There are 50 states in the United States of America. Here are the following states according to the date they were admitted as a state of America or the date when they ratified their Constitution: Delaware was the first state to be admitted as a state of America on December 07, 1787, Pennsylvania joined on December 12, 1787, New Jersey on December 18, 1787, Georgia on January 02, 1788, Connecticut on January 09, 1788, Massachusetts on February 06, 1788, Maryland joined on April 28, 188, South Carolina on Mary 23, 1788, New Hampshire on June 21, 1788, Virginia on June 25, 1788, New York on July 26, 1788, North Carolina on November 21, 1789, Rhode Island on May 29, 1970, Vermont on March 04, 1791, Kentucky on June 01, 1972, Tennessee on June 01, 1796, Ohio on March 01, 1803, Louisiana on April 30, 1813, Indiana on December 11, 1816, Mississippi on December 10, 1817, Illinois on December 03, 1818, Alabama on December 14, 1819, Maine on March 15, 1820, Missouri on August 10, 1821, Arkansas on June 15, 1836, Michigan on January 26, 1837,
Florida on March 03, 1845, Texas on December 29, 1845, Iowa on December 28, 1846, Wisconsin on May 29, 1848, California on September 09, 1850, Minnesota on May 11, 1858, Oregon on February 14, 1859, Kansas on January 29, 1861, West Virginia on June 20, 1863, Nevada on October 31, 1864, Nebraska on March 01, 1876, Colorado on August 01, 1876, North Dakota on November 02, 1889, South Dakota on November 02, 1889, Montana on November 08, 1889, Washington on November 11, 1889, Idaho on July 03, 1890, Wyoming on July 10, 1890, Utah on January 04, 1896, Oklahoma on November 16, 1907, New Mexico on January 06, 1912, Arizona on February 12, 1912, Alaska on January 03, 1959 and Hawaii on August 21, 1959. Although Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America, it is not considered a state.
