[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
[S. Doc. 107-1]
[Statistical Data]
[Pages 1159-1160]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION
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Population at Area in
State Date of admission time of Population, square Formation
admission 2000 census miles
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Vermont............................ Mar. 4, 1791.......... 85,539 608,827 9,614 Formed from a portion of the territory of the
State of New York.
Kentucky........................... June 1, 1792.......... 73,677 4,041,769 40,410 Formed from a portion of the territory of the
State of Virginia.
Tennessee.......................... June 1, 1796.......... 77,262 5,689,283 42,144 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by North Carolina. Seceded June 8,
1861. Readmitted to representation by joint
resolution of July 24, 1866.
Ohio............................... Mar. 1, 1803\1\....... 41,915 11,353,140 41,330 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by the State of Virginia.
Louisiana.......................... Apr. 30, 1812......... 76,556 4,468,976 47,752 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by France under the Treaty of Paris of
Apr. 30, 1803. Seceded Jan. 26, 1861.
Readmitted to representation upon ratifying
the Fourteenth Amendment, July 9, 1868.
Indiana............................ Dec. 11, 1816......... 63,897 6,080,485 36,185 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by the State of Virginia.
Mississippi........................ Dec. 10, 1817......... 75,512 2,844,658 47,689 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by the States of Georgia and South
Carolina. Seceded Jan. 9, 1861. Readmitted to
representation by act of Feb. 23, 1870.
Illinois........................... Dec. 3, 1818.......... 34,620 12,419,293 56,345 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by the State of Virginia.
Alabama............................ Dec. 14, 1819......... 144,317 4,447,100 51,705 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by the States of South Carolina and
Georgia. Seceded Jan. 11, 1861. Readmitted to
representation upon ratifying the Fourteenth
Amendment, July 13, 1868.
Maine.............................. Mar. 15, 1820......... 298,335 1,274,923 33,265 Formed from a portion of the territory of the
State of Massachusetts.
Missouri........................... Aug. 10, 1821......... 66,586 5,595,211 69,697 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by France, under the name of
``Louisiana,'' by the Treaty of Paris of 1803.
Arkansas........................... June 15, 1836......... 52,240 2,673,400 53,187 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by France, under the name of
``Louisiana,'' by the Treaty of Paris of 1803.
Seceded May 6, 1861. Readmitted to
representation upon ratifying the Fourteenth
Amendment, June 22, 1868.
Michigan........................... Jan. 26, 1837......... *200,000 9,938,444 58,527 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by the State of Virginia.
Florida............................ Mar. 3, 1845.......... 54,477 15,982,378 58,664 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by Spain by Treaty of Washington of
Feb. 22, 1819. Seceded Jan. 11, 1861.
Readmitted to representation upon ratifying
the Fourteenth Amendment, June 25, 1868.
Texas.............................. Dec. 29, 1845......... *250,000 20,851,820 266,807 This State was originally a part of the
Republic of Mexico, but by a successful revolt
the people established for themselves an
independent republican government, and were
subsequently annexed to the United States.
Seceded Feb. 1, 1861. Readmitted to
representation by the act of Mar. 30, 1870.
Iowa............................... Dec. 28, 1846......... 81,920 2,926,324 56,275 Formed from a portion of the Territory of
Wisconsin, as the ``Territory of Iowa,'' June
12, 1838.
Wisconsin.......................... May 29, 1848.......... 210,596 5,363,675 56,153 Formed from a portion of the territory of the
State of Michigan, as the ``Territory of
Wisconsin,'' Apr. 20, 1836.
California......................... Sept. 9, 1850......... 107,000 33,871,648 158,706 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.
Minnesota.......................... May 11, 1858.......... 150,042 4,919,479 84,402 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by France by the Treaty of
Paris of Apr. 30, 1803.
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Oregon............................. Feb. 14, 1859......... 52,465 3,421,399 97,073 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by the Treaty with France of Apr. 30,
1803, the Treaty with Spain of Feb. 22, 1819,
and the Treaty with Great Britain of June 15,
1846.
Kansas............................. Jan. 29, 1861......... 107,206 2,688,418 82,277 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by France by the Treaty of Paris of
Apr. 30, 1803, and by the State of Texas, in
the settlement of her boundaries, in 1850.
West Virginia...................... June 20, 1863......... 376,683 1,808,344 24,232 Formed from a portion of the territory of the
State of Virginia.
Nevada............................. Oct. 31, 1864......... *40,000 1,998,257 110,561 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by Mexico by the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.
Nebraska........................... Mar. 1, 1867.......... *60,000 1,711,263 77,355 Formed from a petition of the territory ceded
to the United States by France by the Treaty
of Paris of Apr. 30, 1803.
Colorado........................... Aug. 1, 1876.......... *150,000 4,301,261 104,091 Formed from portions of the territory ceded to
the United States by France by the Treaty of
Paris of Apr. 30, 1803 and of that ceded by
Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of
Feb. 2, 1848.
South Dakota....................... Nov. 2, 1889.......... *460,000 754,844 77,116 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by France by the Treaty of
Paris of Apr. 30, 1803.
North Dakota....................... Nov. 2, 1889.......... 642,200 70,702 Do.
Montana............................ Nov. 8, 1889.......... *112,000 902,195 147,046 Do.
Washington......................... Nov. 11, 1889......... *273,000 5,894,121 68,139 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by France by Treaty of Paris of Apr.
30, 1803. The northern boundary of the
territory was settled by a treaty with Great
Britain, known as the ``Oregon Treaty'' of
June 15, 1846.
Idaho.............................. July 3, 1890.......... 84,385 1,293,953 83,564 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by France by the Treaty of
Paris of Apr. 30, 1803.
Wyoming............................ July 10, 1890......... 60,705 493,782 97,809 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by France by the Treaty of
Paris of Apr. 30, 1803.
Utah............................... Jan. 4, 1896.......... *241,000 2,233,169 84,899 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by Mexico by the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.
Oklahoma........................... Nov. 16, 1907......... *1,414,177 3,450,654 69,956 Formed by the union of Oklahoma Territory and
Indian Territory.
New Mexico......................... Jan. 6, 1912.......... *338,470 1,819,046 121,593 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by Mexico by the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.
Arizona............................ Feb. 14, 1912......... *216,639 5,130,632 114,000 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by Mexico, part by the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848, and part by
what is known as the ``Gadsden Purchase,''
Dec. 30, 1853.
Alaska............................. Jan. 3, 1959.......... *211,000 626,932 591,004 Formed from territory ceded to the United
States by Russia by treaty of Mar. 30, 1867.
Hawaii............................. Aug. 21, 1959......... *595,000 1,211,537 6,471 Formed from the territory of the Republic of
Hawaii, annexed to the United States by act of
Congress of July 7, 1898.
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*Estimated.
\1\By Public Law 204 of the 83d Cong., approved Aug. 7, 1953 (67 Stat. 407), Congress corrected an oversight of one-and-one-half centuries and formally
admitted the State of Ohio to the Union, setting Mar. 1, 1803, as the effective date of admission.
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