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This table lists each state by date of entry into
the union.
|
Rank |
|
State Name |
Date of Union Entry |
| 1 |
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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, 1789 |
| 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 |
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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 |
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Arizona |
February
14, 1912 |
| 49 |
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Alaska |
January
3, 1959 |
| 50 |
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Hawaii |
August
21, 1959 |
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