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Ranked by Date that State Entered the Union

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RANK STATE DATE ENTERED THE UNION

1 Delaware December 7, 1787

2 Pennsylvania December 12, 1787

3 New Jersey December 18, 1787

4 Georgia January 2, 1788

5 Connecticut January 9, 1788

6 Massachusetts February 6, 1788

7 Maryland April 28, 1788

8 South Carolina May 23, 1788

9 New Hampshire June 21, 1788

10 Virginia June 25, 1788

11 New York July 26, 1788

12 North Carolina November 21, 1789

13 Rhode Island May 29, 1790

14 Vermont March 4, 1791

15 Kentucky June 1, 1792

16 Tennessee June 1, 1796

17 Ohio March 1, 1803

18 Louisiana April 30, 1812

19 Indiana December 11, 1816

20 Mississippi December 10, 1817

21 Illinois December 3, 1818

22 Alabama December 14, 1819

23 Maine March 15, 1820

24 Missouri August 10, 1821

25 Arkansas June 15, 1836

26 Michigan January 26, 1837

27 Florida March 3, 1845

28 Texas December 29, 1845

29 Iowa December 28, 1846

30 Wisconsin May 29, 1848

31 California September 9, 1850

32 Minnesota May 11, 1858

33 Oregon February 14, 1859

34 Kansas January 29, 1861

35 West Virginia June 20, 1863

36 Nevada October 31, 1864

37 Nebraska March 1, 1867

38 Colorado August 1, 1876

39 North Dakota November 2, 1889

40 South Dakota November 2, 1889

41 Montana November 8, 1889

42 Washington November 11, 1889

43 Idaho July 3, 1890

44 Wyoming July 10, 1890

45 Utah January 4, 1896

46 Oklahoma November 16, 1907

47 New Mexico January 6, 1912

48 Arizona February 14, 1912

49 Alaska January 3, 1959

50 Hawaii August 21, 1959

Washington, D.C. February 21, 1871

Updated on 27 May 2008

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