United States

Alphabetical listing

• Alabama - Montgomery
• Alaska - Juneau
• Arizona - Phoenix
• Arkansas - Little Rock
• California - Sacramento
• Colorado - Denver
• Connecticut - Hartford
• Delaware - Dover
• Florida - Tallahassee
• Georgia - Atlanta
• Hawaii - Honolulu
• Idaho - Boise
• Illinois - Springfield
• Indiana - Indianapolis
• Iowa - Des Moines
• Kansas - Topeka
• Kentucky - Frankfort
• Louisiana - Baton Rouge
• Maine - Augusta
• Maryland - Annapolis
• Massachusetts - Boston
• Michigan - Lansing
• Minnesota - Saint Paul
• Mississippi - Jackson
• Missouri - Jefferson City
• Montana - Helena
• Nebraska - Lincoln
• Nevada - Carson City
• New Hampshire - Concord
• New Jersey - Trenton
• New Mexico - Santa Fe
• New York - Albany
• North Carolina - Raleigh
• North Dakota - Bismarck
• Ohio - Columbus
• Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
• Oregon - Salem
• Pennsylvania - Harrisburg
• Rhode Island - Providence
• South Carolina - Columbia
• South Dakota - Pierre
• Tennessee - Nashville
• Texas - Austin
• Utah - Salt Lake City
• Vermont - Montpelier
• Virginia - Richmond
• Washington - Olympia
• West Virginia - Charleston
• Wisconsin - Madison
• Wyoming - Cheyenne

Note: Naming after cities can cause confusion. Such as, "I can't reach Cheyenne."

Listing in order of admission to the Union

States

#	Template:Flagicon	State	Ratification‡ or Admission	Preceding Entity
1	Template:Flagicon	Delaware	Template:Dts ‡	Lower Counties on Delaware, then sovereign state in Confederation
2	Template:Flagicon	Pennsylvania	Template:Dts ‡	Province of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation
3	Template:Flagicon	New Jersey	Template:Dts ‡	Province of New Jersey, then sovereign state in Confederation
4	Template:Flagicon	Georgia	Template:Dts ‡	Province of Georgia, then sovereign state in Confederation
5	Template:Flagicon	Connecticut	Template:Dts ‡	Connecticut Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation
6	Template:Flagicon	Massachusetts	Template:Dts ‡	Province of Massachusetts Bay, then sovereign state in Confederation
7	Template:Flagicon	Maryland	Template:Dts ‡	Province of Maryland, then sovereign state in Confederation
8	Template:Flagicon	South Carolina	Template:Dts ‡	Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
9	Template:Flagicon	New Hampshire	Template:Dts ‡	Province of New Hampshire, then sovereign state in Confederation
10	Template:Flagicon	Virginia	Template:Dts ‡	Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation
11	Template:Flagicon	New York	Template:Dts ‡	Province of New York, then sovereign state in Confederation
12	Template:Flagicon	North Carolina	Template:Dts ‡	Province of North Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation
13	Template:Flagicon	Rhode Island [and Providence Plantations]	Template:Dts ‡	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, then sovereign state
14	Template:Flagicon	Vermont	Template:Dts	Province of New York and New Hampshire Grants (ownership disputed), Vermont Republic
15	Template:Flagicon	Kentucky	Template:Dts	Virginia (Kentucky County)
16	Template:Flagicon	Tennessee	Template:Dts	Province of North Carolina, Southwest Territory
17	Template:Flagicon	Ohio	Template:Dts*	Northwest Territory
18	Template:Flagicon	Louisiana	Template:Dts	Territory of Orleans
19	Template:Flagicon	Indiana	Template:Dts	Indiana Territory
20	Template:Flagicon	Mississippi	Template:Dts	Mississippi Territory
21	Template:Flagicon	Illinois	Template:Dts	Illinois Territory
22	Template:Flagicon	Alabama	Template:Dts	Alabama Territory
23	Template:Flagicon	Maine	Template:Dts	District of Maine in Massachusetts
24	Template:Flagicon	Missouri	Template:Dts	Missouri Territory
25	Template:Flagicon	Arkansas	Template:Dts	Arkansas Territory
26	Template:Flagicon	Michigan	Template:Dts	Michigan Territory
27	Template:Flagicon	Florida	Template:Dts	Florida Territory
28	Template:Flagicon	Texas	Template:Dts	Republic of Texas
29	Template:Flagicon	Iowa	Template:Dts	Iowa Territory
30	Template:Flagicon	Wisconsin	Template:Dts	Wisconsin Territory
31	Template:Flagicon	California	Template:Dts	California Republic
32	Template:Flagicon	Minnesota	Template:Dts	Minnesota Territory
33	Template:Flagicon	Oregon	Template:Dts	Oregon Territory
34	Template:Flagicon	Kansas	Template:Dts	Kansas Territory
35	Template:Flagicon	West Virginia	Template:Dts	Virginia (divided up)
36	Template:Flagicon	Nevada	Template:Dts	Nevada Territory
37	Template:Flagicon	Nebraska	Template:Dts	Nebraska Territory
38	Template:Flagicon	Colorado	Template:Dts	Colorado Territory
39 †	Template:Flagicon	North Dakota	Template:Dts	Dakota Territory
40 †	Template:Flagicon	South Dakota	Template:Dts	Dakota Territory
41	Template:Flagicon	Montana	Template:Dts	Montana Territory
42	Template:Flagicon	Washington	Template:Dts	Washington Territory
43	Template:Flagicon	Idaho	Template:Dts	Idaho Territory
44	Template:Flagicon	Wyoming	Template:Dts	Wyoming Territory
45	Template:Flagicon	Utah	Template:Dts	Utah Territory
46	Template:Flagicon	Oklahoma	Template:Dts	Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
47	Template:Flagicon	New Mexico	Template:Dts	New Mexico Territory
48	Template:Flagicon	Arizona	Template:Dts	Arizona Territory
49	Template:Flagicon	Alaska	Template:Dts	Russia and then Alaska Territory
50	Template:Flagicon	Hawaii	Template:Dts	Kingdom of Hawai'i, Republic of Hawai'i and then Hawaii Territory