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
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Cities | Established[A] | Population [3] |
Total area[4] | Land area[4] | Water area[4] | Number of Reps. | |||||
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Capital | Largest (by population)[5] | mi2 | km2 | mi2 | km2 | mi2 | km2 | |||||
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AL | Montgomery | Huntsville | Dec 14, 1819 | 5,024,279 | 52,420 | 135,767 | 50,645 | 131,171 | 1,775 | 4,597 | 7 |
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AK | Juneau | Anchorage | Jan 3, 1959 | 733,391 | 665,384 | 1,723,337 | 570,641 | 1,477,953 | 94,743 | 245,384 | 1 |
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AZ | Phoenix | Feb 14, 1912 | 7,151,502 | 113,990 | 295,234 | 113,594 | 294,207 | 396 | 1,026 | 9 | |
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AR | Little Rock | Jun 15, 1836 | 3,011,524 | 53,179 | 137,732 | 52,035 | 134,771 | 1,143 | 2,961 | 4 | |
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CA | Sacramento | Los Angeles | Sep 9, 1850 | 39,538,223 | 163,695 | 423,967 | 155,779 | 403,466 | 7,916 | 20,501 | 52 |
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CO | Denver | Aug 1, 1876 | 5,773,714 | 104,094 | 269,601 | 103,642 | 268,431 | 452 | 1,170 | 8 | |
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CT | Hartford | Bridgeport | Jan 9, 1788 | 3,605,944 | 5,543 | 14,357 | 4,842 | 12,542 | 701 | 1,816 | 5 |
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DE | Dover | Wilmington | Dec 7, 1787 | 989,948 | 2,489 | 6,446 | 1,949 | 5,047 | 540 | 1,399 | 1 |
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FL | Tallahassee | Jacksonville | Mar 3, 1845 | 21,538,187 | 65,758 | 170,312 | 53,625 | 138,887 | 12,133 | 31,424 | 28 |
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GA | Atlanta | Jan 2, 1788 | 10,711,908 | 59,425 | 153,910 | 57,513 | 148,959 | 1,912 | 4,951 | 14 | |
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HI | Honolulu | Aug 21, 1959 | 1,455,271 | 10,932 | 28,313 | 6,423 | 16,635 | 4,509 | 11,678 | 2 | |
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ID | Boise | Jul 3, 1890 | 1,839,106 | 83,569 | 216,443 | 82,643 | 214,045 | 926 | 2,398 | 2 | |
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IL | Springfield | Chicago | Dec 3, 1818 | 12,812,508 | 57,914 | 149,995 | 55,519 | 143,793 | 2,395 | 6,202 | 17 |
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IN | Indianapolis | Dec 11, 1816 | 6,785,528 | 36,420 | 94,326 | 35,826 | 92,789 | 593 | 1,537 | 9 | |
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IA | Des Moines | Dec 28, 1846 | 3,190,369 | 56,273 | 145,746 | 55,857 | 144,669 | 416 | 1,077 | 4 | |
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KS | Topeka | Wichita | Jan 29, 1861 | 2,937,880 | 82,278 | 213,100 | 81,759 | 211,754 | 520 | 1,346 | 4 |
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KY | Frankfort | Louisville | Jun 1, 1792 | 4,505,836 | 40,408 | 104,656 | 39,486 | 102,269 | 921 | 2,387 | 6 |
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LA | Baton Rouge | New Orleans | Apr 30, 1812 | 4,657,757 | 52,378 | 135,659 | 43,204 | 111,898 | 9,174 | 23,761 | 6 |
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ME | Augusta | Portland | Mar 15, 1820 | 1,362,359 | 35,380 | 91,633 | 30,843 | 79,883 | 4,537 | 11,750 | 2 |
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MD | Annapolis | Baltimore | Apr 28, 1788 | 6,177,224 | 12,406 | 32,131 | 9,707 | 25,142 | 2,699 | 6,990 | 8 |
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MA | Boston | Feb 6, 1788 | 7,029,917 | 10,554 | 27,336 | 7,800 | 20,202 | 2,754 | 7,134 | 9 | |
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MI | Lansing | Detroit | Jan 26, 1837 | 10,077,331 | 96,714 | 250,487 | 56,539 | 146,435 | 40,175 | 104,052 | 13 |
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MN | Saint Paul | Minneapolis | May 11, 1858 | 5,706,494 | 86,936 | 225,163 | 79,627 | 206,232 | 7,309 | 18,930 | 8 |
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MS | Jackson | Dec 10, 1817 | 2,961,279 | 48,432 | 125,438 | 46,923 | 121,531 | 1,508 | 3,907 | 4 | |
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MO | Jefferson City | Kansas City | Aug 10, 1821 | 6,154,913 | 69,707 | 180,540 | 68,742 | 178,040 | 965 | 2,501 | 8 |
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MT | Helena | Billings | Nov 8, 1889 | 1,084,225 | 147,040 | 380,831 | 145,546 | 376,962 | 1,494 | 3,869 | 2 |
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NE | Lincoln | Omaha | Mar 1, 1867 | 1,961,504 | 77,348 | 200,330 | 76,824 | 198,974 | 524 | 1,356 | 3 |
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NV | Carson City | Las Vegas | Oct 31, 1864 | 3,104,614 | 110,572 | 286,380 | 109,781 | 284,332 | 791 | 2,048 | 4 |
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NH | Concord | Manchester | Jun 21, 1788 | 1,377,529 | 9,349 | 24,214 | 8,953 | 23,187 | 397 | 1,027 | 2 |
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NJ | Trenton | Newark | Dec 18, 1787 | 9,288,994 | 8,723 | 22,591 | 7,354 | 19,047 | 1,368 | 3,544 | 12 |
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NM | Santa Fe | Albuquerque | Jan 6, 1912 | 2,117,522 | 121,590 | 314,917 | 121,298 | 314,161 | 292 | 757 | 3 |
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NY | Albany | New York City | Jul 26, 1788 | 20,201,249 | 54,555 | 141,297 | 47,126 | 122,057 | 7,429 | 19,240 | 26 |
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NC | Raleigh | Charlotte | Nov 21, 1789 | 10,439,388 | 53,819 | 139,391 | 48,618 | 125,920 | 5,201 | 13,471 | 14 |
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ND | Bismarck | Fargo | Nov 2, 1889 | 779,094 | 70,698 | 183,108 | 69,001 | 178,711 | 1,698 | 4,397 | 1 |
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OH | Columbus | Mar 1, 1803 | 11,799,448 | 44,826 | 116,098 | 40,861 | 105,829 | 3,965 | 10,269 | 15 | |
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OK | Oklahoma City | Nov 16, 1907 | 3,959,353 | 69,899 | 181,037 | 68,595 | 177,660 | 1,304 | 3,377 | 5 | |
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OR | Salem | Portland | Feb 14, 1859 | 4,237,256 | 98,379 | 254,799 | 95,988 | 248,608 | 2,391 | 6,191 | 6 |
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PA | Harrisburg | Philadelphia | Dec 12, 1787 | 13,002,700 | 46,054 | 119,280 | 44,743 | 115,883 | 1,312 | 3,397 | 17 |
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RI | Providence | May 29, 1790 | 1,097,379 | 1,545 | 4,001 | 1,034 | 2,678 | 511 | 1,324 | 2 | |
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SC | Columbia | Charleston | May 23, 1788 | 5,118,425 | 32,020 | 82,933 | 30,061 | 77,857 | 1,960 | 5,076 | 7 |
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SD | Pierre | Sioux Falls | Nov 2, 1889 | 886,667 | 77,116 | 199,729 | 75,811 | 196,350 | 1,305 | 3,379 | 1 |
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TN | Nashville | Jun 1, 1796 | 6,910,840 | 42,144 | 109,153 | 41,235 | 106,798 | 909 | 2,355 | 9 | |
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TX | Austin | Houston | Dec 29, 1845 | 29,145,505 | 268,596 | 695,662 | 261,232 | 676,587 | 7,365 | 19,075 | 38 |
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UT | Salt Lake City | Jan 4, 1896 | 3,271,616 | 84,897 | 219,882 | 82,170 | 212,818 | 2,727 | 7,064 | 4 | |
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VT | Montpelier | Burlington | Mar 4, 1791 | 643,077 | 9,616 | 24,906 | 9,217 | 23,871 | 400 | 1,035 | 1 |
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VA | Richmond | Virginia Beach | Jun 25, 1788 | 8,631,393 | 42,775 | 110,787 | 39,490 | 102,279 | 3,285 | 8,508 | 11 |
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WA | Olympia | Seattle | Nov 11, 1889 | 7,705,281 | 71,298 | 184,661 | 66,456 | 172,119 | 4,842 | 12,542 | 10 |
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WV | Charleston | Jun 20, 1863 | 1,793,716 | 24,230 | 62,756 | 24,038 | 62,259 | 192 | 497 | 2 | |
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WI | Madison | Milwaukee | May 29, 1848 | 5,893,718 | 65,496 | 169,635 | 54,158 | 140,268 | 11,339 | 29,367 | 8 |
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WY | Cheyenne | Jul 10, 1890 | 576,851 | 97,813 | 253,335 | 97,093 | 251,470 | 720 | 1,864 | 1 |
Related pages
[change | change source]- List of U.S. states and territories by area
- List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union
- List of U.S. states by elevation
- List of U.S. states by GDP
- List of U.S. states' largest cities
- List of U.S. states by population
- List of U.S. states by population density
- Lists of United States state symbols
- List of U.S. states and territories by time zone
- List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to States of the United States at Wikimedia Commons
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ 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
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.