Jump to content

List of U.S states and territories

Edit links
Page semi-protected
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"States of America" redirects here. For the sovereign states of the Americas, see List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.
For a broader coverage related to this topic, see U.S. state and Territories of the United States.

A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map.
This article is part of a series on
Political divisions of
the United States
Coat of arms of the United States
First level
Second level
Third level
Fourth level
Other areas

United States portal

The United States of America is a federal republic[1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands.[2][3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions.[4] The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows states to exercise all powers of government not delegated to the federal government. Each state has its own constitution and government, and all states and their residents are represented in the federal Congress, a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators, while representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census.[5] Additionally, each state is entitled to select a number of electors to vote in the Electoral College, the body that elects the president of the United States, equal to the total of representatives and senators in Congress from that state.[6] The federal district does not have representatives in the Senate, but has a non-voting delegate in the House, and it is also entitled to electors in the Electoral College. Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union, but it cannot create a new state from territory of an existing state or merge two or more states into one without the consent of all states involved, and each new state is admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50. [7]

The United States has control over fourteen territories. Five of them (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands) have a permanent, non-military population, while nine of them (the United States Minor Outlying Islands) do not. With the exception of Navassa Island, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which are located in the Caribbean, all territories are located in the Pacific Ocean. One territory, Palmyra Atoll, is considered to be incorporated, meaning the full body of the Constitution has been applied to it; the other territories are unincorporated, meaning the Constitution does not fully apply to them. Ten territories (the Minor Outlying Islands and American Samoa) are considered to be unorganized, meaning they have not had an organic act enacted by Congress; the four other territories are organized, meaning an organic act has been enacted by Congress. The five inhabited territories each have limited autonomy in addition to having territorial legislatures and governors, but residents cannot vote in federal elections, although all are represented by non-voting delegates in the House.

The largest state by population is California, with a population of 39,538,223 people, while the smallest is Wyoming, with a population of 576,851 people; the federal district has a larger population (689,545) than both Wyoming and Vermont. The largest state by area is Alaska, encompassing 665,384 square miles (1,723,340 km2), while the smallest is Rhode Island, encompassing 1,545 square miles (4,000 km2). The most recent states to be admitted, Alaska and Hawaii, were admitted in 1959. The largest territory by population is Puerto Rico, with a population of 3,285,874 people (larger than 21 states), while the smallest is the Northern Mariana Islands, with a population of 47,329 people. Puerto Rico is the largest territory by area, encompassing 5,325 square miles (13,790 km2); the smallest territory, Kingman Reef, encompasses only 0.005 square miles (0.013 km2), or a little larger than 3 acres.

States

States of the United States of America
Flag, name and
postal abbreviation[8] 		Cities Population
(2020)[9] 		Total area[10] Reps.
Capital Largest[11] mi2 km2
 Alabama AL Montgomery Huntsville
5,024,279
 52,420 135,767
7
 Alaska AK Juneau Anchorage
733,391
 665,384 1,723,337
1
 Arizona AZ Phoenix
7,151,502
 113,990 295,234
9
 Arkansas AR Little Rock
3,011,524
 53,179 137,732
4
 California CA Sacramento Los Angeles
39,538,223
 163,695 423,967
52
 Colorado CO Denver
5,773,714
 104,094 269,601
8
 Connecticut CT Hartford Bridgeport
3,605,944
 5,543 14,357
5
 Delaware DE Dover Wilmington
989,948
 2,489 6,446
1
 Florida FL Tallahassee Jacksonville
21,538,187
 65,758 170,312
28
 Georgia GA Atlanta
10,711,908
 59,425 153,910
14
 Hawaii HI Honolulu
1,455,271
 10,932 28,313
2
 Idaho ID Boise
1,839,106
 83,569 216,443
2
 Illinois IL Springfield Chicago
12,812,508
 57,914 149,995
17
 Indiana IN Indianapolis
6,785,528
 36,420 94,326
9
 Iowa IA Des Moines
3,190,369
 56,273 145,746
4
 Kansas KS Topeka Wichita
2,937,880
 82,278 213,100
4
 Kentucky[a] KY Frankfort Louisville
4,505,836
 40,408 104,656
6
 Louisiana LA Baton Rouge New Orleans
4,657,757
 52,378 135,659
6
 Maine ME Augusta Portland
1,362,359
 35,380 91,633
2
 Maryland MD Annapolis Baltimore
6,177,224
 12,406 32,131
8
 Massachusetts[a] MA Boston
7,029,917
 10,554 27,336
9
 Michigan MI Lansing Detroit
10,077,331
 96,714 250,487
13
 Minnesota MN Saint Paul Minneapolis
5,706,494
 86,936 225,163
8
 Mississippi MS Jackson
2,961,279
 48,432 125,438
4
 Missouri MO Jefferson City Kansas City
6,154,913
 69,707 180,540
8
 Montana MT Helena Billings
1,084,225
 147,040 380,831
2
 Nebraska NE Lincoln Omaha
1,961,504
 77,348 200,330
3
 Nevada NV Carson City Las Vegas
3,104,614
 110,572 286,380
4
 New Hampshire NH Concord Manchester
1,377,529
 9,349 24,214
2
 New Jersey NJ Trenton Newark
9,288,994
 8,723 22,591
12
 New Mexico NM Santa Fe Albuquerque
2,117,522
 121,590 314,917
3
 New York NY Albany New York City
20,201,249
 54,555 141,297
26
 North Carolina NC Raleigh Charlotte
10,439,388
 53,819 139,391
14
 North Dakota ND Bismarck Fargo
779,094
 70,698 183,108
1
 Ohio OH Columbus
11,799,448
 44,826 116,098
15
 Oklahoma OK Oklahoma City
3,959,353
 69,899 181,037
5
 Oregon OR Salem Portland
4,237,256
 98,379 254,799
6
 Pennsylvania[a] PA Harrisburg Philadelphia
13,002,700
 46,054 119,280
17
 Rhode Island RI Providence
1,097,379
 1,545 4,001
2
 South Carolina SC Columbia Charleston
5,118,425
 32,020 82,933
7
 South Dakota SD Pierre Sioux Falls
886,667
 77,116 199,729
1
 Tennessee TN Nashville
6,910,840
 42,144 109,153
9
 Texas TX Austin Houston
29,145,505
 268,596 695,662
38
 Utah UT Salt Lake City
3,271,616
 84,897 219,882
4
 Vermont VT Montpelier Burlington
643,077
 9,616 24,906
1
 Virginia[a] VA Richmond Virginia Beach
8,631,393
 42,775 110,787
11
 Washington WA Olympia Seattle
7,705,281
 71,298 184,661
10
 West Virginia WV Charleston
1,793,716
 24,230 62,756
2
 Wisconsin WI Madison Milwaukee
5,893,718
 65,496 169,635
8
 Wyoming WY Cheyenne
576,851
 97,813 253,335
1


State Date

(admitted or ratified)

Formed from
1  Delaware December 7, 1787[12]

(ratified)

Colony of Delaware[b]
2  Pennsylvania December 12, 1787[14]

(ratified)

Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania
3  New Jersey December 18, 1787[15]

(ratified)

Crown Colony of New Jersey
4  Georgia January 2, 1788[12]

(ratified)

Crown Colony of Georgia
5  Connecticut January 9, 1788[16]

(ratified)

Crown Colony of Connecticut
6  Massachusetts February 6, 1788[12]

(ratified)

Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
7  Maryland April 28, 1788[12]

(ratified)

Proprietary Province of Maryland
8  South Carolina May 23, 1788[12]

(ratified)

Crown Colony of South Carolina
9  New Hampshire June 21, 1788[12]

(ratified)

Crown Colony of New Hampshire
10  Virginia June 25, 1788[12]

(ratified)

Crown Colony and Dominion of Virginia
11  New York July 26, 1788[17]

(ratified)

Crown Colony of New York
12  North Carolina November 21, 1789[18]

(ratified)

Crown Colony of North Carolina
13  Rhode Island May 29, 1790[12]

(ratified)

Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
14  Vermont March 4, 1791[19]

(admitted)

Vermont Republic[c]
15  Kentucky June 1, 1792[20]

(admitted)

Virginia (nine counties in its District of Kentucky[d])
16  Tennessee June 1, 1796[22]

(admitted)

Southwest Territory
17  Ohio March 1, 1803[23][e]

(admitted)

Northwest Territory (part)
18  Louisiana April 30, 1812[25]

(admitted)

Territory of Orleans
19  Indiana December 11, 1816[26]

(admitted)

Indiana Territory
20  Mississippi December 10, 1817[27]

(admitted)

Mississippi Territory
21  Illinois December 3, 1818[28]

(admitted)

Illinois Territory (part)
22  Alabama December 14, 1819[29]

(admitted)

Alabama Territory
23  Maine March 15, 1820[30]

(admitted)

Massachusetts (District of Maine[f])
24  Missouri August 10, 1821[31]

(admitted)

Missouri Territory (part)
25  Arkansas June 15, 1836[32]

(admitted)

Arkansas Territory
26  Michigan January 26, 1837[33]

(admitted)

Michigan Territory
27  Florida March 3, 1845[34]

(admitted)

Florida Territory
28  Texas December 29, 1845

(admitted)

Republic of Texas
29  Iowa December 28, 1846[35]

(admitted)

Iowa Territory (part)
30  Wisconsin May 29, 1848[36]

(admitted)

Wisconsin Territory (part)
31  California September 9, 1850[37]

(admitted)

Unorganized territory / Mexican Cession (part)[g]
32  Minnesota May 11, 1858[38]

(admitted)

Minnesota Territory (part)
33  Oregon February 14, 1859[39]

(admitted)

Oregon Territory (part)
34  Kansas January 29, 1861[40]

(admitted)

Kansas Territory (part)
35  West Virginia June 20, 1863[41]

(admitted)

Virginia (50 Trans-Allegheny region counties[h])
36  Nevada October 31, 1864[44]

(admitted)

Nevada Territory
37  Nebraska March 1, 1867[45]

(admitted)

Nebraska Territory
38  Colorado August 1, 1876[46]

(admitted)

Colorado Territory
39  North Dakota November 2, 1889[47][i]

(admitted)

Dakota Territory (part)
40  South Dakota November 2, 1889[47][i]

(admitted)

Dakota Territory (part)
41  Montana November 8, 1889[50]

(admitted)

Montana Territory
42  Washington November 11, 1889[51]

(admitted)

Washington Territory
43  Idaho July 3, 1890[52]

(admitted)

Idaho Territory
44  Wyoming July 10, 1890[53]

(admitted)

Wyoming Territory
45  Utah January 4, 1896[54]

(admitted)

Utah Territory
46  Oklahoma November 16, 1907[55]

(admitted)

Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
47  New Mexico January 6, 1912[56]

(admitted)

New Mexico Territory
48  Arizona February 14, 1912[56]

(admitted)

Arizona Territory
49  Alaska January 3, 1959[57]

(admitted)

Territory of Alaska
50  Hawaii August 21, 1959[58]

(admitted)

Territory of Hawaii

Articles of Confederation ratification dates

The Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation for ratification by the individual states on November 15, 1777. The Articles of Confederation came into force on March 1, 1781, after being ratified by all 13 states. On March 4, 1789, the general government under the Articles was replaced with the federal government under the present Constitution.[59]

State Date
1 Virginia December 16, 1777
2 South Carolina February 5, 1778
3 New York February 6, 1778
4 Rhode Island February 9, 1778
5 Connecticut February 12, 1778
6 Georgia February 26, 1778
7 New Hampshire March 4, 1778
8 Pennsylvania March 5, 1778
9 Massachusetts March 10, 1778
10 North Carolina April 5, 1778
11 New Jersey November 19, 1778
12 Delaware February 1, 1779
13 Maryland February 2, 1781

Federal district

Federal district of the United States
Flag, name and
postal abbreviation[8]		 Established Population (2020)
[9] 		Total area[10] Reps.
mi2 km2
 District of Columbia DC Jul 16, 1790[60] 689,545 68 176 1[j]

Territories

Further information: Insular area and Territories of the United States
  States and federal district         Inhabited territories         Uninhabited territories

Inhabited territories

Inhabited territories of the United States
Name and
postal abbreviation[8]		 Capital Acquired
[62] 		Territorial status[63] Population (2020)
[9][64] 		Total area[10] Reps.
mi2 km2
 American Samoa AS Pago Pago[65] 1900
49,710
 581 1,505
 Guam GU Hagåtña[67] 1899
Unincorporated, organized
153,836
 571 1,478
 Northern Mariana Islands MP Saipan[68] 1986
Unincorporated, organized[l]
47,329
 1,976 5,117
 Puerto Rico PR San Juan[69] 1899
Unincorporated, organized[l]
3,285,874
 5,325 13,791
 U.S. Virgin Islands VI Charlotte Amalie[70] 1917
Unincorporated, organized
87,146
 733 1,898

Uninhabited territories

Territories of the United States with no permanent population
Name Acquired[62] Territorial status[63] Land area[n]
mi2 km2
Baker Island[71] 1856 0.9 2.2
Howland Island[71] 1858
Unincorporated, unorganized
 0.6 1.6
Jarvis Island[72] 1856
Unincorporated, unorganized
 2.2 5.7
Johnston Atoll[73] 1859
Unincorporated, unorganized
 1 2.6
Kingman Reef[74] 1860
Unincorporated, unorganized
 0.005 0.01
Midway Atoll[75][o] 1867
Unincorporated, unorganized
 3 7.8
Navassa Island[77] 1858[p]
Unincorporated, unorganized
 3 7.8
Palmyra Atoll[79][q] 1898
Incorporated, unorganized
 1.5 3.9
Wake Island[80][r] 1899[s]
Unincorporated, unorganized
 2.5 6.5

Disputed territories

Main article: List of territorial disputes § Central America and the Caribbean
Further information: List of Guano Island claims
Territories claimed but not administered by the United States
Name Claimed
[62] 		Territorial status[82] Area Administered by[82] Also claimed by[82]
mi2 km2
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Island)[62] 1869
Unincorporated, unorganized
(disputed sovereignty)
 56 145[t][83]  Colombia  Jamaica
 Nicaragua
Serranilla Bank[62] 1880
Unincorporated, unorganized
(disputed sovereignty)
 463 1,200[u][84]  Colombia  Honduras
 Nicaragua

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ a b c d Uses the term commonwealth rather than state in its full official name
  2. ^ Also known as the "Three Lower Counties Upon Delaware". Delaware became a state on June 15, 1776, when the Delaware Assembly formally adopted a resolution declaring an end to Delaware's status as a colony of Great Britain and establishing the three counties as an independent state under the authority of "the Government of the Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex Upon Delaware".[13]
  3. ^ Between 1749 and 1764 the provincial governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth, issued approximately 135 grants for unoccupied land claimed by New Hampshire west of the Connecticut River (in what is today southern Vermont), territory that was also claimed by New York. The resulting "New Hampshire Grants" dispute led to the rise of the Green Mountain Boys, and the later establishment of the Vermont Republic. New Hampshire's claim upon the land was extinguished in 1764 by royal order of George III, and in 1790 the State of New York ceded its land claim to Vermont for 30,000 dollars.
  4. ^ The Virginia General Assembly adopted legislation on December 18, 1789, separating its "District of Kentucky" from the rest of the State and approving its statehood.[21]
  5. ^ The exact date upon which Ohio became a state is unclear. On April 30, 1802, the 7th Congress had passed an act "authorizing the inhabitants of Ohio to form a Constitution and state government, and admission of Ohio into the Union" (Sess. 1, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173). On February 19, 1803, the same Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the State of Ohio" (Sess. 2, ch. 7, 2 Stat. 201). Neither act, however, set a formal date of statehood. An official statehood date for Ohio was not set until 1953, when the 83rd Congress passed a Joint resolution "for admitting the State of Ohio into the Union", (Pub. L. 83–204, 67 Stat. 407, enacted August 7, 1953) which designated March 1, 1803, as that date.[24]
  6. ^ The Massachusetts General Court passed enabling legislation on June 19, 1819, separating the "District of Maine" from the rest of the State (an action approved by the voters in Maine on July 19, 1819, by 17,001 to 7,132); then, on February 25, 1820, passed a follow-up measure officially accepting the fact of Maine's imminent statehood.[21]
  7. ^ Most of the region ceded by Mexico to the United States in 1848, following the Bear Flag Revolt and the Mexican–American War, had been the Mexican Department of Alta California. The Act of Congress establishing California as the 31st state was part of the Compromise of 1850.
  8. ^ On May 13, 1862, the General Assembly of the Restored Government of Virginia passed an act granting permission for creation of West Virginia.[42] Later, by its ruling in Virginia v. West Virginia (1871), the Supreme Court implicitly affirmed that the breakaway Virginia counties did have the proper consents necessary to become a separate state.[43]
  9. ^ a b Brought into existence within moments of each other on the same day, North and South Dakota are the nation's only twin-born states. Before signing the statehood papers, President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the papers so that no one would know which became a state first. By custom, North Dakota is commonly recognized as the 39th state and South Dakota as the 40th, as "n" precedes "s" in the alphabet.[48][49]
  10. ^ a b c d e Represented by a non-voting delegate in the House of Representatives.[61]
  11. ^ Although not organized through a federal organic act or other explicit Congressional directive on governance, the people of American Samoa adopted a constitution in 1967, and then in 1977, elected territorial officials for the first time.[66]
  12. ^ a b Organized as a commonwealth.
  13. ^ Represented by a non-voting resident commissioner in the House of Representatives.[61]
  14. ^ Excluding lagoons
  15. ^ Although there are no indigenous inhabitants, around 40 United States Fish and Wildlife Service staff and service contractors live on the island at any given time.[76]
  16. ^ U.S. sovereignty is disputed by Haiti.[78]
  17. ^ Although there are no indigenous inhabitants, between 4 and 20 Nature Conservancy, employees, United States Fish and Wildlife Service staff, and researchers live on the island at any given time.[76]
  18. ^ Although there are no indigenous inhabitants, as of 2009, around 150 U.S. 150 U.S. military personnel and civilian contractors were living on the island, staffing the Wake Island Airfield and communications facilities.[80]
  19. ^ U.S. sovereignty is disputed by the Republic of Marshall Islands.[81]
  20. ^ This is the approximate figure for the land area of the bank, and does not include the surrounding territorial waters.
  21. ^ This figure includes the total land area of the Serranilla Bank and the water area of its lagoon, but not the surrounding territorial waters.

References

  1. ^ Onuf, Peter S. (1983). The Origins of the Federal Republic: Jurisdictional Controversies in the United States, 1775–1787. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1167-2.
  2. ^ "Common Core Document of the United States of America: Submitted With the Fourth Periodic Report of the United States of America to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights". U.S. Department of State, via The Office of Website Management, Bureau of Public Affairs. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "U.S. Insular Areas: application of the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). Government Accountability Office. November 1997. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  4. ^ Radan, 2007, p. 12
  5. ^ Burnett, Kristin D. "Congressional Apportionment (2010 Census Briefs C2010BR-08)" (PDF). U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 19, 2011.
  6. ^ Elhauge, Einer R. "Essays on Article II: Presidential Electors". The Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  7. ^ "Doctrine of the Equality of States". Justia Law. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "Appendix B: Two–Letter State and possession Abbreviations". Postal Addressing Standards. Washington, D.C.: United States Postal Service. May 2015. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  9. ^ a b c "Resident Population for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 7, 2023.
  10. ^ a b c "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018. ... provides land, water and total area measurements for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The area measurements were derived from the Census Bureau's Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER®) database. The boundaries of the states and equivalent areas are as of January 1, 2010. The land and water areas, ... reflect base feature updates made in the MAF/TIGER® database through August, 2010.
  11. ^ Click on the spreadsheet link labeled "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 20,000 or More" "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023". census.gov. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h Vile, John R. (2005). The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America's Founding (Volume 1: A-M). ABC-CLIO. p. 658. ISBN 1-85109-669-8.
  13. ^ "Delaware Government". Delaware.gov. Government Information Center, Delaware Department of State.
  14. ^ "Overview of Pennsylvania History - 1776-1861: Independence to the Civil War". PA.gov. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
  15. ^ "1787 Convention Minutes". NJ.gov. New Jersey Department of State.
  16. ^ "Today in History: January 9". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  17. ^ "Today in History: July 26". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  18. ^ "Today in History: November 21". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  19. ^ "The 14th State". Vermont History Explorer. Vermont Historical Society. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013.
  20. ^ "Constitution Square State Historic Site". americanheritage.com. American Heritage Publishing Co. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  21. ^ a b "Official Name and Status History of the several States and U.S. Territories". TheGreenPapers.com.
  22. ^ "State History Timeline". TN.gov. Tennessee Department of State. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016.
  23. ^ Blue, Frederick J. (Autumn 2002). "The Date of Ohio Statehood". Ohio Academy of History Newsletter. Archived from the original on September 11, 2010.
  24. ^ Berg-Andersson, Richard E. (January 17, 2007). "Clearing up the Confusion surrounding Ohio's Admission to Statehood". The Green Papers. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  25. ^ "About Louisiana: quick facts". louisiana.gov. Archived from the original on March 24, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  26. ^ "IHB: The Final Steps to Statehood - IN.gov". in.gov. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  27. ^ "Welcome from the Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration Commission". Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration Commission. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  28. ^ "Today in History: December 3". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  29. ^ "Alabama History Timeline: 1800-1860". alabama.gov. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  30. ^ "Today in History: March 15". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  31. ^ "Today in History: August 10". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  32. ^ "Today in History: June 15". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  33. ^ "Today in History: January 26". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  34. ^ "Statehood". Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Department of State. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  35. ^ "Final Act of Congress to Admit the State of Iowa into the Union, December 28, 1846". State Historical Society of Iowa.
  36. ^ "Today in History: May 29". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  37. ^ "California Admission Day September 9, 1850". CA.gov. California Department of Parks and Recreation.
  38. ^ "Today in History: May 11". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  39. ^ "Oregon 165th Anniversary of Statehood (1859): February 14, 2024". United States Census Bureau.
  40. ^ "Today in History: January 29". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  41. ^ "Today in History: June 20". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  42. ^ "A State of Convenience: The Creation of West Virginia, Chapter Twelve, Reorganized Government of Virginia Approves Separation". Wvculture.org. West Virginia Division of Culture and History.
  43. ^ "Virginia v. West Virginia 78 U.S. 39 (1870)". Justia.com.
  44. ^ "Stats for Stories: Nevada 155th Anniversary (36th state): October 31, 2019". Census.gov. October 31, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  45. ^ "Nebraska Statehood Launched in Troubled Times". History Nebraska. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2024. On March 1, 1867, President Andrew Johnson reluctantly signed the proclamation declaring Nebraska's statehood.
  46. ^ "Today in History: August 1". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  47. ^ a b "Today in History: November 2". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  48. ^ MacPherson, James; Burbach, Kevin (November 2, 2014). "At 125 years of Dakotas statehood, rivalry remains". The Bismarck Tribune. AP. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  49. ^ Stein, Mark (2008). "How the States Got Their Shapes", Smithsonian Books/Harper Collins, p. 256.
  50. ^ Wishart, David J. (ed.). "Montana". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  51. ^ "Today in History: November 11". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  52. ^ Glass, Andrew (July 2, 2016). "Idaho becomes nation's 43rd state, July 3, 1890". Politico. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  53. ^ Wyoming: Key Facts. Boston, MA: Papers of John F. Kennedy. 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  54. ^ Thatcher, Linda (2016). "Struggle For Statehood Chronology". historytogo.utah.gov. State of Utah.
  55. ^ "Today in History: November 16". loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  56. ^ a b "New Mexico and Arizona Statehood Anniversary (1912 – 2012)". National Archives: Center for Legislative Archives. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 18, 2024. However, after much effort, on January 6, 1912 New Mexico became the 47th state and on February 14, 1912 Arizona became the 48th state in the Union.
  57. ^ Reagan, Ronald (June 22, 1983). "Statement on Signing a Bill Designating Alaska Statehood Day". Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 18, 2024. Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959
  58. ^ "Hawaii Statehood, August 21, 1959". National Archives: Center for Legislative Archives. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  59. ^ Rodgers, Paul (2011). United States Constitutional Law: An Introduction. McFarland. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7864-6017-5.
  60. ^ "The History of Washington, DC". Destination DC. March 15, 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  61. ^ a b "Directory of Representatives". Washington, D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  62. ^ a b c d e "Acquisition Process of Insular Areas". Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  63. ^ a b "Definitions of Insular Area Political Organizations". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  64. ^ 2020 Population of U.S. Island Areas Just Under 339,000, U.S. Census Bureau, October 28, 2021.
  65. ^ "American Samoa". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  66. ^ "Islands We Serve: American Samoa". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior. June 11, 2015. Archived from the original on March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  67. ^ "Guam". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  68. ^ "Northern Mariana Islands". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  69. ^ "Puerto Rico". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  70. ^ "Virgin Islands". The World Factbook. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  71. ^ a b "Baker Island". Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  72. ^ "Jarvis Island". Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  73. ^ "Johnston Island". Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  74. ^ "Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge". United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  75. ^ "Midway Atoll". Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  76. ^ a b "United States Pacific Islands Wildlife Refuges". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  77. ^ "Navassa Island". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  78. ^ Colon, Yves (September 25, 1998). "U.S., Haiti Squabble Over Control of Tiny Island". Miami Herald. Webster University. Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  79. ^ "Palmyra Atoll". Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  80. ^ a b "Wake Island". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  81. ^ Earnshaw, Karen (December 17, 2016). "Enen Kio (a.k.a. Wake Island): Island of the kio flower". Marshall Islands Guide. Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  82. ^ a b c Lewis, Martin W. (March 21, 2011). "When Is an Island Not An Island? Caribbean Maritime Disputes". GeoCurrents. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  83. ^ "US Minor Outlying Islands – Bajo Nuevo Bank". Geocaching. June 6, 2017. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  84. ^ "Cayo Serranilla" (in Spanish). Eco Fiwi. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to States of the United States.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_U.S_states_and_territories&oldid=1296125165"