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U.S. STATES’ ADMISSION DATES TO THE UNITED STATES
ORDER STATE ADMISSION DATE SLAVE FREE
1 Delaware 1787 December 7 1
2 Pennsylvania 1787 December 12 1
3 New Jersey 1787 December 18 2
4 Georgia 1788 January 2 2
5 Connecticut 1788 January 9 3
6 Massachusetts 1788 February 6 4
7 Maryland 1788 April 28 3
8 South Carolina 1788 May 23 4
9 New Hampshire 1788 June 21 5
10 Virginia 1788 June 25 5
11 New York 1788 July 26 6
12 North Carolina 1789 November 21 6
13 Rhode Island 1790 May 29 7
14 Vermont 1791 March 4 8
15 Kentucky 1792 June 1 7
16 Tennessee 1796 June 1 8
17 Ohio 1803 March 1 9
18 Louisiana 1812 April 30 9
19 Indiana 1816 December 11 10
20 Mississippi 1817 December 10 10
21 Illinois 1818 December 3 11
22 Alabama 1819 December 14 11
23 Maine 1820 March 15 12
24 Missouri 1821 August 10 12
25 Arkansas 1836 June 15 13
26 Michigan 1837 January 26 13
27 Florida 1845 March 3 14
28 Texas 1845 December 29 15
29 Iowa 1846 December 28 14
30 Wisconsin 1848 May 29 15
31 California 1850 September 9 16
32 Minnesota 1858 May 11 17
33 Oregon 1859 February 14 18
34 Kansas 1861 January 29 19
35 West Virginia 1863 June 20 20
36 Nevada 1864 October 31 21
37 Nebraska 1867 March 1
38 Colorado 1876 August 1
39 South Dakota 1889 November 2
40 North Dakota 1889 November 2
41 Montana 1889 November 8
42 Washington 1889 November 11
43 Idaho 1890 July 3
44 Wyoming 1890 July 10
45 Utah 1896 January 4
46 Oklahoma 1907 November 16
47 New Mexico 1912 January 6
48 Arizona 1912 February 14
49 Alaska 1959 January 3
50 Hawaii 1959 March 12