www.1howmany.com
Social Science / How Many States Are In the United States
How Many States Are In the United States
- There are fifty states in the United States of America
Forty eight states are contiguous1. They are located between Mexico and Canada on the North American continent. Hawaii and Alaska are not attached to the other states. Hawaii is situated on the Hawaiian Islands in the south Pacific. Alaska is the largest state of the USA, located to the north-west of Canada. In was bought from Russia in the 19th century. The USA also owns several smaller territories around the world, but they are not the states.
#
State
Date
Nickname
1
Delaware
December 7, 1787
The First State, the Diamond State, the Small Wonder
2
Pennsylvania
December 12, 1787
The Keystone State
3
New Jersey
December 18, 1787
The Garden State
4
Georgia
January 2, 1788
The Peach State
5
Connecticut
January 9, 1788
The Constitution State
6
Massachusetts
February 6, 1788
The Old Colony State, the Bay State
7
Maryland
April 28, 1788
The Old Line State, the Free State
8
South Carolina
May 23, 1788
The Palmetto State
9
New Hampshire
June 21, 1788
The Granite State
10
Virginia
June 25, 1788
Mother of Presidents, the Old Dominion
11
New York
July 26, 1788
The Empire State
12
North Carolina
November 21, 1789
The Old North State, the Tar Heel State
13
Rhode Island
May 29, 1790
The Ocean State
14
Vermont
March 4, 1791
The Green Mountain State
15
Kentucky
June 1, 1792
The Bluegrass State
16
Tennessee
June 1, 1796
The Volunteer State
17
Ohio
March 1, 1803
The Buckeye State
18
Louisiana
April 30, 1812
The Pelican State
19
Indiana
December 11, 1816
The Hoosier State
20
Mississippi
December 10, 1817
The Magnolia State
21
Illinois
December 3, 1818
The Prairie State
22
Alabama
December 14, 1819
The Yellowhammer State
23
Maine
March 15, 1820
The Pine Tree State
24
Missouri
August 10, 1821
The Show-me State
25
Arkansas
June 15, 1836
The Natural State
26
Michigan
January 26, 1837
The Wolverine State
27
Florida
March 3, 1845
The Sunshine State
28
Texas
December 29, 1845
The Lone Star State
29
Iowa
December 28, 1846
The Hawkeye State
30
Wisconsin
May 29, 1848
The Badger State
31
California
September 9, 1850
The Golden State
32
Minnesota
May 11, 1858
The Gopher State, the North Star State, the Land of 10,000 Lakes
33
Oregon
February 14, 1859
The Beaver State
34
Kansas
January 29, 1861
The Jayhawk State, the Sunflower State
35
West Virginia
June 20, 1863
The Mountain State
36
Nevada
October 31, 1864
The Silver State, the Sagebrush State, the Battle Born State
37
Nebraska
March 1, 1867
The Cornhusker State, the Beef State
38
Colorado
August 1, 1876
The Centennial State
39
North Dakota
November 2, 1889
The Flickertail State, the Rough Rider State, the Sioux State, the Peace Garden State
40
South Dakota
November 2, 1889
The Coyote State, the Mount Rushmore State
41
Montana
November 8, 1889
The Treasure State
42
Washington
November 11, 1889
The Evergreen State
43
Idaho
July 3, 1890
The Gem State
44
Wyoming
July 10, 1890
The Equality State
45
Utah
January 4, 1896
The Beehive State
46
Oklahoma
November 16, 1907
The Sooner State
47
New Mexico
January 6, 1912
The Land of Enchantment
48
Arizona
February 14, 1912
The Grand Canyon State
49
Alaska
January 3, 1959
The Land of the Midnight Sun, the Last Frontier
50
Hawaii
August 21, 1959
The Aloha State
Some people think that Puerto Rico is one of the USA states, but it is wrong. This country voted on it several times, and always decided not to join to the USA. Puerto Ricans are American citizens but their country is just a US unincorporated territory, like Guam, Virgin Islands, etc.
- A contiguous state is one of the forty eight USA states on the North American continent that are north of Mexico and south of Canada. Hawaii and Alaska are the only two U.S. states that are not contiguous.
You may be interested in:
Comments