STAR CLIP ART AND DATES OF AMERICAN STATEHOOD Shown below is a collection of star clip art in the form of early American flags. The image to your right is America's first flag, known as the Grand Union flag, designed and created in 1777, soon after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Subsequent flags show stars to represent states, and most have 13 red and white alternating stripes, to represent the original 13 colonies. Scroll down for a list of all 50 states, ranked in order of the date each state was founded.
STATE NAME .......................... FOUNDING DATE
1. DELAWARE ............................................. December 7, 1787
2. PENNSYLVANIA ....................................... December 12, 1787 3. CONNECTICUT ........................................ January 9, 1788 4. GEORGIA ................................................ January 2, 1788 5. MARYLAND ............................................. April 28, 1788 6. MASSACHUSETTS .................................... February 6, 1788 7. NEW HAMPSHIRE ..................................... June 21, 1788 8. NEW YORK ............................................. July 26, 1788 9. SOUTH CAROLINA .................................... May 23, 1788 10. VIRGINIA .............................................. June 25, 1788 11. NORTH CAROLINA ................................... November 21, 1789 12. RHODE ISLAND ....................................... May 29, 1790 13. VERMONT .............................................. March 4, 1791
15. TENNESSEE ........................................... June 1, 1796 16. OHIO .................................................... March 1, 1803 17. LOUISIANA ............................................ April 30, 1812
18. INDIANA ................................................ December 11, 1816 19. MISSISSIPPI ........................................... December 10, 1817
20. ILLINOIS ................................................ December 3, 1818 21. ALABAMA ............................................... December 14, 1819 22. MAINE ................................................... March 15, 1820 23. MISSOURI .............................................. August 10, 1821 24. ARKANSAS ............................................. June 15, 1836 25. MICHIGAN .............................................. January 26, 1837 26. FLORIDA ................................................ March 3, 1845 27. TEXAS ................................................... December 29, 1845 28. IOWA ..................................................... December 28, 1846 29. WISCONSIN ............................................. May 29, 1848 30. CALIFORNIA ............................................. September 9, 1850 31. MINNESOTA ............................................. May 11, 1858
33. KANSAS .................................................. January 29, 1861 34. WEST VIRGINIA ........................................ June 20, 1863 35. NEVADA .................................................. October 31, 1864 36. NEBRASKA ............................................... March 1, 1867 37. COLORADO .............................................. August 1, 1876
39. MONTANA ................................................ November 8, 1889 40. NORTH DAKOTA ........................................ November 2, 1889 41. SOUTH DAKOTA ........................................ November 2, 1889 42. WASHINGTON ........................................... November 11, 1889 43. IDAHO ..................................................... July 3, 1890 44. WYOMING ................................................ July 10, 1890 45. UTAH ...................................................... January 4, 1896 46. OKLAHOMA ............................................... November 16, 1907 47. ARIZONA .................................................. February 14, 1912 48. NEW MEXICO ............................................ January 6, 1912 49 ALASKA ..................................................... January 3, 1959 50. HAWAII .................................................... August 21, 1959
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