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State or Territory

Date of Act of
Organization
 or Admission 

Total
Area
 (Sq. Miles) 

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Original States:

 New Hampshire

 9,341

 Massachusetts

 8,266

 Rhode Island

 1,248

 Connecticut

 4,965

 New York

49,204

 New Jersey

 8,224

 Pennsylvania

45,126

 Delaware

 2,379

 Maryland

12,327

 Virginia

42,627

 North Carolina

52,426

 South Carolina

30,989

 Georgia

59,265

States Without Previous Territorial Organization Admitted: 

 Vermont

Mar.	4,	1791
June	1,	1792
June	1,	1796
Mar.	15,	1820
Dec.	29,	1845
June	19,	1863

 9,564

 Kentucky

40,598

 Tennessee

42,022

 Maine

33,040

 Texas

265,896 

 West Virginia

24,170

States With Previous Territorial Organization Admitted:

 Ohio

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

May	7,	1800
Feb.	19,	1803
Mar.	3,	1805
Apr.	30,	1812
May	7,	1800
Dec.	11,	1816
Apr.	7,	1798
Dec.	10,	1817
Feb.	3,	1809
Dec.	3,	1818
Mar.	3,	1817
Dec.	14,	1819
June	4,	1812
Aug.	10,	1821
Mar.	2,	1819
June	15,	1836
Jan.	11,	1805
Jan.	26,	1837
Mar.	30,	1822
Mar.	3,	1845
June	12,	1838
Dec.	28,	1846
Apr.	20,	1836
May	29,	1848
Mar.	1,	1847
Sept.	9,	1850
Mar.	3,	1849
May	11,	1858
Aug.	14,	1848
Feb.	14,	1859
May	30,	1854
Jan.	29,	1861
Mar.	2,	1861
Oct.	31,	1864
May	30,	1854
Mar.	1,	1867
Feb.	28,	1861
Aug.	1,	1876
Mar.	2,	1861
Nov.	2,	1889
Mar.	2,	1861
Nov.	2,	1889
May	26,	1864
Nov.	8,	1889
Mar.	2,	1853
Nov.	11,	1889
Mar.	3,	1863
July	3,	1890
July	25,	1868
July	10,	1890
Sept.	9,	1850
Jan.	4,	1896
May	2,	1890
Nov.	16,	1907
Sept.	9,	1850
Jan.	6,	1912
Feb.	4,	1863
Feb.	14,	1912

 
41,040

 Louisiana

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
48,506

 Indiana

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
36,354

 Mississippi

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
46,865

 Illinois

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
56,665

 Alabama

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
51,998

 Missouri

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
69,420

 Arkansas

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
53,335

 Michigan

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
57,980

 Florida

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
58,666

 Iowa

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
56,147

 Wisconsin

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
56,066

 California

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
158,297 

 Minnesota

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
84,682

 Oregon

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
96,699

 Kansas

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
82,158

 Nevada

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
110,690 

 Nebraska

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
77,520

 Colorado

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
103,948 

 North Dakota

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
70,837

 South Dakota

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
77,615

 Montana

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
146,997 

 Washington

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
69,127

 Idaho

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
83,888

 Wyoming

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
97,914

 Utah

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
84,990

 Oklahoma

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
70,057

 New Mexico

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
122,634 

 Arizona

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Territory
	State

 
113,956 

Authorities differ somewhat on some of these dates and areas: the above are from Census reports.