Dates of Statehood for 50 U.S. States

From the Colonial Period through the current day, the United States has gradually become the Country as we know it today. The following table is a list of all fifty states and their respective dates of statehood. Listed in chronological order by their dates of admission and also alphabetically. You can use this as a reference when researching the United States Federal Census.

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State		Date of Statehood
Delaware		December 07, 1787
Pennsylvania		December 12, 1787
New Jersey		December 18, 1787
Georgia		January 02, 1788
Connecticut		January 09, 1788
Massachusetts		February 06, 1788
Maryland		April 28, 1788
South Carolina		May 23, 1788
New Hampshire		June 21, 1788
Virginia		June 25, 1788
New York		July 26, 1788
North Carolina		November 21, 1789
Rhode Island		May 29, 1790
Vermont		March 04, 1791
Kentucky		June 01, 1792
Tennessee		June 01, 1796
Ohio		March 01, 1803
Louisiana		April 30, 1812
Indiana		December 11, 1816
Mississippi		December 10, 1817
Illinois		December 03, 1818
Alabama		December 14, 1819
Maine		March 15, 1820
Missouri		August 10, 1821
Arkansas		June 15, 1836
Michigan		January 26, 1837
Florida		March 03, 1845
Texas		December 29, 1845
Iowa		December 28, 1846
Wisconsin		May 29, 1848
California		September 09, 1850
Minnesota		May 11, 1858
Oregon		February 14, 1859
Kansas		January 29, 1861
West Virginia		June 20, 1863
Nevada		October 31, 1864
Nebraska		March 01, 1867
Colorado		August 01, 1876
North Dakota		November 02, 1889
South Dakota		November 02, 1889
Montana		November 08, 1889
Washington		November 11, 1889
Idaho		July 03, 1890
Wyoming		July 10, 1890
Utah		January 04, 1896
Oklahoma		November 16, 1907
New Mexico		January 06, 1912
Arizona		February 14, 1912
Alaska		January 03, 1959
Hawaii		August 21, 1959

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