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Delaware |
December 7, 1787[2] |
Lower Counties on Delaware i.e. lower counties of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state inConfederation |
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Pennsylvania |
December 12, 1787[2] |
Province of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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New Jersey |
December 18, 1787[2] |
Province of New Jersey, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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Georgia |
January 2, 1788[2] |
Province of Georgia, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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Connecticut |
January 9, 1788[2] |
Connecticut Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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Massachusetts |
February 6, 1788[2] |
Province of Massachusetts Bay, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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Maryland |
April 28, 1788[2] |
Province of Maryland, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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South Carolina |
May 23, 1788[2] |
Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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New Hampshire |
June 21, 1788[2] |
Province of New Hampshire, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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Virginia |
June 25, 1788[2] |
Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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New York |
July 26, 1788[2] |
Province of New York, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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North Carolina |
November 21, 1789[2] |
Province of North Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation |
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Rhode Island |
May 29, 1790[2] |
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, then sovereign state |
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Vermont |
March 4, 1791 |
Province of New York and New Hampshire Grants (ownership disputed), Vermont Republic |
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Kentucky |
June 1, 1792 |
Split off from Virginia with consent of that state. The former huge, westmost Kentucky County |
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Tennessee |
June 1, 1796 |
Formed from western land donated to the Federal Government by North Carolina |
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Ohio |
March 1, 1803[1] |
The Northwest Territory, land donated to the Federal Government by the East Coast states such as Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut, and New York |
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Louisiana |
April 30, 1812 |
Territory of Orleans |
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Indiana |
December 11, 1816 |
Indiana Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory |
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Mississippi |
December 10, 1817 |
Mississippi Territory, formed from land donated to the Federal Government by Georgia |
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Illinois |
December 3, 1818 |
Illinois Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory |
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Alabama |
December 14, 1819 |
Alabama Territory, formed from the Mississippi Territory, formerly part of the State of Georgia |
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Maine |
March 19, 1820 |
Split off from Massachusetts with consent of that state (the former District of Maine) |
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Missouri |
August 10, 1821 |
Missouri Territory |
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Arkansas |
June 15, 1836 |
Arkansas Territory |
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Michigan |
January 26, 1837 |
Michigan Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory |
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Florida |
March 3, 1845 |
Florida Territory |
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Texas |
December 29, 1845 |
Republic of Texas |
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Iowa |
December 28, 1846 |
Iowa Territory |
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Wisconsin |
May 29, 1848 |
Wisconsin Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory |
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California |
September 9, 1850 |
Directly admitted from the Mexican Cession |
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Minnesota |
May 11, 1858 |
Minnesota Territory |
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Oregon |
February 14, 1859 |
Oregon Territory |
Not part of the United States before/in 1860, but was close..
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