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[[파일:Map_of_USA_States_with_names_white.svg|섬네일|350x350픽셀| 주 이름과 경계가 있는 미국지도]]
[[파일:US_states_by_date_of_statehood3.gif|섬네일|350x350픽셀|원래 13개 주가 1787년 헌법을 비준한 순서와 다른 주가 연방에 가입한 순서]]
[[미국]]의 한 [[미국의 주|주]]는 50개의 [[구성국]] 가운데 하나로서 [[주권]]을 [[연방 정부]]와 공유한다. 각 주와 연방 정부 간 주권 공유로 인해 [[미국인]]은 [[연방 공화국]] 및 그들이 거주하는 주의 [[시민]]이라고 할 수 있다.<ref>{{웹 인용|last1=Erler|first1=Edward|title=Essays on Amendment XIV: Citizenship|url=http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/amendments/14/essays/167/citizenship|publisher=The Heritage Foundation}}</ref> [[켄터키주]], [[매사추세츠주]], [[펜실베이니아주]], [[버지니아주]]는 정식 명칭에 주(state)라는 용어 대신 [[커먼웰스]](commonwealth)라는 용어를 사용한다.

주는 미국의 주된 [[행정구역]]이다. 연방 정부에 부여되지 않았거나 [[미국 헌법]]에 의해 금지되지 않은 모든 권한을 소유한다. 일반적으로 [[주 정부]]는 주내무역, [[미국의 선거|선거]] 운영, [[지방 정부]] 수립, 공립 학교 정책, 비연방 도로 건설 및 유지 보수 등 지역 문제를 규제할 권한이 있다. 각 주는 [[미국 공화주의|공화주의]] 원칙에 근거한 자체 [[미국의 주 헌법|헌법]], 그리고 행정부, 입법부, 사법부로 구성된 정부를 구성한다.<ref>{{웹 인용| url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/faq/faqtoc.aspx?subject=1 | title=Frequently Asked Questions About the Minnesota Legislature | publisher=[[Minnesota State Legislature]]}}</ref>

모든 주와 주민들은 [[상원]]과 [[하원]]으로 구성된 [[양원제]] 입법부인 연방 [[미국 의회|의회]]를 대표한다. 각 주는 2명의 상원 의원과 적어도 한 명의 하원 의원으로 대표되며 주 하원 대표단의 규모는 최근에 헌법적으로 의무화된 10년에 한 번 치러지는 인구 조사에 의해 결정된 총 인구 수에 따라 달라진다.<ref>{{웹 인용|author=Kristin D. Burnett |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-08.pdf |title=Congressional Apportionment (2010 Census Briefs C2010BR-08) |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration}}</ref> 또, 각 주는 [[미국 대통령]]을 선출하는 미국 선거인단에 투표할 수많은 선거인을 선택할 권한을 부여받으며 그 수는 해당 주의 의회의 상원의원과 하원의원의 수와 비례한다.<ref>{{웹 인용|last1=Elhauge|first1=Einer R.|title=Essays on Article II: Presidential Electors|url=http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/2/essays/79/presidential-electors|publisher=The Heritage Foundation}}</ref>

== 미국의 주 목록 ==

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="align:left"
! colspan=2 | 주
! 편입일
|-
|data-sort-value="Delaware"|1
|{{국기|델라웨어주}}
|{{dts|1787|12|07}}<ref name=JRVlist>{{서적 인용|last1=Vile|first1=John R.|title=The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America's Founding (Volume 1: A-M)|date=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=1-85109-669-8|page=658}}</ref><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Pennsylvania"|2
|{{국기|펜실베이니아주}}
|{{dts|1787|12|12}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Overview of Pennsylvania History - 1776-1861: Independence to the Civil War|url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/pa-history/1776-1861.html|website=PA.gov|publisher=Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission}}</ref><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="New Jersey"|3
|{{국기|뉴저지주}}
|{{dts|1787|12|18}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=1787 Convention Minutes|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/doc1787conventionminutes.html|website=NJ.gov|publisher=[[Government of New Jersey|New Jersey Department of State]]}}</ref><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Georgia"|4
|{{국기|조지아주|name=Georgia}}
|{{dts|1788|01|02}}<ref name=JRVlist/><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Connecticut"|5
|{{국기|코네티컷주}}
|{{dts|1788|01|09}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: January 9|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan09.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Massachusetts"|6
|{{국기|매사추세츠주}}
|{{dts|1788|02|06}}<ref name=JRVlist/><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Maryland"|7
|{{국기|메릴랜드주}}
|{{dts|1788|04|28}}<ref name=JRVlist/><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="South Carolina"|8
|{{국기|사우스캐롤라이나주}}
|{{dts|1788|05|23}}<ref name=JRVlist/><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="New Hampshire"|9
|{{국기|뉴햄프셔주}}
|{{dts|1788|06|21}}<ref name=JRVlist/><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Virginia"|10
|{{국기|버지니아주}}
|{{dts|1788|06|25}}<ref name=JRVlist/><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="New York"|11
|{{국기|뉴욕주}}
|{{dts|1788|07|26}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: July 26|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul26.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="North Carolina"|12
|{{국기|노스캐롤라이나주}}
| {{dts|1789|11|21}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: November 21|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov21.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Rhode Island"|13
|{{국기|로드아일랜드주}}
|{{dts|1790|05|29}}<ref name=JRVlist/><br><small>(비준)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Vermont"|14
|{{국기|버몬트주}}
|{{dts|1791|03|04}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=The 14th State|url=https://vermonthistory.org/explorer/vermont-stories/becoming-a-state/the-14th-state|website=Vermont History Explorer|publisher=Vermont Historical Society | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130530051452/https://vermonthistory.org/explorer/vermont-stories/becoming-a-state/the-14th-state  |archive-date = 2013년 5월 30일}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Kentucky"|15
|{{국기|켄터키주}}
|{{dts|1792|06|01}}<ref>{{웹 인용| title=Constitution Square State Historic Site| url=https://www.americanheritage.com/content/constitution-square-state-historic-site| website=americanheritage.com| publisher=American Heritage Publishing Co.| access-date=2019년 4월 23일}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Tennessee"|16
|{{국기|테네시주}}
|{{dts|1796|06|01}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=State History Timeline |url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/symbols/timeline.htm |website=TN.gov |publisher=[[Government of Tennessee|Tennessee Department of State]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410130033/http://www.tn.gov/sos/symbols/timeline.htm |archive-date=2016년 4월 10일 }}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Ohio"|17
|{{국기|오하이오주}}
|{{dts|1803|03|01}}<ref>{{저널 인용|last=Blue |first= Frederick J. |title=The Date of Ohio Statehood |journal=Ohio Academy of History Newsletter |date= Autumn 2002 |url=http://www2.uakron.edu/OAH/newsletter/newsletter/Autumn2002/features.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911164131/http://www2.uakron.edu/OAH/newsletter/newsletter/Autumn2002/features.html |archive-date=2010년 9월 11일}}</ref>{{refn| group = lower-alpha | The exact date upon which Ohio became a state is unclear. On 1802년 4월 30일, the [[:en:7th United States Congress|7th Congress]] had passed an [[:en:Act of Congress|act]] "authorizing the inhabitants of Ohio to form a Constitution and state government, and admission of Ohio into the Union" (Sess. 1, ch. 40, {{USStat|2|173}}). On 1803년 2월 19일, the same Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the State of Ohio" (Sess. 2, ch. 7, {{USStat|2|201}}). Neither act, however, set a formal date of statehood. An official statehood date for Ohio was not set until 1953, when the [[:en:83rd United States Congress|83rd Congress]] passed a [[:en:Joint resolution]] "for admitting the State of Ohio into the Union", ({{USStatute|83|204|67|407|1953|08|07}}) which designated 1803년 3월 1일, as that date.<ref>[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/explanation-ohio-statehood.phtml Clearing up the Confusion surrounding Ohio's Admission to Statehood]</ref>}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Louisiana"|18
|{{국기|루이지애나주}}
|{{dts|1812|04|30}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=About Louisiana: quick facts|url=http://louisiana.gov/Explore/About_Louisiana/|website=louisiana.gov|access-date=2016년 6월 15일|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324052614/http://louisiana.gov/Explore/About_Louisiana/|archive-date=2013년 3월 24일|url-status=dead}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Indiana"|19
|{{국기|인디애나주}}
|{{dts|1816|12|11}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Mississippi"|20
|{{국기|미시시피주}}
|{{dts|1817|12|10}}<ref>{{웹 인용|url=http://ms200.org/|title=Welcome from the Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration Commission|publisher=Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration Commission|access-date=2017년 2월 16일|archive-date=2017년 2월 17일|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217064047/http://ms200.org/}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Illinois"|21
|{{국기|일리노이주}}
| {{dts|1818|12|03}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: December 3|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec03.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Alabama"|22
|{{국기|앨라배마주}}
| {{dts|1819|12|14}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Alabama History Timeline: 1800-1860|url=http://www.archives.alabama.gov/timeline/al1801.html|website=alabama.gov|access-date=2016년 6월 15일}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Maine"|23
|{{국기|메인주}}
|{{dts|1820|03|15}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: March 15|url= http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar15.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Missouri"|24
|{{국기|미주리주}}
|{{dts|1821|08|10}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: August 10|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug10.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Arkansas"|25
|{{국기|아칸소주}}
|{{dts|1836|06|15}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: June 15|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun15.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Michigan"|26
|{{국기|미시간주}}
|{{dts|1837|01|26}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: January 26|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan26.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Florida"|27
|{{국기|플로리다주}}
|{{dts|1845|03|03}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Texas"|28
|{{국기|텍사스주}}
|{{dts|1845|12|29}}<ref>{{웹 인용| author=<!--History.com editors; no by-line.-->| url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/texas-enters-the-union| title=Texas enters the Union| work=This Day In History| date=2010년 3월 4일| publisher=A&E Television Networks| access-date=2019년 4월 23일}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Iowa"|29
|{{국기|아이오와주}}
|{{dts|1846|12|28}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Wisconsin"|30
|{{국기|위스콘신주}}
|{{dts|1848|05|29}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: May 29|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may29.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="California"|31
|{{국기|캘리포니아주}}
|{{dts|1850|09|09}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=California Admission Day 1850년 9월 9일|url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23856|website=CA.gov|publisher=California Department of Parks and Recreation}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Minnesota"|32
|{{국기|미네소타주}}
|{{dts|1858|05|11}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: May 11|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may11.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Oregon"|33
|{{국기|오리건주}}
|{{dts|1859|02|14}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Kansas"|34
|{{국기|캔자스주}}
|{{dts|1861|01|29}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: January 29|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan29.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="West Virginia"|35
|{{국기|웨스트버지니아주}}
|{{dts|1863|06|20}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: June 20|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun20.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Nevada"|36
|{{국기|네바다주}}
|{{dts|1864|10|31}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Nebraska"|37
|{{국기|네브래스카주}}
|{{dts|1867|03|01}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Colorado"|38
|{{국기|콜로라도주}}
|{{dts|1876|08|01}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: August 1|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug01.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="North Dakota"|39
|{{국기|노스다코타주}}
|{{dts|1889|11|02}}<ref name=39&40>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: November 2|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov02.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref>{{refn| group = lower-alpha | name="twins"| Brought into existence within moments of each other on the same day, North and South Dakota are the nation's only twin-born states. Before signing the statehood papers, President [[벤저민 해리슨]] shuffled the papers so that no one would know which became a state first. By custom, North Dakota is commonly recognized as the 39th state and South Dakota as the 40th, as "n" precedes "s" in the alphabet.<ref>{{뉴스 인용| last1=MacPherson| first1=James| last2=Burbach| first2=Kevin| title=At 125 years of Dakotas statehood, rivalry remains| newspaper=[[:en:The Bismarck Tribune]]| agency=[[AP (통신사)|AP]]| date=2014년 11월 2일| url=https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/at-125-years-of-dakotas-statehood-rivalry-remains/article_5bb77c84-6249-11e4-a5c4-73e0e38f67ba.amp.html| access-date=2020년 6월 29일}}</ref><ref>Stein, Mark (2008). "How the States Got Their Shapes," Smithsonian Books/Harper Collins, p. 256.</ref>}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
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|data-sort-value="South Dakota"|40
|{{국기|사우스다코타주}}
|{{dts|1889|11|02}}<ref name=39&40/>{{refn| group = lower-alpha | name="twins"}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Montana"|41
|{{국기|몬태나주}}
|{{dts|1889|11|08}}<ref>{{백과사전 인용|title=Montana|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of the Great Plains|publisher=University of Nebraska–Lincoln|url=http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.pg.049|editor-last=Wishart|editor-first=David J.|access-date=2017년 2월 15일}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Washington"|42
|{{국기|워싱턴주}}
|{{dts|1889|11|11}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: November 11|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov11.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Idaho"|43
|{{국기|아이다호주}}
|{{dts|1890|07|03}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Wyoming"|44
|{{국기|와이오밍주}}
|{{dts|1890|07|10}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Utah"|45
|{{국기|유타주}}
|{{dts|1896|01|04}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Struggle For Statehood Chronology|url=http://www.historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/statehood_and_the_progressive_era/struggleforstatehoodchronology.html|last=Thatcher|first=Linda|website=historytogo.utah.gov|date=2016|publisher=State of Utah|확인날짜=2021-01-17|archive-date=2016-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420100616/http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/statehood_and_the_progressive_era/struggleforstatehoodchronology.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Oklahoma"|46
|{{국기|오클라호마주}}
|{{dts|1907|11|16}}<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Today in History: November 16|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov16.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="New Mexico"|47
|{{국기|뉴멕시코주}}
|{{dts|1912|01|06}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Arizona"|48
|{{국기|애리조나주}}
|{{dts|1912|02|14}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Alaska"|49
|{{국기|알래스카주}}
|{{dts|1959|01|03}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|-
|data-sort-value="Hawaii"|50
|{{국기|하와이주}}
|{{dts|1959|08|21}}<br><small>(승인)</small>
|}

== 같이 보기 ==
* [[미주리 타협]]
* [[털리도 전쟁]]
* [[텍사스 합병]]
* [[1850년 타협]]
* [[피의 캔자스]]
* [[미국의 주]]
* [[51번째 주]]

== 각주 ==
{{각주}}
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== 외부 링크 ==
* {{웹 인용|url=http://www.history.com/topics/us-states |title=  U.S. States Videos |publisher= History.com}}
* {{웹 인용|url= http://www.50states.com/statehood.htm |title= Dates of statehood |publisher= 50states.com}}

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