US States and When They Were Admitted to the Union
State |
State Abbreviation |
Capital |
Admitted to Union |
President at Admission |
Delaware |
DE |
Dover |
December 7, 1787 |
None |
Pennsylvania |
PA |
Harrisburg |
December 12, 1787 |
None |
New Jersey |
NJ |
Trenton |
December 18, 1787 |
None |
Georgia |
GA |
Atlanta |
January 2, 1788 |
None |
Connecticut |
CT |
Hartford |
January 9, 1788 |
None |
Massachusetts |
MA |
Boston |
February 6, 1788 |
None |
Maryland |
MD |
Annapolis |
April 28, 1788 |
None |
South Carolina |
SC |
Columbia |
May 23, 1788 |
None |
New Hampshire |
NH |
Concord |
June 21, 1788 |
None |
Virginia |
VA |
Richmond |
June 25, 1788 |
None |
New York |
NY |
Albany |
July 26, 1788 |
None |
North Carolina |
NC |
Raleigh |
November 21, 1789 |
George Washington |
Rhode Island |
RI |
Providence |
May 29, 1790 |
George Washington |
Vermont |
VT |
Montpelier |
March 4, 1791 |
George Washington |
Kentucky |
KY |
Frankfort |
June 1, 1792 |
George Washington |
Tennessee |
TN |
Nashville |
June 1, 1796 |
George Washington |
Ohio |
OH |
Columbus |
March 1, 1803 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Louisiana |
LA |
Baton Rouge |
April 30, 1812 |
James Madison |
Indiana |
IN |
Indianapolis |
December 11, 1816 |
James Madison |
Mississippi |
MS |
Jackson |
December 10, 1817 |
James Monroe |
Illinois |
IL |
Springfield |
December 3, 1818 |
James Monroe |
Alabama |
AL |
Montgomery |
December 14, 1819 |
James Monroe |
Maine |
ME |
Augusta |
March 15, 1820 |
James Monroe |
Missouri |
MO |
Jefferson City |
August 10, 1821 |
James Monroe |
Arkansas |
AR |
Little Rock |
June 15, 1836 |
Andrew Jackson |
Michigan |
MI |
Lansing |
January 26, 1837 |
Andrew Jackson |
Florida |
FL |
Tallahassee |
March 3, 1845 |
John Tyler |
Texas |
TX |
Austin |
December 29, 1845 |
James Knox Polk |
Iowa |
IA |
Des Moines |
December 28, 1846 |
James Knox Polk |
Wisconsin |
WI |
Madison |
May 29, 1848 |
James Knox Polk |
California |
CA |
Sacramento |
September 9, 1850 |
Millard Fillmore |
Minnesota |
MN |
St. Paul |
May 11, 1858 |
James Buchanan |
Oregon |
OR |
Salem |
February 14, 1859 |
James Buchanan |
Kansas |
KS |
Topeka |
January 29, 1861 |
James Buchanan |
West Virginia |
WV |
Charleston |
June 20, 1863 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Nevada |
NV |
Carson City |
October 31, 1864 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Nebraska |
NE |
Lincoln |
March 1, 1867 |
Andrew Johnson |
Colorado |
CO |
Denver |
August 1, 1876 |
Ulysses Simpson Grant |
North Dakota |
ND |
Bismarck |
November 2, 1889 |
Benjamin Harrison |
South Dakota |
SD |
Pierre |
November 2, 1889 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Montana |
MT |
Helena |
November 8, 1889 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Washington |
WA |
Olympia |
November 11, 1889 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Idaho |
ID |
Boise |
July 3, 1890 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Wyoming |
WY |
Cheyenne |
July 10, 1890 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Utah |
UT |
Salt Lake City |
January 4, 1896 |
Grover Cleveland |
Oklahoma |
OK |
Oklahoma City |
November 16, 1907 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
New Mexico |
NM |
Santa Fe |
January 6, 1912 |
William Howard Taft |
Arizona |
AZ |
Phoenix |
February 14, 1912 |
William Howard Taft |
Alaska |
AK |
Juneau |
January 3, 1959 |
Dwight David Eisenhower |
Hawaii |
HI |
Honolulu |
August 21, 1959 |
Dwight David Eisenhower |