List of capitals in the United States Washington, D.C. has been
the capital of the United States since 1800. Eight other cities
have served as the meeting place for the U.S. Congress and are
therefore considered to have once been the capital of the United
States. In addition, each of the fifty U.S. states and the five
principal territories of the United States maintains its own
capital. In 33 of the 50 U.S. states, the state capital is not
the state's most populous city. Only two of the state capitals —
Trenton, New Jersey, and Carson City, Nevada — border another
state, while Juneau, Alaska, shares a border with the Canadian
province of British Columbia.[a] The dates listed in the
following table indicate the year in which the city started to
continuously serve as the state's sole capital. Most states have
changed their capital city at least once--see Historical state
capitals for details. |State||Abr.||Date of
statehood||Capital||Capital since||Land area (mi²)||Most
populous city?||Municipal population||Met