States’ Order of Entry into the Union
ORDER STATE DATE
01 DE DELAWARE 12/07/1787
02 PA PENNSYLVANIA 12/12/1787
03 NJ NEW JERSEY 12/18/1787
04 GA GEORGIA 01/02/1788
05 CT CONNECTICUT 01/09/1788
06 MA MASSACHUSTTS 02/06/1788
07 MD MARYLAND 04/28/1788
08 SC SOUTH CAROLINA 05/23/1788
09 NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 06/21/1788
10 VA VIRGINIA 06/26/1788
11 NY NEW YORK 07/26/1788
12 NC NORTH CAROLINA 11/21/1789
13 RI RHODE ISLAND 05/29/1790
14 VT VERMONT 03/04/1791
15 KY KENTUCKY 06/01/1792
16 TN TENNESEE 06/02/1796
17 OH OHIO 03/01/1803
18 LA LOUISANA 04/30/1812
19 IN INDIANA 12/11/1816
20 MS MISSISSIPPI 12/10/1817
21 IL ILLINOIS 12/03/1818
22 AL ALABAMA 12/14/1819
23 ME MAINE 03/15/1820
24 MO MISSOURI 08/10/1821
25 AR ARKANSAS 06/15/1836
26 MI MICHIGAN 01/26/1837
27 FL FLORIDA 03/03/1845
28 TX TEXAS 12/29/1845
29 LA LOUSIANA 12/28/1846
30 WI WISCONSIN 05/29/1848
31 CA CALIFORNIA 09/09/1850
32 MN MINNESOTA 05/11/1858
33 OR OREGON 02/14/1859
34 KS KANSAS 01/29/1861
35 WV WEST VIRGINIA 06/20/1863
36 NV NEVADA 10/31/1864
37 NE NEBRASKA 03/01/1867
38 CO COLORADO 08/01/1876
39 ND NORTH DAKOTA 11/02/1889
40 SD SOUTH DAKOTA 11/02/1889
41 MT MONTANA 11/08/1889
42 WA WASHINGTON 11/11/1889
43 ID IDAHO 07/03/1890
44 WY WYOMING 07/10/1890
45 UT UTAH 01/04/1896
46 OK OKLAHOMA 11/16/1907
47 NM NEW MEXICO 01/06/1912
48 AZ ARIZONA 02/14/1912
49 AK ALASKA 01/03/1959
50 HI HAWAII 08/21/1959
Author Notes:
This is the last entry for the series of Knowing America through Poetry. For the last 50 weeks every Monday a post was listed in alphabetical order of each state in our union. Both historical and educational and some fun facts all through poetry. Sincerely hope you all enjoyed the reading about our country the United States of America!
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