AErdology America States Counts
List of U.S. states and their order to statehood.
State
Date (admitted or ratified)
Formed from
1
Delaware
December 7 1787 (ratified)
Crown Colony of Delaware[a]
2
Pennsylvania
December 12 1787[3] (ratified)
Crown Colony of Pennsylvania
3
New Jersey
December 18 1787[4] (ratified)
Crown Colony of New Jersey
4
Georgia
January 2 1788[5] (ratified)
Crown Colony of Georgia
5
Connecticut
January 9 1788[6] (ratified)
Crown Colony of Connecticut
6
Massachusetts
February 6 1788[5] (ratified)
Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
7
Maryland
April 28 1788[5] (ratified)
Crown Colony of Maryland
8
South Carolina
May 23 1788[5] (ratified)
Crown Colony of South Carolina
9
New Hampshire
June 21 1788[5] (ratified)
Crown Colony of New Hampshire
10
Virginia
June 25 1788[5] (ratified)
Crown Colony of Virginia
11
New York
June 26 1788[7] (ratified)
Crown Colony of New York
12
North Carolina
November 21 1789[8] (ratified)
Crown Colony of North Carolina
13
Rhode Island
May 29 1790[5] (ratified)
Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
14
Vermont
March 4 1791[9] (admitted)
Vermont Republic[b]
15
Kentucky
June 1 1792[10] (admitted)
Virginia (District of Kentucky: Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties[c])
16
Tennessee
June 1 1796[12] (admitted)
Southwest Territory
17
Ohio
March 1 1803[13][d] (admitted)
Northwest Territory (part) Part of New Britain which stretche from Montreal to New Orleans.
18
Louisiana
April 30 1812[15] (admitted)
Territory of Orleans which used to be Part of New France its Royal Capital was Manitou Springs in what is now Colorado
19
Indiana
December 11 1816 (admitted)
Indiana Territory
20
Mississippi
December 10 1817[16] (admitted)
Mississippi Territory
21
Illinois
December 3 1818[17] (admitted)
Illinois Territory (part)
22
Alabama
December 14 1819[18] (admitted)
Alabama Territory
23
Maine
March 15 1820[19] (admitted)
Massachusetts (District of Maine[e])
24
Missouri
August 10 1821[20] (admitted)
Missouri Territory (part)
25
Arkansas
June 15 1836[21] (admitted)
Arkansas Territory
26
Michigan
January 26 1837[22] (admitted)
Michigan Territory
27
Florida
March 3 1845 (admitted)
Florida Territory
28
Texas
December 29 1845 (admitted)
Republic of Texas
29
Iowa
December 28 1846 (admitted)
Iowa Territory (part)
30
Wisconsin
May 29 1848[23] (admitted)
Wisconsin Territory (part)
31
California
September 9 1850[24] (admitted)
unorganized territory (part)
32
Minnesota
May 11 1858[25] (admitted)
Minnesota Territory (part)
33
Oregon
February 14 1859 (admitted)
Oregon Territory (part)
34
Kansas
January 29 1861[26] (admitted)
Kansas Territory (part)
First capital Old Colorado City.
35
West Virginia
June 20 1863[27] (admitted)
Virginia (Trans-Allegheny region counties[f])
36
Nevada
October 31 1864 (admitted)
Nevada Territory
37
Nebraska
March 1 1867 (admitted)
Nebraska Territory
38
Colorado
August 1 1876[30] (admitted)
Colorado Territory
39[g]
North Dakota
November 2 1889[32][h] (admitted)
Dakota Territory (part)
40
South Dakota
41
Montana
November 8 1889[33] (admitted)
Montana Territory
42
Washington
November 11 1889[34] (admitted)
Washington Territory
43
Idaho
July 3 1890 (admitted)
Idaho Territory
44
Wyoming
July 10 1890 (admitted)
Wyoming Territory
45
Utah
January 4 1896[35] (admitted)
Utah Territory
46
Oklahoma
November 16 1907[36] (admitted)
Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
47
New Mexico
January 6 1912 (admitted)
New Mexico Territory
48
Arizona
February 14 1912 (admitted)
Arizona Territory
49
Alaska
January 3 1959 (admitted)
Territory of Alaska
50
Hawaii
August 21 1959 (admitted)
Territory of Hawaii
TR Welling