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Statehood Dates and State Capitals
| State | Statehood | Capital |
| Delaware | December 7, 1787 | Dover |
| Pennsylvania | December 12, 1787 | Harrisburg |
| New Jersey | December 18, 1787 | Trenton |
| Georgia | January 2, 1788 | Atlanta |
| Connecticut | January 9, 1788 | Hartford |
| Massachusetts | February 6, 1788 | Boston |
| Maryland | April 28, 1788 | Annapolis |
| South Carolina | May 23, 1788 | Columbia |
| New Hampshire | June 21, 1788 | Concord |
| Virginia | June 25, 1788 | Richmond |
| New York | July 26, 1788 | Albany |
| North Carolina | November 21, 1789 | Raleigh |
| Rhode Island | May 29, 1790 | Providence |
| Kentucky | June 1, 1792 | Frankfort |
| Tennessee | June 1, 1796 | Nashville |
| Ohio | March 1, 1803 | Columbus |
| Louisiana | April 30, 1812 | Baton Rouge |
| Indiana | December 11, 1816 | Indianapolis |
| Mississippi | December 10, 1817 | Jackson |
| Illinois | December 3, 1818 | Springfield |
| Alabama | December 14, 1819 | Montgomery |
| Maine | March 15, 1820 | Augusta |
| Missouri | August 10, 1821 | Jefferson City |
| Arkansas | June 15, 1836 | Little Rock |
| Michigan | January 26,1836 | Lansing |
| Florida | March 3, 1845 | Tallahassee |
| Texas | December 29, 1845 | Austin |
| Iowa | December 28, 1846 | Des Moines |
| Wisconsin | May 29, 1848 | Madison |
| California | September 9, 1850 | Sacramento |
| Minnesota | May 11, 1858 | St. Paul |
| Oregon | February 14, 1859 | Salem |
| Kansas | January 29, 1861 | Topeka |
| West Virginia | June 20, 1863 | Charleston |
| Nevada | October 31, 1864 | Carson City |
| Nebraska | March 1, 1867 | Lincoln |
| Colorado | August 1, 1867 | Denver |
| North Dakota | November 2, 1889 | Bismarck |
| South Dakota | November 2, 1889 | Pierre |
| Montana | November 8, 1889 | Helena |
| Washington | November 11, 1889 | Olympia |
| Idaho | July 3, 1890 | Boise |
| Wyoming | July 10, 1890 | Cheyenne |
| Utah | January 4, 1896 | Salt Lake City |
| Oklahoma | November 16, 1907 | Oklahoma City |
| New Mexico | January 6, 1912 | Santa Fe |
| Arizona | February 14, 1912 | Phoenix |
| Alaska | January 3, 1959 | Juneau |
| Hawaii | August 21, 1959 | Honolulu |
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