State Date (admitted or ratified) Formed from Delaware 000000001787 - 12 - 07 - 0000 December 7, 1787 (ratified) Crown Colony of Delaware Pennsylvania 000000001787 - 12 - 12 - 0000 December 12, 1787 (ratified) Crown Colony of Pennsylvania New Jersey 000000001787 - 12 - 18 - 0000 December 18, 1787 (ratified) Crown Colony of New Jersey Georgia 000000001788 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1788 (ratified) Crown Colony of Georgia 5 Connecticut 000000001788 - 01 - 09 - 0000 January 9, 1788 (ratified) Crown Colony of Connecticut 6 Massachusetts 000000001788 - 02 - 06 - 0000 February 6, 1788 (ratified) Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay 7 Maryland 000000001788 - 04 - 28 - 0000 April 28, 1788 (ratified) Crown Colony of Maryland 8 South Carolina 000000001788 - 05 - 23 - 0000 May 23, 1788 (ratified) Crown Colony of South Carolina 9 New Hampshire 000000001788 - 06 - 21 - 0000 June 21, 1788 (ratified) Crown Colony of New Hampshire 10 Virginia 000000001788 - 06 - 25 - 0000 June 25, 1788 (ratified) Crown Colony of Virginia 11 New York 000000001788 - 07 - 26 - 0000 July 26, 1788 (ratified) Crown Colony of New York 12 North Carolina 000000001789 - 11 - 21 - 0000 November 21, 1789 (ratified) Crown Colony of North Carolina 13 Rhode Island 000000001790 - 05 - 29 - 0000 May 29, 1790 (ratified) Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 14 Vermont 000000001791 - 03 - 04 - 0000 March 4, 1791 (admitted) Vermont! Vermont Republic 15 Kentucky 000000001792 - 06 - 01 - 0000 June 1, 1792 (admitted) Virginia (District of Kentucky: Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties) 16 Tennessee 000000001796 - 06 - 01 - 0000 June 1, 1796 (admitted) Southwest Territory 17 Ohio 000000001803 - 03 - 01 - 0000 March 1, 1803 (admitted) Northwest Territory (part) 18 Louisiana 000000001812 - 04 - 30 - 0000 April 30, 1812 (admitted) Orleans! Territory of Orleans 19 Indiana 000000001816 - 12 - 11 - 0000 December 11, 1816 (admitted) Indiana Territory 20 Mississippi 000000001817 - 12 - 10 - 0000 December 10, 1817 (admitted) Mississippi Territory 21 Illinois 000000001818 - 12 - 03 - 0000 December 3, 1818 (admitted) Illinois Territory (part) 22 Alabama 000000001819 - 12 - 14 - 0000 December 14, 1819 (admitted) Alabama Territory 23 Maine 000000001820 - 03 - 15 - 0000 March 15, 1820 (admitted) Massachusetts (District of Maine) 24 Missouri 000000001821 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1821 (admitted) Missouri Territory (part) 25 Arkansas 000000001836 - 06 - 15 - 0000 June 15, 1836 (admitted) Arkansas Territory 26 Michigan 000000001837 - 01 - 26 - 0000 January 26, 1837 (admitted) Michigan Territory 27 Florida 000000001845 - 03 - 03 - 0000 March 3, 1845 (admitted) Florida Territory 28 Texas 000000001845 - 12 - 29 - 0000 December 29, 1845 (admitted) Texas! Republic of Texas 29 Iowa 000000001846 - 12 - 28 - 0000 December 28, 1846 (admitted) Iowa Territory (part) 30 Wisconsin 000000001848 - 05 - 29 - 0000 May 29, 1848 (admitted) Wisconsin Territory (part) 31 California 000000001850 - 09 - 09 - 0000 September 9, 1850 (admitted) Unorganized! unorganized territory (part) 32 Minnesota 000000001858 - 05 - 11 - 0000 May 11, 1858 (admitted) Minnesota Territory (part) 33 Oregon 000000001859 - 02 - 14 - 0000 February 14, 1859 (admitted) Oregon Territory (part) 34 Kansas 000000001861 - 01 - 29 - 0000 January 29, 1861 (admitted) Kansas Territory (part) 35 West Virginia 000000001863 - 06 - 20 - 0000 June 20, 1863 (admitted) Virginia (Trans - Allegheny region counties) 36 Nevada 000000001864 - 10 - 31 - 0000 October 31, 1864 (admitted) Nevada Territory 37 Nebraska 000000001867 - 03 - 01 - 0000 March 1, 1867 (admitted) Nebraska Territory 38 Colorado 000000001876 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 1, 1876 (admitted) Colorado Territory 39 North Dakota 000000001889 - 11 - 02 - 0000 November 2, 1889 (admitted) Dakota Territory (part) 40 South Dakota 000000001889 - 11 - 02 - 0000 November 2, 1889 (admitted) Dakota Territory (part) 41 Montana 000000001889 - 11 - 08 - 0000 November 8, 1889 (admitted) Montana Territory 42 Washington 000000001889 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 1889 (admitted) Washington Territory 43 Idaho 000000001890 - 07 - 03 - 0000 July 3, 1890 (admitted) Idaho Territory 44 Wyoming 000000001890 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1890 (admitted) Wyoming Territory 45 Utah 000000001896 - 01 - 04 - 0000 January 4, 1896 (admitted) Utah Territory 46 Oklahoma 000000001907 - 11 - 16 - 0000 November 16, 1907 (admitted) Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory 47 New Mexico 000000001912 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1912 (admitted) New Mexico Territory 48 Arizona 000000001912 - 02 - 14 - 0000 February 14, 1912 (admitted) Arizona Territory 49 Alaska 000000001959 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1959 (admitted) Alaska! Territory of Alaska 50 Hawaii 000000001959 - 08 - 21 - 0000 August 21, 1959 (admitted) Hawaii! Territory of Hawaii
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Delaware Delaware