Atlas

Atlas

56 jurisdictions. Fifty have an admission order. The district and the territories do not.

The Original 13

StateDelawareDecember 7, 1787 StatePennsylvaniaDecember 12, 1787 StateNew JerseyDecember 18, 1787 StateGeorgiaJanuary 2, 1788 StateConnecticutJanuary 9, 1788 StateMassachusettsFebruary 6, 1788 StateMarylandApril 28, 1788 StateSouth CarolinaMay 23, 1788 StateNew HampshireJune 21, 1788 StateVirginiaJune 25, 1788 StateNew YorkJuly 26, 1788 StateNorth CarolinaNovember 21, 1789 StateRhode IslandMay 29, 1790

Early Union

StateVermontMarch 4, 1791 StateKentuckyJune 1, 1792 StateTennesseeJune 1, 1796 StateOhioMarch 1, 1803 StateLouisianaApril 30, 1812 StateIndianaDecember 11, 1816 StateMississippiDecember 10, 1817 StateIllinoisDecember 3, 1818 StateAlabamaDecember 14, 1819

Antebellum

StateMaineMarch 15, 1820 StateMissouriAugust 10, 1821 StateArkansasJune 15, 1836 StateMichiganJanuary 26, 1837 StateFloridaMarch 3, 1845 StateTexasDecember 29, 1845 StateIowaDecember 28, 1846 StateWisconsinMay 29, 1848 StateCaliforniaSeptember 9, 1850 StateMinnesotaMay 11, 1858 StateOregonFebruary 14, 1859

Civil West

StateKansasJanuary 29, 1861 StateWest VirginiaJune 20, 1863 StateNevadaOctober 31, 1864 StateNebraskaMarch 1, 1867

Gilded

StateColoradoAugust 1, 1876 StateNorth DakotaNovember 2, 1889 StateSouth DakotaNovember 2, 1889 StateMontanaNovember 8, 1889 StateWashingtonNovember 11, 1889 StateIdahoJuly 3, 1890 StateWyomingJuly 10, 1890 StateUtahJanuary 4, 1896

Modern

StateOklahomaNovember 16, 1907 StateNew MexicoJanuary 6, 1912 StateArizonaFebruary 14, 1912 StateAlaskaJanuary 3, 1959 StateHawaiiAugust 21, 1959

The District

DistrictDistrict of ColumbiaJuly 16, 1790

Territories

TerritoryPuerto RicoTreaty of Paris signed, December 10, 1898 TerritoryGuamTreaty of Paris signed, December 10, 1898 TerritoryAmerican SamoaApril 17, 1900 TerritoryUS Virgin IslandsTransferred March 31, 1917 TerritoryNorthern Mariana IslandsConstitution in force, January 9, 1978