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TABLE A.3 Admission of States
(See Table 9.3 on p. 193 for order in which the original thirteen entered the Union.)
Order of
Admission State
Date of
Admission
Order of
Admission State
Date of
Admission
14 Vermont Mar. 4, 1791 33 Oregon Feb. 14, 1859
15 Kentucky June 1, 1792 34 Kansas Jan. 29, 1861
16 Tennessee June 1, 1796 35 W. Virginia June 20, 1863
17 Ohio Mar. 1, 1803 36 Nevada Oct. 31, 1864
18 Louisiana April 30, 1812 37 Nebraska Mar. 1, 1867
19 Indiana Dec. 11, 1816 38 Colorado Aug. 1, 1876
20 Mississippi Dec. 10, 1817 39 N. Dakota Nov. 2, 1889
21 Illinois Dec. 3, 1818 40 S. Dakota Nov. 2, 1889
22 Alabama Dec. 14, 1819 41 Montana Nov. 8, 1889
23 Maine Mar. 15, 1820 42 Washington Nov. 11, 1889
24 Missouri Aug. 10, 1821 43 Idaho July 3, 1890
25 Arkansas June 15, 1836 44 Wyoming July 10, 1890
26 Michigan Jan. 26, 1837 45 Utah Jan. 4, 1896
27 Florida Mar. 3, 1845 46 Oklahoma Nov. 16, 1907
28 Texas Dec. 29, 1845 47 New Mexico Jan. 6, 1912
29 Iowa Dec. 28, 1846 48 Arizona Feb. 14, 1912
30 Wisconsin May 29, 1848 49 Alaska Jan. 3, 1959
31 California Sept. 9, 1850 50 Hawaii Aug. 21, 1959
32 Minnesota May 11, 1858
TABLE A.4 Estimates of Total Costs and Number of Battle Deaths of Major U.S. Wars 1
Total Costs 2 Original Costs Number of
War (millions of dollars) Battle Deaths
Iraq War (2003–) N.A. $616,000 3,267
Vietnam Confl ict $352,000 140,600 47,355
Korean Confl ict 164,000 54,000 33,629
World War II 664,000 288,000 291,557
World War I 112,000 26,000 53,402
Spanish-American War 6,460 400 385
Civil War
Union only
Confederacy (est.)
12,952
N.A.
3,200
1,000
140,414
94,000
Mexican War 147 73 1,733
War of 1812 158 93 2,260
American Revolution 190 100 6,824
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Tables D-25
1Deaths from disease and other causes are not shown. In earlier wars especially, owing to poor medical and
sanitary practices, nonbattle deaths substantially exceeded combat casualties.
2The difference between total costs and original costs is attributable to continuing postwar payments for
items such as veterans’ benefi ts, interest on war debts, and so on.
3Through June 30, 2008
4 Through April 5, 2008
5 1957–1990
(Sources: Historical Statistics of the United States, Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years, The
World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1986, and Congressional Research Service Reports.)
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