List of U.S. states

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This article lists the 50 states of the United States. It also lists their populations, the date they became a state or agreed to the United States Declaration of Independence, their total area, land area, water area, and the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives.

Washington D.C., (Washington, District of Columbia) is a federal district and capital of the United States and is not considered a state. The United States also has sovereignty over 14 other territories. These are not included in this list.

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List of states

United States of America
Flag, name and
postal abbreviation

[1]

Cities Established[upper-alpha 1] Population
[3]
Total area[4] Land area[4] Water area[4] Number
of Reps.
Capital Largest (by population)[5] mi2 km2 mi2 km2 mi2 km2
  Alabama AL Montgomery Huntsville Dec 14, 1819
5,024,279
52,420.07 135,767 50,645.33 131,171 1,774.74 4,597
7
  Alaska AK Juneau Anchorage Jan 3, 1959
733,391
665,384.04 1,723,337 570,640.95 1,477,953 94,743.1 245,384
1
  Arizona AZ Phoenix Feb 14, 1912
7,151,502
113,990.3 295,234 113,594.08 294,207 396.22 1,026
9
  Arkansas AR Little Rock Jun 15, 1836
3,011,524
53,178.55 137,732 52,035.48 134,771 1,143.07 2,961
4
  California CA Sacramento Los Angeles Sep 9, 1850
39,538,223
163,694.74 423,967 155,779.22 403,466 7,915.52 20,501
52
  Colorado CO Denver Aug 1, 1876
5,773,714
104,093.67 269,601 103,641.89 268,431 451.78 1,170
8
  Connecticut CT Hartford Bridgeport Jan 9, 1788
3,605,944
5,543.41 14,357 4,842.36 12,542 701.06 1,816
5
  Delaware DE Dover Wilmington Dec 7, 1787
989,948
2,488.72 6,446 1,948.54 5,047 540.18 1,399
1
  Florida FL Tallahassee Jacksonville Mar 3, 1845
21,538,187
65,757.7 170,312 53,624.76 138,887 12,132.94 31,424
28
  Georgia GA Atlanta Jan 2, 1788
10,711,908
59,425.15 153,910 57,513.49 148,959 1,911.67 4,951
14
  Hawaii HI Honolulu Aug 21, 1959
1,455,271
10,931.72 28,313 6,422.63 16,635 4,509.09 11,678
2
  Idaho ID Boise Jul 3, 1890
1,839,106
83,568.95 216,443 82,643.12 214,045 925.83 2,398
2
  Illinois IL Springfield Chicago Dec 3, 1818
12,812,508
57,913.55 149,995 55,518.93 143,793 2,394.62 6,202
17
  Indiana IN Indianapolis Dec 11, 1816
6,785,528
36,419.55 94,326 35,826.11 92,789 593.44 1,537
9
  Iowa IA Des Moines Dec 28, 1846
3,190,369
56,272.81 145,746 55,857.13 144,669 415.68 1,077
4
  Kansas KS Topeka Wichita Jan 29, 1861
2,937,880
82,278.36 213,100 81,758.72 211,754 519.64 1,346
4
  Kentucky[upper-alpha 2] KY Frankfort Louisville Jun 1, 1792
4,505,836
40,407.8 104,656 39,486.34 102,269 921.46 2,387
6
  Louisiana LA Baton Rouge New Orleans Apr 30, 1812
4,657,757
52,378.13 135,659 43,203.9 111,898 9,174.23 23,761
6
  Maine ME Augusta Portland Mar 15, 1820
1,362,359
35,379.74 91,633 30,842.92 79,883 4,536.82 11,750
2
  Maryland MD Annapolis Baltimore Apr 28, 1788
6,177,224
12,405.93 32,131 9,707.24 25,142 2,698.69 6,990
8
  Massachusetts[upper-alpha 2] MA Boston Feb 6, 1788
7,029,917
10,554.39 27,336 7,800.06 20,202 2,754.33 7,134
9
  Michigan MI Lansing Detroit Jan 26, 1837
10,077,331
96,713.51 250,487 56,538.9 146,435 40,174.61 104,052
13
  Minnesota MN Saint Paul Minneapolis May 11, 1858
5,706,494
86,935.83 225,163 79,626.74 206,232 7,309.09 18,930
8
  Mississippi MS Jackson Dec 10, 1817
2,961,279
48,431.78 125,438 46,923.27 121,531 1,508.5 3,907
4
  Missouri MO Jefferson City Kansas City Aug 10, 1821
6,154,913
69,706.99 180,540 68,741.52 178,040 965.47 2,501
8
  Montana MT Helena Billings Nov 8, 1889
1,084,225
147,039.71 380,831 145,545.8 376,962 1,493.91 3,869
2
  Nebraska NE Lincoln Omaha Mar 1, 1867
1,961,504
77,347.81 200,330 76,824.17 198,974 523.64 1,356
3
  Nevada NV Carson City Las Vegas Oct 31, 1864
3,104,614
110,571.82 286,380 109,781.18 284,332 790.65 2,048
4
  New Hampshire NH Concord Manchester Jun 21, 1788
1,377,529
9,349.16 24,214 8,952.65 23,187 396.51 1,027
2
  New Jersey NJ Trenton Newark Dec 18, 1787
9,288,994
8,722.58 22,591 7,354.22 19,047 1,368.36 3,544
12
  New Mexico NM Santa Fe Albuquerque Jan 6, 1912
2,117,522
121,590.3 314,917 121,298.15 314,161 292.15 757
3
  New York NY Albany New York City Jul 26, 1788
20,201,249
54,554.98 141,297 47,126.4 122,057 7,428.58 19,240
26
  North Carolina NC Raleigh Charlotte Nov 21, 1789
10,439,388
53,819.16 139,391 48,617.91 125,920 5,201.25 13,471
14
  North Dakota ND Bismarck Fargo Nov 2, 1889
779,094
70,698.32 183,108 69,000.8 178,711 1,697.52 4,397
1
  Ohio OH Columbus Mar 1, 1803
11,799,448
44,825.58 116,098 40,860.69 105,829 3,964.89 10,269
15
  Oklahoma OK Oklahoma City Nov 16, 1907
3,959,353
69,898.87 181,037 68,594.92 177,660 1,303.95 3,377
5
  Oregon OR Salem Portland Feb 14, 1859
4,237,256
98,378.54 254,799 95,988.01 248,608 2,390.53 6,191
6
  Pennsylvania[upper-alpha 2] PA Harrisburg Philadelphia Dec 12, 1787
13,002,700
46,054.34 119,280 44,742.7 115,883 1,311.64 3,397
17
  Rhode Island RI Providence May 29, 1790
1,097,379
1,544.89 4,001 1,033.81 2,678 511.07 1,324
2
  South Carolina SC Columbia Charleston May 23, 1788
5,118,425
32,020.49 82,933 30,060.7 77,857 1,959.79 5,076
7
  South Dakota SD Pierre Sioux Falls Nov 2, 1889
886,667
77,115.68 199,729 75,811 196,350 1,304.68 3,379
1
  Tennessee TN Nashville Jun 1, 1796
6,910,840
42,144.25 109,153 41,234.9 106,798 909.36 2,355
9
  Texas TX Austin Houston Dec 29, 1845
29,145,505
268,596.46 695,662 261,231.71 676,587 7,364.75 19,075
38
  Utah UT Salt Lake City Jan 4, 1896
3,271,616
84,896.88 219,882 82,169.62 212,818 2,727.26 7,064
4
  Vermont VT Montpelier Burlington Mar 4, 1791
643,077
9,616.36 24,906 9,216.66 23,871 399.71 1,035
1
  Virginia[upper-alpha 2] VA Richmond Virginia Beach Jun 25, 1788
8,631,393
42,774.93 110,787 39,490.09 102,279 3,284.84 8,508
11
  Washington WA Olympia Seattle Nov 11, 1889
7,705,281
71,297.95 184,661 66,455.52 172,119 4,842.43 12,542
10
  West Virginia WV Charleston Jun 20, 1863
1,793,716
24,230.04 62,756 24,038.21 62,259 191.83 497
2
  Wisconsin WI Madison Milwaukee May 29, 1848
5,893,718
65,496.38 169,635 54,157.8 140,268 11,338.57 29,367
8
  Wyoming WY Cheyenne Jul 10, 1890
576,851
97,813.01 253,335 97,093.14 251,470 719.87 1,864
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Notes

  1. The original 13 states became sovereign in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation.[2] These states are presented in the order in which each ratified the 1787 Constitution, thus joining the present federal Union of states. Subsequent states are listed in the order of their admission to the Union, and the date given is the official establishment date set by Act of Congress. For further details, see List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Uses the term "commonwealth" rather than "state" in its full official name

References

  1. "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.
  2. Jensen, Merrill (1959). The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 1774–1781. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. xi, 184. ISBN 978-0-299-00204-6.
  3. "RESIDENT POPULATION FOR THE 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO: 2020 CENSUS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "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 land and water areas, ... reflect base feature updates made in the MAF/TIGER database through August, 2010.
  5. "State and Local Government Finances and Employment" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2012. p. 284. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2013.