State
|
Date
(admitted or ratified)
|
Formed from
|
1
|
Delaware
|
December 7, 1787
[8]
(ratified)
|
Colony of Delaware
[b]
|
2
|
Pennsylvania
|
December 12, 1787
[10]
(ratified)
|
Proprietary Province
of
Pennsylvania
|
3
|
New Jersey
|
December 18, 1787
[11]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony
of
New Jersey
|
4
|
Georgia
|
January 2, 1788
[8]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony of
Georgia
|
5
|
Connecticut
|
January 9, 1788
[12]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony of
Connecticut
|
6
|
Massachusetts
|
February 6, 1788
[8]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony of
Massachusetts Bay
|
7
|
Maryland
|
April 28, 1788
[8]
(ratified)
|
Proprietary Province of
Maryland
|
8
|
South Carolina
|
May 23, 1788
[8]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony of
South Carolina
|
9
|
New Hampshire
|
June 21, 1788
[8]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony of
New Hampshire
|
10
|
Virginia
|
June 25, 1788
[8]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony and Dominion of
Virginia
|
11
|
New York
|
July 26, 1788
[13]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony of
New York
|
12
|
North Carolina
|
November 21, 1789
[14]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony of
North Carolina
|
13
|
Rhode Island
|
May 29, 1790
[8]
(ratified)
|
Crown Colony of
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
|
14
|
Vermont
|
March 4, 1791
[15]
(admitted)
|
Vermont Republic
[c]
|
15
|
Kentucky
|
June 1, 1792
[16]
(admitted)
|
Virginia (
nine
counties in its
District of Kentucky
[d]
)
|
16
|
Tennessee
|
June 1, 1796
[18]
(admitted)
|
Southwest Territory
|
17
|
Ohio
|
March 1, 1803
[19]
[e]
(admitted)
|
Northwest Territory
(part)
|
18
|
Louisiana
|
April 30, 1812
[21]
(admitted)
|
Territory of Orleans
|
19
|
Indiana
|
December 11, 1816
(admitted)
|
Indiana Territory
|
20
|
Mississippi
|
December 10, 1817
[22]
(admitted)
|
Mississippi Territory
|
21
|
Illinois
|
December 3, 1818
[23]
(admitted)
|
Illinois Territory
(part)
|
22
|
Alabama
|
December 14, 1819
[24]
(admitted)
|
Alabama Territory
|
23
|
Maine
|
March 15, 1820
[25]
(admitted)
|
Massachusetts (
District of Maine
[f]
)
|
24
|
Missouri
|
August 10, 1821
[26]
(admitted)
|
Missouri Territory
(part)
|
25
|
Arkansas
|
June 15, 1836
[27]
(admitted)
|
Arkansas Territory
|
26
|
Michigan
|
January 26, 1837
[28]
(admitted)
|
Michigan Territory
|
27
|
Florida
|
March 3, 1845
(admitted)
|
Florida Territory
|
28
|
Texas
|
December 29, 1845
[29]
(admitted)
|
Republic of Texas
|
29
|
Iowa
|
December 28, 1846
(admitted)
|
Iowa Territory
(part)
|
30
|
Wisconsin
|
May 29, 1848
[30]
(admitted)
|
Wisconsin Territory
(part)
|
31
|
California
|
September 9, 1850
[31]
(admitted)
|
Unorganized territory
/
Mexican Cession
(part)
[g]
|
32
|
Minnesota
|
May 11, 1858
[32]
(admitted)
|
Minnesota Territory
(part)
|
33
|
Oregon
|
February 14, 1859
(admitted)
|
Oregon Territory
(part)
|
34
|
Kansas
|
January 29, 1861
[33]
(admitted)
|
Kansas Territory
(part)
|
35
|
West Virginia
|
June 20, 1863
[34]
(admitted)
|
Virginia (
50
Trans-
Allegheny
region counties
[h]
)
|
36
|
Nevada
|
October 31, 1864
(admitted)
|
Nevada Territory
|
37
|
Nebraska
|
March 1, 1867
(admitted)
|
Nebraska Territory
|
38
|
Colorado
|
August 1, 1876
[37]
(admitted)
|
Colorado Territory
|
39
|
North Dakota
|
November 2, 1889
[38]
[i]
(admitted)
|
Dakota Territory
(part)
|
40
|
South Dakota
|
November 2, 1889
[38]
[i]
(admitted)
|
Dakota Territory
(part)
|
41
|
Montana
|
November 8, 1889
[41]
(admitted)
|
Montana Territory
|
42
|
Washington
|
November 11, 1889
[42]
(admitted)
|
Washington Territory
|
43
|
Idaho
|
July 3, 1890
(admitted)
|
Idaho Territory
|
44
|
Wyoming
|
July 10, 1890
(admitted)
|
Wyoming Territory
|
45
|
Utah
|
January 4, 1896
[43]
(admitted)
|
Utah Territory
|
46
|
Oklahoma
|
November 16, 1907
[44]
(admitted)
|
Oklahoma Territory
and
Indian Territory
|
47
|
New Mexico
|
January 6, 1912
(admitted)
|
New Mexico Territory
|
48
|
Arizona
|
February 14, 1912
(admitted)
|
Arizona Territory
|
49
|
Alaska
|
January 3, 1959
(admitted)
|
Territory of Alaska
|
50
|
Hawaii
|
August 21, 1959
(admitted)
|
Territory of Hawaii
|