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The 50 states

The United States has 50 states, admitted between 1787, when Delaware ratified the Constitution, and 1959, when Alaska and Hawaii joined. This table lists every state with its capital, the date and order in which it joined the Union, its population in 2025 and its total area. Select a column heading to sort.

Checked against state law and official sources · verified October 23, 2026

StateCapital OrderStatehood Population, 2025Area, sq mi
Alabama Montgomery 22 December 14, 1819 5,193,088 52,420
Alaska Juneau 49 January 3, 1959 737,270 665,384
Arizona Phoenix 48 February 14, 1912 7,623,818 113,990
Arkansas Little Rock 25 June 15, 1836 3,114,791 53,179
California Sacramento 31 September 9, 1850 39,355,309 163,695
Colorado Denver 38 August 1, 1876 6,012,561 104,094
Connecticut Hartford 5 January 9, 1788 3,688,496 5,543
Delaware Dover 1 December 7, 1787 1,059,952 2,489
Florida Tallahassee 27 March 3, 1845 23,462,518 65,758
Georgia Atlanta 4 January 2, 1788 11,302,748 59,425
Hawaii Honolulu 50 August 21, 1959 1,432,820 10,932
Idaho Boise 43 July 3, 1890 2,029,733 83,569
Illinois Springfield 21 December 3, 1818 12,719,141 57,914
Indiana Indianapolis 19 December 11, 1816 6,973,333 36,420
Iowa Des Moines 29 December 28, 1846 3,238,387 56,273
Kansas Topeka 34 January 29, 1861 2,977,220 82,278
Kentucky Frankfort 15 June 1, 1792 4,606,864 40,408
Louisiana Baton Rouge 18 April 30, 1812 4,618,189 52,378
Maine Augusta 23 March 15, 1820 1,414,874 35,380
Maryland Annapolis 7 April 28, 1788 6,265,347 12,406
Massachusetts Boston 6 February 6, 1788 7,154,084 10,554
Michigan Lansing 26 January 26, 1837 10,127,884 96,714
Minnesota Saint Paul 32 May 11, 1858 5,830,405 86,936
Mississippi Jackson 20 December 10, 1817 2,954,160 48,432
Missouri Jefferson City 24 August 10, 1821 6,270,541 69,707
Montana Helena 41 November 8, 1889 1,144,694 147,040
Nebraska Lincoln 37 March 1, 1867 2,018,006 77,348
Nevada Carson City 36 October 31, 1864 3,282,188 110,572
New Hampshire Concord 9 June 21, 1788 1,415,342 9,349
New Jersey Trenton 3 December 18, 1787 9,548,215 8,723
New Mexico Santa Fe 47 January 6, 1912 2,125,498 121,590
New York Albany 11 July 26, 1788 20,002,427 54,555
North Carolina Raleigh 12 November 21, 1789 11,197,968 53,819
North Dakota Bismarck 39 November 2, 1889 799,358 70,698
Ohio Columbus 17 March 1, 1803 11,900,510 44,826
Oklahoma Oklahoma City 46 November 16, 1907 4,123,288 69,899
Oregon Salem 33 February 14, 1859 4,273,586 98,379
Pennsylvania Harrisburg 2 December 12, 1787 13,059,432 46,054
Rhode Island Providence 13 May 29, 1790 1,114,521 1,545
South Carolina Columbia 8 May 23, 1788 5,570,274 32,020
South Dakota Pierre 40 November 2, 1889 935,094 77,116
Tennessee Nashville 16 June 1, 1796 7,315,076 42,144
Texas Austin 28 December 29, 1845 31,709,821 268,596
Utah Salt Lake City 45 January 4, 1896 3,538,904 84,897
Vermont Montpelier 14 March 4, 1791 644,663 9,616
Virginia Richmond 10 June 25, 1788 8,880,107 42,775
Washington Olympia 42 November 11, 1889 8,001,020 71,298
West Virginia Charleston 35 June 20, 1863 1,766,147 24,230
Wisconsin Madison 30 May 29, 1848 5,972,787 65,496
Wyoming Cheyenne 44 July 10, 1890 588,753 97,813

Reading the table

The order column shows when each state joined: the first 13 by ratifying the US Constitution, the rest by an act of Congress or a presidential proclamation. North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted on the same day, November 2, 1889; President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the papers so that no one would know which he signed first, and they are numbered 39 and 40 in alphabetical order.

Population figures are the Census Bureau’s estimates for July 1, 2025. Area is total area, land and water together, from the Census Bureau’s state area measurements; for states on the Great Lakes or the coast, the water share can be large, as in Michigan, where more than 40 percent of the total is water.

Each state’s name links to its page, with its history, capital, flag and every official symbol.

Questions people ask

How many states are there?
Fifty. Washington, DC, is a federal district, not a state, and Puerto Rico and the other territories are not states either.
Which states joined the Union last?
Alaska, on January 3, 1959, and Hawaii, on August 21, 1959. Before them, the most recent were Arizona and New Mexico, both in 1912.
Which state has the most people?
California, with about 39.4 million residents in 2025, followed by Texas with about 31.7 million.
Which states are the largest by area?
Alaska, Texas and California, in that order. Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut are the smallest.

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