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US States, in Order of Statehood Quiz

How well do you know the US states, in order of statehood? Floored turns the ranking into a building: floor 1 is the top of the list. We name a floor, you guess what's on it, and the lift rides to whatever you picked so you know to go higher or lower.

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You get a few guesses per floor. Land it on your first guess for 10 points; a near miss still scores. After the statehood round, four more lists keep the ride going.

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  1. Delaware Dec 7, 1787
    It has just three counties, the fewest of any state.
  2. Pennsylvania Dec 12, 1787
    The name means 'Penn's Woods', honoring William Penn's father, Admiral Penn.
  3. New Jersey Dec 18, 1787
    It's the most densely populated state, and every county counts as urban.
  4. Georgia Jan 2, 1788
    The colony was named for King George II, who issued its charter.
  5. Connecticut Jan 9, 1788
    Its nickname, the Constitution State, refers to the Fundamental Orders of 1639.
  6. Massachusetts Feb 6, 1788
    Officially it's a commonwealth, a word John Adams may have chosen in 1779.
  7. Maryland Apr 28, 1788
    It was named for Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I.
  8. South Carolina May 23, 1788
    The Civil War began with the shelling of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
  9. New Hampshire Jun 21, 1788
    Its motto is 'Live Free or Die'.
  10. Virginia Jun 25, 1788
    Eight US presidents were Virginians, earning it the nickname 'Mother of Presidents'.
  11. New York Jul 26, 1788
    New York City was the national capital until 1790, when it moved to Philadelphia.
  12. North Carolina Nov 21, 1789
    The Wright brothers made their first powered flight near Kitty Hawk in 1903.
  13. Rhode Island May 29, 1790
    It is the smallest US state by area.
  14. Vermont Mar 4, 1791
    It was the independent Vermont Republic for 14 years, starting in 1777.
  15. Kentucky Jun 1, 1792
    Both Abraham Lincoln and Confederate president Jefferson Davis were born here.
  16. Tennessee Jun 1, 1796
    It's called the Volunteer State after 3,500 men answered a call to arms in the War of 1812.
  17. Ohio Mar 1, 1803
    Seven US presidents were born here.
  18. Louisiana Apr 30, 1812
    It's divided into parishes instead of counties, reflecting its French heritage.
  19. Indiana Dec 11, 1816
    Its name means 'Land of the Indians'.
  20. Mississippi Dec 10, 1817
    It's named for the river, from the Ojibwe words for 'great river'.
  21. Illinois Dec 3, 1818
    Its official slogan is 'Land of Lincoln'.
  22. Alabama Dec 14, 1819
    Montgomery served as the Confederacy's first capital in 1861.
  23. Maine Mar 15, 1820
    It was part of Massachusetts until it broke away as part of the Missouri Compromise.
  24. Missouri Aug 10, 1821
    The 'Show Me State' nickname comes from a saying about refusing to believe without proof.
  25. Arkansas Jun 15, 1836
    Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only diamond site in the world open to public digging.
  26. Michigan Jan 26, 1837
    It borders four of the five Great Lakes and has the longest freshwater coastline in the US.
  27. Florida Mar 3, 1845
    The US bought it from Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819.
  28. Texas Dec 29, 1845
    It was the independent Republic of Texas for nearly a decade before joining the US.
  29. Iowa Dec 28, 1846
    Its caucuses are the first presidential caucuses of each election cycle.
  30. Wisconsin May 29, 1848
    It produces about a quarter of America's cheese.
  31. California Sep 9, 1850
    The gold rush began in 1848, the same year Mexico ceded California to the US.
  32. Minnesota May 11, 1858
    The 'Land of 10,000 Lakes' actually has 11,842 lakes larger than 10 acres.
  33. Oregon Feb 14, 1859
    Crater Lake, at 1,943 feet, is the deepest lake in the US.
  34. Kansas Jan 29, 1861
    The geographic center of the lower 48 states is near Lebanon, Kansas.
  35. West Virginia Jun 20, 1863
    It formed when western counties refused to follow Virginia out of the Union.
  36. Nevada Oct 31, 1864
    It's nicknamed the 'Battle Born State' because it joined the Union during the Civil War.
  37. Nebraska Mar 1, 1867
    It has the only one-house (unicameral) state legislature in the US.
  38. Colorado Aug 1, 1876
    Grant admitted it four weeks after the 100th anniversary of US independence.
  39. North Dakota Nov 2, 1889
    A stone marker in Rugby claims to mark the geographic center of North America.
  40. South Dakota Nov 2, 1889
    Mount Rushmore is carved into its Black Hills.
  41. Montana Nov 8, 1889
    The name comes from the Spanish montana, meaning mountain.
  42. Washington Nov 11, 1889
    Congress named the territory for George Washington; it was nearly called Columbia.
  43. Idaho Jul 3, 1890
    It grows about a third of the nation's potatoes.
  44. Wyoming Jul 10, 1890
    As a territory, it gave women the right to vote in 1869.
  45. Utah Jan 4, 1896
    Statehood was held up until Utah agreed to outlaw polygamy.
  46. Oklahoma Nov 16, 1907
    Its name comes from the Choctaw words okla, 'people', and humma, 'red'.
  47. New Mexico Jan 6, 1912
    Its capital, Santa Fe, was founded in 1610 and is the oldest state capital in the US.
  48. Arizona Feb 14, 1912
    Most of it skips daylight saving time, but the Navajo Nation observes it.
  49. Alaska Jan 3, 1959
    The US bought it from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million.
  50. Hawaii Aug 21, 1959
    The state is made up of 137 volcanic islands spread over 1,500 miles.

Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union · as of 2026-10

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