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