The 50 State Quarters Program Act

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease 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"