State	EnteredUS	Settled	Section	Derivation	Obama	Romney	Members	Electoral	Governor	Capital
Alabama	"December 14, 1819"	1702	South	Adams-Onis Treaty	795696	1255925	7	9	Robert Bentley	Montgomery	
Alaska	"January 3, 1959"	1784	West	Purchase	122640	164676	1	3	Bill Walker	Juneau	
Arizona	"February 14,1912"	1776	West	New Spain	1025232	1233654	9	11	Doug Ducey	Phoenix	
Arkansas	"June 15, 1836"	1686	Midwest	Louisiana Purchase	394409	647744	4	6	Asa Hutchison	Little Rock	
California	"September 9, 1850"	1769	West	New Spain	7854285	4839958	53	55	Jerry Brown	Sacramento	
Colorado	"August 1, 1876"	1858	Mountain	New Spain	1323101	1185243	7	9	John Hickenlooper	Denver	
Connecticut	"January 9, 1788"	1634	New England	Colonial	905083	634892	5	7	Daniel Malloy	Hartford	
Delaware	"December 7, 1787"	1638	MidAtlantic	Colonial	242584	165484	1	3	Jack Markell	Dover	
District Of Columbia	"February 27, 1801"	1791	Federal Government	Residence Act	267070	21381	0	0	Muriel Bowser		
Florida	"March 3, 1845"	1565	South	Adams-Onis Treaty	4237756	4163447	27	29	Rick Scott	Tallahassee	
Georgia	"January 2, 1788"	1733	South	Adams-Onis Treaty	1773827	2078688	14	16	Nathan Deal	Atlanta	
Hawaii	"August 21, 1959"	1820	West	Purchase	306658	121015	2	4	David Ige	Honolulu	
Idaho	"July 3, 1890"	1842	Mountain	Oregon Territory	212787	420911	2	4	Butch Offer	Boise	
Illinois	"December 3, 1818"	1720	Midwest	Northwest Territory	3019512	2135216	18	20	Bruce Rauner	Springfield	
Indiana	"December 11, 1816"	1733	Midwest	Northwest Territory	1152887	1420543	9	11	Mike Pence	Indianapolis	
Iowa	"December 28, 1846"	1788	Midwest	Louisiana Purchase	822544	730617	4	6	Terry Branstad	Des Moines	
Kansas	"January 29, 1861"	1727	MIdwest	Louisiana Purchase	440726	692634	4	6	Sam Brownback	Topeka	
Kentucky	"June 1, 1792"	1774	South	Purchase	679370	1087190	6	8	Matt Bevin	Frankfurt	
Louisiana	"April 30, 1812"	1699	South	Louisiana Purchase	809141	1152262	6	8	John Bel Edwards	Baton Rouge	
Maine	"March 15, 1820"	1624	New England	Colonial	401306	292276	2	4	Paul LePage	Augusta	
Maryland	"April 28, 1788"	1634	MidAtlantic	Colonial	1677844	971869	8	10	Larry Hogan	Annapolis	
Massachusetts	"February 6, 1788"	1620	New England	Colonial	1921290	1188314	9	11	Charlie Baker	Boston	
Michigan	"January 26, 1837"	1668	Midwest	Northwest Territory	2564569	2115256	14	16	Rick Snyder	Lansing	
Minnesota	"May 11, 1858"	1805	Midwest	Northwest Territory	1546167	1320225	8	10	Mark Dayton	St Paul	
Mississippi	"December 10, 1817"	1699	South	Adams-Onis Treaty	562949	710746	4	6	Phil Bryant	Jackson	
Missouri	"August 10, 1821"	1735	Midwest	Louisiana Purchase	1223796	1482440	8	10	Jay Nixon	Jefferson City	
Montana	"November 8, 1889"	1809	Mountain	Louisiana Purchase	201839	267928	1	3	Steve Bullock	Helena	
Nebraska	"March 1, 1867"	1823	Mountain	Louisiana Purchase	302081	475064	3	5	Pete Ricketts	Lincoln	
Nevada	"October 31, 1864"	1849	West	New Spain	531373	463567	4	6	Brian Sandoval	Carson City	
New Hampshire	"June 21, 1788"	1623	New England	Colonial	369561	329918	2	4	Maggie Hassan	Concord	
New Jersey	"December 18, 1787"	1660	MidAtlantic	Colonial	2125101	1477568	12	14	Chris Christie	Trenton	
New Mexico	"January 6, 1912"	1610	West	New Spain	415335	335788	3	5	Susana Martinez	Santa Fe	
New York	"July 26, 1788"	1614	New England	Colonial	4485741	2490431	27	29	Andrew Cuomo	Albany	
North Carolina	"November 21, 1789"	1660	South	Colonial	2178391	2270395	13	15	Pat McCrory	Raleigh	
North Dakota	"November 2, 1889"	1812	Midwest	Louisiana Purchase	124827	188163	1	3	Jack Dalrymple	Bismarck	
Ohio	"March 1, 1803"	1788	Midwest	Northwest Territory	2827710	2661433	16	18	John Kasich	Columbus	
Oklahoma	"Nov 16, 1907"	1889	South	Louisiana Purchase	443547	891325	5	7	Mary Fallin	Oklahoma City	
Oregon	"February 14, 1859"	1811	West	Oregon Territory	970488	754175	5	7	Kate Brown	Salem	
Pennsylvania	"December 12, 1787"	1682	MidAtlantic	Colonial	2990274	2680434	18	20	Tom Wolf	Harrisburg	
Rhode Island	"May 29, 1790"	1636	New England	Colonial	279677	157204	2	4	Gina Raimondo	Providence	
South Carolina	"May 23, 1788"	1670	South	Colonial	865941	1071645	7	9	Nikki Haley	Columbia	
South Dakota	"November 2, 1889"	1859	Midwest	Louisiana Purchase	145039	210610	1	3	Douglas Dougaard	Pierre	
Tennessee	"June 1, 1796"	1769	South	Purchase	960709	1462330	9	11	Bill Haslam	Nashville	
Texas	"December 29, 1845"	1682	South	New Spain	3308124	4569843	36	38	Greg Abbott	Austin	
Utah	"January 4, 1896"	1847	Mountain	New Spain	251813	740600	4	6	Gary Herbert	Salt Lake City	
Vermont	"March 4, 1791"	1724	New England	Colonial	199239	92698	1	3	Peter Shumlin	Montpelier	
Virginia	"June 25, 1788"	1607	South	Colonial	1971820	1822522	11	13	Terry McAuliffe	Richmond	
Washington	"November 11, 1889"	1811	West	Oregon Territory	1755396	1290670	10	12	Jay Inslee	Olympia	
West Virginia	"June 20, 1863"	1727	MidAtlantic	Colonial	238269	417655	3	5	Earl Ray Tomblin	Charlestown	
Wisconsin	"May 29, 1848"	1766	Midwest	Northwest Territory	1620985	1407966	8	10	Scott Walker	Madison	
Wyoming	"July 10, 1890"	1834	Mountain	Louisiana Purchase	69286	170962	1	3	Matt Mead	Cheyenne