[United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
[S. Doc. 106-1]
[Statistical Data]
[Page 1126]
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                                                               RATIFICATION\1\ OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES
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                                                                           Votes cast       Population at                     Estimated      Area in
                  State                   Date of ratification of the --------------------     date of       Population,     population,     square                     Remarks
                                                  Constitution           Yeas      Nays     ratification     1990 census    July 1, 1998      miles
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Delaware................................  Dec. 7, 1787...............     \2\30  ........          59,096         666,168         743,603       2,045  .........................................
Pennsylvania............................  Dec. 12, 1787..............        46        23         434,373      11,882,842      12,001,451      45,308  .........................................
New Jersey..............................  Dec. 18, 1787..............     \2\38  ........         184,139       7,730,188       8,115,011       7,787  .........................................
Georgia.................................  Jan. 2, 1788...............     \2\26  ........          82,548       6,478,149       7,642,207      58,910  Seceded Jan. 19, 1861. Readmitted to
                                                                                                                                                        representation by the act of July 15,
                                                                                                                                                        1870.
Connecticut.............................  Jan. 9, 1788...............       128        40         238,141       3,287,116       3,274,069       5,018  .........................................
Massachusetts...........................  Feb. 6, 1788...............       187       168         378,787       6,016,425       6,147,132       8,284  .........................................
Maryland................................  Apr. 28, 1788..............        63        11         319,728       4,780,753       5,134,808      10,460  .........................................
South Carolina..........................  May 23, 1788...............       149        73         249,073       3,486,310       3,835,962      31,113  Seceded Dec. 20, 1860. Readmitted to
                                                                                                                                                        representation upon ratifying the
                                                                                                                                                        fourteenth amendment, July 9, 1868.
New Hampshire...........................  June 21, 1788..............        57        46         141,899       1,109,252       1,185,048       9,279  .........................................
Virginia................................  June 25, 1788..............        89        79         747,610       6,189,197       6,791,345  \3\ 40,767  Seceded Apr. 17, 1861. Readmitted to
                                                                                                                                                        representation by the act of Jan. 26,
                                                                                                                                                        1870.
New York................................  July 26, 1788..............        30        27         340,120      17,990,778      18,175,301      49,108  .........................................
North Carolina..........................  Nov. 21, 1789..............       184        77         393,751       6,632,448       7,546,493      52,669  Seceded May 21, 1861. Readmitted to
                                                                                                                                                        representation upon ratifying the
                                                                                                                                                        fourteenth amendment, July 4, 1868.
Rhode Island............................  May 29, 1790...............        34        32          68,825       1,003,464         988,480       1,212  .........................................
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\1\The Constitution was adopted by convention of the States Sept. 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States in the order listed.
\2\Unanimous.
\3\The area of Virginia at the date of ratification was 61,352 square miles, but Dec. 31, 1862, a portion of its territory was set off and admitted into the Union as a free and independent
  State under the name of West Virginia.