaware State Capitol	1933
Tallahassee	Florida State Capitol	1973–1977
Atlanta	Georgia State Capitol	1883–1889
Honolulu	Hawaii State Capitol	1960–1969
Boise	Idaho State Capitol	1905–1913, 1919–1920 (wings added)
Springfield	Illinois State Capitol	1867–1876 (design), 1884–1887 (construction)
Indianapolis	Indiana Statehouse	1877–1887[1]
Des Moines	Iowa State Capitol	1870–1886
Topeka	Kansas State Capitol	1866–1873 (east wing), 1879–1881 (west wing), 1884–1906 (center)
Frankfort	Kentucky State Capitol	1905–1910
Baton Rouge	Louisiana State Capitol	1930–1932
Augusta	Maine State House	1828–1832, 1889–1891 (wing added), 1909–1911 (wings added)
Annapolis	Maryland State House	1772–1779
Boston	Massachusetts State House	1795–1798
Lansing	Michigan State Capitol	1871–1878
Saint Paul	Minnesota State Capitol	1893–1905
Jackson	Mississippi State Capitol	1901–1903
Jefferson City	Missouri State Capitol	1911–1917
Helena	Montana State Capitol	1896–1902, 1909–1912 (wings added)
Lincoln	Nebraska State Capitol	1919–1932
Carson City	Nevada State Capitol	1869–1871
Concord	New Hampshire State House	1815–1818
Trenton	New Jersey State House	1792
Santa Fe	New Mexico State Capitol	1964–1966
Albany	New York State Capitol	1867–1899
Raleigh	North Carolina State Capitol	1833 (Completed 1840 per North Carolina page)
Bismarck	North Dakota State Capitol	1920–1924, 1931–1934 (office tower & wing)
Columbus	Ohio Statehouse	1838–1840
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma State Capitol	1914–1917, 2000-2002 (dome)
Salem	Oregon State Capitol	1935, 1977 (wings)
Harrisburg	Pennsylvania State Capitol	1898–1902/1903
Providence	Rhode Island State House	1895–1904
Columbia	South Carolina State House	1854–1865
Pierre	South Dakota State Capitol	1905–1911
Nashville	Tennessee State Capitol	1845–1854
Austin	Texas State Capitol	1881–1888
Salt Lake City	Utah State Capitol	1911–1916
Montpelier	Vermont State House	1834–1836
Richmond	Virginia State Capitol	1785–1790, 1904–1906 (wings)
Olympia	Washington State Capitol	1919–1928 (Legislative building)
Charleston	West Virginia State Capitol	1924–1932
Madison	Wisconsin State Capitol	1906–1917
Cheyenne	Wyoming State Capitol	1886–1890, 1915–1917 (House & senate chambers)

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The Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery	The Alaska State Capitol in Juneau	The Arizona State Capitol museum in Phoenix	The Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock
The California State Capitol in Sacramento	The Colorado State Capitol in Denver	The Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford	The Delaware State Capitol in Dover
The Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta	The Hawaiʻi State Capitol in Honolulu	The Idaho State Capitol in Boise	The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield
The Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis	The Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines	The Kansas State Capitol in Topeka	The Commonwealth of Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort
The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge	The Maine State House in Augusta	The Maryland State House in Annapolis	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House in Boston
The Michigan State Capitol in Lansing	The Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul	The Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson	The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City
The Montana State Capitol in Helena	The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln	The Nevada State Capitol in Carson City	The New Hampshire State House in Concord
The New Jersey State House in Trenton	The New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe	The New York State Capitol in Albany	The North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh
The North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck	The Ohio Statehouse in Columbus	The Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City	The Oregon State Capitol in Salem
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg	The Rhode Island State House in Providence	The South Carolina State House in Columbia	The South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre
The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville	The Texas State Capitol in Austin	The Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City	The Vermont State House in Montpelier
The Commonwealth of Virginia State Capitol in Richmond	The Washington State Capitol campus in Olympia	The West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston	The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison
The Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne