What are the 50 states in chronological order?

Order of States’ Admission

  • Delaware. Dec. 7, 1787.
  • Pennsylvania. Dec 12, 1787.
  • New Jersey. Dec. 18, 1787.
  • Georgia. Jan. 2, 1788.
  • Connecticut. Jan. 9, 1788.
  • Massachusetts. Feb.6, 1788.
  • Maryland. Apr. 28, 1788.
  • South Carolina. May 23, 1788.

What is the order of the states from 1 to 50?

Dates of Succession to the Union

1 Delaware 1787
47 New Mexico 1912
48 Arizona 1912
49 Alaska 1959
50 Hawaii 1959

What was the 3 state?

The United States in Order of Statehood

Order State Date Admitted
1 Delaware 1787-12-7
2 Pennsylvania 1787-12-12
3 New Jersey 1787-12-18
4 Georgia 1788-1-2

What was the 50th state?

Hawai’i
On Āugust 21, 1959, Hawai’i became the 50th State. Statehood Day is an official state holiday in Hawai’i.

Is Alaska The 49 or 50 state?

1867: Alaska territory purchased from Russia for $7 million. 1898: Hawaii annexed as a United States territory. 1959: Alaska and Hawaii admitted, respectively, as the 49th and 50th states of the Union.

What state was number 48?

However, after much effort, on January 6, 1912 New Mexico became the 47th state and on February 14, 1912 Arizona became the 48th state in the Union.

What’s the youngest state?

Utah
Utah is the youngest state in the union, with a median age of 30.5 years….Youngest States.

2018 rank State Median age
1. Utah 31.0
2. District of Columbia 34.0
3. Alaska 34.6
4. Texas 34.8

Whats the oldest city in the US?

St. Augustine
St. Augustine, founded in September 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles of Spain, is the longest continually inhabited European-founded city in the United States – more commonly called the “Nation’s Oldest City.”

Is Puerto Rico part of the 52 states?

The political status of Puerto Rico is that of an unincorporated territory of the United States. As such, the island of Puerto Rico is neither a sovereign nation nor a U.S. state. Because of that ambiguity, the territory, as a polity, lacks certain rights but enjoys certain benefits that other polities have or lack.