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States

States of the United States of America
Flag, name and
postal abbreviation[1]
Cities Ratification or
admission[upper-alpha 1]
Population
(2020)[3]
Total area[4] Reps.
Capital Largest[5] mi2 km2
Alabama AL Montgomery Huntsville Dec 14, 1819 5,024,279 52,420 135,767 7
Alaska AK Juneau Anchorage Jan 3, 1959 733,391 665,384 1,723,337 1
Arizona AZ Phoenix Feb 14, 1912 7,151,502 113,990 295,234 9
Arkansas AR Little Rock Jun 15, 1836 3,011,524 53,179 137,732 4
California CA Sacramento Los Angeles Sep 9, 1850 39,538,223 163,695 423,967 52
Colorado CO Denver Aug 1, 1876 5,773,714 104,094 269,601 8
Connecticut CT Hartford Bridgeport Jan 9, 1788 3,605,944 5,543 14,357 5
Delaware DE Dover Wilmington Dec 7, 1787 989,948 2,489 6,446 1
Florida FL Tallahassee Jacksonville Mar 3, 1845 21,538,187 65,758 170,312 28
Georgia GA Atlanta Jan 2, 1788 10,711,908 59,425 153,910 14
Hawaii HI Honolulu Aug 21, 1959 1,455,271 10,932 28,313 2
Idaho ID Boise Jul 3, 1890 1,839,106 83,569 216,443 2
Illinois IL Springfield Chicago Dec 3, 1818 12,812,508 57,914 149,995 17
Indiana IN Indianapolis Dec 11, 1816 6,785,528 36,420 94,326 9
Iowa IA Des Moines Dec 28, 1846 3,190,369 56,273 145,746 4
Kansas KS Topeka Wichita Jan 29, 1861 2,937,880 82,278 213,100 4
Kentucky[upper-alpha 2] KY Frankfort Louisville Jun 1, 1792 4,505,836 40,408 104,656 6
Louisiana LA Baton Rouge New Orleans Apr 30, 1812 4,657,757 52,378 135,659 6
Maine ME Augusta Portland Mar 15, 1820 1,362,359 35,380 91,633 2
Maryland MD Annapolis Baltimore Apr 28, 1788 6,177,224 12,406 32,131 8
Massachusetts[upper-alpha 2] MA Boston Feb 6, 1788 7,029,917 10,554 27,336 9
Michigan MI Lansing Detroit Jan 26, 1837 10,077,331 96,714 250,487 13
Minnesota MN Saint Paul Minneapolis May 11, 1858 5,706,494 86,936 225,163 8
Mississippi MS Jackson Dec 10, 1817 2,961,279 48,432 125,438 4
Missouri MO Jefferson City Kansas City Aug 10, 1821 6,154,913 69,707 180,540 8
Montana MT Helena Billings Nov 8, 1889 1,084,225 147,040 380,831 2
Nebraska NE Lincoln Omaha Mar 1, 1867 1,961,504 77,348 200,330 3
Nevada NV Carson City Las Vegas Oct 31, 1864 3,104,614 110,572 286,380 4
New Hampshire NH Concord Manchester Jun 21, 1788 1,377,529 9,349 24,214 2
New Jersey NJ Trenton Newark Dec 18, 1787 9,288,994 8,723 22,591 12
New Mexico NM Santa Fe Albuquerque Jan 6, 1912 2,117,522 121,590 314,917 3
New York NY Albany New York City Jul 26, 1788 20,201,249 54,555 141,297 26
North Carolina NC Raleigh Charlotte Nov 21, 1789 10,439,388 53,819 139,391 14
North Dakota ND Bismarck Fargo Nov 2, 1889 779,094 70,698 183,108 1
Ohio OH Columbus Mar 1, 1803 11,799,448 44,826 116,098 15
Oklahoma OK Oklahoma City Nov 16, 1907 3,959,353 69,899 181,037 5
Oregon OR Salem Portland Feb 14, 1859 4,237,256 98,379 254,799 6
Pennsylvania[upper-alpha 2] PA Harrisburg Philadelphia Dec 12, 1787 13,002,700 46,054 119,280 17
Rhode Island RI Providence May 29, 1790 1,097,379 1,545 4,001 2
South Carolina SC Columbia Charleston May 23, 1788 5,118,425 32,020 82,933 7
South Dakota SD Pierre Sioux Falls Nov 2, 1889 886,667 77,116 199,729 1
Tennessee TN Nashville Jun 1, 1796 6,910,840 42,144 109,153 9
Texas TX Austin Houston Dec 29, 1845 29,145,505 268,596 695,662 38
Utah UT Salt Lake City Jan 4, 1896 3,271,616 84,897 219,882 4
Vermont VT Montpelier Burlington Mar 4, 1791 643,077 9,616 24,906 1
Virginia[upper-alpha 2] VA Richmond Virginia Beach Jun 25, 1788 8,631,393 42,775 110,787 11
Washington WA Olympia Seattle Nov 11, 1889 7,705,281 71,298 184,661 10
West Virginia WV Charleston Jun 20, 1863 1,793,716 24,230 62,756 2
Wisconsin WI Madison Milwaukee May 29, 1848 5,893,718 65,496 169,635 8
Wyoming WY Cheyenne Jul 10, 1890 576,851 97,813 253,335 1
American Samoa AS Pago Pago May 12, 1960 49,710 581 1,505 1
Guam GU Hagatna Sep 25, 1960 153,836 571 1,479 1
Northern Mariana Islands MP Saipan Sep 25, 1995 47,329 1,976 5,118 1
Puerto Rico PR San Juan Dec 12, 1905 3,285,874 5,325 13,792 4
U.S. Virgin Islands VI Charlotte Amalie Jan 20, 1920 87,146 733 1,898 1
District of Columbia DC Washington, D.C. Jul 16, 2015 689,545 68 176 1
Ontario ON Toronto May 12, 1910 15,996,989 415,606 1,076,415 25
Quebec QC Quebec City Montreal May 12, 1910 9,030,684 595,402 1,542,084 11
Nova Scotia NS Halifax May 12, 1910 1,072,545 21,346 55,286 2
New Brunswick NB Fredericton Moncton May 12, 1910 850,894 28,150 72,908 1
Manitoba MB Winnipeg May 12, 1910 1,484,135 250,120 647,808 2
British Columbia BC Victoria Vancouver May 12, 1910 5,646,467 364,771 944,753 8
Prince Edward Island PE Charlottetown May 12, 1910 177,081 2,185 5,659 1
Saskatchewan SK Regina Saskatoon May 12, 1910 1,231,043 251,371 651,048 2
Alberta AB Edmonton Calgary May 12, 1910 4,849,906 255,545 661,859 6
Newfoundland and Labrador NL St. John's Nov 24, 1949 541,391 156,456 405,219 1
Northwest Territories NT Yellowknife Nov 20, 1915 44,920 519,744 1,346,131 1
Yukon YT Whitehorse Nov 20, 1915} 45,750 186,276 482,453 1
Nunavut NU Iqaluit Apr 1, 2000 36,858 808,199 2,093,226 1
Greenland GR Nuuk Jan 30, 2005 56,583 836,330 2,166,085 1
Cuba CU Havana Jun 12, 1865 11,089,511 42,800 110,851 15
Dominica DO Roseau May 5, 1899 72,412 290 751 1
Dominican Republic DM Santo Domingo July 10, 1870 11,434,005 18,792 48,671 15
Haiti HT Port-au-Prince Jan 20, 2010 11,470,261 10,710 27,739 15
Bahamas BS Nassau July 10, 1973 412,628 5,383 13,942 1
Jamaica JM Kingston Aug 6, 1962 2,734,092 4,244 10,992 4
Turks and Caicos Islands TC Cockburn Town Providenciales Sep 5, 1960 44,542 366 948 1
Taiwan TW Taipei New Taipei City Nov 11, 2004 23,894,394 13,976 36,198 30
Hong Kong HK Hong Kong Nov 11, 2004 7,498,100 1,064 2,755 9
Okinawa OW Naha April 28, 1952 1,466,870 881 2,282 2
Liberia LR Monrovia Jan 7, 1822 5,437,249 111,370 288,447 7
Marshall Islands MH Majuro Dec 5, 1944 42,418 70 181 1
Palau PW Ngerulmud Koror Dec 5, 1944 18,024 177 458 1
Federated States of Micronesia FM Palikir Weno Dec 5, 1944 104,468 271 702 1
Australia AU Canberra Sydney June 25, 1955 27,302,700 2,988,900 7,741,215 36
New Zealand NZ Wellington Auckland July 20, 1949 5,381,010 103,483 268,020 7
Singapore SG Singapore Bedok Jun 3, 1959 5,917,600 284 735 8
South Korea KR Sejong City Seoul Sep 8, 1945 38,170,501 38,750 100,362 50
  1. "Appendix B: Two–Letter State and possession Abbreviations". Postal Addressing Standards. Washington, D.C.: United States Postal Service. May 2015. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  2. Jensen, Merrill (1959). The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 1774–1781. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. xi, 184. ISBN 978-0-299-00204-6.
  3. "Resident Population for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on Dec 7, 2023.
  4. "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018. ... provides land, water and total area measurements for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The area measurements were derived from the Census Bureau's Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER®) database. The boundaries of the states and equivalent areas are as of January 1, 2010. The land and water areas, ... reflect base feature updates made in the MAF/TIGER® database through August, 2010.
  5. "State and Local Government Finances and Employment" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2012. p. 284. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2013.


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