The 50 State Quarters Program Act
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
The 50 State Quarters Program Act began in 1999 and ran through 2008, with five new quarters released every year. The quarters were released in the order that the states joined the union. Each quarter features a different state design on the back.
| State | Date of statehood | Issued | Design |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | Dec. 7, 1787 | 1999 | Caesar Rodney's horseback ride |
| Pennsylvania | Dec. 12, 1787 | 1999 | Commonwealth statue, keystone, and outline of state |
| New Jersey | Dec. 18, 1787 | 1999 | Washington crossing the Delaware River |
| Georgia | Jan. 2, 1788 | 1999 | Peach, Live Oak, and outline of state |
| Connecticut | Jan. 9, 1788 | 1999 | The Charter Oak |
| Massachusetts | Feb. 6, 1788 | 2000 | Minuteman statue and outline of state |
| Maryland | April 28, 1788 | 2000 | Maryland Statehouse and White Oak |
| South Carolina | May 23, 1788 | 2000 | Palmetto tree, Carolina wren, and Yellow Jessamine |
| New Hampshire | June 21, 1788 | 2000 | Old Man of the Mountain rock formation |
| Virginia | June 25, 1788 | 2000 | First three ships to Jamestown |
| New York | July 26, 1788 | 2001 | Statue of Liberty, state outline, the words “Gateway to Freedom,” 11 stars |
| North Carolina | Nov. 21, 1789 | 2001 | First flight at Kitty Hawk |
| Rhode Island | May 29, 1790 | 2001 | A sailboat on the open sea, commemorating the “Ocean State” |
| Vermont | March 4, 1791 | 2001 | Camel's Hump Mountain, maple trees with sap buckets |
| Kentucky | June 1, 1792 | 2001 | Federal Hill, or “My Old Kentucky Home,” race horse behind a fence |
| Tennessee | June 1, 1796 | 2002 | Fiddle, trumpet, guitar, and musical score |
| Ohio | March 1, 1803 | 2002 | Early airplane, astronaut, and state outline |
| Louisiana | April 30, 1812 | 2002 | Pelican, horn with musical notes, and outline of Louisiana Purchase |
| Indiana | Dec. 11, 1816 | 2002 | Race car and state outline |
| Mississippi | Dec. 10, 1817 | 2002 | Blossoms and leaves of two magnolias |
| Illinois | Dec. 3, 1818 | 2003 | Abraham Lincoln and state outline |
| Alabama | Dec. 14, 1819 | 2003 | Helen Keller, with name in English and Braille |
| Maine | March 15, 1820 | 2003 | The Pemaquid Point Light House and a schooner |
| Missouri | Aug. 10, 1821 | 2003 | Lewis and Clark travelling down the Missouri River |
| Arkansas | June 15, 1836 | 2003 | Rice stalks, a diamond, and a mallard, representing the “Natural State” |
| Michigan | Jan. 26, 1837 | 2004 | Outline of state and Great Lakes |
| Florida | March 3, 1845 | 2004 | Galleon, space shuttle, strip of land with palm trees, “Gateway to Discovery” |
| Texas | Dec. 29, 1845 | 2004 | State outline and star encircled by lariat, representing the “Lone Star State” |
| Iowa | Dec. 28, 1846 | 2004 | One-room schoolhouse, based on a Grant Wood painting |
| Wisconsin | May 29, 1848 | 2004 | Cow's head, cheese, corn, and “Forward” motto |
| California | Sept. 9, 1850 | 2005 | John Muir, Yosemite Valley, and California condor |
| Minnesota | May 11, 1858 | 2005 | People fishing, a loon, and state outline with “Land of 10,000 Lakes” |
| Oregon | Feb. 14, 1859 | 2005 | Crater Lake |
| Kansas | Jan. 29, 1861 | 2005 | Buffalo and sunflowers |
| West Virginia | June 20, 1863 | 2005 | New River Gorge, New River Gorge Bridge |
| Nevada | Oct. 31, 1864 | 2006 | Mustangs, sun rising over mountains, and sagebrush in “The Silver State” |
| Nebraska | March 1, 1867 | 2006 | Covered wagon and “Chimney Rock” |
| Colorado | Aug. 1, 1876 | 2006 | Rocky Mountains, evergreens, “Colorful Colorado” |
| North Dakota | Nov. 2, 1889 | 2006 | Bison grazing in the Badlands |
| South Dakota | Nov. 2, 1889 | 2006 | Pheasant in flight over Mount Rushmore |
| Montana | Nov. 8, 1889 | 2007 | Bison skull over "Big Sky Country" |
| Washington | Nov. 11, 1889 | 2007 | King salmon, Mount Rainier, "The Evergreen State" |
| Idaho | July 3, 1890 | 2007 | Peregrine falcon, state outline, state motto "Esto Perpetua" |
| Wyoming | July 10, 1890 | 2007 | Bucking horse and rider, "The Equality State" |
| Utah | Jan. 4, 1896 | 2007 | Locomotives moving toward golden spike, "Crossroads of the West" |
| Oklahoma | Nov. 16, 1907 | 2008 | State bird soaring over the State wildflower, "Oklahoma 1907" |
| New Mexico | Jan. 6, 1912 | 2008 | Zia sun symbol over outline of the State, "Land of Enchantment" |
| Arizona | Feb. 14, 1912 | 2008 | Image of the Grand Canyon with a Saguaro cactus, "Grand Canyon State" |
| Alaska | Jan. 3, 1959 | 2008 | The North Star displayed over inscription, "The Great Land" |
| Hawaii | Aug. 21, 1959 | 2008 | The Hawaiian monarch King Kamehameha I and eight islands, "UA MAU KE EA O KA ‘ĀINA I KA PONO" |
See this page for additional information about U.S. Territories and Outlaying Areas.
