States--In Order of Admission
Postal Abbreviations, Capitals, Dates of Admission
State
Abbr
Capital
Admitted
Delaware
DE
Dover
1787-12-07
Pennsylvania
PA
Harrisburg
1787-12-12
New Jersey
NJ
Trenton
1787-12-18
Georgia
GA
Atlanta
1788-01-02
Connecticut
CT
Hartford
1788-01-09
Massachusetts
MA
Boston
1788-02-06
Maryland
MD
Annapolis
1788-04-28
South Carolina
SC
Columbia
1788-05-23
New Hampshire
NH
Concord
1788-06-21
Virginia
VA
Richmond
1788-06-25
New York
NY
Albany
1788-07-26
North Carolina
NC
Raleigh
1789-11-21
Rhode Island
RI
Providence
1790-05-29
Vermont
VT
Montpelier
1791-03-04
Kentucky
KY
Frankfort
1792-06-01
Tennessee
TN
Nashville
1796-06-01
Ohio
OH
Columbus
1803-03-01
Louisiana
LA
Baton Rouge
1812-04-30
Indiana
IN
Indianapolis
1816-12-11
Mississippi
MS
Jackson
1817-12-10
Illinois
IL
Springfield
1818-12-03
Alabama
AL
Montgomery
1819-12-14
Maine
ME
Augusta
1820-03-15
Missouri
MO
Jefferson City
1821-08-10
Arkansas
AR
Little Rock
1836-06-15
Michigan
MI
Lansing
1837-01-26
Florida
FL
Tallahassee
1845-03-03
Texas
TX
Austin
1845-12-29
Iowa
IA
Des Moines
1846-12-28
Wisconsin
WI
Madison
1848-05-29
California
CA
Sacramento
1850-09-09
Minnesota
MN
St. Paul
1858-05-11
Oregon
OR
Salem
1859-02-14
Kansas
KS
Topeka
1861-01-29
West Virginia
WV
Charleston
1863-06-20
Nevada
NV
Carson City
1864-10-31
Nebraska
NE
Lincoln
1867-03-01
Colorado
CO
Denver
1876-08-01
North Dakota
ND
Bismarck
1889-11-02
South Dakota
SD
Pierre
1889-11-02
Montana
MT
Helena
1889-11-08
Washington
WA
Olympia
1889-11-11
Idaho
ID
Boise
1890-07-03
Wyoming
WY
Cheyenne
1890-07-10
Utah
UT
Salt Lake City
1896-01-04
Oklahoma
OK
Oklahoma City
1907-11-16
New Mexico
NM
Santa Fe
1912-01-06
Arizona
AZ
Phoenix
1912-02-14
Alaska
AK
Juneau
1959-01-03
Hawaii
HI
Honolulu
1959-08-21
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