Date Admitted Alphabetical Order By Size
Highest Point By Population State Index

States Of The Union Of The United States
ALPHABETICAL Order
State (1) Date
Admit__No
Capital Pop
(000)
Area
Sq Mi_Rnk
Highest
Peak ---/-- Feet
Bird Flower Nick (3)
Name
Ala-
bama
1819
12/14
22 Mont-
gomery
4,451 50,750 28 Cheaha
Mtn
2,405 Yellow-
hammer
Camellia Yellow-
hammer
Alaska 1959
01/03
49 Juneau 653 570,374 1 Mount
McKinley
20,320 Willow
Ptarmigan
Forget-
Me-Not
The Last
Frontier
Arizona 1912
02/14
48 Phoenix 4,798 113,642 6 Humphrey's
Peak
12,633 Cactus
Wren
Saguaro
Cactus Flower
Grand
Canyon
Ark-
ansas
1836
06/15
25 Little
Rock
2,631 52,075 27 Magazine
Mtn
2,753 Mockingbird Apple
Blossom
Land of
Opportunity
Calif-
ornia
1850
09/09
31 Sacra-
mento
32,521 155,973 3 Mount
Whitney
14,494 California
Valley Quail
Golden
Poppy
Golden
Colo-
rado
1876
08/01
38 Denver 4,168 103,730 8 Mount
Elbert
14,433 Lark
Bunting
Rocky Mtn
Columbine
Centenial
Conn-
ecticut
1788
01/09
  5 Hartford 3,284 4,845 48 On Mount
Frissell
2,380 American
Robin
Mountain
Laurel
Nutmeg
Dela-
ware
1787
12/07
  1 Dover 768 1,955 49 In New
Castle City
442 Blue Hen
Chichen
Peach
Blossom
First or
Diamond
Florida 1845
03/03
27 Talla-
hassee
15,233 53,997 26 Walton
County
345 Mockingbird Orange
Blossom
Sunshine
Georgia 1788
02/02
  4 Atlanta 7,875 57,919 21 Brasstown
Bald
4,784 Brown
Thrasher
Cherokee
Rose
Peach
Hawaii 1959
08/21
50 Hono-
lulu
1,257 6,423 47 Mount
Kea
13,796 Nene Hibiscus
(Yellow)
Aloha
Idaho 1890
07/03
43 Boise 1,347 82,751 11 Borah
Peak
12,662 Mountain
Bluebird
Syringa Gem
Illinois 1818
12/03
21 Spring-
field
12,051 55,593 24 Charles
Mound
1,235 Cardinal Violet Prairie
Indiana 1816
12/11
19 Indian-
apolis
6,045 35,870 38 Franklin
Township
1,257 Cardinal Peony Hoosier
Iowa 1846
12/28
29 Des
Moines
2,900 55,875 23 Osceola
County
1,670 Eastern
Goldfinch
Wild Rose Hawkeye
Kansas 1861
01/29
34 Topeka 2,668 81,823 13 Mount
Sunflower
4,039 Western
Meadowlark
Sunflower Sunflower
Ken-
tucky
1792
06/01
15 Frank-
fort
3,995 39,732 36 Black
Mountain
4,139 Kentucky
Cardinal
Goldenrod Bluegrass
Louis-
iana
1812
04/30
18 Baton
Rouge
4,425 43,566 33 Driskill
Mtn
535 Pelican Magnolia Pelican
Maine 1820
03/15
23 Augusta 1,259 30,865 39 Mount
Katahdin
5,268 Chickadee White Pine
Cone Tassel
Pine Tree
Mary-
land
1788
04/28
  7 Ann-
apolis
5,275 9,775 42 Backbone
Mountain
3,360 Baltimore
Oriole
Black-eyed
Susan
Free
Massa-
chusetts
1788
02/06
  6 Boston 6,199 7,838 45 Mount
Greylock
3,487 Chickadee Mayflower Bay
Michigan 1837
01/26
26 Lansing 9,679 56,809 22 Mount
Arvon
1,979 Robin Apple
Blossom
Wolverine
Minn-
esota
1858
05/11
32 St Paul 4,830 79,617 14 Eagle
Mtn
2,301 Common
Loon
Showy
Lady Slipper
North Star
Miss-
issippi
1817
12/10
20 Jackson 2,816 46,914 31 Woodall
Mtn
806 Mockingbird Evergreen
Magnolia
Magnolia
Missouri 1821
08/10
24 Jefferson
City
5,540 68,898 18 Taum Sauk
Mtn
1,772 Bluebird Hawthorn Show Me
Montana 1889
11/08
41 Helena 950 145,556 4 Granite
Peak
12,799 Western
Meadowlark
Bitterroot Treasure
Neb-
raska
1867
03/01
37 Lincoln 1,705 76,878 15 Kimball
County
5,424 Western
Meadowlark
Goldenrod Cornhusker
Nevada 1864
10/31
36 Carson
City
1,871 109,806 7 Boundry
Peak
13,140 Mountain
Bluebird
Sagebrush Sagebrush
New
Hamp-
shire
1788
06/21
  9 Concord 1,224 8,969 44 Mount
Wash-
ington
6,288 Purple
Finch
Purple
Lilac
Granite
New
Jersey
1787
12/18
  3 Trenton 8,178 7,419 46 High Point 1,803 Eastern
Goldfinch
Purple
Violet
Garden
New
Mexico
1912
01/06
47 Santa Fe 1,860 121,365 5 Wheeler
Peak
13,161 Roadrunner Yucca Land of
Enchantment
New
York
1788
07/26
11 Albany 18,146 47,224 30 Mount
Marcy
5,344 Bluebird Rose Empire
North
Carolina
1789
11/21
12 Raleigh 7,777 48,718 29 Mount
Mitchell
6,684 Cardinal Dogwood Tar Heel
North
Dakota
1889
11/02
39 Bismarck 662 68,994 17 White
Butte
3,506 Western
Meadowlark
Wild
Prairie Rose
Sioux
Ohio 1803
03/01
17 Columbus 11,319 40,953 35 Campbell
Hill
1,549 Cardinal Scarlet
Carnation
Buckeye
Okla-
homa
1907
11/16
46 Okla-
homa
City
3,373 68,679 19 Black
Mesa
4,973 Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher
Mistletoe Sooner
Oregon 1859
02/14
33 Salem 3,397 96,003 10 Mount
Hood
11,239 Western
Meadowlark
Oregon
Grape
Beaver
Penn-
sylvania
1787
12/12
  2 Harris-
burg
12,202 44,820 32 Mt Davis 3,213 Ruffed
Grouse
Mountain
Laurel
Keystone
Rhode
Island
1790
05/29
13 Provi-
dence
998 1,045 50 Jerimoth
Hill
812 Rhode
Island Red
Violet Ocean
South
Carolina
1788
05/23
  8 Columbia 3,858 30,111 40 Sassafras
Mtn
3,560 Carolina
Wren
Carolina Yell
Jessamine
Palmetto
South Dakota 1889
11/02
40 Pierre 777 75,898 16 Harney
Peak
7,242 Ringnecked
Pheasant
American
Pasqueflower
Coyote
Tenn-
essee
1796
06/01
16 Nashville 5,657 41,220 34 Clingsman
Dome
6,643 Mockingbird Iris Volunteer
Texas 1845
12/29
28 Austin 20,119 261,914 2 Guadalupe
Peak
8,749 Mockingbird Bluebonnet Lone Star
Utah 1896
02/04
45 Salt
Lake
City
2,207 82,168 12 King's
Peak
13,528 Seagull Sego Lily Beehive
Vermont 1791
04/04
14 Mont-
pelier
617 9,249 43 Mount
Mansfield
4,393 Hermit
Thrush
Red Clover Green
Mountain
Virginia 1788
06/25
10 Richmond 6,997 39,598 37 Mount
Rogers
5,729 Cardinal American
Dogwood
Old
Dominion
Wash-
ington
1889
11/11
42 Olympia 5,858 66,582 20 Mount
Rainier
14,410 Willow
Goldfinch
Coast
Rhododendron
Evergreen
West Virginia 1863
06/20
35 Charleston 1,841 24,087 41 Spruce
Knob
4,861 Cardinal Rhododendron Mountain
Wis-
consin
1848
05/29
30 Madison 5,326 54,314 25 Timms
Hill
1,951 Robin Wood Violet Badger
Wyoming 1890
07/10
44 Cheyenne 525 97,105 9 Gannett
Peak
13,804 Meadowlark Indian
Paintbrush
Equality

District of Columbia - See Note (4) 523 61 - Tenley-
town
410 Wood
Thrush
American
Beauty Rose
-

Territories (2)
American
Samoa
Acquired
1899
- Pago Pago 53 - - - - - Paogo -
Guam Acquired
1898
- Agana 133 - - - - Fruit
dove
Bougainvillea -
Northern
Marianas
Acquired
1947
- - 49 - - - - - - -
Puerto
Rico
Acquired
1898
- San Juan 3,522 - - - - Reinita Maga -
Virgin Islands Acquired
1917
- Charlotte
Amalie
102 - - - - Yellow
Breast
Yellow Elder
or Yellow Trumpet
-

(1) Population of states based on Census Bureaus estimates for 2000.
(2) Population of territories Based on 1993 Census Bureau figures.
(3) Each state's full nick name is generally used with the word "State", i.e.,
Florida is called "The Sunshine State."
(4) - = Information not available or not applicable.

Date Admitted Alphabetical Order By Size
Highest Point By Population State Index

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