1DelawareDecember 7, 17872PennsylvaniaDecember 12, 17873New JerseyDecember 18, 17874GeorgiaJanuary 2, 17885ConnecticutJanuary 9, 17886MassachusettsFebruary 6, 17887MarylandApril 28, 17888South CarolinaMay 23, 17889New HampshireJune 21, 178810VirginiaJune 25, 178811New YorkJuly 26, 178812North CarolinaNovember 21, 178913Rhode IslandMay 29, 179014VermontMarch 4, 179115KentuckyJune 1, 179216TennesseeJune 1, 179617OhioMarch 1, 180318LouisianaApril 30, 181219IndianaDecember 11, 181620MississippiDecember 10, 181721IllinoisDecember 3, 181822AlabamaDecember 14, 181923MaineMarch 15, 182024MissouriAugust 10, 182125ArkansasJune 15, 183626MichiganJanuary 26, 183727FloridaMarch 3, 184528TexasDecember 29, 184529IowaDecember 28, 184630WisconsinMay 29, 184831CaliforniaSeptember 9, 185032MinnesotaMay 11, 185833OregonFebruary 14, 185934KansasJanuary 29, 186135West VirginiaJune 20, 186336NevadaOctober 31, 186437NebraskaMarch 1, 186738ColoradoAugust 1, 187639North DakotaNovember 2, 188940South DakotaNovember 2, 188941MontanaNovember 8, 188942WashingtonNovember 11, 188943IdahoJuly 3, 189044WyomingJuly 10, 189045UtahJanuary 4, 189646OklahomaNovember 16, 190747New MexicoJanuary 6, 191248ArizonaFebruary 14, 191249AlaskaJanuary 3, 195950HawaiiAugust 21, 1959
February 14, 1912. Arizona was the last of the CONTIGUOUS 48 states to enter the union. Alaska is a Continental State (attached to North America just as much as the lower 48) entered in 1959.
Arizona became the 48th US State on 14 February 1912. But Alaska is in the continental United States and it entered the union on January 3rd, 1959.
The continental U.S. states include all of the U.S. states except Hawaii. Alaska was the last continental U.S. state to join the Union on January 3, 1959.
Woodrow Wilson
Arizona and New Mexico were the last two southwestern states to join the union. Arizona was admitted into the Union on February 14, 1912 becoming the 48th state to join the Union. New Mexico was admitted into the Union on January 6, 1912 becoming the 47th state to join the union.
there were 48 states. we bought Alaska in 1948.
(see related question) There are 50 US states. There are 48 (all but two) in the "continental United States", those two being Alaska and Hawaii. (even though Alaska is obviously part of North America as well)
48. Alaska and Hawaii would come into the union about 15 years later.
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Woodrow Wilson
Arizona and New Mexico are tied for last in the order of states admitted to the continental US ... the "lower 48". Both were admitted in 1912.
Arizona (48th state) was the last contiguous state to join the Union on February 14, 1912. The only two states after that were Hawaii and Alaska in 1959.
48
"The Lower 48" is a term often used to refer to the contiguous 48 states of the USA - excluding Alaska and Hawaii. The "lower" part is in reference to the fact that Alaska is much further north.
Utah
The problem as stated: Given - 2 states are NOT continental. Given - there are 50 states. Find - % of states that ARE continental. 50 = Total states -02 = Non-continental states --- 48 = Continental states 48 of 50 states are continental. 48 / 50 (expressed as a fraction) 48/50 = x/100 (setting up the equation) 48*100 = 50*x (by cross multiplication.) 4800/50 = x (divide both sides by 50) 96 = x (solving the equation) 48/50 = 96/100 (substituting for x) 96/100 = 96% (fraction written as a percentage) This may be, according to popular but incorrect usage. Alaska is on the same continent as 48 other states and is therefore part of the Continental US.
48 states
Arizona and New Mexico were the last two southwestern states to join the union. Arizona was admitted into the Union on February 14, 1912 becoming the 48th state to join the Union. New Mexico was admitted into the Union on January 6, 1912 becoming the 47th state to join the union.
In 1952 there were 48 states in the US. They are sometimes referred to now as the 'lower 48', if the matter at hand is relevant only to the contiguous states below Canada. Like Hawaii, Alaska does not border any of the other states. The last two states to join the union were Alaska and Hawaii, both of which joined in 1959.
there were 48 states. we bought Alaska in 1948.