State Timeline

Delaware

1787

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

New Jersey

1787

Capital- Trenton
Governor- Phil Murphy, Democrat
Population- 9 Million

Pennsylvania

1787

Capital- Harrisburg
Governor- Tom Wolf, Democrat
Population- 12.8 Million

Georgia

1788

Capital- Atlanta
Governor- Nathan Deal, Republican
Population- 10.4 Million

MaryLand

1788

Capital- Annapolis
Governor- Larry Hogan, Republican
Population- 6 Million

Massachusetts

1788

Capital- Boston
Governor- Charlie Baker, Republican
Population- 6.8 Million

New Hampshire

1788

Capital- Concord
Governor- Chris Sununu
Population- 1.3 Million

New York

1788

Capital- Albany
Governor- Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
Population- 8.5 Million

South Carolina

1788

Capital- Colombia
Governor- Henry McMaster, Republican
Population- 5 Million

Virginia

1788

Capital- Richmond
Governor- Ralph Northam, Democrat
Population- 8.4 Million

Connecticut

1788

Capital- Hartford
Governor- Dannel Malloy, Democrat
Population- 3.5 Million

North Carolina

1789

Capital- Raleigh
Governor- Roy Cooper, Democrat
Population- 10.2 Million

Rhode Island

1790

Capital- Providence
Governor- Gina Ramimodo, Democrat
Population- 1 Million

Vermont

1791

Capital- Montpelier
Governor- Phil Scott, Republican
Population- 623k

Kentuckey

1792

Capital- Frankfort
Governor- Matt Bevin, Republican
Population- 4.4 Million

Tennessee

1796

Capital- Nashvile
Governor- Billl Haslam, Republican
Population- 6.7 Million

Ohio

1803

Capital- Columbus
Governor- John Kasich, Republican
Population- 11.6 Million

Louisiana

1812

Capital- Baton Rouge
Governor- John Bel Edwards, Democrat
Population- 4.6 Million

Indiana

1816

Capital- Indianapolis
Governor- Eric Holcomb, Republican
Population- 6.6 Million

Mississippi

1817

Capital- Jackson
Governor- Phil Bryant, Republican
Population- 2.9 Million

Illinois

1818

Capital- Springfield
Governor- Bruce Rauner- Republican
Population- 12.8 Million

Maine

1820

Capital- Augusta
Governor- Paul LePage, Republican
Population- 1.3 Million

Missouri

1821

Capital- Jefferson City
Governor- Eric Greitens, Republican
Population- 6.1 Million

Arkansas

1836

Capital- Little Rock
Governor- Asa Hutchinson- Republican
Population- 3.004 Million

Michigan

1837

Capital- Lansing
Governor- Rick Snyder, Republican
Population- 9.9 Million

Florida

1845

Capital- Tallahassee
Governor- Rick Scott, Republican
Population- 20.9 Million

Texas

1845

Capital- Austin
Governor- Greg Abbott, Republican
Population- 28.3 Million

California

1846

Capital- Sacramento
Governor- Jerry Brown, Democrat
Population- 39.54 Million

Iowa

1846

Capital- Des Moines
Governor- Kim Reynolds
Population- 3.1 Million

Wisconsin

1848

Capital- Madison
Governor- Scott Walker, Republican
Population- 5.7 Million

Minnesota

1858

Capital- Saint Paul
Governor- Mark Dayton, Democrat
Population- 5.5 Million

Oregon

1859

Capital- Salem
Governor- Kate Brown, Democrat
Population- 4.1 Million

Kansas

1861

Capital- Topeka
Governor- Jeff Colyer, Republican
Population- 2.9 Million

West Virginia

1863

Capital- Charleston
Governor- Jim Justice, Republican
Population- 1.8 Million

Nevada

1864

Capital- Carson City
Governor- Brain Sandoval, Republican
Population- 2.9 Million

Nebraska

1867

Capital- Lincoln
Governor- Pete Ricketts, Republican
Population- 1.9 Million

Colorado

1876

Capital- Denver
Governor- John Hickenlooper, Democrat
Population- 5.6 Million

Montana

1889

Capital- Helena
Governor- Steve Bullock, Democrat
Population- 1 Million

North Dakota

1889

Capital- Bismark
Governor- Doug Burgum, Republican
Population- 755k

South Dakota

1889

Capital- Pierre
Governor- Dennis Daugaard, Republican
Population- 869k

Washington

1889

Capital- Washington DC
Governor- Jay Inslee, Democrat
Population- 7.4 Million

Idaho

1890

Capital- Boise
Governor-Butch Otter, Republican
Population- 1.7 Million

Wyoming

1890

Capital- Cheyenne
Governor- Matt Mead, Republican
Population- 579k

Alabama

1895

Capital- Montgomery
Governor- Kay Ivey - Republican
Population- 4.875 million

Utah

1896

Capital- Salt Lake City
Governor- Gary Herbert
Population- 3.1 Million

Oklahoma

1907

Capital- Oklahoma City
Governor- Marry Fallin, Republican
Population- 3.9 Million

New Mexico

1912

Capital- Santa Fe
Governor- Susana Martinez
Population- 2 Million

Arizona

1912

Capital- Phoenix
Governor- Doug Ducey- Republican
Population- 1.016 million

Alaska

1927

Capital: Juneau
Governor- Bill Walker- Independent
Population- 739,795

Hawaii

1959

Capital- Honolulu
Governor- David Ige, Democrat
Population- 1.4 Million