List of U.S. states

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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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.
Flag, name and postal abbreviation ^[1]		Capital	Largest (by population)^[5]	Established^{[upper-alpha 1]}	Population ^[3]	mi²	km²	mi²	km²	mi²	km²	Number of Reps.
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	1

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Notes

↑ 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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Uses the term "commonwealth" rather than "state" in its full official name

References

↑ "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.
↑ 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.
↑ "RESIDENT POPULATION FOR THE 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO: 2020 CENSUS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau.
↑ ^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.
↑ "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.

[3] 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

[statenomenclature-7] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Uses the term "commonwealth" rather than "state" in its full official name

[USPSabbreviations-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.

[:0-4] "RESIDENT POPULATION FOR THE 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO: 2020 CENSUS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau.

[areameasurements-5] 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.

[State_and_Local_Government_Finances_and_Employment-6] "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.

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