State Timeline

New York

1624

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

New Hampshire

1776

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

Deleware

1787

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

New Jersey

1787

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

Pennsylvania

1787

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

Connecticut

1788

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

Georgia

1788

Capital - Atlanta
Governor - Nathan Deal - Republican
Population - 10.48 million

Maryland

1788

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

Massachusetts

1788

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

South Carolina

1788

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

Virginia

1788

Capital - Richmond
Governor Ralph Northam Democrat
Population 8.47 million

North Carolina

1789

Capital - Raleigh
Governor - Roy Cooper - Democrat
Population - 10.27 million

Rhode island

1790

Capital - Providence
Governor - Gina Raimondo - Democrat
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 - Democrat
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 million

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

Florida

1845

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

Texas

1845

Capital - Austin
Governor - Greg Abbot - 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 - Democrat
Population - 5.577 million

Oregon

1859

Capital - Salem
Governor - Kate Brown - Democrat
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 - Republican
Population - 1.92 million

Colorado

1876

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

Montana

1889

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

North Dacota

1889

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

South Dakota

1889

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

Washington

1889

Capital - Olympia
Governor - Jay Inslee - Democrat
Population - 7.406 million

Wyoming

1890

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

Idaho

1890

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

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 Lge - Democrat
Population - 1.428 million

Alaska

1959

Capital - Juneau
Governor - Bill Walker - Independant
Population - 173,795