by ADMISSION Date
State Date
Admit__No
Capital Bird Flower Nick (1)
Name
Delaware 1787
12/07
  1 Dover Blue Hen
Chichen
Peach
Blossom
First or
Diamond
Pennsylvania 1787
12/12
  2 Harrisburg Ruffed
Grouse
Mountain
Laurel
Keystone
New Jersey 1787
12/18
  3 Trenton Eastern
Goldfinch
Purple
Violet
Garden
Georgia 1788
01/02
  4 Atlanta Brown
Thrasher
Cherokee
Rose
Peach
Connecticut 1788
01/09
  5 Hartford American
Robin
Mountain
Laurel
Nutmeg
Massachusetts 1788
02/06
  6 Boston Chickadee Mayflower Bay
Maryland 1788
04/28
  7 Annapolis Baltimore
Oriole
Black-eyed
Susan
Free
South
Carolina
1788
05/23
  8 Columbia Carolina
Wren
Carolina Yell
Jessamine
Palmetto
New
Hampshire
1788
06/21
  9 Concord Purple
Finch
Purple
Lilac
Granite
Virginia 1788
06/25
10 Richmond Cardinal American
Dogwood
Old
Dominion
New York 1788
07/26
11 Albany Bluebird Rose Empire
North
Carolina
1789
11/21
12 Raleigh Cardinal Dogwood Tar Heel
Rhode
Island
1790
05/29
13 Providence Rhode
Island Red
Violet Ocean
Vermont 1791
04/04
14 Montpelier Hermit
Thrush
Red Clover Green
Mountain
Kentucky 1792
06/01
15 Frankfort Kentucky
Cardinal
Goldenrod Bluegrass
Tennessee 1796
06/01
16 Nashville Mockingbird Iris Volunteer
Ohio 1803
03/01
17 Columbus Cardinal Scarlet
Carnation
Buckeye
Louisiana 1812
04/30
18 Baton Rouge Pelican Magnolia Pelican
Indiana 1816
12/11
19 Indianapolis Cardinal Peony Hoosier
Mississippi 1817
12/10
20 Jackson Mockingbird Evergreen
Magnolia
Magnolia
Illinois 1818
12/03
21 Springfield Cardinal Violet Prairie
Alabama 1819
12/14
22 Montgomery Yellow-
hammer
Camellia Yellow-
hammer
Maine 1820
03/15
23 Augusta Chickadee White Pine
Cone Tassel
Pine Tree
Missouri 1821
08/10
24 Jefferson
City
Bluebird Hawthorn Show Me
Arkansas 1836
06/15
25 Little Rock Mockingbird Apple
Blossom
Land of
Opportunity
Michigan 1837
01/26
26 Lansing Robin Apple
Blossom
Wolverine
Florida 1845
03/03
27 Tallahassee Mockingbird Orange
Blossom
Sunshine
Texas 1845
12/29
28 Austin Mockingbird Bluebonnet Lone Star
Iowa 1846
12/28
29 Des Moines Eastern
Goldfinch
Wild Rose Hawkeye
Wisconsin 1848
05/29
30 Madison Robin Wood Violet Badger
California 1850
09/09
31 Sacramento California
Valley Quail
Golden
Poppy
Golden
Minnesota 1858
05/11
32 St. Paul Common
Loon
Showy
Lady Slipper
North Star
Oregon 1859
02/14
33 Salem Western
Meadowlark
Oregon
Grape
Beaver
Kansas 1861
01/29
34 Topeka Western
Meadowlark
Sunflower Sunflower
West
Virginia
1863
06/20
35 Charleston Cardinal Rhododendron Mountain
Nevada 1864
10/31
36 Carson City Mountain
Bluebird
Sagebrush Sagebrush
Nebraska 1867
03/01
37 Lincoln Western
Meadowlark
Goldenrod Cornhusker
Colorado 1876
08/01
38 Denver Lark
Bunting
Rocky Mtn
Columbine
Centenial
North
Dakota
1889
11/02
39 Bismarck Western
Meadowlark
Wild
Prairie Rose
Sioux
South
Dakota
1889
11/02
40 Pierre Ringnecked
Pheasant
American
Pasque-
flower
Coyote
Montana 1889
11/08
41 Helena Western
Meadowlark
Bitterroot Treasure
Washington 1889
11/11
42 Olympia Willow
Goldfinch
Coast
Rhodo-
dendron
Evergreen
Idaho 1890
07/03
43 Boise Mountain
Bluebird
Syringa Gem
Wyoming 1890
07/10
44 Cheyenne Meadowlark Indian
Paint-
brush
Equality
Utah 1896
02/04
45 Salt Lake
City
Seagull Sego Lily Beehive
Oklahoma 1907
11/16
46 Oklahoma
City
Scissor-
tailed
Flycatcher
Mistletoe Sooner
New
Mexico
1912
01/06
47 Santa Fe Roadrunner Yucca Land of
Enchantment
Arizona 1912
02/14
48 Phoenix Cactus
Wren
Saguaro
Cactus Flower
Grand
Canyon
Alaska 1959
01/03
49 Juneau Willow
Ptarmigan
Forget-
Me-Not
The Last
Frontier
Hawaii 1959
08/21
50 Honolulu Nene Hibiscus
(yellow)
Aloha
District
of Columbia
Note (2) Wood
Thrush
American
Beauty Rose
-
Territories
Guam Acquired
1898
- Agana Fruit
Dove
Bougainvillea -
Puerto
Rico
Acquired
1898
- San Juan Reinita Maga -
American
Samoa
Acquired
1899
- Pago
Pago
- Paogo -
Virgin
Islands
Acquired
1917
- Charlotte
Amalie
Yellow
Breast
Yellow Elder
or Yellow Trumpet
-
Northern
Marianas
Acquired
1947
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(1) Each state's full nick name is generally used with the word "State", i.e.,
Florida is called "The Sunshine State."
(2) - = Information not applicable.

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