List of capitals in the United States
State capitals
The dates listed in the following table indicate the year in which the city started to continuously serve as the state's sole capital.

List of capitals in the United States

Section Title: State capitals
Table Section Text: The dates listed in the following table indicate the year in which the city started to continuously serve as the state's sole capital.

State	Abr.	State-hood	Capital	Capital since	Area (mi²)	Population (2010)	Notes

Municipal (Within city proper boundaries)	Metropolitan (Both within the capital city proper and the surrounding area of the city proper)	Rank in state	Rank in US

Alabama	AL	1819	Montgomery	1846	155.4	205,764	374,536	2	102	Birmingham is the state's largest city.

Alaska	AK	1959	Juneau	1906	2716.7	31,275	3	Largest capital by municipal land area.

Arizona	AZ	1912	Phoenix	1889	474.9	1,445,632	4,192,887	1	6	Phoenix is the most populous capital city in the United States of America.

Arkansas	AR	1836	Little Rock	1821	116.2	193,524	699,757	1	117

California	CA	1850	Sacramento	1854	97.2	466,488	2,149,127	6	35

Colorado	CO	1876	Denver	1867	153.4	600,158	2,543,482	1	26	Denver was called Denver City until 1882.

Connecticut	CT	1788	Hartford	1875	17.3	124,775	1,212,381	3	199

Delaware	DE	1787	Dover	1777	22.4	36,047	162,310	2	Longest-serving capital in terms of statehood.

Florida	FL	1845	Tallahassee	1824	95.7	181,376	367,413	7	125

Georgia	GA	1788	Atlanta	1868	131.7	420,003	5,286,728	1	40	Most populous metro area of any state capital.

Hawaii	HI	1959	Honolulu	1845	85.7	337,256	953,207	1	53

Idaho	ID	1890	Boise	1865	63.8	205,671	616,561	1	103

Illinois	IL	1818	Springfield	1837	54.0	116,250	210,170	6	221	Springfield was once home to Abraham Lincoln.

Indiana	IN	1816	Indianapolis	1825	361.5	820,445	1,887,877	1	16

Iowa	IA	1846	Des Moines	1857	75.8	203,433	569,633	1	105

Kansas	KS	1861	Topeka	1856	56.0	127,473	230,870	4	193

Kentucky	KY	1792	Frankfort	1792	14.7	25,527	70,758	14

Louisiana	LA	1812	Baton Rouge	1880	76.8	229,493	802,484	2	85	Baton Rouge is located in the state's most populous parish. It is also home to the tallest state capitol building.

Maine	ME	1820	Augusta	1832	55.4	19,136	117,114	8	Portland is a previous capital.

Maryland	MD	1788	Annapolis	1694	6.73	38,394	7	Smallest capital by land area. Capitol building is the oldest in the U.S. still in use.

Massachusetts	MA	1788	Boston	1630	48.4	617,594	4,552,402	1	22	Longest continuously serving capital in the U.S.

Michigan	MI	1837	Lansing	1847	35.0	114,297	464,036	5	226	Only state capital that is not also its county seat (not counting the two state capitals that are independent cities and not located in any county).

Minnesota	MN	1858	Saint Paul	1849	52.8	285,068	3,348,659	2	67

Mississippi	MS	1817	Jackson	1821	104.9	173,514	567,122	1	134	Only state capital that shares its status as county seat with another city (Raymond, Mississippi).

Missouri	MO	1821	Jefferson City	1826	27.3	43,079	149,807	15

Montana	MT	1889	Helena	1875	14.0	28,190	74,801	6

Nebraska	NE	1867	Lincoln	1867	74.6	258,379	302,157	2	72

Nevada	NV	1864	Carson City	1861	143.4	55,274	6	One of two independent cities that serves as a state capital.

New Hampshire	NH	1788	Concord	1808	64.3	42,695	3

New Jersey	NJ	1787	Trenton	1784	7.66	84,913	366,513	10	Served as the U.S. capital for a short period in the late 18th century.

New Mexico	NM	1912	Santa Fe	1610	37.3	75,764	183,732	4	Longest serving capital in the United States. Highest elevation of any state capital.

New York	NY	1788	Albany	1797	21.4	97,856	857,592	6

North Carolina	NC	1789	Raleigh	1792	114.6	403,892	1,130,490	2	43

North Dakota	ND	1889	Bismarck	1883	26.9	61,272	108,779	2

Ohio	OH	1803	Columbus	1816	210.3	879,170	2,078,725	1	14	Columbus is the largest city in Ohio, the second largest city in the Midwest, and the second largest state capital in the United States.

Oklahoma	OK	1907	Oklahoma City	1910	607.0	579,999	1,252,987	1	31	Shortest serving current state capital.

Oregon	OR	1859	Salem	1855	45.7	154,637	390,738	3	149

Pennsylvania	PA	1787	Harrisburg	1812	8.11	49,528	647,390	9

Rhode Island	RI	1790	Providence	1900	18.5	178,042	1,600,852	1	130	Also served as the state's capital 1636–1686 and 1689–1776. It was one of five co-capitals 1776–1853, and one of two co-capitals 1853–1900.

South Carolina	SC	1788	Columbia	1786	125.2	129,272	767,598	2	191

South Dakota	SD	1889	Pierre	1889	13.0	13,646	8

Tennessee	TN	1796	Nashville	1826	473.3	601,222	1,670,890	1	25

Texas	TX	1845	Austin	1839	251.5	790,390	1,716,291	4	11	Austin is the largest state capital that is not also the state's largest city by population.

Utah	UT	1896	Salt Lake City	1858	109.1	186,440	1,087,873	1	124

Vermont	VT	1791	Montpelier	1805	10.2	7,855	6	Least populous U.S. state capital.

Virginia	VA	1788	Richmond	1780	60.1	204,214	1,208,101	4	104	Richmond is one of two independent cities that serves as a state capital.

Washington	WA	1889	Olympia	1853	16.7	46,478	234,670	24

West Virginia	WV	1863	Charleston	1885	31.6	51,400	304,214	1	Charleston is the smallest capital city that is still the most populous city in its state.

Wisconsin	WI	1848	Madison	1838	68.7	233,209	605,435	2	82

Wyoming	WY	1890	Cheyenne	1869	21.1	59,466	91,738	1

Sentence(s)

Columbia is the capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina.

final_sentence: Columbia is the capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina.