What are the States and their capitals in order of joining the union?

Answer 1

{| ! # ! ! State ! Ratification‡ or Admission ! Preceding Entity | 1 Delaware Friday, December 7, 1787 ‡ Lower Counties on Delaware, then sovereign state in Confederation 2 Pennsylvania Wednesday, December 12, 1787 ‡ Province of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation 3 New Jersey Tuesday, December 18, 1787 ‡ Province of New Jersey, then sovereign state in Confederation 4 Georgia Wednesday, January 2, 1788 ‡ Province of Georgia, then sovereign state in Confederation 5 Connecticut Wednesday, January 9, 1788 ‡ Connecticut Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation 6 Massachusetts Wednesday, February 6, 1788 ‡ Province of Massachusetts Bay, then sovereign state in Confederation 7 Maryland Monday, April 28, 1788 ‡ Province of Maryland, then sovereign state in Confederation 8 South Carolina Friday, May 23, 1788 ‡ Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation 9 New Hampshire Saturday, June 21, 1788 ‡ Province of New Hampshire, then sovereign state in Confederation 10 Virginia Wednesday, June 25, 1788 ‡ Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation 11 New York Saturday, July 26, 1788 ‡ Province of New York, then sovereign state in Confederation 12 North Carolina Saturday, November 21, 1789 ‡ Province of North Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation 13 Rhode Island Saturday, May 29, 1790 ‡ Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, then sovereign state in Confederation 14 Vermont Friday, March 4, 1791 Province of New York and New Hampshire Grants (ownership disputed), Vermont Republic 15 Kentucky Friday, June 1, 1792 Virginia (Kentucky County) 16 Tennessee Wednesday, June 1, 1796 Province of North Carolina, Southwest Territory 17 Ohio Tuesday, March 1, 1803* Northwest Territory 18 Louisiana Thursday, April 30, 1812 Territory of Orleans 19 Indiana Wednesday, December 11, 1816 Indiana Territory 20 Mississippi Wednesday, December 10, 1817 Mississippi Territory 21 Illinois Thursday, December 3, 1818 Illinois Territory 22 Alabama Tuesday, December 14, 1819 Alabama Territory 23 Maine Wednesday, March 15, 1820 District of Maine in Massachusetts 24 Missouri Friday, August 10, 1821 Missouri Territory 25 Arkansas Wednesday, June 15, 1836 Arkansas Territory 26 Michigan Thursday, January 26, 1837 Michigan Territory 27 Florida Monday, March 3, 1845 Florida Territory 28 Texas Monday, December 29, 1845 Republic of Texas 29 Iowa Monday, December 28, 1846 Iowa Territory 30 Wisconsin Monday, May 29, 1848 Wisconsin Territory 31 California Monday, September 9, 1850 California Republic 32 Minnesota Tuesday, May 11, 1858 Minnesota Territory 33 Oregon Monday, February 14, 1859 Oregon Territory 34 Kansas Tuesday, January 29, 1861 Kansas Territory 35 West Virginia Saturday, June 20, 1863 Virginia (divided up) 36 Nevada Monday, October 31, 1864 Nevada Territory 37 Nebraska Friday, March 1, 1867 Nebraska Territory 38 Colorado Tuesday, August 1, 1876 Colorado Territory 39 † North Dakota Saturday, November 2, 1889 Dakota Territory 40 † South Dakota Saturday, November 2, 1889 Dakota Territory 41 Montana Friday, November 8, 1889 Montana Territory 42 Washington Monday, November 11, 1889 Washington Territory 43 Idaho Thursday, July 3, 1890 Idaho Territory 44 Wyoming Thursday, July 10, 1890 Wyoming Territory 45 Utah Saturday, January 4, 1896 Utah Territory 46 Oklahoma Saturday, November 16, 1907 Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory 47 New Mexico Saturday, January 6, 1912 New Mexico Territory 48 Arizona Wednesday, February 14, 1912 Arizona Territory 49 Alaska Saturday, January 3, 1959 Russia and then Alaska Territory 50 Hawaii Friday, August 21, 1959 Kingdom of Hawai'i, Republic of Hawai'i and then Hawaii Territory |}