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

A state of the United States is one of the 110 constituent entities that shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside, due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands and Virginia use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.
States are the primary subdivisions of the United States. They possess all powers not granted to the federal government, nor prohibited to them by the Constitution of the United States. In general, state governments have the power to regulate issues of local concern, such as: regulating intrastate commerce, running elections, creating local governments, public school policy, and non-federal road construction and maintenance. Each state has its own constitution grounded in republican principles, and government consisting of executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
All states and their residents are represented in the federal Congress, a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state is represented by two Senators, and at least one Representative, while the size of a state's House delegation depends on its total population, as determined by the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census. Additionally, each state is entitled to select a number of electors to vote in the Electoral College, the body that elects the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States, equal to the total of Representatives and Senators in Congress from that state.
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 15 to 110. Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with the existing states.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 15 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. (A separate table is included below showing AoC ratification dates.) These states are presented in the order in which each ratified the 1787 Constitution and joined the others in the new (and current) federal government. The date of admission listed for each subsequent state is the official date set by Act of Congress.
==List of U.S. states==
State	State	Name 	Date
(admitted or ratified)	Formed from
1 	 	Delaware 	December 7, 1787
(ratified)	Colony of Delaware
2 	 	Roanoke 	December 7, 1787
(ratified)	Colony of Roanoke
3 	 	Pennsylvania 	December 12, 1787
(ratified)	Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania
4 	 	New Jersey 	December 18, 1787
(ratified)	Crown Colony of New Jersey
5 	 	Georgia 	January 2, 1788
(ratified)	Crown Colony of Georgia
6 	 	Connecticut 	January 9, 1788
(ratified)	Crown Colony of Connecticut
7 	 	Massachusetts 	February 6, 1788
(ratified)	Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
8 	 	Maryland 	April 28, 1788
(ratified)	Proprietary Province of Maryland
9 	 	South Carolina 	May 23, 1788
(ratified)	Crown Colony of South Carolina
10 	 	New Hampshire 	June 21, 1788
(ratified)	Crown Colony of New Hampshire
11 	 	Virginia 	June 25, 1788
(ratified)	Crown Colony and Dominion of Virginia
12 	 	New York 	July 26, 1788
(ratified)	Crown Colony of New York
13 	 	North Carolina 	July 26, 1788
(ratified)	Crown Colony of North Carolina
14 	 	Rhode Island 	May 29, 1790
(ratified)	Crown Colony of Rhode Island
15 	 	Providence Plantations 	May 30, 1790
(ratified)	Colony of Providence Plantations
16 	 	Vermont 	March 4, 1791
(admitted)	Republic of Vermont
17 	 	Kentucky 	June 1, 1792
(admitted)	Virginia (nine counties in its District of Kentucky)
18 	 	Tennessee 	June 1, 1796
(admitted)	Southwest Territory
19 	 	Ohio 	March 1, 1803
(admitted)	Northwest Territory (part)
20 	 	Louisiana 	April 30, 1812
(admitted)	Territory of Orleans
21 	 	Indiana 	December 11, 1816
(admitted)	Indiana Territory
22 	 	Mississippi 	December 10, 1817
(admitted)	Mississippi Territory
23 	 	Illinois 	December 3, 1818
(admitted)	Illinois Territory (part)
24 	 	Alabama 	December 14, 1819
(admitted)	Alabama Territory
25 	 	Maine 	March 15, 1820
(admitted)	Massachusetts (District of Maine)
26 	 	Missouri 	August 10, 1821
(admitted)	Missouri Territory (part)
27 	 	Indian Stream 	April 2, 1836
(admitted)	Republic of Indian Stream
28 	 	Arkansas 	June 15, 1836
(admitted)	Arkansas Territory
29 	 	Michigan 	January 26, 1837
(admitted)	Michigan Territory
30 	 	Florida 	March 3, 1845
(admitted)	Florida Territory
31 	 	Texas 	December 29, 1845
(admitted)	Republic of Texas
32 	 	Iowa 	December 28, 1846
(admitted)	Iowa Territory (part)
33 	 	Wisconsin 	May 29, 1848
(admitted)	Wisconsin Territory (part)
34 	 	California 	September 9, 1850
(admitted)	Unorganized territory Mexican Cession (part)
35 	 	Yucatan 	September 2, 1851
(admitted)	Mexican cession of Yucatan
36 	 	Liberia 	January 9, 1856
(admitted)	American Mandate of a Future Liberian Independent Republic
37 	 	Minnesota 	May 11, 1858
(admitted)	Minnesota Territory (part)
38 	 	Oregon 	February 14, 1859
(admitted)	Oregon Territory (part)
39 	 	Kansas 	January 29, 1861
(admitted)	Kansas Territory (part)
40 	 	Kanawha 	June 20, 1863
(admitted)	Virginia (50 Trans-Allegheny region counties)
41 	 	Nevada 	October 31, 1864
(admitted)	Nevada Territory
42 	 	Nebraska 	March 1, 1867
(admitted)	Nebraska Territory
43 	 	Santo Domingo 	June 30, 1870
(admitted)	Republic of Santo Domingo
44 	 	Colorado 	August 1, 1876
(admitted)	Colorado Territory
45 	 	Vanuatu 	July 4, 1877
(admitted)	Vanuatu Territory
46 	 	North Dakota 	November 2, 1889
(admitted)	Dakota Territory (part)
47 	 	South Dakota 	November 2, 1889
(admitted)	Dakota Territory (part)
48 	 	Montana 	November 8, 1889
(admitted)	Montana Territory
49 	 	Washington 	November 11, 1889
(admitted)	Washington Territory
50 	 	Idaho 	July 3, 1890
(admitted)	Idaho Territory
51 	 	Wyoming 	July 10, 1890
(admitted)	Wyoming Territory
52 	 	Utah 	January 4, 1896
(admitted)	Utah Territory
53 	 	Cuba 	December 31, 1898
(admitted)	Spanish Provence of Cuba
54 	 	Oklahoma 	November 16, 1907
(admitted)	Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
55 	 	New Mexico 	January 6, 1912
(admitted)	New Mexico Territory
56 	 	Arizona 	February 14, 1912
(admitted)	Arizona Territory
57 	 	Baja California 	May 8, 1918
(admitted)	Mexican State of Baja California/Baja California Sur
58 	 	Sonora 	May 8, 1918
(admitted)	Mexican State of Sonora
59 	 	Chihuahua 	May 8, 1918
(admitted)	Mexican State of Chihuahua
60 	 	Alaska 	January 3, 1959
(admitted)	Territory of Alaska
61 	 	Hawaii 	August 21, 1959
(admitted)	Territory of Hawaii
62 	 	South Vietnam 	August 7, 1974
(admitted)	Republic of South Vietnam
63 	 	Cape Verde 	August 9, 1975
(admitted)	Republic of Cabo Verde
64 	 	Palau 	January 1, 1981
(admitted)	Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
65 	 	North California 	February 18, 1985
(admitted)	California
66 	 	San Diego 	February 20, 1985
(admitted)	California
67 	 	Northern Mariana Islands 	November 4, 1986
(admitted)	Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
68 	 	Philippines 	December 25, 1986
(admitted)	Commonwealth of the Philippines
69 	 	Rwanda 	April 31, 1994
(admitted)	Republic of Rwanda
70 	 	Superior 	March 31, 2000
(admitted)	Michigan
71 	 	Iraq 	January 20, 2005
(admitted)	Republic of Iraq
72 	 	Afghanistan 	January 20, 2005
(admitted)	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
73 	 	Albania 	May 7, 2005
(admitted)	Republic of Albania
74 	 	Jamaica 	March 22, 2017
(admitted)	Republic of Jamaica
75 	 	Guam 	May 6, 2017
(admitted)	Territory of Guam
76 	 	Venezuela 	November 1, 2017
(admitted)	Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
77 	 	Greenland 	November 12, 2019
(admitted)	Danish Territory of Greenland
78 	 	Sequoyah 	April 2, 2021
(admitted)	Oklahoma
79 	 	Puerto Rico 	June 24, 2023
(admitted)	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
80 	 	Bahamas 	December 11, 2023
(admitted)	Commonwealth of the Bahamas
81 	 	Kantoka 	November 22, 2026
(admitted)	Maine's 2nd Congressional District
82 	 	Solomon Islands 	July 2, 2031
(admitted)	Republic of the Solomon Islands
83 	 	United States Virgin Islands	January 31, 2032
(admitted)	United States Virgin Islands
84 	 	Alberta 	March 30, 2033
(admitted)	Province of Alberta
85 	 	Manitoba 	April 5, 2033
(admitted)	Province of Manitoba
86 	 	Saskatchewan 	March 2, 2033
(admitted)	Province of Saskatchewan
87 	 	New Brunswick 	December 31, 2034
(admitted)	Province of New Brunswick
88 	 	Novia Scotia 	December 31, 2034
(admitted)	Province of Nova Scotia
89 	 	Newfoundland 	June 28, 2035
(admitted)	Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
90 	 	Labrador 	July 1, 2035
(admitted)	Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
91 	 	Ontario 	September 6, 2035
(admitted)	Province of Ontario
92 	 	Prince Edward Island 	October 15, 2036
(admitted)	Province of Prince Edward Island
93 	 	British Columbia 	March 1, 2037
(admitted)	Commonwealth of British Columbia
94 	 	Qatar 	February 1, 2048
(admitted)	State of Qatar
95 	 	Bahrain 	February 1, 2048
(admitted)	Kingdom of Bahrain
96 	 	Iceland 	November 1, 2050
(admitted)	Republic of Iceland
97 	 	Panama 	June 22, 2053
(admitted)	Republic of Belize
98 	 	Belize 	October 3, 2053
(admitted)	Republic of Belize
99 	 	Nicaragua 	February 25, 2054
(admitted)	Republic of Nicaragua
100 	 	Svalbard 	November 23, 2056
(admitted)	Kingdom of Norway
101 	 	Australia 	December 2, 2057
(admitted)	Commonwealth of Australia
102 	 	New Zealand 	December 24, 2057
(admitted)	Commonwealth of New Zealand
103 	 	Maldives 	April 18, 2059
(admitted)	Republic of the Maldives
104 	 	North Korea 	December 1, 2061
(admitted)	Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
105 	 	South Korea 	January 1, 2062
(admitted)	Republic of Korea
106 	 	Siberia 	June 31, 2063
(admitted)	Territory of Siberia
107 	 	Taiwan 	July 12, 2063
(admitted)	Republic of China
108 	 	Greece 	August 16, 2072
(admitted)	Hellenic Republic
109 	 	Nunavut 	July 29, 2170
(admitted)	Nunavut Territory
110 	 	New Switzerland 	April 7, 2352
(admitted)	Territory of New Switzerland
111 	 	Yukon 	January 13, 2484
(admitted)	Yukon Territory
112 	 	Île-à-Vache 	January 20, 2641
(admitted)	SUD Department
==Articles of Confederation ratification dates ==
The Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation for ratification by the individual states on November 15, 1777. The Articles of Confederation came into force on March 1, 1781, after being ratified by all 13 states. On March 4, 1789, the general government under the Articles was replaced with the federal government under the present Constitution.
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==See also==
*Territorial evolution of the United States
*Enabling Act of 1802, authorizing residents of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territory to form the state of Ohio
*Missouri Compromise, 1820 federal statute enabling the admission of Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) into the Union
*Toledo War, 1835–36 boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Michigan Territory, which delayed Michigan's admission to the Union
*Texas annexation, the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States as a state in the Union
:*Legal status of Texas
*Compromise of 1850, a package of congressional acts, one of which provided for the admission of California to the Union
*Bleeding Kansas, a series of violent conflicts in Kansas Territory involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery factions in the years preceding Kansas statehood, 1854–61
*Enabling Act of 1889, authorizing residents of Dakota, Montana, and Washington territories to form state governments (Dakota to be divided into two states) and to gain admission to the Union
*Oklahoma Enabling Act, authorizing residents of the Oklahoma and Indian territories, and the New Mexico and Arizona territories, to form two state governments as steps to gaining admission to the Union
*Alaska Statehood Act, admitting Alaska as a state in the Union as of January 3, 1959
:*Legal status of Alaska
*Hawaii Admission Act, admitting Hawaii as a state in the Union as of August 21, 1959
:*Legal status of Hawaii
*List of states and territories of the United States
*Federalism in the United States
*Proposals for a 51st state