How many US States?

How many US States?
Question: How many US States?

How many us states? Oddly enough, we get this question a lot. There are currently 50 states in America. They are in alphabetical order as follows:

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky

Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota

Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

However, there have not always been 50 states. Prior to Alaska and Hawaii becoming states in 1959, there were only 48 states. Furthermore, before New Mexico and Arizona became states in 1912, there were only 46 states. If you go back to 1787, then there were only 3 states. You get the idea. Although there are 50 states now, that was not the correct answer when our parents and grandparents grew up.

To get the whole picture, see the list below of all current US States sorted by date of when they became a state:

1787
Delaware
December 7

1787
Pennsylvania
December 12

1787
New Jersey
December 18

1788
Georgia
January 2

1788
Connecticut
January 9

1788
Massachusetts
February 6

1788
Maryland
April 28

1788
South Carolina
May 23

1788
New Hampshire
June 21

1788
Virginia
June 25

1788
New York
July 26

1789
North Carolina
November 21

1790
Rhode Island
May 29

1791
Vermont
March 4

1792
Kentucky
June 1

1796
Tennessee
June 1

1803
Ohio
March 1

1812
Louisiana
April 30

1816
Indiana
December 11

1817
Mississippi
December 10

1818
Illinois
December 3

1819
Alabama
December 14

1820
Maine
March 15

1821
Missouri
August 10

1836
Arkansas
June 15

1837
Michigan
January 26

1845
Florida
March 3

1845
Texas
December 29

1846
Iowa
December 28

1848
Wisconsin
May 29

1850
California
September 9

1858
Minnesota
May 11

1859
Oregon
February 14

1861
Kansas
January 29

Ohio 1863
West Virginia
June 20

1864
Nevada
October 31

1867
Nebraska
March 1

1876
Colorado
August 1

1889
North Dakota
November 2

1889
South Dakota
November 2

1889
Montana
November 8

1889
Washington
November 11

1890
Idaho
July 3

1890
Wyoming
July 10

1896
Utah
January 4

1907
Oklahoma
November 16

1912
New Mexico
January 6

1912
Arizona
February 14

1959
Alaska
January 3

1959
Hawaii
August 21

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