United States

=Alphabetical listing=
* Alabama - Montgomery
* Alaska - Juneau
* Arizona - Phoenix
* Arkansas - Little Rock
* California - Sacramento
* Colorado - Denver
* Connecticut - Hartford
* Delaware - Dover
* Florida - Tallahassee
* Georgia - Atlanta
* Hawaii - Honolulu
* Idaho - Boise 
* Illinois - Springfield
* Indiana - Indianapolis
* Iowa - Des Moines
* Kansas - Topeka 
* Kentucky - Frankfort 
* Louisiana - Baton Rouge 
* Maine - Augusta 
* Maryland - Annapolis 
* Massachusetts - Boston 
* Michigan - Lansing 
* Minnesota - Saint Paul 
* Mississippi - Jackson 
* Missouri - Jefferson City 
* Montana - Helena 
* Nebraska - Lincoln 
* Nevada - Carson City 
* New Hampshire - Concord 
* New Jersey - Trenton 
* New Mexico - Santa Fe 
* New York - Albany 
* North Carolina - Raleigh 
* North Dakota - Bismarck 
* Ohio - Columbus 
* Oklahoma - Oklahoma City 
* Oregon - Salem 
* Pennsylvania - Harrisburg 
* Rhode Island - Providence 
* South Carolina - Columbia 
* South Dakota - Pierre 
* Tennessee - Nashville 
* Texas - Austin 
* Utah - Salt Lake City 
* Vermont - Montpelier 
* Virginia - Richmond 
* Washington - Olympia 
* West Virginia - Charleston 
* Wisconsin - Madison 
* Wyoming - Cheyenne
Note: Naming after cities can cause confusion. Such as, "I can't reach Cheyenne."
=Listing in order of admission to the Union=
==States==
#		State 	Ratification‡ or Admission	Preceding Entity
1		Delaware 	‡ 	Lower Counties on Delaware, then sovereign state in Confederation
2		Pennsylvania	‡ 	Province of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation
3		New Jersey 	‡ 	Province of New Jersey, then sovereign state in Confederation
4		Georgia 	‡ 	Province of Georgia, then sovereign state in Confederation
5		Connecticut 	‡ 	Connecticut Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation
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|Massachusetts
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|Province of Massachusetts Bay, then sovereign state in Confederation
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|Maryland
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|Province of Maryland, then sovereign state in Confederation
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|South Carolina
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|Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
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|New Hampshire
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|Province of New Hampshire, then sovereign state in Confederation
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|Virginia
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|Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation
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|New York
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|Province of New York, then sovereign state in Confederation
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|North Carolina
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|Province of North Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
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|Rhode Island [and Providence Plantations]
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|Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, then sovereign state
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|Vermont
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|Province of New York and New Hampshire Grants (ownership disputed), Vermont Republic
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|Kentucky
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|Virginia (Kentucky County)
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|Tennessee
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|Province of North Carolina, Southwest Territory
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|Ohio
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|Northwest Territory
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|Louisiana
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|Territory of Orleans
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|Indiana
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|Indiana Territory
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|Mississippi
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|Mississippi Territory
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|Illinois
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|Illinois Territory
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|Alabama
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|Alabama Territory
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|Maine
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| District of Maine in Massachusetts
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|Missouri
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|Missouri Territory
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|Arkansas
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|Arkansas Territory
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|Michigan
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|Michigan Territory
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|Florida
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|Florida Territory
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|Texas
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|Republic of Texas
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|Iowa
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|Iowa Territory
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|Wisconsin
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|Wisconsin Territory
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|California
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|California Republic
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|Minnesota
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|Minnesota Territory
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|Oregon
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|Oregon Territory
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|Kansas
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|Kansas Territory
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|West Virginia
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|Virginia (divided up)
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|Nevada
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|Nevada Territory
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|Nebraska
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|Nebraska Territory
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|Colorado
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|Colorado Territory
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|North Dakota
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|Dakota Territory
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|South Dakota
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|Dakota Territory
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|Montana
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|Montana Territory
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|Washington
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|Washington Territory
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|Idaho
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|Idaho Territory
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|Wyoming
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|Wyoming Territory
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|Utah
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|Utah Territory
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|Oklahoma
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|Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
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|New Mexico
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|New Mexico Territory
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|Arizona
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|Arizona Territory
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|Alaska
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|Russia and then Alaska Territory
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|Hawaii
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|Kingdom of Hawai'i, Republic of Hawai'i and then Hawaii Territory
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