List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

Table columns:
State
Order
Date of admission
Formed from

Table rows:
cells: 08 ! Delaware
01 !1
000000001787-12-07-0000December 7, 1787[8]
Crown Colony of Delaware[b]
cells: 38 ! Pennsylvania
02 !2
000000001787-12-12-0000December 12, 1787[10]
Crown Colony of Pennsylvania
cells: 30 ! New Jersey
03 !3
000000001787-12-18-0000December 18, 1787[11]
Crown Colony of New Jersey
cells: 10 ! Georgia
04 !4
000000001788-01-02-0000January 2, 1788[8]
Crown Colony of Georgia
cells: 07 ! Connecticut
05 !5
000000001788-01-09-0000January 9, 1788[12]
Crown Colony of Connecticut
cells: 21 ! Massachusetts
06 !6
000000001788-02-06-0000February 6, 1788[8]
Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
cells: 20 ! Maryland
07 !7
000000001788-04-28-0000April 28, 1788[8]
Crown Colony of Maryland
cells: 40 ! South Carolina
08 !8
000000001788-05-23-0000May 23, 1788[8]
Crown Colony of South Carolina
cells: 29 ! New Hampshire
09 !9
000000001788-06-21-0000June 21, 1788[8]
Crown Colony of New Hampshire
cells: 46 ! Virginia
10 !10
000000001788-06-25-0000June 25, 1788[8]
Crown Colony of Virginia
cells: 32 ! New York
11 !11
000000001788-07-26-0000July 26, 1788[13]
Crown Colony of New York
cells: 33 ! North Carolina
12 !12
000000001789-11-21-0000November 21, 1789[14]
Crown Colony of North Carolina
cells: 39 ! Rhode Island
13 !13
000000001790-05-29-0000May 29, 1790[8]
Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
cells: 45 ! Vermont
14 !14
000000001791-03-04-0000March 4, 1791[15]
Vermont !Vermont Republic (also known as the New Hampshire Grants[c])
cells: 17 ! Kentucky
15 !15
000000001792-06-01-0000June 1, 1792[16]
Virginia (District of Kentucky: Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties[d])
cells: 42 ! Tennessee
16 !16
000000001796-06-01-0000June 1, 1796[18]
Southwest Territory
cells: 35 ! Ohio
17 !17
000000001803-03-01-0000March 1, 1803[19][e]
Northwest Territory (part)
cells: 18 ! Louisiana
18 !18
000000001812-04-30-0000April 30, 1812[21]
Orleans !Territory of Orleans
cells: 14 ! Indiana
19 !19
000000001816-12-11-0000December 11, 1816
Indiana Territory
cells: 24 ! Mississippi
20 !20
000000001817-12-10-0000December 10, 1817[22]
Mississippi Territory
cells: 13 ! Illinois
21 !21
000000001818-12-03-0000December 3, 1818[23]
Illinois Territory (part)
cells: 01 ! Alabama
22 !22
000000001819-12-14-0000December 14, 1819[24]
Alabama Territory
cells: 19 ! Maine
23 !23
000000001820-03-15-0000March 15, 1820[25]
Massachusetts (District of Maine[f])
cells: 25 ! Missouri
24 !24
000000001821-08-10-0000August 10, 1821[26]
Missouri Territory (part)
cells: 04 ! Arkansas
25 !25
000000001836-06-15-0000June 15, 1836[27]
Arkansas Territory
cells: 22 ! Michigan
26 !26
000000001837-01-26-0000January 26, 1837[28]
Michigan Territory
cells: 09 ! Florida
27 !27
000000001845-03-03-0000March 3, 1845
Florida Territory
cells: 43 ! Texas
28 !28
000000001845-12-29-0000December 29, 1845
Texas !Republic of Texas
cells: 15 ! Iowa
29 !29
000000001846-12-28-0000December 28, 1846
Iowa Territory (part)
cells: 49 ! Wisconsin
30 !30
000000001848-05-29-0000May 29, 1848[29]
Wisconsin Territory (part)
cells: 05 ! California
31 !31
000000001850-09-09-0000September 9, 1850[30]
Unorganized !unorganized territory (part)
cells: 23 ! Minnesota
32 !32
000000001858-05-11-0000May 11, 1858[31]
Minnesota Territory (part)
cells: 37 ! Oregon
33 !33
000000001859-02-14-0000February 14, 1859
Oregon Territory (part)
cells: 16 ! Kansas
34 !34
000000001861-01-29-0000January 29, 1861[32]
Kansas Territory (part)
cells: 48 ! West Virginia
35 !35
000000001863-06-20-0000June 20, 1863[33]
Virginia (Trans-Allegheny region counties[g])
cells: 28 ! Nevada
36 !36
000000001864-10-31-0000October 31, 1864
Nevada Territory
cells: 27 ! Nebraska
37 !37
000000001867-03-01-0000March 1, 1867
Nebraska Territory
cells: 06 ! Colorado
38 !38
000000001876-08-01-0000August 1, 1876[36]
Colorado Territory
cells: 34 ! North Dakota
39 !39[h]
000000001889-11-02-0000November 2, 1889[38][i]
Dakota Territory (part)
cells: 41 ! South Dakota
40 !40
Dakota Territory (part)
cells: 26 ! Montana
41 !41
000000001889-11-08-0000November 8, 1889[39]
Montana Territory
cells: 47 ! Washington
42 !42
000000001889-11-11-0000November 11, 1889[40]
Washington Territory
cells: 12 ! Idaho
43 !43
000000001890-07-03-0000July 3, 1890
Idaho Territory
cells: 50 ! Wyoming
44 !44
000000001890-07-10-0000July 10, 1890
Wyoming Territory
cells: 44 ! Utah
45 !45
000000001896-01-04-0000January 4, 1896[41]
Utah Territory
cells: 36 ! Oklahoma
46 !46
000000001907-11-16-0000November 16, 1907[42]
Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
cells: 31 ! New Mexico
47 !47
000000001912-01-06-0000January 6, 1912
New Mexico Territory
cells: 03 ! Arizona
48 !48
000000001912-02-14-0000February 14, 1912
Arizona Territory
cells: 02 ! Alaska
49 !49
000000001959-01-03-0000January 3, 1959
Alaska !Territory of Alaska
cells: 11 ! Hawaii
50 !50
000000001959-08-21-0000August 21, 1959
Hawaii !Territory of Hawaii

Questions about this table:
originalText: when was the last state added to the united states
answer: answerTexts: Hawaii