List

The 50 United States of America

Name

IPA

USPS Flag Statehood

Alabama

/lbm/

AL

01819-12-14December 14,
1819

Alaska

/lsk/

AK

01959-01-03January 3,
1959

Arizona

/rzon/

AZ

01912-02-14February 14,
1912

Arkansas

/rkns/

AR

01836-06-15June 15, 1836

California

/klfrnj/

CA

01850-09-09September 9,
1850

Colorado

/klrdo/

CO

01876-08-01August 1,
1876

Connecticut

/kntkt/

CT

01788-01-09January 9,
1788

Delaware

/dlwr/

DE

01787-12-07December 7,
1787

Florida

/flrd/

FL

01845-03-03March 3, 1845

Georgia

/drd/

GA

01788-01-02January 2,
1788

Hawaii

/hwa.i/

HI

01959-08-21August 21,
1959

Idaho

/adho/

ID

01890-07-03July 3, 1890

Illinois

/ln/

IL

01818-12-03December 3,
1818

Indiana

/ndin/

IN

01816-12-11December 11,
1816

Iowa

/a.w/

IA

01846-12-28December 28,
1846

Kansas

/knzs/

KS

01861-01-29January 29,
1861

Kentucky[6]

/kntki/

KY

01792-06-01June 1, 1792

Louisiana

/luizin/

LA

01812-04-30April 30, 1812

Maine

/men/

ME

01820-03-15March 15,
1820

Maryland

/mrlnd/

MD

01788-04-28April 28, 1788

Massachusetts[6]

/mstusts/

MA

01788-02-06February 6,
1788

Michigan

/mn/

MI

01837-01-26January 26,
1837

Minnesota

/mnsot/

MN

01858-05-11May 11, 1858

Mississippi

/msspi/

MS

01817-12-10December 10,
1817

Missouri

/mzri, mzr/

MO

01821-08-10August 10,
1821

Montana

/mntn/

MT

01889-11-08November 8,
1889

Nebraska

/nbrsk/

NE

01867-03-01March 1, 1867

Nevada

/nvd/

NV

01864-10-31October 31,
1864

New Hampshire

/nu hmpr/

NH

01788-06-21June 21, 1788

New Jersey

/nu drzi/

NJ

01787-12-18December 18,
1787

New Mexico

/nu mksko/

NM

01912-01-06January 6,
1912

New York

/nu jrk/

NY

01788-07-26July 26, 1788

North Carolina

/nr krlan/

NC

01789-11-21November 21,
1789

North Dakota

/nr dkot/

ND

01889-11-02November 2,
1889

Ohio

/oha.o/

OH

01803-03-01March 1, 1803

Oklahoma

/oklhom/

OK

01907-11-16November 16,
1907

Oregon

/rn/

OR

01859-02-14February 14,
1859

Pennsylvania[6]

/pnslvenj/

PA

01787-12-12December 12,
1787

Rhode Island[13]

/rd alnd/

RI

01790-05-29May 29, 1790

South Carolina

/sa krlan/

SC

01788-05-23May 23, 1788

South Dakota

/sa dkot/

SD

01889-11-02November 2,
1889

Tennessee

/tnsi/

TN

01796-06-01June 1, 1796

Texas

/tkss/

TX

01845-12-29December 29,
1845

Utah

/jut/

UT

01896-01-04January 4,
1896

Vermont

/vrmnt/

VT

01791-03-04March 4, 1791

Virginia[6]

/vrdnj/

VA

01788-06-25June 25, 1788

Washington

/wtn/

WA

01889-11-11November 11,
1889

West Virginia

/wst vrdnj/

WV

01863-06-20June 20, 1863

Wisconsin

/wsknsn/

WI

01848-05-29May 29, 1848

Wyoming

/waom/

WY

01890-07-10July 10, 1890

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Area (sq mi)

700513576500000000052,
419sqmi (135,765km2)

Population (2011[update])

Capital

4,802,740 Montgomery

700617178540000000066
3,267sqmi
(1,717,854km2)

722,718 Juneau

700529525400000000011
3,998sqmi (295,254km2)

6,482,505 Phoenix

700513700200000000052,
897sqmi (137,002km2)

2,937,979 Little Rock

700542397000000000016
3,700sqmi (423,970km2)

37,691,912 Sacramento

700526983700000000010
4,185sqmi (269,837km2)

5,116,796 Denver

70041435600000000005,5
43sqmi (14,356km2)

3,580,709 Hartford

70036452000000000002,4
91sqmi (6,452km2)

907,135 Dover

700517030400000000065,
755sqmi (170,304km2)

19,057,542 Tallahassee

700515390900000000059,
425sqmi (153,909km2)

9,815,210 Atlanta

700428311000000000010,
931sqmi (28,311km2)

1,374,810 Honolulu

700521663200000000083,
642sqmi (216,632km2)

1,584,985 Boise

700514199800000000054,
826sqmi (141,998km2)

12,869,257 Springfield

700494321000000000036,
418sqmi (94,321km2)

6,516,922 Indianapolis

700514574300000000056,
272sqmi (145,743km2)

3,062,309 Des Moines

700521309600000000082,
277sqmi (213,096km2)

2,871,238 Topeka

700510465900000000040,
409sqmi (104,659km2)

4,369,356 Frankfort

700513538200000000052,
271sqmi (135,382km2)

4,574,836 Baton Rouge

700491646000000000035,
385sqmi (91,646km2)

1,328,188 Augusta

700432133000000000012,
407sqmi (32,133km2)

5,828,289 Annapolis

700427336000000000010,
554sqmi (27,336km2)

6,587,536 Boston

700525379300000000097,
990sqmi (253,793km2)

9,876,187 Lansing

700522518100000000086,
943sqmi (225,181km2)

5,344,861 Saint Paul

700512544300000000048,
434sqmi (125,443km2)

2,978,512 Jackson

700518053300000000069,
704sqmi (180,533km2)

6,010,688 Jefferson City

700538115600000000014
7,165sqmi (381,156km2)

998,199 Helena

700520052000000000077,
420sqmi (200,520km2)

1,842,641 Lincoln

700528636700000000011
0,567sqmi (286,367km2)

2,723,322 Carson City

70042421700000000009,3
50sqmi (24,217km2)

1,318,194 Concord

70042260800000000008,7
29sqmi (22,608km2)

8,821,155 Trenton

700531519400000000012
1,697sqmi (315,194km2)

2,082,224 Santa Fe

700514129900000000054,
556sqmi (141,299km2)

19,465,197 Albany

700513950900000000053,
865sqmi (139,509km2)

9,656,401 Raleigh

700518327200000000070,
762sqmi (183,272km2)

700511609600000000044,
825sqmi (116,096km2)

683,932 Bismarck

11,544,951 Columbus

700518119500000000069,
960sqmi (181,195km2)

3,791,508 Oklahoma City

700525502600000000098,
466sqmi (255,026km2)

3,871,859 Salem

700511928300000000046,
055sqmi (119,283km2)

12,742,886 Harrisburg

70033140000000000001,2
10sqmi (3,140km2)

1,051,302 Providence

700482931000000000032,
020sqmi (82,931km2)

4,679,230 Columbia

700519990500000000077,
184sqmi (199,905km2)
700510924700000000042,
181sqmi (109,247km2)
700569624100000000026
8,820sqmi (696,241km2)

824,082 Pierre

6,403,353 Nashville

25,674,681 Austin

700521988700000000084,
899sqmi (219,887km2)

2,817,222 Salt Lake City

70042492300000000009,6
23sqmi (24,923km2)

626,431 Montpelier

700511078500000000042,
774sqmi (110,785km2)

8,096,604 Richmond

700518482700000000071,
362sqmi (184,827km2)

6,830,038 Olympia

700462755000000000024,
230sqmi (62,755km2)

1,855,364 Charleston

700516963900000000065,
498sqmi (169,639km2)

5,711,767 Madison

700525334800000000097,
818sqmi (253,348km2)

568,158 Cheyenne

Most populous city Preceding entity

GDP
($millions)

Birmingham

Alabama Territory

174,400

Anchorage

Alaska Territory

45,600

Phoenix

Arizona Territory

261,300

Little Rock

Arkansas Territory

105,800

Los Angeles

Directly admitted from Mexican

1,936,400
Cession

Denver

Colorado Territory

Bridgeport[4]

Connecticut Colony, then sovereign

233,400
state in Confederation

Wilmington

Lower Counties on Delaware, then

62,700
sovereign state in Confederation

Jacksonville[5]

Florida Territory

Atlanta

Province of Georgia, then sovereign

404,600
state in Confederation

Honolulu

Kingdom of Hawaii, then

US Territory of Hawaii

68,900

Boise

Idaho Territory

54,800

Chicago

Illinois Territory, formed

from the Northwest
Territory

259,700

754,000

644,200

Indianapolis

Indiana Territory, formed

from the Northwest
Territory

267,600

Des Moines

Iowa Territory

147,200

Wichita

Kansas Territory

128,500

Louisville

Split off from Virginia with

that state's consent. The
former huge Kentucky
County

161,400

New Orleans

Territory of Orleans

213,600

Portland

Split off from

Massachusetts with that
state's consent (the former
District of Maine)

Baltimore[7]

Province of Maryland, then sovereign

300,000state in Confederation

Boston

Province of Massachusetts Bay,

377,700
then sovereign state in Confederation

Detroit

Michigan Territory, formed

from the Northwest
Territory

372,400

Minneapolis

Minnesota Territory

267,100

Jackson

Mississippi Territory,
formed from land donated
to the U.S. by Georgia

Kansas City[8]

Missouri Territory

246,700

Billings

Montana Territory

37,200

Omaha

Nebraska Territory

89,600

53,200

98,900

Las Vegas

Nevada Territory

127,500

Manchester[9]

Province of New Hampshire, then

61,600
sovereign state in Confederation

Newark[10]

Province of New Jersey, then sovereign

497,000 state in Confederation

Albuquerque

New Mexico Territory

New York City[11]

Province of New York, then sovereign

1,156,500
state in Confederation

Charlotte

Province of North Carolina, then

407,400
sovereign state in Confederation

Fargo

Dakota Territory

Columbus[12]

Northwest Territory, land

donated to the U.S. by
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
New York

483,400

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma Territory and

Indian Territory

160,500

Portland

Oregon Territory

168,900

Philadelphia

Province of Pennsylvania, then575,600

sovereign state in Confederation

Providence

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence

49,500 Plantations, then sovereign state

Columbia[14]

Province of South Carolina, then

164,300
sovereign state in Confederation

75,000

33,400

Sioux Falls

Dakota Territory

39,900

Memphis[15]

Formed from western land donated

250,300
to the U.S. by North Carolina

Houston[16]

Republic of Texas

Salt Lake City

Utah Territory

Burlington

Province of New York and

New Hampshire Grants
(ownership disputed);
Vermont Republic

Virginia Beach[17]

Colony of Virginia, then sovereign

427,700
state in Confederation

Seattle

Washington Territory

Charleston

Divided off from Virginia,

with the consent of a proUnion Virginia government
in Wheeling unrecognized
by that state's rebelling
legislature in Richmond

Milwaukee

Wisconsin Territory,
formed from the
Northwest Territory

Cheyenne

Wyoming Territory

1,207,432

116,900

26,400

351,100

66,600

251,400

38,200

Name
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky[6]
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts[6]
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania[6]

USPS
AL
AK
AZ
AR
CA
CO
CT
DE
FL
GA
HI
ID
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NV
NH
NJ
NM
NY
NC
ND
OH
OK
OR
PA

Rhode Island[13]
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia[6]
Washington

RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA

West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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WV
WI
WY