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. NEW JERSEY ............................................ December 18, 1787 4. CONNECTICUT ........................................ January 9, 1788 5. GEORGIA ................................................ January 2, 1788 6. MARYLAND ............................................. April 28, 1788 7. MASSACHUSETTS .................................... February 6, 1788 8. NEW HAMPSHIRE ..................................... June 21, 1788 9. NEW YORK ............................................. July 26, 1788 10. SOUTH CAROLINA .................................... May 23, 1788 11. VIRGINIA .............................................. June 25, 1788 12. NORTH CAROLINA ................................... November 21, 1789 13. RHODE ISLAND ....................................... May 29, 1790 14. VERMONT .............................................. March 4, 1791
15. KENTUCKY ............................................. June 1, 1792 16. TENNESSEE ........................................... June 1, 1796 17. OHIO .................................................... March 1, 1803 18. LOUISIANA ............................................ April 30, 1812
19. INDIANA ................................................ December 11, 1816 20. MISSISSIPPI ........................................... December 10, 1817 21. ILLINOIS ................................................ December 3, 1818 22. ALABAMA ............................................... December 14, 1819 23. MAINE ................................................... March 15, 1820 24. MISSOURI .............................................. August 10, 1821 25. ARKANSAS ............................................. June 15, 1836 26. MICHIGAN .............................................. January 26, 1837 27. FLORIDA ................................................ March 3, 1845 28. TEXAS ................................................... December 29, 1845 29. IOWA ..................................................... December 28, 1846 30. WISCONSIN ............................................. May 29, 1848 31. CALIFORNIA ............................................. September 9, 1850 32. MINNESOTA ............................................. May 11, 1858
34. KANSAS .................................................. January 29, 1861 35. WEST VIRGINIA ........................................ June 20, 1863 36. NEVADA .................................................. October 31, 1864 37. NEBRASKA ............................................... March 1, 1867 38. 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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