Display of State Flags

State flags are normally displayed in the order of admittance to the State of the Union. However, they may be displayed in alphabetical order. The following is the date each state was admitted to the Union:
Delaware	7 Dec 1787	Michigan	26 Jan 1837
Pennsylvania	12 Dec 1787	Florida	3 Mar 1845
New Jersey	18 Dec 1787	Texas	29 Dec 1845
Georgia	2 Jan 1788	Iowa	28 Dec 1846
Connecticut	9 Jan 1788	Wisconsin	29 May 1848
Massachusetts	6 Feb 1788	California	9 Sep 1850
Maryland	28 Apr 1788	Minnesota	11 May 1858
South Carolina	23 May 1788	Oregon	14 Feb 1859
New Hampshire	21 Jun 1788	Kansas	29 Jan 1861
Virginia	25 Jun 1788	West Virginia	20 Jun 1863
New York	26 Jul 1788	Nevada	31 Oct 1864
North Carolina	21 Nov 1789	Nebraska	1 Mar 1867
Rhode Island	29 May 1790	Colorado	1 Aug 1876
Vermont	4 Mar 1791	North Dakota	2 Nov 1889
Kentucky	1 Jun 1792	South Dakota	2 Nov 1889
Tennessee	1 Jun 1796	Montana	8 Nov 1889
Ohio	1 Mar 1803	Washington	11 Nov 1889
Louisiana	30 Apr 1812	Idaho	3 Jul 1890
Indiana	11 Dec 1816	Wyoming	10 Jul 1890
Mississippi	10 Dec 1817	Utah	4 Jul 1896
Illinois	3 Dec 1818	Oklahoma	16 Nov 1907
Alabama	14 Dec 1819	New Mexico	6 Jan 1912
Maine	15 Mar 1820	Arizona	14 Feb 1912
Missouri	10 Aug 1821	Alaska	3 Jan 1959
Arkansas	15 Jun 1836	Hawaii	21 Aug 1959

The following territorial
flags are normally displayed when all of the state flags
are displayed:

District of Columbia
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Guam
American Samoa
Commonwealth of the
Northern Marianas Islands

Other areas such as Baker Islands, Howland Islands,
Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, Johnson Atoll, Kingman
Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, and Wake Atoll are
either uninhabited or use the United States Flag.

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