listed. 1 The Constitution was adopted by convention of the States Sept. 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States in the order

2 Unaminous.

The area of Virginia at the date of ratification was 61,352 square miles, but Dec. 31, 1862, a portion of its territory was set off and admitted into the Union as a free and independent State under the name of West Virginia.

Formation

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STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
New York.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
North Carolina. Seceded June 8, 1961. Readmitted
to representation by joint resolution of July 24, 1866.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
France under the treaty of Paris of Apr. 30, 1803.
Seceded Jan. 26, 1861. Readmitted to representation
upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9,
1868.
36, 291 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the State of Virginia.
47,716

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the States of Georgia and South Carolina. Seceded
Jan. 9, 1861. Readmitted to representation by act
of Feb. 23, 1870.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the States of South Carolina and Georgia. Seceded
Jan. 11, 1861. Readmitted to representation upon
ratifying the fourteenth amendment July 13, 1868.
Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Massachusetts.

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the
United States by France, under the name of "Louisi-
ana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803.

State

Date of
admission

Population Population
at time of in 1970
admission

Estimated Area in
population, square
July 1, 1974 miles

9,609
40, 395
42, 244

41, 222
48, 523

56, 400
51,609

33, 215 69,686

Arkansas.

June 15, 1836

52, 240

1,923, 295

2,062,000

Michigan.
Florida.

Jan. 26, 1837
Mar. 3, 1845

*200,000 54,477

8,875, 083 6, 789, 443

9,098,000
8,090,000

Texas.

Dec. 29, 1845

53, 104 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the
United States by France, under the name of "Louisi-
ana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803. Seceded May 6,
1861. Readmitted to representation upon ratifying
the fourteenth amendment, June 22, 1868.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the State of Virginia.

58,216
58,560

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
Spain by treaty of Washington of Feb. 22, 1819.
Seceded Jan. 11, 1861. Readmitted to representa-
tion upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, June
25, 1868.

*250,000 11, 196, 730 12, 050, 000 267, 338 This State was originally a part of the Republic of

Mexico, but by a successful revolt the people estab-
lished for themselves an independent republican gov-
ernment, and were subsequently annexed to the
United States. Seceded Feb. 1, 1861. Readmitted
to representation by the act of Mar. 30, 1870.
Formed from a portion of the Territory of Wisconsin,
as the "Territory of Iowa," June 12, 1838.
Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Michigan, as the "Territory of Wisconsin," Apr. 20,
1836.

158, 693 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb.
2, 1848.

81, 920
210, 596

2,825, 041
4,417, 933

2,855,000
4,566,000

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the
United States by France by the treaty of Apr. 30,

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the treaty with France of Apr. 30, 1803, the treaty
with Spain of Feb. 22, 1819, and the treaty with
Great Britain of June 15, 1846.
82, 264 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
France by the treaty of Apr. 30, 1803, and by the
State of Texas, in the settlement of her boundaries,
in 1850.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Virginia.

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the
United States by Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.

1 By Public Law 204 of the 83d Cong., approved Aug. 7, 1953 (67 Stat. 407), Congress corrected an oversight of one and a half centuries and formally admitted the State of Ohio to the Union, setting Mar. 1, 1803, as the effective date of admission. Estimated.

STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION-Continued

77,047
70, 665
147, 138
68, 192