Entry Dates of U.S. States

The United States of America is made up of 50 states that cover a total land area of 3,794,100 square miles (9,826,675 sq km). These states vary in their landscapes, sizes and in population but all are important parts of the country and their joining of the Union throughout the late 1700s, 1800s and 1900s is essential to the structure of the United States today.

The following is a list of the 50 states making up the U.S. organized by the year they entered the Union. The states with an asterisk (*) by their names represent the original 13 colonies of the United States.

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, 1788

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
• January 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