State Timeline

New Hampshire

1776

Capital- Concord
Governor- Chris Sununu- republican
Population- 1.343 million

Delaware

1787

Capital- Dover
Governor- John Carney- democratic
Population- 961,939

New Jersey

1787

Capital- Trenton
Governor-Phil Murphy- democratic
Population- 9.006 million

Pennsylvania

1787

Capital- Harrisburg
Governor- Tom Wolf- republican
Population- 12.81 million

Connecticut

1788

Capital-Hartford
Governor-Dannel Malloy- democratic
Population- 3.588 million

Massachusetts

1788

Capital- Boston
Governor- Charlie Baker- republican
Population- 6.86 million

Georgia

1788

Capital- Atlanta
Governor- Nathan Deal- republican
Population- 10.43 million

Maryland

1788

Capital-Annapolis
Governor- Larry Hogan- republican
Population- 6.052 million

New York

1788

Capital- Albany
Governor- Andrew Cuomo- democratic
Population- 8.538 million

South Carolina

1788

Capital- Columbia
Governor- Henry McMaster- Republican
Population- 5.024 million

Virginia

1788

Capital- Richmond
Governor- Ralph Northam- democratic
Population- 8.47 million

North Carolina

1789

Capital- Raleigh
Governor- Ray Cooper- democratic
Population- 10.27 million

Rhode Island

1790

Capital- Providence
Governor- Gina Raimondo- Democratic
Population- 1.06 million

Vermont

1791

Capital- Montpelier
Governor- Phil Scott- Republican
Population- 623,657

Kentucky

1792

Capital- Frankfort
Governor- Matt Bevin- republican
Population- 4.454 million

Tennessee

1796

Capital- Nashville
Governor- Bill Haslam- republican
Population-6.716 million

Ohio

1803

Capital- Columbus
Governor-John Kasich- republican
Population- 11.66 million

Louisiana

1812

Capital- Baton Rouge
Governor- John Bel Edwards- Democratic
Population- 4.684 million

Indiana

1816

Capital- Indianapolis
Governor- Eric Holcomb- Republican
Population-6.667 million

Mississippi

1817

Capital- Jackson
Governor- Phil Bryant- republican
Population- 2.984 million

Illinois

1818

Capital- Springfield
Governor- Bruce Rauner - Republican
Population- 12.8 million

Alabama

1819

Capital- Montgomery
Governor- Kay Ivey- Republican
Population- 4.875 million

Maine

1820

Capital- Augusta
Governor- Paul LePage- republican
Population- 1.336 million

Missouri

1821

Capital- Jefferson City
Governor- Eric Greitens- republican
Population- 6.114 population

Arkansas

1836

Capital- Little Rock
Governor- Asa Hutchinson- republican
Population- 3.004 million

Michigan

1837

Capital- Lansing
Governor- Rick Snyder- Republican
Population- 9.962 million

Flordia

1845

Capital- Tallahassee
Governor- Rick Scott- republican
Population- 20.98 million

Texas

1845

Capital- Austin
Governor- Greg Abbott- Republican
Population- 28.3 million

Iowa

1846

Capital-Des Moines
Governor- Kim Reynolds- republican
Population- 3.146 million

Wisconsin

1848

Capital- Madison
Governor- Scott Walker- republican
Population- 5.795 million

California

1850

Capital-Sacramento
Governor- Jerry Brown- democratic
Population- 39.54 million

Minnesota

1858

capital-Saint Paul
governor- Mark Dayton- democratic
population- 5.577 million

Oregon

1859

Capital- Salem
Governor- Kate Brown- democratic
Population- 4.143 million

Kansas

1861

Capital- Topeka
Governor- Jeff Colyer- Republican
Population- 2.913 million

West Virginia

1863

Capital- Charleston
Governor- Jim Justice- republican
Population-1.816 million

Nevada

1864

Capital- Carson City
Governor- Brian Sandoval- republican
Population- 2.998 million

Nebraska

1867

Capital- Lincoln
Governor- Pete Ricketts
Population- 1.92 million

Colorado

1876

Capital- Denver
Governor- John Hickenlooper- democratic
Population-5.607 million

South Dakota

1889

Capital- Pierre
Governor-Dennis Daugaard- Republican
Population- 869,666

Washington

1889

Capital- Olympia
Governor- Jay Inslee- Democratic
Population- 7.046 million

Montana

1889

Capital- Helena
Governor- Steve Bullock- democratic
Population- 1.05 million

North Dakota

1889

Capital- Bismarck
Governor- Doug Burgum- republican
Population- 755,393

Idaho

1890

Capital- Boise
Governor- Butch Otter- republican
Population- 1.717 million

Wyoming

1890

Capital- Cheyenne
Governor- Matt Mead- republican
Population- 579,315

Utah

1896

Capital- Salt Lake City
Governor- Gary Herbert- republican
Population- 3.102 million

Oklahoma

1907

Capital- Oklahoma City
Governor- Mary Fallin- Republican
Population-3.931 million

Arizona

1912

Capital- Phoenix
Governor- Doug Ducey- Republican
Population- 7.016 million

New Mexico

1912

Capital-Santa Fe
Governor- Susana Martinez- republican
Population- 2.088 million

Hawaii

1959

Capital- Honolulu
Governor- David Ige- democratic
Population- 1.428 million

Alaska

1959

Capital- Juneau
Governor- Bill Walker- Republican
Population- 739, 795