List of U.S. states

A U.S. state is one of the states of the United States of America. Four states (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) are officially named a "Commonwealth" rather than a "State." The earliest state became one on January the second, 1788, and the latest, Hawaii on August the twenty-first, 1959.

The states are labeled with their U.S. postal abbreviations, their founding date and capitals.

Sl no.	Abbreviations	State Name	Capital	Became a State
1	AL	Alabama	Montgomery	December 14, 1819
2	AK	Alaska	Juneau	January 3, 1959
3	AZ	Arizona	Phoenix	February 14, 1912
4	AR	Arkansas	Little Rock	June 15, 1836
5	CA	California	Sacramento	September 9, 1850
6	CO	Colorado	Denver	August 1, 1876
7	CT	Connecticut	Hartford	January 9, 1788
8	DE	Delaware	Dover	December 7, 1787
9	FL	Florida	Tallahassee	March 3, 1845
10	GA	Georgia	Atlanta	January 2, 1788
11	HI	Hawaii	Honolulu	August 21, 1959
12	ID	Idaho	Boise	July 3, 1890
13	IL	Illinois	Springfield	December 3, 1818
14	IN	Indiana	Indianapolis	December 11, 1816
15	IA	Iowa	Des Moines	December 28, 1846
16	KS	Kansas	Topeka	January 29, 1861
17	KY	Kentucky	Frankfort	June 1, 1792
18	LA	Louisiana	Baton Rouge	April 30, 1812
19	ME	Maine	Augusta	March 15, 1820
20	MD	Maryland	Annapolis	April 28, 1788
21	MA	Massachusetts	Boston	February 6, 1788
22	MI	Michigan	Lansing	January 26, 1837
23	MN	Minnesota	Saint Paul	May 11, 1858
24	MS	Mississippi	Jackson	December 10, 1817
25	MO	Missouri	Jefferson City	August 10, 1821
26	MT	Montana	Helena	November 8, 1889
27	NE	Nebraska	Lincoln	March 1, 1867
28	NV	Nevada	Carson City	October 31, 1864
29	NH	New Hampshire	Concord	June 21, 1788
30	NJ	New Jersey	Trenton	December 18, 1787
31	NM	New Mexico	Santa Fe	January 6, 1912
32	NY	New York	Albany	July 26, 1788
33	NC	North Carolina	Raleigh	November 21, 1789
34	ND	North Dakota	Bismarck	November 2, 1889
35	OH	Ohio	Columbus	March 1, 1803
36	OK	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	November 16, 1907
37	OR	Oregon	Salem	February 14, 1859
38	PA	Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	December 12, 1787
39	RI	Rhode Island	Providence	May 19, 1790
40	SC	South Carolina	Columbia	May 23, 1788
41	SD	South Dakota	Pierre	November 2, 1889
42	TN	Tennessee	Nashville	June 1, 1796
43	TX	Texas	Austin	December 29, 1845
44	UT	Utah	Salt Lake City	January 4, 1896
45	VT	Vermont	Montpelier	March 4, 1791
46	VA	Virginia	Richmond	June 25, 1788
47	WA	Washington	Olympia	November 11, 1889
48	WV	West Virginia	Charleston	June 20, 1863
49	WI	Wisconsin	Madison	May 29, 1848
50	WY	Wyoming	Cheyenne	July 10, 1890

In addition to the states, several other areas belong to the United States:

• AS American Samoa, Territory
• DC District of Columbia, which is the seat of the Federal government
• GU Guam, Territory
• MP Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth
• PR Puerto Rico, Territories
• VI the United States Virgin Islands, Territory

Map of United States

Related pages

• List of U.S. states by date of statehood