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State admission coordinates · CRS R47747

Coordinates, not fortune-telling. Each page maps a documented admission or ratification date (month + day) to a birth card. Year is unused. District of Columbia and territories are excluded.

State coordinates

US States Admission Birth Cards

Each state uses one documented date from CRS report R47747 Table 1. The birth card is the month and day of that date. The year is unused.

Original 13 ratification dates

The first thirteen rows are Constitution ratification dates, not later admission acts. CRS Table 1 states this explicitly. This hub follows that table and does not substitute Articles of Confederation dates.

Shared month-and-day coordinates

Also sharing a month and day

Disputed date on record

Ohio: Wikipedia notes Congress set a formal statehood date only in 1953 (Pub. L. 83–204), designating March 1, 1803. CRS Table 1 uses March 1, 1803, so this hub maps Ohio to that coordinate.

All 50 states

Order State Date Kind Birth card
1 Delaware December 7, 1787 Ratification Jack of Clubs
2 Pennsylvania December 12, 1787 Ratification 6 of Clubs
3 New Jersey December 18, 1787 Ratification King of Hearts
4 Georgia January 2, 1788 Ratification Queen of Spades
5 Connecticut January 9, 1788 Ratification 5 of Spades
6 Massachusetts February 6, 1788 Ratification 6 of Spades
7 Maryland April 28, 1788 Ratification 6 of Clubs
8 South Carolina May 23, 1788 Ratification 9 of Clubs
9 New Hampshire June 21, 1788 Ratification 9 of Clubs
10 Virginia June 25, 1788 Ratification 5 of Clubs
11 New York July 26, 1788 Ratification 2 of Clubs
12 North Carolina November 21, 1789 Ratification Queen of Hearts
13 Rhode Island May 29, 1790 Ratification 3 of Clubs
14 Vermont March 4, 1791 Admission 6 of Spades
15 Kentucky June 1, 1792 Admission 3 of Spades
16 Tennessee June 1, 1796 Admission 3 of Spades
17 Ohio March 1, 1803 Admission 9 of Spades
18 Louisiana April 30, 1812 Admission 4 of Clubs
19 Indiana December 11, 1816 Admission 7 of Clubs
20 Mississippi December 10, 1817 Admission 8 of Clubs
21 Illinois December 3, 1818 Admission 2 of Diamonds
22 Alabama December 14, 1819 Admission 4 of Clubs
23 Maine March 15, 1820 Admission 8 of Diamonds
24 Missouri August 10, 1821 Admission 3 of Diamonds
25 Arkansas June 15, 1836 Admission 2 of Diamonds
26 Michigan January 26, 1837 Admission Ace of Diamonds
27 Florida March 3, 1845 Admission 7 of Spades
28 Texas December 29, 1845 Admission 2 of Hearts
29 Iowa December 28, 1846 Admission 3 of Hearts
30 Wisconsin May 29, 1848 Admission 3 of Clubs
31 California September 9, 1850 Admission 2 of Diamonds
32 Minnesota May 11, 1858 Admission 8 of Diamonds
33 Oregon February 14, 1859 Admission Jack of Diamonds
34 Kansas January 29, 1861 Admission Jack of Clubs
35 West Virginia June 20, 1863 Admission 10 of Clubs
36 Nevada October 31, 1864 Admission 4 of Hearts
37 Nebraska March 1, 1867 Admission 9 of Spades
38 Colorado August 1, 1876 Admission Queen of Diamonds
39 North Dakota November 2, 1889 Admission 5 of Diamonds
40 South Dakota November 2, 1889 Admission 5 of Diamonds
41 Montana November 8, 1889 Admission Queen of Clubs
42 Washington November 11, 1889 Admission 9 of Clubs
43 Idaho July 3, 1890 Admission Queen of Diamonds
44 Wyoming July 10, 1890 Admission 5 of Diamonds
45 Utah January 4, 1896 Admission 10 of Spades
46 Oklahoma November 16, 1907 Admission 4 of Clubs
47 New Mexico January 6, 1912 Admission 8 of Spades
48 Arizona February 14, 1912 Admission Jack of Diamonds
49 Alaska January 3, 1959 Admission Jack of Spades
50 Hawaii August 21, 1959 Admission 5 of Clubs

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Sources: CRS R47747 Table 1 (congress.gov, PDF R47747.16) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union). Optional Wikidata P571 cross-check via REST wbgetentities (no SPARQL).