List of states in the United States

Map of the United States with the names of the states, Hawaii and Alaska are scaled differently here.

The List of States in the United States provides an overview of the current status of the states in the United States of America . Since the declaration of independence in 1776, the national territory has continuously expanded to the south and west. New areas have been gained through settlement, purchase or occupation, which, mostly after a certain time interval, have been divided into federal states. The United States currently consists of 50 such states. The youngest is Hawaii , which received this status in 1959. Hawaii is also the only state that is not on the North American mainland. Kentucky , Massachusetts , Pennsylvania and Virginia are officially known as the Commonwealth , but are legally equivalent to the other states. In addition, there are other territories that do not have state status, such as Puerto Rico , Guam or the District of Columbia .

Twenty-seven states are run by a governor from the Republican Party (R), and 23 states are run by a governor from the Democratic Party (D).

States

Surname	Abbr.	Official nickname	Capital	Area (km²)	Rank area	Population (2010 census)	Rank pop.	Population density ( inh / km²)	accession	governor
Alabama	AL	Heart of Dixie	Montgomery	135,767	30th	4,779,736	23	35	Dec 14, 1819	Kay Ivey (R)
Alaska	AK	Last Frontier	Juneau	1,723,337	1	710.231	47	0.41	0Jan. 3, 1959	Mike J. Dunleavy (R)
Arizona	AZ	Grand Canyon State	Phoenix	295.234	6th	6,392,017	16	22nd	Feb 14, 1912	Doug Ducey (R)
Arkansas	AR	Natural State	Little rock	137.732	29	2,915,918	32	21st	June 15, 1836	Asa Hutchinson (R)
Colorado	CO	Centennial State	Denver	269,601	8th	5,029,196	22nd	19th	0Aug 1, 1876	Jared Polis  (D)
Connecticut	CT	Constitution State	Hartford	14,357	48	3,574,097	29	249	0Jan. 9, 1788	Ned Lamont (D)
Delaware	DE	First State	Dover	6,446	49	897.934	45	139	07th Dec 1787	John C. Carney (D)
Florida	FL	Sunshine State	Tallahassee	170.312	22nd	18,801,310	4th	110	03rd Mar 1845	Ron DeSantis (R)
Georgia	GA	Peach State	Atlanta	153.910	24	9,687,653	9	63	0Jan. 2, 1788	Brian Kemp (R)
Hawaii	HI	Aloha State	Honolulu	28,313	43	1.360.301	40	48	Aug 21, 1959	David Ige (D)
Idaho	ID	Gem State	Boise	216,643	14th	1,567,582	39	7th	0July 3, 1890	Brad little (r)
Illinois	IL	Land of Lincoln	Springfield	149.995	25th	12,830,632	5	86	03 Dec 1818	JB Pritzker (D)
Indiana	IN	Hoosier State	Indianapolis	94,326	38	6,483,802	15th	69	Dec 11, 1816	Eric Holcomb (R)
Iowa	IA	Hawkeye State	Des Moines	145.746	26th	3,046,355	30th	21st	December 28, 1846	Kim Reynolds (R)
California	CA	Golden State	Sacramento	423.967	3	37.253.956	1	88	0Sep 9 1850	Gavin Newsom (D)
Kansas	KS	Sunflower State	Topeka	213.100	15th	2,853,118	33	13	Jan. 29, 1861	Laura Kelly (D)
Kentucky	KY	Bluegrass State	Frankfort	104,656	37	4,339,367	26th	41	0June 1, 1792	Matt Bevin (R)
Louisiana	LA	Pelican State	Baton Rouge	135,659	31	4,533,372	25th	33	Apr 30, 1812	John Bel Edwards (D)
Maine	ME	Pine Tree State	Augusta	91,633	39	1,328,361	41	14th	15th Mar 1820	Janet T. Mills (D)
Maryland	MD	Old Line State	Annapolis	32,131	42	5,773,552	19th	180	Apr 28, 1788	Larry Hogan (R)
Massachusetts	MA	The Bay State	Boston	27,336	44	6,547,629	14th	240	0Feb 6, 1788	Charlie baker (r)
Michigan	MI	The Great Lakes State	Lansing	250,487	11	9,883,640	8th	39	Jan. 26, 1837	Gretchen Whitmer (D)
Minnesota	MN	North Star State	Saint Paul	225.163	12	5,303,925	21st	24	May 11, 1858	Tim Walz (D)
Mississippi	MS	Magnolia State	Jackson	125,438	32	2,967,297	31	24	Dec 10, 1817	Phil Bryant (R)
Missouri	MO	Show-me-state	Jefferson City	180,540	21st	5,988,927	18th	33	Aug 10, 1821	Mike Parson (R)
Montana	MT	Treasure State	Helena	380,831	4th	989.415	44	3	0Nov 8, 1889	Steve Bullock (D)
Nebraska	NE	Cornhusker State	Lincoln	200,330	16	1,826,341	38	9	01st Mar 1867	Pete Ricketts (R)
Nevada	NV	Silver State	Carson City	286.380	7th	2,700,551	35	9	Oct. 31, 1864	Steve Sisolak (D)
New Hampshire	NH	Granite State	Concord	24.214	46	1,316,470	42	54	June 21, 1788	Chris Sununu (R)
New Jersey	NJ	Garden State	Trenton	22,591	47	8,791,894	11	389	Dec 18, 1787	Phil Murphy (D)
New Mexico	NM	Land of Enchantment	Santa Fe	314.917	5	2,059,179	36	7th	0Jan. 6, 1912	Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
new York	NY	The Empire State	Albany	141.297	27	19.378.102	3	137	July 26, 1788	Andrew Cuomo (D)
North Carolina	NC	Tar Heel State	Raleigh	139.391	28	9,535,483	10	68	Nov 21, 1789	Roy Cooper (D)
North Dakota	ND	Peace Garden State	Bismarck	183.108	19th	672.591	48	4th	0Nov 2, 1889	Doug Burgum (R)
Ohio	OH	Buckeye State	Columbus	116,098	34	11,536,504	7th	99	01st Mar 1803	Mike DeWine (R)
Oklahoma	OK	Native America	Oklahoma City	181.037	20th	3,751,351	28	21st	Nov 16, 1907	Kevin Stitt (R)
Oregon	OR	Beaver State	Salem	254.799	9	3,831,074	27	15th	Feb. 14, 1859	Kate Brown (D)
Pennsylvania	PA	Keystone State	Harrisburg	119,280	33	12,702,379	6th	106	Dec 12, 1787	Tom Wolf (D)
Rhode Island	RI	Ocean State	Providence	4,001	50	1,052,567	43	263	May 29, 1790	Gina Raimondo (D)
South carolina	SC	Palmetto State	Columbia	82,933	40	4,625,364	24	56	May 23, 1788	Henry McMaster (R)
South Dakota	SD	Mount Rushmore State	Pierre	199,729	17th	814.180	46	4th	0Nov 2, 1889	Kristi Noem (R)
Tennessee	TN	Volunteer State	Nashville	109,153	36	6.346.105	17th	58	0June 1, 1796	Bill Lee (R)
Texas	TX	Lone Star State	Austin	695,662	2	25.145.561	2	36	December 29, 1845	Greg Abbott (R)
Utah	UT	Beehive State	Salt Lake City	219,882	13	2,763,885	34	13	0Jan. 4, 1896	Gary R. Herbert (R)
Vermont	VT	Green Mountain State	Montpelier	24,906	45	625.741	49	25th	04th Mar 1791	Phil Scott (R)
Virginia	VA	The Old Dominion	Richmond	110,787	35	8.001.024	12	72	June 25, 1788	Ralph Northam (D)
Washington	WA	Evergreen State	Olympia	184,661	18th	6,724,540	13	36	Nov 11, 1889	Jay Inslee (D)
West Virginia	WV	Mountain State	Charleston	62,756	41	1,852,994	37	30th	June 20, 1863	Jim Justice (R)
Wisconsin	WI	America's Dairyland	Madison	169,635	23	5,686,986	20th	34	May 29, 1848	Tony Evers (D)
Wyoming	WY	Equality State	Cheyenne	253,335	10	563,626	50	2	July 10, 1890	Mark Gordon (R)

See also

Commons : Maps of the states  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• List of states in the United States by population
• List of states in the United States by area
• List of states in the United States by gross domestic product
• State flags and coats of arms
• States and zip code ZIP code
• Federalism in the United States

Web links

• High-resolution map of the states and their respective capitals. Source: nationalatlas.gov (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• High-resolution map of the historical development of the United States. Source: nationalatlas.gov (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US Census Bureau, United States Summary: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts, September 2012 , Table 18, accessed February 16, 2014 (PDF, 36 MB)
2. ↑ US Census Bureau, United States Summary: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts, September 2012 , Table 12, accessed February 16, 2014 (PDF, 36 MB)

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