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Animation showing US states by date of statehood, see List of U.S. states by date of statehood for more details. The first thirteen states are shown in the order by the date each ratified the present United States Constitution, the rest show the year of admission to the union in the sliding scale at the bottom. Image made using this blank map

Note that this shows present day state boundaries, which in some cases do not correspond with the historical boundaries of the state, such as West Virginia which was a part of Virginia until 1863.

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	Date/Time	User	Dimensions	File size	Comment
current	13:49, 18 March 2007	Roke	795×595	236 KB
	13:42, 18 March 2007	Roke	890×666	180 KB
	13:40, 18 March 2007	Roke	890×666	167 KB	(rm numbers to make file smaller)
	12:19, 7 March 2007	Roke	795×595	242 KB	(thumbnail problem with last image; try version with dates using less layers in file)
	12:59, 6 March 2007	Roke	795×595	226 KB	(dates)
	09:46, 6 March 2007	Roke	890×666	73 KB	(Animation showing US states by date of statehood, see List of U.S. states by date of statehood for more details. The first thirteen states are shown in the order by the date each ratified the present United S)