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Order of Succession to the Union
Date each of the 50 states succeeded to the United States of America (date and year inducted to the nation):
| 1 | Delaware | 07-DEC | 1787 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 12-DEC | 1787 |
| 3 | New Jersey | 18-DEC | 1787 |
| 4 | Georgia | 02-JAN | 1788 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 09-JAN | 1788 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 06-FEB | 1788 |
| 7 | Maryland | 28-APR | 1788 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 23-MAY | 1788 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 21-JUN | 1788 |
| 10 | Virginia | 25-JUL | 1788 |
| 11 | New York | 26-JUL | 1788 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 21-NOV | 1789 |
| 13 | Rhode Island | 29-NOV | 1790 |
| 14 | Vermont | 04-MAR | 1791 |
| 15 | Kentucky | 01-JUN | 1792 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 01-JUN | 1796 |
| 17 | Ohio | 19-FEB | 1803 |
| 18 | Louisiana | 30-APR | 1812 |
| 19 | Indiana | 11-DEC | 1816 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 10-DEC | 1817 |
| 21 | Illinois | 03-DEC | 1818 |
| 22 | Alabama | 14-DEC | 1819 |
| 23 | Maine | 15-MAR | 1820 |
| 24 | Missouri | 10-AUG | 1821 |
| 25 | Arkansas | 15-JUN | 1836 |
| 26 | Michigan | 26-JAN | 1837 |
| 27 | Florida | 03-MAR | 1845 |
| 28 | Texas | 29-DEC | 1845 |
| 29 | Iowa | 28-DEC | 1846 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 29-MAY | 1848 |
| 31 | California | 09-SEP | 1850 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 11-MAY | 1858 |
| 33 | Oregon | 14-FEB | 1859 |
| 34 | Kansas | 29-JAN | 1861 |
| 35 | West Virginia | 20-JUN | 1863 |
| 36 | Nevada | 31-OCT | 1864 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 01-MAR | 1867 |
| 38 | Colorado | 01-AUG | 1876 |
| 39 | North Dakota | 02-NOV | 1889 |
| 40 | South Dakota | 02-NOV | 1889 |
| 41 | Montana | 08-NOV | 1889 |
| 42 | Washington | 11-NOV | 1889 |
| 43 | Idaho | 03-JUL | 1890 |
| 44 | Wyoming | 10-JUL | 1890 |
| 45 | Utah | 04-JAN | 1896 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 16-NOV | 1907 |
| 47 | New Mexico | 06-JAN | 1912 |
| 48 | Arizona | 14-FEB | 1912 |
| 49 | Alaska | 03-JAN | 1959 |
| 50 | Hawaii | 21-AUG | 1959 |
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