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The territory/region must have its own constitution and government and a population of at least 60,000, and they have to want/request statehood (like Puerto Rico did on December 11, 2012). Then the U.S. Congress must vote in favor of statehood. For an existing state to split into two states (like Massachusetts did in 1820 and Virginia did in 1863), the original government, the new government, and the U.S. Congress must all agree to it.

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