The States Of The United States


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

States Of The Union Of The United States Sequenced by HEIGHT: Highest peak

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

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	Bougain- villea	-
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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